diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index bdbcb6c4e..1117ee3b5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Orchard is a free, open source, community-focused Content Management System buil [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/OrchardCMS/Orchard](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/OrchardCMS/Orchard?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) -You can try it for free on [DotNest.com](https://dotnest.com) or on Microsoft Azure by clicking on this button +You can try it for free on [DotNest.com](https://dotnest.com) or on Microsoft Azure by clicking on this button. [![Deploy to Azure](https://azuredeploy.net/deploybutton.png)](https://ms.portal.azure.com/#create/OutercurveFoundation.OrchardCMS.0.5.9) @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Orchard is delivered under the [.NET Foundation](http://www.dotnetfoundation.org Our mission is to empower our users and foster a dedicated and diverse community that builds the CMS that we all want to use. ## Project Status + Orchard is currently in version 1.9.2. We invite participation by the developer community in shaping the project’s direction, so that we can publicly validate our designs and development approach. Our 1.9.2 release is available from our Downloads page, and is easy to [Install Orchard using the Web Platform Installer](http://docs.orchardproject.net/Documentation/Installing-Orchard). We encourage interested developers to check out the source code on the Orchard Github site and get involved with the project. @@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ Our 1.9.2 release is available from our Downloads page, and is easy to [Install * [Contact us](mailto:ofeedbk@microsoft.com) ## How To Get Involved + We hope that by engaging with the community we will continue to shape Orchard into a valuable set of tools and applications. The Orchard team is committed to open community participation and accepts code contributions. We encourage community participation at all levels from general project feedback to bug fixes and patches. There are many ways you can [contribute to Orchard](http://orchardproject.net/contribution): @@ -46,3 +48,7 @@ There are many ways you can [contribute to Orchard](http://orchardproject.net/co * [Translate Orchard](http://orchardproject.net/localize) * [Contribute modules and themes to our gallery](http://gallery.orchardproject.net/) * [Send us feedback](mailto:ofeedbk@microsoft.com) + +## The Future Of Orchard CMS: Orchard 2 + +As the underlying frameworks (.NET, ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC) are constantly evolving, Orchard of course keeps track of the changes and improvements of these: Orchard 2 is the next generation of Orchard releases that is based on [ASP.NET vNext](http://www.asp.net/vnext). Just like the current Orchard project, it's fully [open-source and is publicly available on GitHub](https://github.com/OrchardCMS/Orchard2). Orchard 2 (as a framework) is being built from scratch: it's still in development and does not share any of its code base (at least directly) with the current versions of Orchard. \ No newline at end of file