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The open-source CMS, SilverStripe, has a new version that's been made available. This release solves a number of potential security vulnerabilities:
<ul>
<li>Draft pages were visible to unauthenticated users on specifically crafted URLs.</li>
<li>An content author with access to the “Security” section in the CMS could potentially take over an administrator account.</li>
</ul>
These are now fixed in 2.4.2, along with several dozen minor bug fixes.You can review a list of the 100+ changes in <a href="http://open.silverstripe.org/wiki/ChangeLog/2.4.2">the changelog</a>.
<h3>Improved Windows Support</h3>
SilverStripe 2.4.2 offers increased confidence over past versions for running our software on Windows OS when using SQL Server as the database. Previously, you had to run SilverStripe on Linux for all unit tests to pass. As a result of fixing bugs and unit tests, all SilverStripe unit tests now pass when running on Windows. The work includes fixing full-text search for the <a href="http://www.silverstripe.org/microsoft-sql-server-database/">SQL Server database module</a>, fixing windows file path issues along with numerous other bug fixes for the Windows platform done in 2.4.0 and 2.4.1.
<img style="max-width:467px" title="2.4.2-all-tests-pass" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/2_4_2-all-tests-pass_wcjpj8.png" />
<h3>Other minor improvements</h3>
<ol>
<li>Allows Apache to provide better error pages</li>
<li>Improved unit testing reports</li>
<li>Fixed the installer logic for SQLite database</li>
</ol>
More info: <a href="http://www.silverstripe.org">http://www.silverstripe.org</a>

SilverStripe CMS 2.4.2 released

mike-johnston

The SilverStripe team have launched a free extension to SilverStripe CMS that makes it easier to build websites for mobile devices. This is a great trend we've been seeing lately and we're keeping a close eye as more and more CMS vendors move to adapt to the new mobile web.
<blockquote>Most websites now have a noticeable amount of visitors using mobile devices. We've been looking at how to make it easier to build websites that can be accessed through popular mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads, and Google Android phones.
The result is the SilverStripe Mobile Module. Once installed, it provides out of the box functionality to render an SilverStripe CMS website using a mobile-optimised theme, with the page width, font size, and menu layout designed for a small screen.
While you can certainly use this out of the box theme, it's mainly supplied so that someone familiar with HTML and CSS can customise the theme to suit your intended look and feel.
The module also provides:
<ul>
<li>Automatic detection of mobile devices so that you can automatically redirect people to a mobile-optimised website.</li>
<li>A simple GUI for configuring the module</li>
</ul>
You can test-drive the module by visiting <a href="https://m.demo.silverstripe.com/">https://m.demo.silverstripe.com</a> in your mobile phone.
SilverStripe's templating language has meant developing mobile templates has always been possible. However, there is considerable effort in achieving cross-browser compatibility across mobile devices. The goal for this module is to reduce the time it takes people to build websites optimised for browsing by mobile devices. It's not intended to grow into a module that allows people on mobile phones to perform content authoring (although we do see that this could be useful for certain CMS tasks, like approving a request from a colleague to publish website content.)</blockquote>
At this stage, the mobile module is in beta. This means they are inviting people to download, test, and offer feedback on the module. Once they've incorporated your feedback, they hope to release the module confidently knowing that it provides website developers with a stable and useful tool for quickly creating mobile-optimised websites.
<a href="https://silverstripe.org/mobile">Download the SilverStripe Mobile module</a>

SilverStripe mobile development has just become easier

<img style="max-width:150px" title="silverstripe" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/silverstripe_yzr0ya.png" />The first release candidate of what will become SilverStripe 2.4 is now available for testing. For a full breakdown of the new features, you can read the following blog post regarding beta 1 which highlights the new options built into 2.4: <a href="http://silverstripe.org/silverstripe-2-4-beta-release-brings-hierarchical-urls-sql-server-support-and-much-more/">http://silverstripe.org/silverstripe-2-4-beta-release-brings-hierarchical-urls-sql-server-support-and-much-more/</a>.
From the blog post:
<blockquote>Today we've moved significantly closer to a final and stable version of SilverStripe v2.4. You can now download <a href="http://www.silverstripe.org/assets/downloads/SilverStripe-v2.4.0-rc1.tar.gz">SilverStripe v2.4 Release Candidate 1</a>, which fixes bugs and incorporates feedback from the community since our Beta releases.
We'd appreciate you testing this release, and seeing whether your existing sites upgrade smoothly to this version. Version 2.4 does represent a major version update, providing a number of new features needed to run larger and more complex websites. Whether you're needing to run on SilverStripe on another database, make use of nested URLs, or keen to take advantage of improved performance or wider unit-test coverage, there's something in this release that will help everyone who uses SilverStripe.</blockquote>
You can grab a copy from:<a href="http://www.silverstripe.org"> http://www.silverstripe.org</a>

SilverStripe 2.4 release candidate 1 available

A new version of the open-source content management system, SilverStripe, is now available for download. This release is primarily a bugfix release and according to the <a href="http://silverstripe.org/silverstripe-2-3-5-released/">changelog</a>.
For more information about SilverStripe, you can read our <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/silverstripe-cms-review/">SilverStripe review</a> or check out all of our <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/tag/silverstripe/">SilverStripe-related articles.</a>
You can also learn more by visiting their <a href="http://www.silverstripe.org">homepage</a>.

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