What's new in Contensis

We've reduced the size of our installer by removing some redundant third party installers that were previously required.

We've fixed an issue relating to Contensis upgrades in cases where there was partially deleted placeholder data.

This occurred when nested sub templates were deleted from page templates, and the changes were saved but not approved. The content modification service incorrectly removed content from the published web pages.

We've fixed an issue where the content owner was not set correctly on synchronised folders.

We've fixed an issue where an unnecessary log was being generated because the resolved URL for a thumbnail image was http instead of https.

We have fixed an issue where publishing would be slow in certain instances due to a recently introduced parser change.

We have fixed an issue where aliases were working on an intermittent basis.  

We've fixed an issue where the forms confirmation email made reference to a forms ID instead of the data for the field.

We've fixed an issue where an undefined error pop up message would appear if searching for an invalid log id.

We've fixed an issue relating to tables containing merged header cells. The markup of the table would initially show as colspan/rowspan for the merged cells. However, if rowgroup/colgroup was added to the cells, then colspan/rowspan would be removed.

We have implemented a security check which means you must now be logged into Contensis in order to see the content information screen.

In addition to this fix we have also removed the PublicUser from the everyone group as it wasn't clear that this represented anonymous users and could end up in administrators inadvertently giving access to screens within Contensis.

We've fixed an issue whereby deleted folder content would fail to be removed from Elasticsearch meaning that it continued to show on your published site

We've fixed an issue where metadata definitions that were assigned to folders were not being deleted from the database when the folder had been deleted from the recycle bin.

We've fixed an issue caused by exceptions being thrown when retrieving relationships from the WebCache at the same time as the cache was being refreshed.

We've fixed an issue where structured content reverted back to previous dates in cases where a release schedule had been set and the file was subsequently opened as read-only.

We've fixed an issue with the track changes functionality failed where it failed to work correctly in cases where the content contained more than 10 tables.

We've fixed an issue where aliases stopped working, resulting in 404 errors being generated. This occurred when large numbers of aliases were being used on a site. 

We've fixed an issue where users were unable to create new content in a folder if the forms module had been removed from the original license key.

We've fixed an issue where renaming or moving C# or VB files within the App_Code folder created duplicates in some instances. This had the potential to cause compilation issues, resulting in sites failing to start up.  

Fixed an issue where users were unable to login to Contensis using AD synced accounts after upgrade.

Fixed an issue where the folder images banner control failed to work under certain circumstances due to an invalid client ID.

Fixed an issue relating to the order of publishing for the relationships XML file when adding or re-ordering related items, ensuring any changes are published correctly.

Fixed an issue that generated large numbers of logs related to the deletion of pages and subsequent publishing of parent templates. 

Fixed an issue where checkbox status in the forms settings area failed to save when publishing a form.

Fixed an issue that occurred when adding HTML snippets to a page that resulted in empty paragraph tags also being added. 

Fixed a bug that caused the application pool to recycle when a change was made to a structured content definition. 

Fixed an issue where ParserContext was null during the rendering of HTML snippets, causing a Contensis error to be displayed.

Fixed an issue where a user was unable to submit a page. This was caused by QA indicating valid links as broken when redirecting from https to http.

Fixed link resolution when using typed models in the delivery .NET API

Fixed an issue where a user couldn't switch language in  the taxonomy manager, without first having to load unsafe scripts.

Fixed an issue that occurred when using the WYSIWYG editor and Firefox, where 'strong' tags were converted to bold tags.

We've fixed an issue where some email clients would cut off an email address where an ampersand is present. We now URL encode the ampersand which has greater support across clients.

We've fixed an issue where the editor would move or remove closing tags in XML files, when opening a file to edit.

We've fixed an issue that prevents scrolling in the version history window when reverting to previous versions.

Fixed an issue where updating metadata/module definitions for a front-end site without CMS database access could cause the IIS worker process to terminate.

Added support for TLS 1.2 in system diagnostic scans

Addressed issue with disabling the Transport Layer Security version 1.0 at client and server levels, which when disabled, prevented Contensis from working.  

Fixed an issue where FAQ records failed to display for synchronised language variations.

Fixed an issue where form page rules were defaulting to the first option when re-editing.

Also fixed an issue where validation failed for required textbox, number and email fields. 

Fixed an issue that prevented the successful generation of packages in the Marketplace.  

Fixed an issue with the metadata republishing of flat files (e.g. stylesheets), that caused exceptions to be logged by the publisher.

Fixed an issue to prevent publish queue items being set incorrectly to "done". This occurred when a page template and a dependent page were both present in a publishing queue. 

