C1 CMS 6.3
C1 CMS 6.3 (6.3.6599.29375)
This release contains bug fixes and performance improvements as well as introduces a few extension points such as IPageContentFilter that enables developers to implement post processing for C1 pages.
With this new version it is also possible to use the new premium package - Orckestra.Media.CdnPublisher that enables configuring a C1 CMS website to serve static and media files via a reverse proxy cache service, like Azure CDN.
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What’s new in C1 CMS 6.3?
Dev Features
IPageContentFilter is an interface that allows post processing of C1 pages - modifying the HTML of the final page. It can be used, for example, to replace or augment certain URLs, replace img tags with the new HTML 5 picture tags, update certain words in the content etc.
Documentation link pending
Orckestra.Media.CdnPublisher package
The Orckestra.Media.CdnPublisher add-on allows integration with Azure CDN, or any other reverse proxy caching server. Using a CDN both allows the deployments to handle a much higher load, reduce hosting costs and possibly improve performance.
Console
The DLL version information is now visible in the C1 Console when browsing files in the System perspective.
Bug fixes
#504 [Chrome] Input fields loosing focus if login/password information is preserved in browser
#506 [Chrome] Function call editor - text is not visible in the second column input fields.
#490 Transparency artifacts in Chrome
#535 Custom 404 page resolution does not take language specified in URL into account
#507 Console doesn't work if ~/bin/Composite.Generated.dll is missing
Inline search in dropdown selectors is not enabled for Edge and is aligned properly.
Compatibility fixes related to EntityToken deserialization.
Fixing user permissions upgrade failing when there are permissions connected to no longer existing users/user groups.
Fixing an exception in PageObjectCacheFunction that was preventing caching an XML fragment
Fixing exceptions in the code handling the externally added workflows
Fixing "Undo Changes" action not working for page folder data types
Performance fixes/improvements:
XmlDataProvider - removing excessive locking that was limiting website performance.
PageObjectCache - blocking execution only when the same element to be cached is rendered.
Increasing the default max size for the "Page placeholders" cache.
Media handler - fixed performance issues that were occurring under heavy load.