But in all the new features and fixes there is one that is a biggie. It's the most important and potentially game changing addition to dotCMS since our structured content engine; it's our new plugin architecture. As of version 1.7 dotCMS will include a plugin architecture that allows developers and webmasters to extend and improve dotCMS functionality, from adding the latest JavaScript doohickey as a macro to overriding the system at the java/portlet/db level and everything in-between. Basically, the entire system can be customized and extended. Because of this, I think, plugins change everything for dotCMS. Here is my reasoning in four bullets.
We are not there yet and are working furiously on improving all parts of the plugin experience, so expect there to be continual improvements. But watch this space, because I have a feeling we will be hearing a lot more about dotCMS and plugins.
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