[07.06.2010] MotoCMS 1.2

[Alex Lisiewicz]

Moto CMS 1.2 is a long-awaited major release that offers many changes over the previous version, supporting new web technologies, improving performance and ease of use. Here are the remarkable features you will be happy to know:

• Control Panel Rebranding that allows you to remove all references concerning Moto CMS and replace Moto CMS logo with your own.
• Under Construction Mode that activates a placeholder web page and notifies visitors that your website is coming soon; meanwhile you may continue your work on the website.
• The ability to set a FavIcon for a website via Moto CMS control panel.
• The ability to pre-load images, MP3, FLV and SWF files during the website loading stage. This makes it possible to display images instantly while browsing a website, to get rid of extra progress bars, and to start background music just right after pre-loading.
• The ability to preview a website either in the same window or in a new one.
• XML Sitemap Generator.
• The ability for Flash developers to put content of the Rich Content Module into a separate file, what reduces the website loading time and makes it possible to create a great number of pages.
• The ability to adjust content position in the Rich Content blocks.
• Control panel interface updates. Improved display of pages and pop-ups in the control panel; a filter for fast page search has been added.
• Moto CMS components were updated for more convenient and automated assets loading (image, video and SWF). Improved YouTube Player performance. Now it works without using JavaScript code.
• Object effects management tools improvement. Now you have an ability to change the effects order for a particular object, hide or delete them. Moreover, you may also copy all effects of one object and apply them for another.
• Such modules, as image gallery, info module and music player now provides the ability to manage data sources (rename, delete or duplicate them) and to choose a file source just right from a module.
• Pages, pop-ups and website properties improvements. There also has been added a sort order for pages what allows creating powerful presentations.
• Auto-validation and correction of XML files if they are damaged by different unsupported symbols.
• The Lock Object information is stored.
• File upload without changing a file name in the library.
• Improved display of HTML content page. Support for alt and title image attribute values.
• New types of image views (thumbnails and list). The chosen mode and thumbnail size is stored.
• Improved Media Library performance by means of creating temporary light size images for its elements.
• Speed improvements: XML files load much faster due to the optimized XML structure and engine objects.
• Pop-ups size and location in the control panel is also stored.
• New module ? Advanced Catalog Module.
• "Rasterize Object" function added (Each Object can be converted into an image).