MDPro Lite, alias MDLite, is ready :)

After a lot of work and a lot of time, finally MDLite, for now just in RC release, is ready. To help us make the final release as soon as possible, please download it, use it, test it and report any bugs, and/or your comments and suggestions. You should also be aware that development of MDPro 1.076 has stopped, as we will turn our full attention to preparing MD 1.1. Any additional security fixes for MD 1.076 will only continue for a short time.

Before beginning to use MDLite, please keep in mind that this is an RC release. So please don't use it in an operational site. This release will allow you to install it for testing purposes and to discover its new features.

Another important note about MDLite is that MDLite represents a transitional development as we move toward producing MD 1.1 with a new core. As explained further below, we have rewritten a large amount of code, made it simple and easy to use, added documentation, optimized performance etc. With MDLite and MD 1.1 you will see that we have changed our philosophy and have focused on creating a small core to allow users to install ONLY the modules, blocks and addons they need. MDLite also introduces a new MD directory and files structure. This structure will continue to be improved upon in MD 1.1.

The next several weeks will be very exciting for you as we have many surprises, releases and new things happening soon :) Some suprises come from our GPLdev Assocation project. I will keep you informed about this very soon. Additionally, we will open discussion with some development posts in our forum  as we believe it is important to keep our community involved in the next developments at MAXdev.com. Our staff are working to continue development of MD 1.1 and look forward to receiving your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future development.

The first question people ask me about MDLite is "Can I upgrade from MD 1.076?"  At first, I considered releasing MDLite without an upgrade procedure; however, because so many people have asked for an upgrade procedure, I decided to develop and include the upgrade procedure ONLY FROM MD 1.076.  So yes, you can upgrade from MD 1.076, but please read all instructions carefully before beginning the upgrade.

You should also be aware that some modules will not work with MDLite, and other modules will  need a few modifications to let them work with MDLite.  In the coming weeks we will add a post in the forum or tutorials in our documents section with some tips for making these modifications. MD Staff and thirdy party developers are working to develop and/or rewrite new modules to work with MDLite. Several modules have already been completed and others are nearing completion for use with MDLite including: new calendar module, classified, newsletter, forum, contact, legal, MDchannel, gallery, multisites, latest comments etc... All of these will include templates for AutoRender :)

You can read about here

So, before you decide to upgrade, please consider it carefully, perhaps make a test with a separate installation and try out the new core and modules.

I want to take this opportunity to say many thanks to all the people who have made this project and MDLite possible, so many thanks to :

Sjah - Sjahrazad Alamsjah - Designer - http://www.uiarch.org/  
Skin - Alessio Pellegrini - Designer - http://www.pointnet.it/  
Serg - Sergey Alexandrov - Bug manager, developer
Oleg - Oleg Berngardt - Autorender Developer
Csipiemonte - Luca Gioppo - Lead Developer
WindMeUp - Stefan Koehler - Co-Lead Developer
Capretta - Gagliani Angelo - Document Manager
Peterbest - Peter Best - Developer
Cino - Romeo Bandinelli - General Secretary
Dmcl1 - Denise McLaurin
Duster - Eddie Rhodes - English documentation
Dmiranda - Diego Miranda - Developer
CybLeNoir - Michele Gianni - Developer
Moviemaniac - Enrico Fedele - Developer
Asrul - - Malaysian support and co-webmaster of http://www.masa2.net/  
Poke - Pochettino Marco - Developer
Aldebaran - Franco Ghezzo - Documentation and translation
Bruce - Luca Rossi - Translation
Francesco Kaitner - Il Barone Rosso
Simone Onofri - Simo
CoolOs - Guy Vigneault - french support
Undernature - Marco Scarselletti

and sure to all people who contribute and thirdy party applications and developers, you can read about here

Many thanks also to GPLdev association and all MDBoosters. I would also like to remind you that we always need help in our staff. If you are interested in contributing seriously with development, writing documentation, support, design etc. ... just contact us and let us know.

So let's go now and discover MDLite!

TiMax

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