What's new in Contensis

We've fixed an issue that occurred when using multiple external monitors and Firefox browser. When navigating, e.g. looking at document information, clicking on the link would result in the new window being positioned incorrectly. This was a Firefox specific issue.

We've fixed an issue where if you were logging in to the CMS using ADFS, with a security token that was due to to expire soon, the CMS would not  refresh the current user session gracefully, even though the ADFS login still remained valid.

This meant a user could not login to the CMS until all the browser application storage was cleared.

We've made changes to ensure that the security token gets refreshed in a CMS context if the federated login is still valid.

We've made changes to Case Management so that it loads and then caches data on Contensis startup. This change improved performance where there were a large number of cases.

We've updateed a hard coded hyperlink that was present in the CMS config file.

We've fixed an issue where the cms database re-indexing was failing. This was partly caused by database records referencing an older template version, rather than the current live version, and the number of rows in a database table. Scripts have been updated and improvements have been made to audit logging.

We've fixed an issue that occurred when applying a filter in the search. If a user selected the option Folder Path followed by Starts With and then started typing they should have seen suggestions based on what they had typed in. This wasn't the case. Suggestions are now visible to users. 

We've fixed an issue where a complete install of Contensis failed on a clean Windows Server 2016.

We've fixed an issue that occurred when copying an image from one language to another. The copied images did not retain any crop or transformations that were applied to the source language. 

We've fixed an issue that allowed a top level folder to be copied with the same name to the existing folder level. 

We've fixed an issue with drag and drop functionality in the latest version of IE11 when using Contensis 11.3. 

We've fixed an issue where the version history feature for entries was not available to all user roles. This is now working as intended for all roles.

We've fixed an issue where the entry listing screen failed to display information relevant to a users own role.

• We've resolved an issue relating to the use of Arabic characters in forms. The form itself would display Arabic characters, as would the form post when viewed in Contensis. However, if the form post was sent from Contensis to an email, then the characters did not display - each character was replaced with a '?'. 
• We've also fixed an issue relating to the scroll position when using paging on Contensis forms.

We've fixed an issue with editing hyperlink assets used in content types. If an assigned hyperlink was edited, without any changes, and then checked back in, it would no longer show in entries that were referencing that link.

Also, it was also not possible to then re-add the hyperlink by dragging and dropping. Re-editing the hyperlink, saving and publishing would then restore visibility in relevant entries.

This is now working as intended.  

We've fixed an issue where it was not possible to add images inline and then preview them, when editing entries. This was not the case for images added directly at folder level.

We've fixed an issue that arose when editing a stylesheet and changing its media type to anything other than the default option of 'All - Suitable for all devices'. Before the fix, this would result in an error with a null reference. 

Fixed an issue where the forms builder wouldn't load correctly if you didn't have a license for Populo

Image transformations weren't being returned by the Delivery API when working with typed models

A recent update in Safari caused the audio player web control to show an overlay on mobile devices, that hid the page content. We have now updated the control to prevent this.

When editing a webpage or document it was possible to set a review date in the past. If a user attempts to do this now they will be prompted to change the date.

Folder administrators could create folder home pages but only system administrators could remove them. This has been changed so that folder administrators can both create and remove folder homepages in folders they manage.

When using ADFS to login to Contensis after 5 minutes you would be logged out. This has now been resolved so you aren't logged out unless you choose to logout.

We have addressed the following issues:

• Slugs were failing to resolve in the HTTP Delivery API when specifying a linkDepth
• Entries were failing to unpublish with the message 'Unpublishing assets is not supported'
• When returning to the entries list screen, filters which had been applied were not remembered
• Previewing an entry would throw an error if the preview URL didn't contain ?id={GUID}
• If you had more than one taxonomy repeatable field in a component then an entry would fail to save

The hyperlink management project setting (ManagedLinks_DeleteUnusedLinks) was not deleting all unused managed hyperlinks. It has now been updated to do this.

• When creating a content type, if you enable image uploading but don't specify an upload path you will now be notified when saving.
• When creating a content type, if you set an upload path it was not possible to unset it. You can now remove the folder path.
• Images failed to display in the image gallery when editing a language variation of an entry. This was happening when no images existed in the additional language. Regardless of this images now show correctly.
• When an entry was in read-only mode, it still looked like you could drag in images. The drag overlay has now been disabled in read-only.

If you opened Contensis in Firefox on a second monitor, popups would appear on your primary screen. They now open on the same screen as the main application.

When storing search text from PDF's there were cases where the content was being encoded incorrectly. This would result in some characters, such as copyright symbols, being stored as an unrecognised diamond symbol. This has now been rectified.

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.