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Where is 5.x, or how to innovate on a monolith
With CMS 4.x supported until at least 2023, we're taking the time to incrementally innovate on the Silverstripe CMS ecosystem rather than prioritising a monolithic CMS 5.x release. Change should be a choice, and we hope to make it an easy one by continuing our work on APIs, Decoupled, and a modern CMS UI architecture.
readSupporting you in dependency vulnerability checks
How are you tracking security advisories in your dependencies? Silverstripe regularly publishes security fixes and there are various tools to get notified. Read all about them here.
readRounding up the 2020 Community Survey
Our annual Community Survey highlights how the community are using Silverstripe CMS and offers important insight for our product development team. In this post, we round up the key findings from this year’s survey.
read2020 Community Survey—have your say!
It’s time to have your say again! We’re running our (slightly delayed) annual community survey. This is your chance to tell us about you, how you’re using Silverstripe CMS, and if we’re going in the right direction.
readNew CMS demo for a better evaluator experience
Silverstripe CMS offers a flexible solution for your website or application. To provide a comprehensive hands-on experience, we’ve launched a new demo, packed with a more robust set of features.
readA better security classification for supported modules
At SilverStripe, we have a well defined security release process that helps keep SilverStripe projects secure. We’re taking the opportunity to align our process with the open source community, as well as re-defining how we handle security fixes in for “Limited Support” release lines.
readSearching SilverStripe issues just got a lot easier
We've made reporting new bugs and tracking down existing bugs easier! Using a custom search interface, you can now report and search for bugs across all supported SilverStripe modules.
readRounding up the 2019 SilverStripe Community Survey
Our annual Community Survey highlights how the community are using SilverStripe and offers important insight for our product development team. In this post, we round up the key findings from this year’s survey.
read2019 Community Survey—Have your say
It’s time to have your say again! We’re running our (slightly delayed) annual community survey. This is your chance to tell us about you, how you’re using SilverStripe, and if we’re going in the right direction.
readOur plan for ending PHP 5.6 support in SilverStripe 4
PHP 5.6 became End-of-Life in December 2018. In this post, we outline our plan for ending PHP 5.6 support in SilverStripe 4 and provide some guidance for customers.
readUpdate on SilverStripe 5.x
Earlier this year the SilverStripe 3.x release line changed phases and the 5.x release is getting closer, so we thought it was time to give you all an update on where we’re at.
readSilverStripe 3.7.1 and 4.2.0 are out
Proudly announcing new minor releases for the SilverStripe 3.x and 4.x release lines, including a few performance and security related changes which you should consider when upgrading.
readA win for privacy: Getting ready for GDPR
With new privacy regulations set to go live this month for European citizens, SilverStripe is taking the necessary steps to be GDPR compliant. We explain all in this post and trust it clarifies our efforts to respect the right for individuals to control their personal data.
readOur new forum preview: Getting the community on the same page
Great news everyone! The SilverStripe forum is back, so sign up today and join in the conversation!
readCommunity survey results for 2017
The polls are in! Here's how you and the rest of the SilverStripe community responded to our 2017 survey.
readOur 2017 Community Survey: Tell us how we’re doing
Here at SilverStripe we want to get to know the open source community better! Now's your opportunity to give us an idea about what drives the open source community and win some great prizes while you're at it.
readGood things take time: 4.0.0 stable released
We’re proud to announce the arrival of SilverStripe 4! This stable release is our first Long Term Support (LTS) release, and is quickly gaining module support with over 200 compatible modules already.
readStripeCon EU in Malta: Sun, Knights and Code
SilverStripe core developer Ingo Schommer recaps StripeCon Europe 2017. See what talks and topics were presented in Malta as well as some interesting systems being built on SilverStripe by the European SilverStripe community.
read4.0.0-beta3: Let’s stabilise!
SilverStripe 4.0.0-beta3 is now live. Take a look at the fresh screenshots of the file previews in SS4 and what we've been working on for this beta3 release.
readThe first beta release of SilverStripe 4 is here
This release freezes any changes to the SilverStripe 4 API. We’ll be shifting our attention towards bug fixing and polishing of the UI for a stable release later this year.
readDecoupled body parts: headless CMS and SilverStripe
What’s headless CMS? Do you need to get an axe? If you’re developing a rich web application, it’ll be a no-brainer to go headless with SilverStripe!
read[video] A tale of mockery: Mocking database records and web services in SilverStripe and testing using Behat
In this show and tell video I demonstrate how Behat integration tests can be run... read