Symphony – Blog

A new way to discover extensions

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:48:00 +1000

By nickdunn

It's clear that there hasn't been enough extension-loving recently, so here we introduce both an XML schema to document your extension metadata, and a handy aggregator website that watches Symphony extensions on GitHub to let you know what's what.

Meet xpathr!

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:35:00 +1000

By brendo

An idea was hatched earlier in the year from the Advocacy Working Group to have an online XML/XSLT service that allows users to transform their XML and XSLT and easily share these snippets. Meet xpathr!

Making Extensions easier to find

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:15:00 +1000

By brendo

Back in July, @nilshoerrmann logged an issue that kickstarted a discussion on how we can improve the extension categories to stop the growing number of 'Other' extensions. After some discussion, we'd like you to please welcome the Membership, Multilingual and Third Party Integration categories.

Announcing Symphony 2.2.5

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:44:00 +1000

By brendo

Hot on the heels of the Symphony 2.2.4 release, 2.2.5 fixes a couple of critical issues with the Select Box Link and Date fields.

Symphony 2.3 Dev Notes #3

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:55:00 +1000

By brendo

This installment of the 2.3 Dev Notes includes information about the changes to localisation with the introduction of namespaces.

Announcing Symphony 2.2.4

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:24:00 +1000

By brendo

The Symphony working groups are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Symphony 2.2.4, a bugfix and security release.

Symphony 2.3 Dev Notes #2

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:13:00 +1000

By brendo

This installment of the 2.3 Dev Notes includes information about multiple output parameters for Section Datasources and Publish Labels for fields.

Symphony 2.3 Dev Notes #1

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:50:00 +1000

By brendo

As Symphony 2.3 progresses, we are going to post intermittent development notes for extension developers to stay up to date and ensure the transition from Symphony 2.2 is to Symphony 2.3 is as seamless as possible.

On the horizon, Symphony 2.3

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:30:00 +1000

By brendo

The release of Symphony 2.2.3 marks the end of development on the 2.2 branch, and the Working Groups are already hard at work on the next release, Symphony 2.3. I thought I'd take some time to outline a couple of the changes that we're working towards in this next release.

Announcing Symphony 2.2.3

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:28:00 +1000

By czheng

The Symphony working groups are pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 2.2.3, a bugfix and maintenance release.

Symphony API Documentation

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:04:00 +1000

By nickdunn

Documentation has never been Symphony's strong point. More specifically, before Symphony 2.2 comments in the actual code were both cryptic and sparse. However the release of Symphony 2.2.2 marks a special milestone in its history — Symphony now has a fully documented core.

Announcing Symphony 2.2.2

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:27:00 +1000

By czheng

Have you ever been happily basking in Symphony's warm, content-managey glow and wondered to yourself, "Self, could life possibly get any better than this"? Well, guess what... It just did.

Some love for XML Element

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:04:00 +1000

By brendo

With the upcoming release of Symphony 2.2.2, XMLElement has been given some love with some a couple of new methods to help make working with XMLElement easier for developers.

Taking Care of our Issues

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:43:00 +1000

By czheng

The official Symphony issue tracker is moving to Github. Here's what you need to know.

Let There Be Docs!

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:54:00 +1000

By czheng

Craig announces a change of direction in his ongoing efforts to write about Symphony.

Embracing Open Source Development

Fri, 20 May 2011 04:45:00 +1000

By Allen

Symphony didn't start its life as open source software. It took more than two years for us to transition from a closed source to the open MIT license we use today. And even since then, the platform has still always been officially managed by a company. Its leadership, the Symphony Team, have always been employees—first of Twenty-one Degrees, then of Symphony CMS Ltd.

Allen Chang’s Origin Story

Fri, 20 May 2011 04:33:00 +1000

By Allen

Allen, co-creator and chief architect of Symphony takes a journey all the way back to his misspent youth as a ninja assassin in training, slashing his way through both turmoil and triumph in the content management scene. He recounts his story with detail and historical accuracy; the comrades he fought battles with, some to their eventual departure. The gripping story will make you laugh and cry; it'll leave you perplexed and maybe even aroused.

Read Allen's story now to enrich your brain with Symphony's backstory.

Announcing Symphony 2.2.1

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:11:00 +1000

By czheng

Call it a spring cleaning—the first maintenance update for Symphony 2.2 features dozens of bug fixes and improvements.

Announcing Symphony 2.2

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:14:00 +1000

By czheng

On behalf of the Symphony team and the working groups, I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of Symphony 2.2.

A Guide to Email Gateways in Symphony 2.2

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:14:00 +1000

By michael-e

Email sending functionalities can vary from server to server. Symphony 2.2 introduces a new email API that allows the use of different “gateways” for sending email.