With Umbraco 4.1 currently on its way towards RC mode, the core
team is hard at work on v4.2. Last week the engineering team had a
major breakthrough on one of the most requested features - support
for 3rd party CMS modules.
"We're seeing more and more people coming to Umbraco from other
last generation Web CMSes", Umbraco Founder Niels Hartvig says and
continue "They enjoy the pure elegance of a next generation Web CMS
such as Umbraco, but unfortunately they're stuck with a galore of
old modules they've purchased for their previous CMS and that
delays a complete transition to Umbraco".
With the new Modulizer Factory in Umbraco 4.2 it'll be possible
to use modules from other systems such as Joomla, EpiServer®,
Drupal®, DotNetNuke® and Ektron® with just a single click from the
Web interface. It'll automatically import data and convert php,
python, perl and Cobol into native .NET compatible CLR code.
"With the Modulizer Factory®, the new Umbraco users will have
access to more than 53.000 modules which means that they can spend
all their time evaluating modules that replicates what was hot last
year instead of using the Umbraco building blocks to release new
innovations in record time. As such, users coming from these
systems will feel at home in Umbraco 4.2" states Niels Hartvig.
Umbraco 4.2 and the Modulizer Factory® is expected to be
available in Q4 2010 with a working preview available for Umbraco CodeGarden '10
attendees.