SweetCMS 2 is here!

9th Feb 2009, 12:00 am

We’ve been extremely busy working away on a brand new version of SweetCMS. Here are some of the new features and benefits SweetCMS 2 brings.

Security

Security is further improved in SweetCMS 2, which is fully protected from MySQL Injection and XSS (cross server scripting). Furthermore, all passwords are encoded in md5, which cannot be decoded.

Backup module

We’ve built a really simple and useful backup module in SweetCMS 2, allowing you to back up all your text content at the click of a button. Restoring a previous version of your site is just as easy.

User comments

This highly configurable option allows visitors to your site to leave comments; great for building community and adding value to your content. Comments can be moderated prior to publication or left ‘open’ if you prefer, and it can even be confined to specific pages. (Or, you can turn it off altogether!)

Nice URLs!

SweetCMS URLs usually consist of your site name followed by /index.php?page=15. This new option can change all that, with URLs presented in a more human format like www.sweetcms.com/about-us for example.

Improved e-commerce

Message built one of the world’s first ‘Ajax’ shopping carts (see www.rapha.cc ) and we’ve taken SweetCart – our e-commerce module – down that same route in order to improve the user experience.

We’ve also made numerous improvements in the back-end, allowing you much greater control over your products and orders. You can now cross-sell items, set up your own delivery bands (by weight or cost), inspect orders in far greater detail (even viewing abandoned shopping carts), print out pre-formatted delivery notes and more.

File browser

Now you can view all those images and files you’ve uploaded with our file browser which intelligently handles different file types and sizes.

Modular system

The biggest changes to SweetCMS 2 are under the hood; the all-new modular system allows us far more flexibility in the way we use the system to build websites. Throw any design challenge at us and we’re certain SweetCMS 2 can accommodate it!

Improved usability

As well as making improvements to your site visitors’ experience, we’ve also taken the opportunity to enhance the CMS itself, making the pages easier to use and giving you even more control over your site.

Fancy an upgrade?

If you already have a site built using SweetCMS and would like to benefit from the new features, contact Message to talk about pricing.