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With the new release we introduce the initial version of the pub/sub-system. Publish/subscribe (pub/sub in short) is a pattern where sender (publishers) trigger an event, whereon receivers (subscribers) can subscribe. With this mechanism modules can be looselyy linked and are able to interact on certain events.

Read more on the technical detail in the full post.

Today we released Fork 2.4.2, check out the changelog. You can also follow Fork on github.

In Fork 2.4.2 we will introduce automagical Google Analytics Social tracking. Although 2.4.2 is yet to be released (Tuesday July 5), We want to give a quick intro on how to enable this new feature. (If you can't wait to integrate it into your personal site, you can download the code on Github)

As promised in the new default theme and HTML5 markup post, I have made a presentation on how to use the Fork forms library. The presentation explains why and how you should use the library.

We are currently working hard on implementing new features, building new modules and fixing bugs. We have also developed a versatile new default theme to accompany these changes: Triton (short for King Triton).

Dear web developer. Count the number of times a client has asked you to correct that French spelling mistake. Of course you use a CMS and “they can edit it themselves”. But what if the mistake occurs in a custom module you made and thus the text is not directly editable?

To solve this problem, we developed a translations module in Fork CMS. Of course this module helps tremendously when developing websites that are available in multiple languages.

In the Fork backend you can edit any piece of text on the website, as long as it’s marked by a piece of code we call a label. For example, let’s say you have a form with a “name” as the first entry field.

<label for="name">Name</label>

Now change Name into {$lblName}:

<label for="name">{$lblName}</label>

Now add the translation in the translations module, and the translation is editable. Hooray!

Here’s a screenshot of the translations module. Click for a bigger image.

The developer team is working on making themes installable: the aim is to be able to download a theme and install it with example data so you can get a head start when developing a website.

This wil also allow non-developers to use Fork CMS: download a theme, install it, adjust the content and your website is ready to go.

I've been working on a theme called Day 02. A little preview can be found below; click the image for a bigger version.

• Keep up with the latest news by following our Twitter account @fork_cms — or if you like Facebook better "like" here.
• We have a support forum set up in case you have questions or need help.
• The support forum works together with the bugtracker. Please report any bugs you encounter there. Speaking of bugs: a 2.0.1. bugfix releas is on the way. We'll be releasing official Fork releases every 2 weeks starting from November 3rd.
• Last but not least we've had some Fork T-shirts made. These will be distributed at Digital Marketing First.

Hi everyone. Thanks for the compliments and critiques. We're working hard to iron out the reported bugs. There's a few questions that keep popping up, so I thought I'd summarize the answers in a blog post. Read more...