• Thomas Pollinger
• 14.12.2019
• DE/EN

OpenText™ Web Site Management (RedDot CMS) Server und Delivery (Live) Server Updates

Hallo liebe Leser,

es gibt neue Updates in der OpenText™ Knowledge Base. Hier sind die Release Notes zu der neuen Version.

Der Download erfolgt direkt über das OpenText™ Knowledge Center und für den Management (RedDot CMS) Server bzw. Delivery (Live) Server gibt es folgende Updates:

OpenText™ Web Site Management Server Release 16.7

Changes

• Recently used projects and recently used language variants: After upgrading to OpenText Web Site Management Server Version 16.7 the lists of the recently used projects and language variants are cleared.
   
• SFTP Publishing Target
  The allowed algorithms that are negotiated between Management Server and SFTP server have changed. Read SmartTree guide, chapter 3.6.2 – New SFTP publishing targets for more information, about how to change these allowed algorithms.
   
• Project Variant - Conversion of project content
  With Management Server 16.7 the content of the conversion file HTMLConvertTable.txt has changed and now includes the following characters:

  & &
  < &lt;
  > &gt;
  ' &#39;
  " &quot;
  

  If you use a custom conversion file, please check your conversion file and add the above characters if not included. If you aren’t using one, no action is required. Important: the '&' replacement must be the first entry in the file.
   
• RenderTags – Accessing linked content
  When accessing the pages linked to a structural element, via PageElement.Value or PageElement.GetLinkedContents(), there has been a change to what pages are returned.
  With Management Server 16.7, the list of pages returned matches the list of pages that the element's placeholder will render into the page.
  Therefore, pages are excluded whose appearance schedule has not yet begun or has expired. Also, page order and settings (automatic sort order, maximum number of pages, pages to skip) as well as authorization packages do apply.
   

New Features

• Smart UI
  Smart UI is the modern user interface of Web Site Management. It is provided mainly to support editors and authors with the Editor or Author user role. Each user with the role Editor or Author is automatically directed to the Smart UI. Users can easily switch back to the classic SmartEdit of Management Server with the user menu in the top right corner.
  For users with other user roles, not all modules and actions are available in Smart UI, for example, the Task and Search modules.
  Important:
  • The Smart UI does not support Microsoft Internet Explorer version 11. Microsoft Edge is supported, however only the Chromium-based versions (version number 80 and above).
  • The HTML tags <frameset> or <iframe> used in projects may not be rendered properly or content and structural elements cannot be edited within these HTML tags.
     
• Navigation Manager
  The page sorting and the navigation sorting are merged to a single sorting of the list element, used in the navigation. The automatic sort mode of the list element has not changed and will be used for navigation, if active. The manual sorting of the navigation has priority and will overwrite the manual sorting of the list element. After the projects are updated, you will receive an email with information about which pages and list elements are affected, and for which sorting there was a change. Please check all entries in the email and make changes to the sorting settings in your project if necessary.
  Important: 
  • After the projects are updated, check the sort order of pages at the first-level of the navigation structure. To check and update the page order use the SmartTree action: SmartTree > Browse Navigation > Management > Edit First-Level Navigation Order
  • Windows Services - Navigation Service With Management Server 16.7, the navigation service and the server services are merged to single service named OpenText WSM Service.
     
• Integration of Document and Asset Management
  The integrations OpenText Web Site Management Native Bridge for Enterprise Library (Content Server DM Interface) and OpenText Web Site Management Native Bridge for Media Management (Media Management Interface) are integrated as modules of Web Site Management Server. Use the custom setup of Management Server to install these modules.
  For an upgrade installation, see: Upgrade installation with Content Server DM interface or Media Management interface
   
• Customer Feature Requests and Enhancements
  • CKEditor:
    Each user can select the preferred text editor used for DirectEdit. DirectEdit at SmartEdit supports the Editor integration API to customize the text editor. The default CKEditor configuration used the browser spell check functionality.
    See Overview guide, chapter 3.3.4 – User settings and SmartTree guide, chapter 3.1.1 – Editing settings
     
  • Page definition:
    Page definitions are now supported in SmartTree and content classes, elements and pages within a page definition are displayed and can be updated. Existing pages can connect to structural elements and default values can be set for the content element option list.
    See Content Class guide, 5.12.9 – Connecting pages from Clipboard, chapter 5.2.16 – Editing elements (Option List) - editing options
     
  • Content class type:
    Each content class requires a type and the different types of content classes are displayed in SmartTree with different icons. Automatic asynchronous action to check content classes and set the type of a content class.
    See Content Classes guide, chapter 5.5.6 – Editing settings and 5.5.3 – Updating content class types
     
  • Extended project variant settings for JSON:
    You can check and automatically correct content in project variants for JSON-compliance of the syntax of the published source code. There are also automatic escaping of placeholder output for use in JSON string literals.
    See SmartTree guide, chapter 3.2.1 – Creating/editing project variants
     
  • Convert HTML pages to PDF format:
    In Management Server, you can convert complete HTML pages to PDF format during publication. By default, Management Server uses the Winnovate PDF converter to convert HTML pages to PDF format, and it is now possible to use a different converter. The configuration for the converter is done in the main.config file. If needed, you can add or change parameters for the PDF converter. You can use a different PDF converter or even the Chrome browser if no converter is installed on the server.
    See Installation guide, chapter 2.7.14 – Configuring PDF conversion
     
