django CMS 2.2 released
We are proud to announce that we just released django CMS 2.2 final. This new version includes many exciting new features and bugfixes.
We are proud to announce that we just released django CMS 2.2 final. This new version includes many exciting new features and bugfixes.
What's new in 2.2?
- View permissions for django CMS pages.
- Support for Django 1.3
- An improved toolbar and front-end editing
- Support for the latest version of django-mptt
- Improved handling of staticfiles using django-sekizai
- Support for the staticfiles contrib app in Django
- django-dbgettext support is now deprecated
For more information about the new features and how to upgrade, please refer to http://docs.django-cms.org/en/2.2/upgrade/2.2.html
A big thanks goes out to all of our over 170 contributors.
Jonas
Christian Bertschy
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