Cascade CMS 8.26.0

Features/Improvements

• Added Content Tips which offer real-time SEO guidance as you edit assets with visible metadata fields.
• It is now possible to export the Users table within the System Administration area to a CSV file.
• It is now possible to view the users assigned to a particular Site by clicking on the number of users in the Sites Listing screen.
• Added new Velocity Tool Query API directives that can be used to process larger datasets in addition to applying custom sorting and filtering.
• Added new Velocity Tool methods to the Property Tool and Number Tool. Also added new convenience methods when working with the Structured Data Nodes using Cascade API.
• Improved efficiency of SFTP Transports when reading remote directories and files.
• Added $_.NumerTool.sortable Velocity Tool method to be used for string-based sorting, such as with the new #querysortvalue Query API directive.
• This release contains an upgrade to Tomcat 9.0.97
• Performance and reliability updates to remote link checking and Feed Block fetching
• Updated UI/UX of the page level accessibility check filtering.
• The Broken Link Report now considers external links beginning with the System URL as allowed to prevent from checking internal application URLs.

Fixed

• Addressed an issue in which searching content within HTML/XML markup would not return the correct results.
• Fixed issue where individual asset scheduled (un)publish dates would persist after the scheduled date.
• Structured data fields hidden by smart field rules will no longer undergo content checks on submit.
• The Spectate Connector is now deprecated and it will be removed in the next release.
• Addressed an issue in which URL parts (i.e. parameters and anchor) would be removed while rewriting root relative links added to WYSIWYG fields.
• Addressed an issue in which initial group preview states while editing structured data may not reflect current smart field rules.
• Root relative links inserted into WYSIWYG fields will be considered external.
• Addressed a race condition in which sending WebSocket messages prevented the publish queue from processing jobs and resulted in general performance degradation
• Addressed an issue in which Page Metadata would be empty when accessed within Asset Factory Plugins.
• It is no longer possible to enter a name with invalid characters when importing a Site. Additionally, updated various places in the application to better handle existing Sites that have invalid characters in their name.
• Addressed an issue in which Text Blocks created via Site copy would not render properly.
• Keyboard shortcuts are now disabled when a modal or flyout panel is open to prevent accidental execution.

• 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