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WordPress have introduced an Open Source app that lets you write posts, upload photos, and edit your WordPress blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch. With support for both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress (2.5.1 or higher), users can now write and manage their blog on the go.

Download from the iTunes AppStore.

The interesting bit is the solution to prevent data loss when receiving a call. Wordpress for iPhone will recover your post after ending the call. You can take pictures on the phone and blog them instantly, iPod touch users are limited to pictures from the photo library.
See pictures of the app in action in the gallery.

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Optaros has written a streamlined web client for Alfresco based entirely on REST (web scripts) and ExtJS. It is called DoCASU, which stands for Document Access for Casual Users, and we’re making it freely-available as an open source project on code.optaros.com.

DoCASU 1.0 leverages the understanding gained from corporate user requirements and utilizes Rich Internet Application technologies such as the ExtJS AJAX framework. DoCASU is not intended to replace the already existing Alfresco web user interface, but rather offer an alternative for users who require a limited set of features for them to profit from simplicity and ease of use. Already today thousands of users at NXP, a top 10 semiconductor company founded by Philips, are enjoying the user friendly front end solution.

DoCASU is a showcase of what can be done on top of Alfresco’s Web Script approach with state of the art RIA technologies. Developers can take DoCASU as a start for even more comprehensive (or simplistic) user interfaces, purpose built front ends or just as the base for learning on how to build Alfresco user interfaces and applications leveraging Web Scripts.

It requires Alfresco 2.1.1 or later. The future DoCASU releases will include a drop zone for dragging and dropping files also for desktop interaction, tabbed navigation, configurable skins, usability improvements and more.

Read about the project and download the AMP from code.optaros.com. If you see things that need fixing, create a bug report or fix it yourself and let us know.

Forrester Research’s Stephen Powers just released their report “Web Content Management And Open Source“.

As organizations embark on next-generation Web content management (WCM) initiatives, they want to avoid the mistakes made in earlier, more costly WCM projects. As a result, information and knowledge management professionals increasingly show an interest in open source WCM as a way of controlling software costs and increasing their access to product-specific expertise in the marketplace.

Later on Powers concludes that only Alfresco and Drupal have a satisfactory product offering, proven enterprise-level implementations, and a large — and passionate — community of developers and service providers.

Seth has published an Open Source Java CMS Report. It evaluates seven open source Java WCM systems: Alfresco, Apache Lenya, Daisy, Hippo, Jahia, Magnolia, and OpenCMS.

As in his previous report Content Management Problems and Open Source Solutions written still at Optaros, Seth takes the approach of positioning each project in categories of use where it typically excels. The projects described in the the new Java report all fall into two categories: Informational Brochure and Web Content Management (WCM) Platform.
There is also a discussion of the overall web content management marketplace and how open source software fits in.

Check it out on Seth’s website.

After one year of work with a focus on improving the theme system, internationalization, logging and usability, and re-writing the menu system, drupal 6 is released with over 1,600 resolved issues evident in major usability improvements, security and maintainability advancements, friendlier installer, and expanded development framework. Drupal 6 now includes OpenID support.

For a quick video tour, check out Greg Knaddison’s “New features in Drupal 6.0 screencast”. Find a list of good reasons to upgrate to Drupal 6 in the release announcement.