Magnolia
- Website: http://www.magnolia-----escape_autolink_uri:78b70de42b5c3859afc6d014b86f17b1----.com
- License: Enterprise Edition: MNA, Community Edition: GPL
Magnolia is an Open-Source content management system (CMS) developed by Magnolia International Ltd., based in Basel, Switzerland. It is based on JSR-170.
Magnolia 1.0 was released November 15th, 2003 by Obinary Ltd.
Magnolia 2.0 was released November 15th, 2004 with a focus on usability.
Obinary was renamed to Magnolia International Ltd. in September 2006 to simplify communication. By that time, Magnolia had been downloaded more than 150,000 times.
Magnolia 3.0, released on November 15th, 2006, marked the switch from a pure Open-Source product to a layered product strategy with the introduction of Magnolia Enterprise Edition, a commercial product that added user authentication through LDAP directory services, a package manager to manage deployments, a JSR-168 connector and a tool called Sitedesigner, which allowed the creation of complete site layouts directly in the browser.
Since mid 2007, Magnolia has been covered by the independent CMS Watch report, which “provides a comprehensive overview of Web Content Management products and best practices”.
Magnolia 3.6 was released in July 2008. Its focus was on easing maintenance, making the product more robust and boost the performance.
In December 2008, Magnolia released “Magnolia-on-Air — a content management system designed specifically for broadcasters and large organizations to manage their own broadcast content”.
In March 2009, Magnolia released Magnolia 4.0. This fourth generation of the Java-based content management system introduces production-ready content delivery templates that provide a large set of out-of-the-box functionality. Content delivery is search-engine optimized, follows accessibility guidelines and introduces support for mobile devices. The new Templating Kit allows designers and programmers to quickly and easily build best-practice Web site designs and to control the complete layouting life-cycle.
June 2009 saw the release of Magnolia 4.1, the latest generation of the Java-based content management system introduces production-ready user-generated content templates that provide a large set of new functionality, including forums, public user registration and more. also included are new features like a CMS-wide address book, multiple themes, RSS generation and agregation and more.