Release Notes for 1.3

Smartsite iXperion 1.3 comes with a large number of fixes, enhancements and new features.

Also, two new modules are released: Smartsite Management Information 2.0 and Smartsite iXperion Faceted Search.

Updating existing sites 

Some of the fixes in the 1.3 release require extra care. These fixes potentially introduce functional changes in existing sites.

To maintain full compatibility at the SXML level, you can make Smartsite iXperion revert to pre-1.3 behavior, by using one of the compatibility settings.

New features

New Add-On Modules

• Smartsite Management Information 2.0

• Smartsite iXperion Faceted Search

Fixes

See the complete list of fixes.

New or enhanced features

• Installation, Configuration and Tooling
  • 64-bit support.
  • Several improvements in the Config Editor.
• Publication Server features
  • Each channel can now have its own login page.
  • Support for MVC-style urls added.
  • Smartsite Logging has been improved.
  • Silent Session Access added
• SXML language
  • XML is now a native SXML type, making working with it using SXML much easier.
  • The XMLProcessor macro was added for in-place XML manipulation, data extraction and much more....
  • The Transform macro now supports a much easier Viper syntax.
  • Tags macro supports inputdata.
  • Embed/EmbedUri macros have a range of new features.
  • New viper methods in paging.
  • Many other enhancements.
• Test Suite
  • The TestSuite is now noticeably much faster.
  • The SXML call stack is now always displayed when 'Suppress Custom Error Pages' is used.
  • Jump to (F12) and Find References (SHIFT-F12) added, for quick jumping to related items from the SXML editor and the Treeview.
  • The dependency view is improved.
  • Edit Hosts File option added in Tools menu.
  • Several state problems are fixed
    • Modifying a translation signature and previewing it is now supported
    • ItemData.Field() now resolves items currently in edit mode
    • Tab title updated correctly
• CMS / Manager
  • Recent Edits window supports loading selection into the treeview.
  • The Delete/set inactive action is now much smarter with AIM relations.
  • Previewing items using session state is now much easier, using silent session access.
• Security
  • Form-based logon can now be bypassed on individual items.
• Scf & Smartlet Architecture
  • Scf is now tested and pre-configured with jQuery 1.4.2.
  • Smartlets now support an event model for server and client intercommunication.
  • Smartlet helper translations can now be subclassed outside the Smartet's folder, even though they are local, using a new overload or the Sys.Eval() method to optionally fall back to a different translation scope.
  • Smartlet properties can now be marked with the unsaferead attribute, making access in SXML easier.
  • The SCF Ajax 'busy' indicator has been improved, and can be styled using the ScfAjaxBusySmall CSS class.
• Help/Intellisense
  • Context-sensitive Intellisense is now available on translation.localscope.<translation name>(), to make it easier to select translations currently in local scope.

Have fun,

The Smartsite iXperion Development Team