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Quick links

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eZ Platform beta 8 is now available for testing. This releases focu= ses on cleanup, stabilization and the online editor.

Highlights

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Pla= tform no longer comes with the demo

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The ezsystems/ezplatform package has been completely c= leaned from any reference to the demo and DemoBundle. In addition, we have = moved closer from the symfony-standard distribution:

A clean AppBundle is now shipped and enabled by default. Unless you hav= e a specific reason not to do so, this is where your projects should start = from
The ezpublish folder now contains an empty Reso= urces/views directory. This is where the templates used in the = app should go. They can be referenced from templates or yaml files as = "path/to/file", relative to the views direct= ory
Settings have been cleaned up: ezpublish.yml has been= renamed to ezplatform.yml, and greatly simplified. It is now = imported from config.yml instead of being force-loaded by= the kernel

This change should make it much easier to get started on a project. It a= lso enforces a better separation, on our side, of demo related and applicat= ion related changes.

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P= latform UI performances improvements

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The tree now uses location search instead of content search, leading to= fewer HTTP queries (EZP-24873)
The breadcrumb has been changed to use the new AncestorOf criterion, and should perform much better (EZP-2487= 1)


A new "combine" YUI semantic setting has also been introduced. This pre=
pares for the combo loader feature that is being worked on. Once approved this should significantly sho=
rten the loading time of the backoffice.

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Online editor emb=
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Embed elements can now be added to RichText fields. The editor will=
 be shown the Universal Discovery Widget to browse for the embedded content=
 (EZP-24894).
Images handing is under active developm=
ent, and will be part of the next release.
In addition, bugs were fixed on the Online Editor:

HTML entities in rich text editor were fixed (EZP-24732)

Backspace in the richtext editor won't make the state inconsistent anym=
ore (EZP-25031)
Heading 1 is now fully visible when editing (EZP-24970)

Saved RichText content is now free from unwanted markup and tags (EZP-24967, EZP-24971)

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Role, policies and languages management
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Policies (EZP-24713), roles (EZP-24700) and languages (EZP-22658) management have been i=
mplemented. Role assignment with limitations is being finished, and should =
be part of the next release.
In addition, the following improvements have been made

Items can be excluded from selection in the universal discovery widget =
(EZP-24989)
This mechanism is based on callbacks, and =
can be re-used in PlatformUI extensions. 
The "save" button will be hidden when editing users (EZP-=
25016)
Field definitions position is now calculated automatically (EZP-24569)
The preview will now use the previewed content's title (E=
ZP-24927)

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Bug fixes
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The main location of content can be changed (EZP-24901)

Proper feedback will be given when an uploaded file exceeds the maximal=
 size (EZP-25037)
The language will be properly set when creating a new content as a chil=
d of freshly created one (EZP-25048)
Uploading a different file type won't break the file's type anymore (EZP-25039)
Selection fields are now validated properly (EZP-24716)

Options can be added to a selection field definition (EZP=
-25002)
Visibility is now properly update=
d in the content details tab (EZP-24945)
eng-GB is no longer hardcoded in preview (EZP-24929)<=
/li>
Subitems visibility will be updated when changing a location's visibili=
ty (EZP-24964)
Fixed browser specific issues in Internet Explorer (EZP-2=
4055), Firefox (EZP-24907) and Safari (EZP-24986)
The first author field will now be automatically filled (=
EZP-24050)
The always available flag is correctly set on created content (EZP-24766, EZP-25091)
Field edit display will no longer break when zooming (EZP=
-25018)
Email validation has been improved (EZP-24962, <=
a href=3D"https://jira.ez.no/browse/EZP-25051" class=3D"external-link" rel=
=3D"nofollow">EZP-25051)
Non-containers can no longer be u=
sed as targets for moving or copying content (EZP-24973=
)
Image, media and binary field values can now be emptied and changed (EZP-24959, EZP-24922)
Alternative languages of content with untranslatable fields can now be =
saved (EZP-24625)
Role editing will not report an error anymore when editing a role witho=
ut changing its name (EZP-24939)
Hitting enter in a repository form doesn't report an error anymore (EZP-24942)
Notifications will be correct aft=
er publishing content (EZP-25035)

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XmlText =
moved to its own package
The XmlText FieldType has been moved to its own package (E=
ZP-24925). It can be installed by requiring ezsystems/ezplat=
form-xmltext-fieldtype.
Default view te=
mplates
Default templates were added for most views (EZP-25121=
). This means that any content will be shown on the site, even if no custom=
 view rule was created for it yet. It will work for content view, with the&=
nbsp;full, line and embed =
view types. The default templates can be overridden using container paramet=
ers, and customized per siteaccess by means of siteaccess aware settings.
 
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Changelog
Changes (Stories, Improvements and bug fixes) can be found=
 in our issue tracker:  =
 72 issues    (some are still pen=
ding additional documentation changes)
Known issues & upcoming features
List of issues specifically affecting this release:   18 issues   
General "Known issues" in Platform stack compared to<=
em> Legacy:   8 issues   
Epics tentatively* planned for first stable release:   7 issues   
Epics tentatively* planned for first LTS release:   0 issue   
'* Some of these fea=
tures will not be in the stable releases, the once we first and foremost wi=
ll aim for having in the release are those mentioned on the Roadmap.
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eZ Platform 15.11 Release notes

Quick links

Highlights

Pla= tform no longer comes with the demo

P= latform UI performances improvements

Online editor emb= eds

= Role, policies and languages management

Bug fixes

Platform

XmlText = moved to its own package

Default view te= mplates

Changelog

Known issues & upcoming features