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Hello, everyone! As we head into the holiday season, let’s take a moment to look back at what’s been happening in the Concrete CMS world this month. From new releases and community contributions to fresh marketplace add-ons and a beautiful “site in the wild,” there’s plenty to raise a glass to.
Your CMS might be the heart of your digital presence, but it’s not the whole body. You’ve got analytics tools, CRMs, form builders, marketing automation platforms, and probably a random Zapier flow or two duct taped to the whole thing.
It’s been a crisp fall month here in Portland, perfect weather for squashing bugs, shipping releases, and adding a little extra polish to your Concrete sites. So grab a pumpkin-spiced something and let’s dive in.
PortlandLabs is proud to announce that Concrete CMS has been recognized with the Fall 2025 Leader Award from SourceForge, the world’s largest software reviews and comparison website.
We need to talk about FrankenCMS.
It always starts innocently enough.
You know those months where everything’s calm, then someone quietly ships a pile of fixes and a neat tool drops in the Marketplace? That was September. Light on drama, heavy on usefulness. Here’s what shipped, what we learned, and who made it happen.
Let’s be honest. There are some things you should never have to ask for in a CMS. We’re not talking AI-generated parallax animations or blockchain-integrated contact forms. We mean the basics. The “of course it does that” stuff.
Twenty years ago, when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast, the Oregon National Guard led its largest peacetime deployment in history. Thousands of soldiers and airmen from across the country came together under Joint Task Force Pontchartrain to support recovery and relief efforts.
Remember when a school website was just a clunky bulletin board with an outdated lunch menu and a few broken links? Those days are over. The best academic websites today do far more than share announcements they’re designed to engage, inform, and even inspire. But what actually sets them apart from the average site? Let’s dig in.