Orchard 1.1 Features - .NET CMS

We've been getting a lot of questions about the new features in Orchard 1.1. We've noticed and have been using all the new Orchard 1.1 Features, but haven't had a chance to blog about them in detail. Once we finish migrating all our Orchard 1.0 websites to 1.1, you can expect a number of posts on the new features.

Here is a list posted by the Orchard Developer Team that we'll be using as an index to our blog posts. We've linked the few features that we have talked about, but we will need to update the photos on a number of those posts with the RTM UI. Some great, great features in the new Orchard 1.1.

Orchard 1.1 fixes bugs and addresses common feedback from the prior 1.0 release, and also adds the following new features:

• New design for the administration interface, and several usability workflow improvements.
• Setup recipes: at setup, you have a choice between three installation profiles. It is possible to create your own.
• Module recipes: modules can specify a set of recipe actions to optionally perform when installing, such as downloading and installing dependencies.
• Improved module and theme installation workflow.
• Improved widget and layer management.
• Improved list management.
• A new media picker dialog on the rich editor for uploading, inserting, and browsing media items.
• Improved MSDeploy packaging and deployment from Visual Studio.

Available in the Orchard Gallery for 1.1:

• Import/Export: transfer metadata, data, and settings between sites.
• Designer Tools: New “shape tracing” feature allows you to inspect the rendering of your site to customize and override templates and placement. URL-based alternates are now supported for targeting template overrides at specific URLs.
• Warmup: Improves site response times in shared hosting environments.