Apache Lenya 2.0 released The Apache Lenya development community is very proud to announce the 2.0 release of Apache Lenya. Apache Lenya is an Open Source Java/XML Content Management System and comes with revision control, site management, scheduling, search, WYSIWYG editors, and workflow. Apache Lenya is based on <a href="http://cocoon.apache.org">Apache Cocoon</a>. You can use Cocoon features such as robust caching, multi-channel output, its many connectivity options to quickly build customized solutions to meet your specific needs that are not already covered by Apache Lenya today. Check out the <a href="http://lenya.apache.org">Apache Lenya website</a> for more information. The Apache Lenya Community @RELEASE MANAGER resp. PR SENDER@ New Features in Apache Lenya 2.0 ================================ Architecture - Modularization - Separation of API and implementation Storage and Content Model - Documents are referenced using UUIDs - Improved management of internal links - Configurable meta data element sets - New protocols simplify repository access Website Management - Publication templating for re-using common functionality in multiple publications - Create new publication instances via the GUI - Support for configurable publication properties Access Control - Explicitly deny permissions on particular pages Assets and Images - Assets and images are treated as documents - Image upload in source editor - SVG-based server-side image resizing Workflow and Versioning - Quickly manipulate multiple documents - Personal user inboxes - Function to override other users' check-out Miscellaneous Features - Various usability improvements - News / weblog module with RSS generation - Language selection widget - Dynamically generated layout images, e.g. round corners - Better and more flexible editor integration (work in progress) Development - Usecase framework to simplify the implementation of user interaction functionality - Improved repository API - Cleanup of the code base