What's new in Contensis

When installing Contensis we now set-up the IIS site for you if it doesn't already exist. This was causing issues if you had a preexisting site called Contensis with an uppercase C. We have now updated this so regardless of what your existing site is called the installer will run successfully.

When setting up a modifiable synchronisation, the root folder created as part of the sync wasn't copying over the folder properties permissions. The root folder now copies the folder properties permissions from the master folder, this is in line with the content type and template permissions which are already copied.

• If you added blank values to a dropdown field and saved a form, they would disappear from the forms builder so you couldn't subsequently remove them. This meant you could end up with multiple blank values on your live site. We now show the blank values in the forms builder so they can be removed.
• When trying to access a forms attachment when not logged into the CMS you would get an error. You are now prompted for a username and password and if entered correctly the download will begin. 

When opening images larger than the viewport in the image editor within an entry, you could end up with a vertical scroll bar present. This has now been fixed so you never see scrollbars when in the image editor.

If you selected an image in the WYSIWYG editor and tried to drag it within the placeholder to a new location, the image would disappear. This has now been fixed so an image can be dragged anywhere within a placeholder.

You can now view, compare, and reinstate versions of an entry. Version history is accessible via the more actions menu in the entry editor.

The new Image API provides an easier way to manage images for use on any platform or screen size. Now you can serve images that really meet the needs of the a users device, saving them time and bandwidth downloading files that are bigger than necessary.

View the API documentation

Images can now be cropped to a predefined size set by the new image dimensions property. Or a custom crop can be applied where more flexibility is required in content such as blog posts or news articles.

Its now possible to specify the dimensions of an image field in entries ensuring that the images selected by your authors meet the requirements of your content and design. When image dimensions are set on a field in your content type the image gallery will only return images that meet those requirements too.

You can now upload images and assets inline when creating entries, this saves you time and helps keep you in the flow of creating your content. To enable image and asset uploading you’ll need to enable the upload on the field in the content type builder.

Images/assets can be:

• Browsed for using your local file explorer
• Dragged and dropped to the field from your computer
• Dragged and dropped from the project explorer

You can now see audited lists of actions in the Management console. The following audits are reported:

• Users
• Groups
• Global Settings
• Taxonomy
• System

Get alt text from an image field.

Alt text can now be specified against an image field.

We now support alt text on image fields. This is especially important now we've introduced image cropping as the original alt text may no longer be relevant to any crop that has been applied. Alt text is an optional property on the image field and can easily be toggled on and off. You can set alt text to be required ensuring that your images are always accessible.

Its now possible to include the same entry multiple times on an entry field. This is helpful when creating step by step guides where the same content may be used in multiple steps.

We've introduced a form setting to forms that provides a way to automatically delete form posts after a set number of days. This helps to ensure you are not holding form data longer than necessary. These settings are audited and are visible in the audit screen for each form.

You can now carry out bulk deletion of form posts in the form search results table.

Get alt text from an image field.

Alt text can now be specified against an image field.

Image captions are now optional and can easily be toggled on and off.

You can now view the Node GUID in the information panel launched from the Project explorer.

• Icons across content types and entries have been updated to use SVGs. They should look a lot sharper on both retina and non retina displays.
• Toggle buttons have been improved, you can now click on the label as well as anywhere on the toggle.
• You can now open entries in a new browser tab by right clicking and selecting from the browser context menu, or scroll clicking on the entry edit buttons.