Elxis new version, 2009.0, released today and you can download it for free from the Elxis Downloads Center. Although this release is backwards compatible to the  2008.1 version it introduces some fantastic features. Static cache, automatic language detection, one-click download and install EDC installer, content items commentary, are only a few of them. There is also a brand new Elxis installer, a new manager for RSS feeds (simplepie), even better SEO PRO URLs, you can also edit any CSS file of a template directly from within Elxis administration, and many-many more improvements. The full name of the new release is Elxis 2009.0 Pandora rev2437. More info about this release will be announced soon. We hope you like it!

A live chat service added on Elxis forums in order for the free provided support to become even better and faster. You can also use the chat as a way to get know better other Elxis users or to co-ordinate your Elxis related work with them in real time. To use the online chat login to the Elxis forums and click Chat from the top menu. If you have not an account to the forum please first register, it is free!

We need volunteers to translate the upcoming Elxis 2009.0. Take the oportunity and participate in an open source project. Your work will help thousands of people in all around the world. To get start visit the Elxis 2009.0 translators list topic on Elxis forum. Thank you for your participation!

A new gallery component for Elxis CMS, IOS Gallery, is almost ready to be released in public. The development has been completed, we do some final testing and translations. We need your contribution to translate IOS Gallery in more languages. We have opened a special post on Elxis forums for IOS Gallery translation. Please visit that post to get information on how you can start. The component was created by Is Open Source and it will be released for free. For online help and more information please visit IOS Gallery on Elxis wiki page.

Elxis.cz is a new Elxis local support site for Czech Elxis users by Paracom software. In this site you will find usefull information regarding Elxis in Czech and also Elxis front-end and back-end language packages for Elxis 2008.0/2008.1 in Czech. These language packages were included in the upcoming Elxis 2009.0 release. Thanks to the Elxis Czech team!

Elxis users can now have a full featured online shop within their Elxis web site with the power of IOS eshop! IOS eshop, by Is Open Source, is a shopping cart component for Elxis CMS that allows you to sell both tangible and intangible, such as digital and downloadable, goods online. The component supports many payment gateways and shipping methods and you can install even more. Eshop has a multi-lingual interface and also allows you to enter products title, description, etc, in up to 4 languages. IOS eshop + Elxis CMS is a powerful combination that will sky-rocket your online business. Visit IOS eshop demo site. Purchase online IOS eshop. A full detailed user manual in PDF format is also available.

Today, December 19, 2008, released a new updated version of Elxis 2008.1 containing mostly bug fixes and a few updates. The latest stable rivision of Elxis 2008.1 is 2245 and this will be the last version of Elxis 2008.1 until the release of Elxis 2008.2. Together with this release we updated Elxis 2008.1 hashes for the Updiag tool, Elxis 2008.0 to 2008.1 updater, and a patch for all previous Elxis 2008.1 releases to update to the last version (rev2245). Notice that the latest Elxis version requires you to create manually one column in database table eblog if you upgrade from 2008.1 r2204 or 2008.1 r2218 to Elxis 2008.1 r2245. Read the info provided at elxis downloads center for more information. This is our holiday version of Elxis CMS. Mary Christmas and happy new year!

Elxis blog guide by Petros Bournias is a guide to show you the difference between a blog and eblog as used on Elxis. This guide has been created to help you decide what kind of blog you want to use, the difference between using a blog or the Elxis blog, and how to use them with the Elxis CMS program version 2008.1. You can download this guide in PDF format for free from the Elxis Downloads Center.