Cascade CMS 8.24

Features/Improvements

• Improved memory usage when uploading large files. Also updated file size validation to ensure it occurs at the time the file is uploaded.
• A new Suggested Unused Assets Report helps site managers identify assets that are not being referenced within the system.
• Various tables across the application will now have docked controls as the user scrolls down.
• It is now possible to edit images with the WebP file format. Note: the .webp image file extension may need to be added to the Editable Image Extensions System Preferences under the Content tab in order to take advantage of this feature.
• Updated internal libraries and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for improved security posture
• A close button was added to the page regions pane for improved UX.
• Updated content checks interface for improved UX
• Updated the link checker's user agent to help prevent false positives when remote servers block certain types of user agents.
• Improved performance of using the Velocity Locator Tool to locate assets by their path.
• Allowed URLs can be used to skip checking certain links/domains within the Broken Link Report, Publish Reports, and on-submit content check for broken links.
• Improved performance of loading audits through the application interface and Web Services. Note: a maximum of 10,001 results will be returned from a Web Services readAudits operation request.
• Viewing a user and group will now list users, groups and roles alphabetically.
• It is now possible to define Valid Response Codes for external link checking during publishing, on-submit content checks and Broken Link Report generation.
• Reduced likelihood of system instability by improving the Index Block rendering process and also imposing a 50MB hard max on the Maximum Rendered Size of an Index Block system preference.
• Users will now be presented with a warning when attempting to remove or change a File asset's extension, which can result in issues viewing the File within the CMS as well as the live website. This applies to File creation and rename as well as upload through the File chooser.
• Siteimprove integration now has Prepublish capabilities, allowing performing checks on page content rendered inside of Cascade CMS.
• Added support for OpenJDK 11.0.21+9
• Broken Link Report now contains a summary describing exactly what sort of links it contains based on current filters. Additional tooltips are available with explanation of data points.
• The application's scheduling library, Quartz, has been upgraded for improved stability, performance and security.
• Improved accessibility of asset More menu links.

Fixed

• Improved reliability of Daily Content Report generation. Additionally, the most viewed pages section will now only include data from verified Google Analytics Connectors.
• Addressed an issue in which Google Analytics summaries no longer displayed trend information (i.e. +/- changes).
• The Google Analytics dashboard widget will now load properly if data from the previous time period is not present. Additionally, data within the report will now be displayed in a friendlier format.
• Removed page level WCAG Accessibility checking feature and disabled future generation of Accessibility reports.
• Addressed an issue in which 'okina diacratical marks caused spell checking to cause an error.
• Live links to page within the More dropdown, context menu and within Workflow Email notifications will now respect the Site's Extensions to Strip property and remove the extension where applicable.
• Restoring previous versions of Publish Sets and Destinations will (un)schedule publishing based on that version's scheduled publishing settings.
• Broken Link data points are more consistent across the dashboard widget and the report.
• Users with only the Publish Writable Home Area Assets Site Role ability will now see the Unpublish action under an asset's More menu.
• The system will no longer attempt to send email notifications to disabled users.
• The Choose Myself button at the top of various user choosers across the application has been fixed.
• Scheduled LDAP syncing will no longer continue after disabling LDAP.

• First time installation?
• Upgrade Steps

First time installation?

Be sure to import our default database schema prior to installing Cascade CMS for the first time. Then follow the appropriate installation instructions for your environment.

Upgrade Steps

1. Shut down your currently running Cascade CMS environment.
2. Before you upgrade, we strongly recommend that you back-up your production database as well as set up a test environment and perform a trial run of the upgrade. All customers are entitled to a test license for this purpose.
3. Read the release notes and upgrade guides for all releases between your version and the latest version.

Server Requirements (for CMS deployment)

Supported Platforms