Boris Wolf wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> my name is Boris Wolf, i'm working for Amaze Ltd. in London.
> Our main business is developing web sites. Recently we have
> been looking into OpenSource solutions for content management
> systems. So we learned about Midgard and seriously think about
> using Midgard in one or more of our projects.
>
> By doing so a couple of questions came up and i hope you'll be able
> to answer those...
>
> 1. FEATURES: Midgard already comes with a bunch of nice features.
> However, our customers request more functionality. In particular
>
> A) a workflow process with several people approving a piece
> of content before it becomes visible on the site including a
> release/unrelease function
mgd_approve_article() provides basic functionality for this, for more
specific solution just write a PHP wrapper.
> B) a version history with the ability to undo changes
No, we have no support for it yet, planned for 2.0 version
> C) storing binary files (images, pdf's etc.) within the content management
> system rather than having the web server dealing with binary
> files
Exists in 1.4 series. See attachment support in manual
> D) staging/testing area as a private invisible version of the site to
> become published or discarded at a later point in time
No problem at all, see Authorization, Styling, and Developing in Manual.
> 2. NEW RELEASE: Currently we are doing our testing with the
> MadKing release 1.2.5. On your webpage I learned there was a
> version 2.0 (addressing some of the feature issues) meant to be
> released in the first quarter of 2000! What's up with that? Does
> this version already exist? When do you expect it to be released?
Early beta of concept at October, working beta at New Year, I think.
>
> 3. DOCUMENTATION: Besides the Midgard webpage itself is there
> any other place in the web where we can get further documentation on
> the Midgard system?
You can get Midgard Manual from our site, it contains most documented
info for Midgard. Our mailing lists work as well.
> 4. SOURCE CODE: We are also considering adding functionality to
> the Midgard system by modifying the source or adding code. Where
> can we download the Midgard source code?
>From the Midgard site, where you expected to find them?
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Alexander Bokovoy
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