<s>
ImpressCMS	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
for	O
building	O
and	O
maintaining	O
dynamic	O
web	O
sites	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
and	O
using	O
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
General	O
Public	O
License	O
version	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ImpressCMS	B-Application
Project	O
was	O
formed	O
in	O
late	O
2007	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
division	O
in	O
the	O
XOOPS	B-Operating_System
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
beta	O
release	O
of	O
ImpressCMS	B-Application
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
January	O
2008	O
and	O
ImpressCMS	B-Application
1.0	O
Final	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
March	O
2008	O
,	O
establishing	O
its	O
new	O
identity	O
apart	O
from	O
XOOPS	B-Operating_System
and	O
incorporating	O
bug	O
fixes	O
,	O
security	O
enhancements	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
ImpressCMS	B-Application
1.1	O
in	O
October	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
introduced	O
the	O
ImpressCMS	B-Application
Persistable	O
Framework	O
(	O
IPF	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
core	O
,	O
the	O
‘	O
Content’	O
core	O
module	O
was	O
transformed	O
into	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
module	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
installation	O
system	O
had	O
a	O
substantial	O
refresh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ImpressCMS	B-Application
1.3	O
series	O
is	O
a	O
total	O
refactor	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
system	O
aimed	O
at	O
modernising	O
the	O
code	O
structure	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
system	O
smaller	O
,	O
faster	O
and	O
use	O
less	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
last	O
branch	O
of	O
ImpressCMS	B-Application
to	O
provide	O
compatibility	O
with	O
previous	O
Xoops-based	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
ImpressCMS	B-Application
placed	O
first	O
as	O
the	O
Most	O
Promising	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
CMS	O
in	O
the	O
Packt	O
Publishing	O
awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ImpressCMS	B-Application
was	O
the	O
third-place	O
winner	O
of	O
the	O
Packt	O
2008	O
Most	O
Promising	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
CMS	O
award	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
finalist	O
in	O
the	O
2008	O
SourceForge	B-Application
Best	O
New	O
Project	O
award	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marc-Andre	O
Lanciault	O
,	O
a	O
founder	O
and	O
lead	O
developer	O
for	O
ImpressCMS	B-Application
,	O
also	O
received	O
recognition	O
on	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
CMS	O
Most	O
Valued	O
People	O
during	O
the	O
2008	O
Packt	O
awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ImpressCMS	B-Application
uses	O
an	O
open	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
,	O
allowing	O
webmasters	O
to	O
add	O
modules	O
into	O
the	O
core	O
CMS	O
for	O
additional	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
features	O
of	O
ImpressCMS	B-Application
are	O
:	O
</s>
