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MongoDB as CMS achieved – Re-Introducing MongoPress 0.2

Well folks, it’s been a real interesting and somewhat intense couple of weeks…

Around the same time as winning the monthly developer contest at 10gen, I started work on a new administration interface for MongoPress whilst Ali set himself on the task of re-writing the installation process and better organising the general flow of perma-trail interactions with super-charged private nonces and cookie key protection of sensitive data. As a result, we’ve hit all new levels of stability and security. We’ve got a fresh look and feel that utilises HTML5 in new and interesting ways with drag and drop batch image uploading and AJAX powered page transitions with push states and history. Our installation process is as simple as it gets – boasting an all new “One Step Process” with inline importing of content. The default theme has been given a new object type called “places“, which have been used for us to test the new geoRSS mu-plugin presently added to core, whilst also allowing us to showcase the new gMap shortcode functionality for displaying places on a map. With all this and countless other changes and bug-fixes, we’re proud to announce our first major milestone since launch. Our first “production ready” release. Our baby; MongoPress 0.2

For those still unfortunate enough to not have an environment to install MongoDB and check-out MongoPress, we wanted to show you a couple of teasers from the administrative pages, where the first image shows the dashboard and the second shows drag and drop batch image uploading.