Posts Tagged SnowCMS 2.0
An update on progress, and the domain renewed
Posted by Ian in Developer updates, News and updates on June 20th, 2011
If anyone was paying attention (which I know no one was…) you may have noticed that the snowcms.com domain had expired, and of course the website then showed a lovely GoDaddy renewal notice. I apologize about that! The domain expired right in the sweet spot where I couldn’t renew it.
Anyways, I just thought I would give an update on the development status of SnowCMS v2 alpha 2, and I have actually been working on it even when the domain was down.
We are actually very close to the completion of SnowCMS v2 alpha 2, in terms of stages. There are three stages, and two of them are already completed. I have started on the third stage, but I there is still quite a bit left to do.
The third stage is converting the system over to the new theme setup, which no longer involves calling theme()->header() and theme()->footer(), but instead calling theme()->render() instead. By doing this, embedded HTML will be removed from the core system and into separate template files, which can be easily replaced by plugins if required.
SnowCMS 2.0 alpha 1 is ready to be tested!
Posted by Ian in News and updates on June 10th, 2011
The SnowCMS Dev Team is more than proud to announce the immediate availability of SnowCMS 2.0 alpha 1, which can be downloaded from Google Code.
Please understand that SnowCMS 2.0 alpha is likely to be very unstable! Therefore it should not be used on any production site whatsoever, as this release is merely a preview.
If you would like to help us out, you can download and install SnowCMS then give it a test run, and if you find any problems please submit a bug on our Google Code project site, or the developer forum. Every little thing helps, especially seeing as right now I am the only developer, though soren121 said that he does plan on helping this summer, so I have a lot of work to do!
Seeing as SnowCMS is designed to be highly modular, there currently isn’t much you can do with the system, except logging in, registering, viewing profiles, along with messing around in the control panel. Due to this, there are no links in the template to the log in form, registration form, or administrative control panel, so for the time being, you will need to enter the URL to them directly. The log in form is available at index.php?action=login, registration at index.php?action=register, and the control panel at index.php?action=admin.
Sorry about that! But hey, it is an alpha!
Yeah, I think we are ready to roll…
Posted by Ian in News and updates on June 10th, 2011
Wow, I can’t believe I am about to say this, but: I think SnowCMS v2.0 alpha is ready-to-go.
It has been over 1 year and 7 months since development on SnowCMS v2.0 alpha began, and probably about 3 years since the SnowCMS project first began some time in early 2008, but it appears as though SnowCMS 2.0 is one step closer to “going gold.”
I will be releasing a download for SnowCMS 2.0 alpha sometime this weekend, and will begin working on SnowCMS 2.0 alpha 2 shortly thereafter. There is still a lot of ground to cover, and alpha 2 will be a big one. The alpha 2 release will comprise of under-the-hood changes, so when the update does come, don’t expect to see any changes to the way the system looks — or any new features, for that matter. If you want to see what is planned for alpha 2 more specifically, check out our road map.
Before I do release SnowCMS 2.0 alpha, I just want to test it out a little bit to make sure there are no huge problems that really need to be fixed. Sure, it’s an alpha, not even beta, but still.
For those wondering, the update process for alpha 2 will be fairly straightforward, as you will be able to upgrade through the Update component accessible in the control panel — so long as everything goes off without a hitch. I have tested the update mechanism many times, but you never know! 
More soon!
I know I have said it before, but I’ll say it again…
Posted by Ian in Developer updates on February 26th, 2011
I know, I know… Previously I said we were really close to releasing a preview of SnowCMS v2, but this time, we are really really close.
What do I have left to do?
- Some tweaks to the theme control panel, such as making the theme files checked against the security database (to see that they are safe), and to check for and apply updates to a theme.
- Remove AJAX from the plugin updater.
- Leverage the simple notification system: currently there is a way for plugins to display simple notifications in the control panel sidebar, but SnowCMS itself does not take advantage of this feature. I will make it so when there is a system update, plugin update, or theme update, you will see a notification that there is some sort of update available.
Hopefully we really are close this time, as I am really looking forward to getting SnowCMS out to the web to demonstrate what it is capable of!
Finally, a roadmap!
Posted by Ian in Developer updates on February 5th, 2011
Hey everybody… I know it has been an awfully long time since I have posted anything (or committed anything, for that matter), but I am back to work on SnowCMS once again.
I decided that it felt highly necessary that I layout a roadmap for SnowCMS, which can be found on Google Code now. Currently 3 alphas are planned, at least one beta and at least one release candidate is also planned. The alpha releases laid out are pretty much final, though another alpha or so could be added if deemed necessary.