Fixed an issue where the source code editor changed the formatting of code when saving.

• Improved the method of uploading multiple files to avoid timeout error messages and failed uploads.
• Improved the stability of the extraction and creation process for zip files.

Fixed an issue where an infinite redirect loop occurred after a successful login.

'Failed to publish message to the Messaging Framework' errors were being logged when creating pages using the CMS_API from a published site which wasn't hosted on the CMS server, this is no longer the case.

• Fixed an issue in Contensis forms where selected items in a checkbox field failed to save in Populo.
• Added the ability to include a copy of a user's form post for form post notifications.

Fixed an issue where the 'Keywords' metadata was not being output to the 'SC_SearchContent.SC_MetaData' column in the CMS database, resulting in failure to return search results for terms used in 'Keywords' metadata fields.

Fixed a number of issues associated with logging in to Contensis, these are:

• Logging in with invalid credentials could lock your AD account, this is now fixed.
• Timeouts when entering invalid credentials, this is now fixed.
• A user no longer needs read permissions on the CN=Users container.

If you had a single @ at the start of a metadata value it would be stripped out when published to a web page. This was particularly annoying if you were trying to add a Twitter handle into metadata, this has now been fixed.

Fixed an issue that occurred when a QA scan had initially failed checking and a user then clicked 'Submit anyway' which triggered another scan.

Fixed an issue where if you had a content item in the recycle bin which had a title greater than 255 characters it would fail to delete.

Fixed an issue where responsive preview failed to display correctly when a front end website used HTTPS and a CMS used HTTP. 

Fixed an issue where a link added to an approved language master page failed to appear as a link in a dependent slave page.

Also fixed an issue where .PDF files in slave folders were being overwritten when the master version was approved.

Updated image file extensions to be in upper case in the image editor.

Fixed an issue where the default value of a Boolean was being returned as null rather than the default value that was defined in the content type. 

Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to edit the properties of a razor view in Internet Explorer 11.

Fixed an issue where Google Recaptcha keys would only work for a single project in a multi project setup.

• Fixed an issue where the delete button would be present for entries that have 'Never been translated'
• Fixed an issue where and the localisation of the edit button should have been Translate.

Fixed an issue where the close button in the modal didn't return you to the dashboard after passing a piece of content to another user.

• Fixed an issue where linking to a page within a master folder would disconnect the sync of a slave page if the global setting ContentSynchronisation_ResolveHyperlinks was set to 1.
• Fixed an issue where updates to documents in master folders would incorrectly overwrite documents in slave folders.

Fixed an issue where the highlighted text in the WYSIWYG editor was not being highlighted in the code editor.

We've updated the schema of the sitemap to adhere to version 0.9.

Fixed an issue where Contensis services would fail to start if the database was inaccessible.

Fixed an issue where slave folder links failed to resolve to other slave pages within the slave folder area.

Fixed an issue where the image gallery would not display correctly in Internet Explorer 11 due to heights not being set correctly for some images.

Fixed an issue where the number of supported projects for a license key wasn't being calculated correctly and prevented new projects from being created.

Fixed an issue where the Atom/RSS links in listing controls would use the incorrect URL.

We've improved system performance so that the addition of aliases is much quicker, especially where existing installations already contain large numbers of aliases. We also fixed an issue with the addition of new aliases and a missing database alias table for new installations of 9.2.1.45.

We've updated a number of tooltip areas to correct spelling mistakes across a small number of web controls. In addition, we've updated the URL acroynm in the Quality Assurance area to upper casing.

We've fixed an issue that prevented the updating of the 'year' field on an existing review or expiry schedule.

Fixed an issue to stop exceptions being thrown in typed models when image assets are null.

We've fixed an intermittent issue where an incorrect language would sometimes display when accessing the entries screen.

Fixed an issue in the forms module where forms containing a text field with a min/max validation or two date time fields would prevent the form being rendered.

Fixed an issue where the 'Import from Word' wizard generated an error and failed to import the content from MS Word documents.

We've updated the live search in the CMS to weight the search terms by content title, metadata and then the contents of the content.

We've fixed an issue where content synchronisation workflow states were not working correctly, resulting in documents losing updates in certain scenarios.. 

We've added the Contensis_Caching_NodeDataCacheDuration setting to preview publishing servers to control the duration in minutes of how long the CurrentNode.Data property should be cached for.

Removed the check for https context when adding jQuery as https is handled by the load balancer.

We fixed an issue where the Contensis.RazorEngine was incorrectly pointing to version 3.

Fixed an issue where a razor view would not return a list of entries by Content type in the Delivery API.

