CMF 2.0.0-alpha Released

The CMF developer community and Zope Corporation are pleased to announce the release of version 2.0.0-alpha of the Zope Content Management Framework (CMF). This release is intended for testing purposes only; we do not recommend deploying it to production servers.

What's new in this release?

This alpha represents a first preview of all the changes and features you will see in CMF version 2.0. Some of the highlights are...

GenericSetup-integration as the replacement for the CMFSetup technology started in the CMF 1.5-series
the use of Zope 3-style interfaces throughout, bridged back to Zope 2-interfaces where needed for backwards compatibility
widespread integration with Zope 3/Five technologies, and the folding-in of the previous CMFonFive addon-product
pluggable TypeInformation objects
new-style Actions

... and of course countless bug fixes and other improvements.

What is the CMF?

The Zope Content Management Framework provides a set of services and content objects useful for building highly dynamic, content-oriented portal sites. As packaged, the CMF generates a site much like the Zope.org site. The CMF is intended to be easily customizable, in terms of both the types of content used and the policies and services it provides.

Where do I get it?

Download it from http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-2.0.0-alpha

Points of interest include:

Where do I go to learn more?

The CMF mailing list has many participants who are active in supporting the CMF.

...to report bugs?

The CMF Collector is ths place to report bugs (please search for existing reports of your issue first!)