Roadmap

Going Places

OpenPublish boasts more than 15,000 downloads and 2,700 installations worldwide. The project includes 2 major releases and 8 minor releases. This roadmap highlights our vision and plans for the future of OpenPublish.

OpenPublish Vision

The genesis of the project was an identified need among online publishers who sought more from their content management system and publishing platform. OpenPublish is a "running start" for any publisher - it gets publishers to a working site faster, and allows developers to focus on advanced functionality and design. Our goal is to curate the very best of Drupal's powerful content management tools and package them specifically for the online publishing industry.

Ongoing Maintenance & Updates

We intend to keep the OpenPublish distribution up to date and compatible with Drupal core and our selected contributed modules as they become available.  We'll continue to work closely with core and module maintainers and the Drupal security team to contribute issues and patches.  We plan to release new versions of OpenPublish several times a year.  In the case of critical security releases, we will create patches as soon as possible.

Current Release (v2.2)

Version 2.2 was released on August 22, 2010. Changes included:

  • French, Spanish, German and (partial) Dutch translations
  • Drupal core security update
  • Security and regular updates for numerous contributed modules
  • Node Embed for CKEditor gives users the ability to embed nodes within others with a single click.
  • Bug fixes for greater stability

Prior Release (Version 2.1)

Version 2.1 was released in June, 2010. Major changes from 2.0 to 2.1 included

  • RDFa support for fans of the semantic web
  • PHP 5.3 supported
  • Theming improvements, including custom layouts, context-based layouts and improved context editing
  • Improved image handling, such as better re-use of already uploaded images, the ability to fetch an image from a URL and extended image cropping support
  • Fixed issues caused with Internet Explorer and CSS
  • An improved content sharing widget
  • Two-level primary menus

Next Up - Beyond v2.2

OpenPublish will continue to improve and extend its functionality in future releases. On the horizon:

  • Upgrade to Drupal 7
  • Improved distribution management
  • Create packages for deployment environments: (e.g. Acquia, Mercury, etc.)
  • Make OpenPublish even more design focused, with easy-to-use theming
  • Innovate with additional semantic web features

Building an OpenPublish Community

With each iteration, we're building a community to help maintain and improve OpenPublish. Some initiatives already underway in this direction include:

  • Translations - members of the community are providing translation services to localize OpenPublish
  • Continue to refine and improve our documentation
  • Develop and promote training curriculum (both physical and virtual)
  • Create a Feature Library
  • Create a Theme Library
  • Create a Network of interested professional services and implementation firms.

Let us know if you are interested in becoming involved in the effort.