The first release candidate of Textpattern CMS 4.2.0 is ready for testing. Please grab yourself a copy, try to find the last remaining bugs or errors and help us build a high-quality final release.

We intend to distribute one user-contributed admin-side theme with the next release, and are now on the lookout for the most attractive candidate.

We are happy to announce the release of Textpattern CMS 4.0.8.

The final, official Textpattern CMS 4.0.8 release is scheduled for mid-January 2009, unless unexpected problems or errors arise.

We are happy to announce that Textpattern CMS 4.0.7 is finally ready for public consumption.

The final, official 4.0.7 release is scheduled for next week, unless unexpected problems or errors arise.

As almost nothing is made to last forever, articles may carry an expiry date/time in the upcoming Textpattern 4.0.7 release.

Mike from Capsize Designs shares his experiences from choosing a content management system for their most recent project.

Jon Hicks, renowned connoisseur of cheese and creator of fine visuals, shares his thoughts on content management systems and weighs the pros and cons of Expression Engine vs Textpattern.

In the upcoming Textpattern 4.0.7 release, the default page template will contain a sample two-level navigation menu with the first level built by a list of sections while the second level menu is run by a list of article titles within the active section.

There’s one thing that any software developer, experienced or noob, would tell you: The real difficulties in software design aren’t buried deeply inside an Algorithm Bible/Quran/Torah/{insert your manifest of choice here}.

So, it’s been over a month since we moved in at our new code repository, we already acquainted ourselves to the place and added a few new features to what will then become Textpattern 4.0.7. I thought I’d explain one of these upcoming features in greater detail: plugin order.