We've fixed a number of issues around taxonomy validation.

• A taxonomy field was attempting to validate a null / empty value when the field was not set to required.
• The key value of a taxonomy field wasn't being checked if it exisited, when the field was set to required.
• Where the root key wasn't validated unless it was set to required.

Updated the installer to include the Elasticsearch plugin royrusso, so the Contensis search component can be installed on a server without internet access.

Updated Monaco editor to the latest release version to resolve a number of issues:

• Fixes an issue where Safari wouldn't render the editor
• Fixes an issue where Firefox would revert an editor to read only mode when previewing content

Updated the link to the TinyMCE documentation in the description of the Editor_SchemaValidChildren project setting

Added output tracing to razor views to show their render times and path to help diagnose performance issues. This can be enabled in the cms.config by adding the following key.

<!-- Setting to determine whether the Razor performance trace is shown within a page --><add key="Contensis_Razor_EnableTrace" value="true" />

Fixed an issue where you would receive a server error when reordering items by project that were waiting for approval.

Fixed an issue where after deleting an entry, it would still show in a live environment even though it didn't exist in an entries listing.

Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to delete a word from the dictionary as a dictionary administrator.

• Fixed an issue where you could not save an entry when a composer didn't have any fields defined.
• Fixed an issue where multiple validations on fields in a composer would prevent an entry from saving.

Fixed an issue where a form with a min and max values set on a text box would prevent the form from displaying correctly due to a duplicate ID being used.

Fixed an issue where the entry image gallery would incorrectly validate a field that contained a caption.

Fixed an issue to prevent the QA service running multiple times when there is a service in standby.

Fixed an issue where search results would display too much text in search listing, when the description metadata tag was not present.

Fixed an issue where the default administrator user from the systems administrator group could be removed, causing certain system actions to fail.

Fixed an issue where localisations in the sidebar would not update.

Fixed an issue where the publishing server section of the web config doesn't merge correctly into a published web.config

Updated the Contensis installer to check the JAVA_HOME variable to find out where Java is installed.

Users can be given access to Content Schedules in the management console by assigning them to the Content Schedule Administrators group.

You can now have a publishing server with a name of up to 100 characters, updating it from the original maximum of 50.

Fixed an issue where editing a published page removed any alias from the live publishing server until the page was published again.

Fixed an issue where the Doctype was being removed from user created content definitions in the source editor.

• Fixed an issue where an exception was thrown when viewing the content types listing screen when no content types existed.
• Fixed an issue where the guidelines text failed to display correctly for language variations in the entry editor. 
• Fixed a minor issue with a stored procedure that prevented assets from having descriptions.
• Fixed an issue with regular expression validations for composer fields.

• Fixed an issue where required checkboxes would fail to work when multiple forms were added to a page.
• Updated the dropdown form field to allow you to change the default dropdown text.

Fixed an issue where the FTP cleaner failed to delete folders which contained homepages.

Fixed an issue where the left hand pane in the split view entry editor would display incorrect data after changing the default language and pressing save.

Fixed an issue where the project API ID was being set incorrectly if the project name included hyphens in its name.

Fixed an issue where the source code wasn't indented when viewing the source of a read-only file.

• You can now restrict who can manage aliases by assigning users to the Alias Administrators group.
• We’ve also improved the performance of retrieving aliases in large projects for both staging and production environments.

You can now easily distinguish between your development server and production environment by enabling the development theme in the Contensis UI.

You can now create an entry in language that is not the default language for your project, outside of the normal translation workflow. This could useful where the content is applicable only to a specific locale or you want to display a variation of a language (eg. a dialect).

You can now search for entries by keyword in the entry listing screen.

You can now delete logs in the log viewer.

You can now resolve the Asset link in an Image model when using the EntryModel Resolve method.

We’ve refactored the content type builder to improve the performance of complex content types.

• Enabled code folding feature
• HTML is now indented when viewing source in the editor

We've improved the performance of WebAPI when searching for NodeIDs in search content.

Fixed an issue when trying to get an array field from a composable in the Delivery API.

Fixed an issue where an error appeared on save, when clearing the values of a date range editor in an entry.

We've improved the performance of the microsite wizard to prevent gateway timeouts, when a project has significant number of folders.

Fixed an issue where adding a blank multi-select image, asset or entry field to a composer and saving would cause composer data to be lost.

We have fixed an issue where results within the quick search were showing all of the document's content instead of a small snippet.

Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to save an entry with a multi-select taxonomy field.

Content types in Contensis allow you to describe a type of content broken down into smaller chunks.

• View, search and filter entries
• Translate an entry