  • New option at publication folders:
    At the publication folder you can define, which metadata (EXIF, IPTC, XMP) you want to be removed from the asset files being published.
    See SmartTree guide, chapter 3.7.1 – Creating publication folders
     
  • Enhanced settings for lists and containers:
    Define how many pages you want to skip at the beginning of the list or container so that these pages are not displayed. As an example, this function can be used to skip the newest articles of a teaser list. Instead, these articles can then be displayed in a different list with different layout without being displayed twice.
    See SmartTree guide, chapter 7.5.16 – Editing settings
     
  • Linking and appearance schedules:
    When a linking and appearance schedule is defined or changed for a page, and the schedule is valid or expired, a publication job will be created so that pages get published or unpublished immediately, if necessary.
    See SmartTree guide, chapter 7.2.19 – Linking/appearance schedules
     
  • Plug-ins:
    The plug-in interface supports new targets for the Smart UI and has been enhanced with a JavaScript API.
    See Server Manager guide, chapter 8.1.6 – Editing plug-ins and 8.1.9 – Using JavaScript API for plug-in dialogs
     

 

Deprecated features in Management Server 16.7

The following features have been deprecated in this release.:

• The Mobile Client included with Web Site Management Server was released to support mobile web editors working with tablets. Basic web content management use cases, like editing content or workflows are supported within the mobile client. Beginning with Web Site Management 16.0 SP3 the supported features and web use cases have not been developed any further. Existing features and web use cases are still supported and will get bug fixes, but new features that are developed for future releases of Web Site Management are not supported by Mobile Client.
   
• The Tempo Social integration in Delivery Server 16.0 SP3 is deprecated. Content elements Comment and Rating, and the Homepage widget Moderation require a Tempo Social integration with Delivery Server. Either the content elements Comment and Rating are removed in one of the following releases with Web Site Management, or these content elements will be released based on a new technology.

The following features have been deprecated in this release and will be removed with one of the next versions:

• Xample project
• OpenText eDOCS DM integration
• OpenText Information Hub Widget
• Microsoft Word as text editor
• Ephox EditLive! integration
• Content Distribution Service (CDS)

 

Discontinued environments in Management Server 16.7

The following environments have been discontinued in this release:

• Oracle 11 database
• Windows Server 2012
• Tidy 4

 

Knowledge Base Article

The Knowledge Base offers a growing collection of technical articles, tips, and tricks that help you, the users and administrators, get the most from your OpenText Web Site Management.

• WSM Management Server - How to migrate internal users to OpenText Directory Services and support a strong password policy
  Article KB13263529
   
• CKEditor and image2 plugin
  Article KB9468642
   
• How to display previews of PDF files in asset folder
  Article KB9222481
   
• Management Server - How to integrate CKEditor plug-in html5video
  Article KB10094820
   
• Management Server - How to integrate CKAwesome plug-in with CKEditor
  Article KB10164782

 

Fixed Issues in 16.7 (Build 16.7.0.177)

 

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OpenText™ Web Site Management Delivery Server Release 16.7

Changes

• For all operating systems supported by Web Site Management Delivery Server, both OpenJDK and Oracle Java are now supported. Refer to Supported Systems for more information.
   
• New content REST-API (V3) to gain authorized access to project content with json or xml response formats.
   
• Ability to set file name and content type for attachment-dynament in mode=embedded. ITSM 4141351
   
• New inline function to convert json objects into xml structure.
  Example:

  <rde-dm:attribute attribute="id:rde-html.rde-html-section" mode="read" source="rde-id" inline-function="json2xml()"/>

• Detailed error messages for HTTP 404 error pages. For more information uncomment the placeholder <%MESSAGE%> at \wsmdsdata\var\html\page404.html
   
• Allow-origin header for REST-API CORS: The system configuration entry "reddot.rest.access-control.allow-origin" allows to set multiple origins separated by “;”.
  Example: reddot.rest.access-control.allow-origin=https://docs.opentext.com;https://support.opentext.com

 

Knowledge Base Article

The Knowledge Base offers a growing collection of technical articles, tips, and tricks that help you, the users and administrators, get the most from your OpenText Web Site Management.

• Delivery Server - Upgrade to Delivery Server 16 web archive
  Article KB10288467
   
• Web Site Management Delivery Server - Search Analytics with Apache Solr Search Integration
  Article KB13354856

 

Discontinued support environments since Delivery Server 16.7

Web Site Management Delivery Server is no longer bundled with any Tomcat application server. Starting with version 16.7 of Web Site Management Delivery Server only the web archive installation is supported.

• Application server
  • Wildfly
  • JBoss
  • IBM WebSphere
     
• Database
  • Oracle 11
  • MySql 5.6
     
• Operating system
  • Red Hat 6
  • Suse Enterprise Server 11
  • Windows Server 2012
     
• Search Engine
  • Apache Solr 4.8 and 5.4.x

 

Fixed Issues in 16.7 (Build 16.7.0.334)

 

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