Jay Gilmore tweeted me this morning to be sure that I made a note of the latest version of MODX Revolution that was released a couple days ago. MODX Revolution 2.2.2 includes a number of important fixes, some performance improvements, and two new wizards to make it easier to create User and Resource Groups in the CMS.

If you're using MODX Revolution and have not upgraded to 2.2, you will find that it has been one of biggest releases for the MODX folks to date. There were also notable improvements and enhancements included in Revolution 2.2.1.

Some of the highlights in the MODX Revolution 2.2.2 release:

• New wizards for creating User and Resource Groups
• xPDO change to improve performance, specifically with getResources
• Upgrades from command line no longer require all settings in the config file
• Added User duplication for the easy creation of Users and to preserve settings
• New prompt to login to regain access to work in progress after timeout
• Improvement to URL handling
• Further performance enhancements via xPDO method changes.

For further details, please read the release announcement found at MODX.com. MODX Revolution can be downloaded via the MODX download page.

Yesterday, MODX Revolution 2.2.1 was released and this new version offers several small enhancements while addressing 85 issues with fixes. New in 2.2.1 is Sudo users. Sudo users is a setting on a user account that gives unrestricted access to the MODX install. This new feature lets site administrators maintain a user account that cannot get locked out of the site while creating access policies for other site administrators and users.

MODX Revolution 2.2.1 is also intended to prepare MODX Revolution for MODX Cloud. MODX Cloud is being billed as "the ultimate MODX platform" that lets you build sites properly without having to worry about the infrastructure at all. I'm not sure of all the changes that Revolution has gone through to prepare it for MODX Cloud but I would imagine that it may have something to do with making it more compatible with the available API of MODX Cloud.

Here are the highlights of the 2.2.1 release:

As yesterday's press release mentioned, MODx Revolution 2.0.5 has been publicy released.  I thought I would briefly focus on some of the specific changes in this minor release update from the MODx team. Over 175 issues and improvements were addressed in Revolution 2.0.5.

Some of the highlights of Revolution 2.0.5 include:

• Form Customization Revamped
• New Access Policy Templates
• Tighter, more stable code with regards to multiple contexts and filemanager_path settings
• Many xPDO (a newly adopted standard for database persistence in PHP) improvements and fixes
• A number of user interface (UI) fixes, such as Resource Tree enhancements, more phpthumb options, drag/drop improvements
• Fixed issues with APC, WinCache, eAccelerator and other caching systems
• Tightened Security against XSS (cross-site scripting) by adding sanity checks on data transmission
• Fixed issues with radio TVs, resourcelist TV, and other rare TV conflicts

The MODx team recommends that you read Upgrading to Revolution 2.0.5 before upgrading, especially if you use Form Customization, have a Custom Access Policy, or use the extension_packages setting. Revolution 2.0.5 can be downloaded from the MODx CMS website.

Jay Gilmore wrote to us the other day. Jay wanted to make sure we were aware that MODx 2.0.2 was released last Friday. Lots of bug fixes and improvements in this one that you might just notice a performance improvement. You can check out Jay's announcement below or at the MODx site.

MODx Revolution 2.0.2 Brings a Little More Speed and Lots of Little Fixes

MODx Revolution 2.0 was officially released nearly 2 months ago and many of you have made the switch from MODx Evolution and others have added it to their toolset. This means many more people using Revolution on a daily basis and this also has given it a real-world workout on production sites. This happily resulted in finding things that needed fixing or improving.

The Revolution 2.0.2 release contains over 80 bugfixes or improvements and here are the highlights:

• More optimizations to the Manager to improve usability and speed, including faster load times.
• Manager tree now remembers where you were on refresh so you don't have to keep clicking the tree.
• Improved Rich Text Editor support, especially in multi-context environments.
• Improvements Package Management so installing add-ons works correctly and smoothly in most environments.
• Improvements to image thumbnails and thumbnail caching in the MODx Browser.
• Template Variables using @bindings now work as they should.
• Added the ability to tab to the next editable field in System Settings (and other autosaving grids)
• Fixed issue where fields revert to original values after save¹

Revolution is only getting better, so download it now to try it or update your existing Revolution sites.

In late July, MODx Revolution 2.0 was released. Before the project's release, I interviewed though email Ryan Thrash, CEO and co-founder of the MODx project, as well as Jay Gilmore. In a joint response, they graciously answered some of my questions about MODx. Below are my questions and their responses from our MODx interview.

CMS Report - The release of 2.0 is a new beginning for MODx...where does MODx go from here?

MODx - MODx Revolution represents a sharp inflection point in our history. We have a lot of very positive announcements to make in the coming weeks, but here’s a high level overview:

• MODX, LLC, is a new company we’ve formed to stand behind the core products and to continue to foster the ongoing development of the software and the MODx ecosystem in general.
• We’re hiring both from within the community and bringing in outside expertise to make sure we have a viable and sustainable business. We’re 1000% focused on accelerating MODx adoption, awareness and continuing to rise as one of the top Open Source content management platforms today. 2011 should be an unbelievable year for MODx uptake.
• We’re looking for qualified developers, consultants and agencies to partner with MODx. They’ll be recognized as MODx experts and Solutions Partners, prominently displayed on our website and outbound marketing efforts, officially launching no later than early 2011. We get a good volume of leads through the website and these will all go to Partners, which is just the tip of the iceberg of benefits from partnering with MODx.
• Similarly, we’ll be launching commercial support services to meet the demand we’ve seen from businesses in the community. We have great offerings to talk about with regard to this later.
• We’re relaunching and totally revamping our websit to better focus on and to serve more stakeholders including end users (at our new modx.com URL). We’ll have dedicated community and developer sections to make learning about MODx easier.

What this all means is that there’s now going to be an organization to hold to account for MODx. We’ve done what we think is a good job as stewards since founding the project, and we’ll have dedicated time and resources to do an even better job going forward.