New SimpleNews 1.2 has been released today, with many improvements and bug fixes
SimpleNews is not a component, but a hack that makes much easier to insert news items into Mambo. It is focused on non-technical users that have no idea (or time) on how to resize images or make a page layout and even better, they just have a simple form to publish these articles without any other Mambo menus or options. It is fast, safe and also keep all pages in a standard layout. Articles admin will remain in Mambo, fully editable at the same way as usual.
For multi-language support, SimpleNews recognizes Mambelfish installed languages and adds new tab for each. It also supports multi-language on main interface (brazilian portuguese and english versions ready).
Simplenews 1.2 Improvements:
# Fixed create date bug
+ Mambelfish support
+ Installation docs and files in english language
Features
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- Uses Mambo user database for authentication
- Grant access for just selected Section/Categories
- All information is managed in just one page (a form)
- Set the targeted image size on configuration file for automatic resize, this image
will be inserted automatically between intro text and full text
- Control over article date, publishing and frontpage status
- No timeouts
- Easy configuration
- Multi-language support
- Mambelfish support
Requirements
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- Mambo 4.5.0 thru 4.5.2.3
- GD library
Project page and download at
http://mamboforge.net/projects/simplenews/
Demo at:
http://mambo.metasig.com.br/simpleNews/ (user:
demo, password: teste) --Mambelfish isn't installed on demo server--
To check inserted news, go to
http://mambo.metasig.com.br/
SimpleNews 1.2 with Mambelfish and multi-language support 
Linear Mode
