PyroCMS v0.9.8 reaches RC 1
Posted News at Mar 10, 2010
Bringing way more than bug-fixes, PyroCMS has now reached it's first release candidate stage in the drastically improved v0.9.8 branch. The main improvements are Widgets and Page RSS feeds, along with some awesome interface tweaks.
Widgets
A widget is a self-contained block of logic that can be put anywhere in your site. Widgets are added to "Widget Areas" which can be added easily and placed anywhere in PyroCMS by writing {widget_area('short_name')}. That could go into your theme layouts, pages, page layouts, news, etc.
Then go to CP > Widgets and drag some Widgets into your Widget Area and add some options. Done!
Current widgets are:
- RSS feed
- Twitter feed
- HTML block
More will come soon, but those are already pretty damn cool.
Page RSS feeds
A new tab has been added to CP > Pages > Add/Edit called "Options". This currently only has one option: "RSS Enabled". This is a really handly little feature that allows any page to have an RSS feed for its children.
For example, if you have a page "Products" with a series of products underneath "Thingy" and "Whatsit" then if you make "Products" into an RSS feed, those two pages will show on the feed. Meta data description and titles are used if available. This means users can easily subscribe to your latest products, or whatever the hell you decide to use it for.
http://example.com/products - The page
http://example.com/products.rss - The RSS feed
If the users browser supports the display of RSS feeds through rel="alternate" then this RSS feed will show up when the user goes to the page.
Other fixes
There are loads. We have fixed too many things to bother listing, but the chances are if you had a bug it will no longer be here. Even still, there may well be bugs in this RC1 which is why we haven't released it as final.
As always, pester us on Twitter or the GitHub issue tracker with any bugs.
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