TYPO3 Ver. 4.3 Released

2009-11-30 the TYPO3 Association released the newest 4.3 version of TYPO3 CMS. TYPO3 has been downloaded over 4.1 million times - making it one of the world's leading Enterprise Open Source projects. The latest TYPO3 version 4.3 comes packed with numerous brand new features and improvements. Highlights include the completely new Frontend editing module and the integration of Extbase and Fluid. Additionally, TYPO3's already excellent security features have been improved even further.

TYPO3 version 4.3 innovations in detail:

The completely revised Frontend editing now provides a modern look and feel, and makes working with content intuitive and stress-free. Using "drag & drop", content elements can be moved or deleted, lightbox-based editing takes place directly on the page, and the entire page no longer needs to be reloaded when you use AJaX-technology to save changes.

The two extensions "Extbase" and "Fluid" smooth the way for a carefree migration to TYPO3 version 5. Using Extbase, developers can use the MVC-Concept (Model View Controller) for development, while simultaneously ensuring compatibility with TYPO3 version 5.
With Fluid, TYPO3 version 4 is expanded with a new and highly flexible templating engine.

Although TYPO3 is considered to be one of the most secure Open Source Content Management Systems available, TYPO3 version 4.3 improves security even further. Furthermore, authentication of frontend and backend users is now optionally possible over OpenID.

Besides improved security, TYPO3 users can look forward to having a more convenient TYPO3 backend. A Flash uploader allows simultaneous uploading of multiple files. Automatic code completion and an integrated documentation with intelligent as-you-type suggestions have been added to the TypoScript Editor, t3editor.

For many users the most helpful innovation may be the new recycler. It allows restoring of deleted records in a convenient and uncomplicated way.

Thanks to the new system scheduler, the TYPO3 Core now offers a central location to manage tasks which should happen on defined dates or at regular intervals.

Website projects relying on high performance will profit from two new features in TYPO3 version 4.3. Autoloading only loads files into the memory that are really needed for an application. This results in a dramatic improvement of performance.

The new optional caching framework which was backported from FLOW3 also adds to performance. It offers different methods to store data in the database, in the filesystem and in memcached environments.

 

Source: http://news.typo3.org