Magnolia (CMS)

Magnolia

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Developer(s)	Magnolia International Ltd
Stable release	4.4.4 / May 20, 2011; 5 months ago (2011-05-20)
Development status	Active
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Content management system
License	Enterprise Edition: proprietary EULA, Community Edition: GPL
Website	http://www.magnolia-cms.com

Magnolia is an Open-Source content management system (CMS) developed by Magnolia International Ltd., based in Basel, Switzerland. It is based on JSR-170.

History

Magnolia 1.0 was released November 15, 2003 by Obinary Ltd.^[1] Magnolia 2.0 was released November 15, 2004 ^[2] with a focus on usability.

Obinary was renamed to Magnolia International Ltd. in September 2006. By that time, Magnolia had been downloaded more than 150,000 times.^{[3][self-published source?]}

Magnolia 3.0, released on November 15, 2006, marked the switch from a pure Open Source product to a layered product strategy with the introduction of Magnolia Enterprise Edition. The proprietary version extends the open source version by adding user authentication through LDAP, a package manager to manage deployments, a JSR-168 connector and a WYSIWYG website designer^[4]

Magnolia 3.6 was released in July 2008 and focused on the ease of maintenance, robustness and performance.^[5]

In December 2008, Magnolia released "Magnolia-on-Air", a content management system designed for broadcasters and large organizations to manage their broadcast content.^[6]

In March 2009, Magnolia released Magnolia 4.0.^[7]

Magnolia 4.1 was released in June 2009. It introduces user-generated content templates that provide new functionality, including forums and public user registration. It also includes new features like a CMS-wide address book, multiple themes, RSS generation and agregation.^[8]

Coverage and Reviews

Since mid 2007,^[9] Magnolia has been covered by the independent CMS Watch report.^[10]

It is covered in the "Open Source Content Management in Java" report of Seth Gottlieb, Content Here ^[11]

In August 2009, Gartner included Magnolia into their "Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management" report.^[12]

Users

Magnolia CMS users include the US Navy^[13] and Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC).^[14]

Awards

In September 2010, Magnolia won the Swiss Open Source Award in the Contribution category.^[15][16]

In May 2011, the Red Herring editorial team selected Magnolia as part of the 2011 Top 100 Europe.^[17]

Magnolia Conference

The inaugural Magnolia Conference was held in Basel, Switzerland on September 10 & 11 2009. The event attracted more than 80 attendees. The list of speakers included the Magnolia founders Pascal Mangold & Boris Kraft as well as David Nüscheler, JSR-170 specification lead (JSR-170 is Magnolia's underlying technology standard).^[18] Impressions of the event have been blogged about,^[19] photos have been published on Flickr^[20] and talks have been streamed live over the internet^[21]

References

1. ^ "Obinary Releases Free Java-based Enterprise CMS". CMSWire (Simpler Media Group). 2003-11-20. http://www.cmswire.com/cms/open-source-cms/obinary-releases-free-javabased-enterprise-cms-000086.php. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
2. ^ Dunwoodie, Brice (2004-11-16). "Magnolia 2.0 Released, J2EE Open-Source CMS". CMSWire (Simpler Media Group). http://www.cmswire.com/cms/open-source-cms/magnolia-20-released-j2ee-opensource-cms-000475.php. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
3. ^ Kraft, Boris (2006-09-19). "Obinary, Creator of Leading Enterprise Content Management System "Magnolia", Renamed to Magnolia International Ltd.". PRWeb (Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC). http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/09/prweb439195.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
4. ^ Natividad, Angela (2006-11-15). "Magnolia Turns 3, Updates Web CMS". CMSWire (Simpler Media Group). http://www.cmswire.com/cms/open-source-cms/magnolia-turns-3-updates-web-cms-000901.php. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
5. ^ Kraft, Boris (2008-07-30). "Magnolia Version 3.6 Ten Times Faster; Includes New Enterprise Features". Magnolia International Ltd.. http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/news/press-releases/magnolia-3-6-released.html. Retrieved 2009-01-25. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ Mullan, Eileen (2008-12-09). "Helping Broadcasters Bloom with Magnolia: a CMS for the Broadcasting Media". EContent (Information Today Inc.). http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Feature/Helping-Broadcasters-Bloom-with-Magnolia-a-CMS-for-the-Broadcasting-Media-51844.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
7. ^ Initmarketing Staff (2009-03-12). "Open Source CMS Magnolia 4.0 Released". The Server Side. http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=53948. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
8. ^ Initmarketing Staff (2009-06-25). "Open Source CMS Magnolia 4.1 Released". Magnolia Ltd. http://www.magnolia-cms.com/4-1. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
9. ^ Boye, Janus (2007-07-14). "Magnolia's new enterprise edition is more of a departmental tool". TRENDWATCH BLOG. CMS Watch. http://www.cmswatch.com/Trends/970-Magnolia's-new-enterprise-edition-is-more-of-a-departmental-tool. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
10. ^ "THE WEB CMS REPORT 2009". CMS Watch. CMS Watch. http://www.cmswatch.com/CMS/Report/. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
11. ^ Gottlieb, Seth. "Open Source Content Management in Java". Content Here. http://www.contenthere.net/products-page/reports/open-source-content-management-in-java. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
12. ^ Mick MacComascaigh, Toby Bell, Mark R. Gilbert (2009-96-14). "Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management". Gartner. http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/oracle/article91/article91.html. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
13. ^ Ruby, Bryan (2010-11-11). "The Magnolia CMS and the U.S. Navy". CMS Report. http://cmsreport.com/blog/2010/magnolia-cms-and-us-navy. Retrieved 2011-08-31. 
14. ^ Johnston, Mike. "MBC Chooses Magnolia CMS". CMS Critic. CMS Critic. http://www.cmscritic.com/mbc-chooses-magnolia-cms/. Retrieved 2011-09-03. 
15. ^ "CH Open Source Awards 2010". Swiss Open Systems User Group. Swiss Open Systems User Group. http://www.ossawards.ch/awards-2010/. Retrieved 2011-08-11. 
16. ^ Johnston, Mike (2010-09-02). "Magnolia CMS wins Swiss Open source award". CMS Critic (CMS Critic). http://www.cmscritic.com/magnolia-cms-wins-swiss-open-source-award/. 
17. ^ "2011 Red Herring Top 100 Europe". Red Herring. Red Herring. http://www.herring100.com/RHE/2011/top100.html. Retrieved 2011-08-11. 
18. ^ Nakano, Chelsi (2009-06-29). "Magnolia Conference Program Finalized". CMSWire. http://www.cmswire.com/cms/events/magnolia-conference-program-finalized-004936.php. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
19. ^ Haderka, Jan (2009-09-10). "Magnolia Conference". java.net blog. http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rah003/archive/2009/09/10/magnolia-conference. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
20. ^ "Magnolia Conference Photos". Flickr. 2009-09-10. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/mconf/. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
21. ^ "Technology track of Magnolia Conference to be streamed live". HeiseMedia UK Ltd.. 2009-09-07. http://www.h-online.com/open/Technology-track-of-Magnolia-Conference-to-be-streamed-live--/news/114179. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 

External links

• Magnolia Website