From: "Ken Pooley" <kpooley@sewanee.edu>
To: "MWS" <mws@midgard-project.org>
Subject:  MWS, 8th of November, 2000 (#51)
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 15:45:21 -0600

Greetings!


This is an abbreviated MWS. While the US presidential elections have
provided much entertainment, and some distraction, my day job has been
demanding extra attention and has kept me from my sacred editorial duties.
At the same time Ron Parker and I have been working on an article, which
will be first released in the MWS in the next few issues, unfortunately it
has taken longer to get together than either of us thought.

Contents:
Editor's Note
1.4b6 Released
	A new beta with the first release of Repligard.
Discussion Forum
	More Midgard information resources.
VMUC becomes MOVE and is on the way
	Help in getting that first site up and running.

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1.4b6 Released
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A new beta of 1.4 has been released. It can be found at
http://www.midgard-project.org/article/8325.html. 1.4b6 includes a change to
the Midgard DB definition; some fixes to some Midgard functions and some new
ties to external system libraries. 1.4b6 also includes the first, limited,
release of Repligard, a database duplication utility. Repligard is still
early in its development and care is suggested when using it. 1.4b6 does not
include Asgard which remains, at this point a separate download. Users
should expect at least one more beta to come out before the final release
candidate. As always remember that beta software is intended for test
purposes only and should not be relied on in a production environment.

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Discussion Forum
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Jakob Nielsen has announced the publication of a Midgard Bulletin Board
Forum. It is a threaded forum open to registered users. The forum can be
found at:
http://www.jakobnielsen.net/midgardforum/viewboard.phtml?BoardID=1. This
should be an excellent addition to the current Midgard lists; links to the
forum will be included on the Midgard-project site soon.

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VMUC becomes MOVE and is on the way
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As a part of the development of new documentation a new demo site is in the
works. VMUC is being rewritten and redesigned to give better examples of
Midgard in action as well as to demonstrate the new features in 1.4. VMUC
has been a great resource for those working on their first (and sometimes
second) Midgard site and the new demo site should provide even more help.
The new demo site will be included as part of the final 1.4 package.





About Midgard



Midgard 1.4 is a content publishing tool for small and medium sized sites.
It is based on Apache, MySQL and PHP. The application and its documentation
are licensed GPL, LGPL and GFDL. This licensing strategy guarantees that
developers, webmasters, ISPs, and business managers are investing in a
strategy where they're free to share solutions and participate in the
application design.

-> http://www.midgard-project.org



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About MWS


The Midgard Weekly Summary is a bi-weekly newsletter

for the Midgard user and developer community,

as well as the extended web community.

If you would like to release it or publish it,

please contact Ken Pooley

(kpooley@sewanee.edu).


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be found archived at the Midgard web site.

-> http://www.midgard-project.org/topic/169.html



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Places to see Midgard in Action:
http://www.midgard-project.org
http://www.hklc.com
http://www.5fthigh.com/
http://www.linuxde.org/
http://www.hec.nl/
http://www.stonejobs.com/
http://www.cruisexcursions.com/

-More to come


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