31 Oct 2025
3.0
I am happy to announce that the most complete, so far, version of MonoCMS is here! MonoCMS 3.0 has been under development for
the past 15 months and after all this time there have been plenty of upgrades:
Categories upgrade
This is the first big upgrade. Categories include publishing options allowing the user to control
content in various ways, selecting post related elements to be public or hidden from the visitors. The folder 'category/' has been removed and
the user can select a folder and a path as well for each category, which means they can be stored in anywhere inside your website.
Set-posts.php heavily modified - Print_index.php added
Set-posts.php was previously responsible for publishing content for all types of pages. In MonoCMS 3.0 two functions handle Posts and Pages
inside set-posts.php and a new file, print_index.php, manages all index content.
Set-posts.php also includes a new function,
print_posts(), which is the second big addition to the CMS. This function will publish Posts, independently from the main content of a page. You
can use it to combine Categories and Tags and other information to create unique feeds and publish them anywhere
inside your page. Call the function as many times as you like, changing the id parameter, to load the relative content. Also, a new xml file handles all the parameters needed (more information included in the package).
Functionality dropped
Plugins and Extensions are removed, though there was not much
development there anyway. As a consequence, the two 'demo' plugins,
RSS burn and Classic menu, are removed. But Classic menu can still be
found as a new option at the sidebar of the control panel.
Other upgrades
Many files and functions have been modified in monocms 3.0. If by any chance you had a previous version installed, you should replace all the files and transfer your content from the content folders(autosaves/,savedpages/) and any folder you had previously created.
Some other upgrades include:
- Speed improvements, for large number of posts
- Bug fixes for PagesSome other upgrades include:
- Speed improvements, for large number of posts
- Improved Tags menu for Posts
- Updated panel design