Change log
A list of changes made to the SDL Web 8.5 documentation since its release.
| Changed files | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Additional documentation resources | References to the now-defunct Media Manager website were replaced with references to embedded documentation resources. | 12 April 2022 |
| Setting up Content Manager for HTTPS | Property was erroneously written as HttpCertThumbPrint; it is now correctly written as HttpsCertThumbPrint | 31 October 2020 |
| Translation Manager prerequisites | Added Translation Manager support for:
| 31 October 2020 |
| Upgrading add-on products | Diagram showed CWA as deprecated, which was incorrect. CWA is not supported and is removed from the diagram. | 1 July 2020 |
| Scheduling a periodic cleanup of the State Store database | Format of the cleanup interval for the cron job was not correct. | 16 Oct 2019 |
| Configuring Content Delivery databases for integrated authentication | Explanation added about integrated security for the State Store database | 16 Oct 2019 |
| Configuring the maximum size of all uploads to Content Manager | Updated this topic to explain about the different Content Manager endpoints, and how to configure maximum upload size for each. | 16 Oct 2019 |
| Installing or upgrading the Content Manager serverf by running the Content Manager installer unattended. | Documentation now explicitly states the need to finish all batch operations before attempting an unattended upgrade. | 16 Oct 2019 |
| Topic was removed | A topic discussing multiple Content Deployers was removed. This setup is no longer supported. | 16 Oct 2019 |
| If the Publishing Queue shows a status of Deploying but the publish action shows up as finished | The socketTimeout setting is now documented. | 16 Oct 2019 |
| Troubleshooting the number of items that can be in transit | Troubleshooting topic referenced old publishing framework | 16 Oct 2019 |
| Numerous topics on Translation Manager | Remove all references to support of Language Cloud. | 16 Oct 2019 |
| Numerous topics on Experience Optimization (formerly SmartTarget), including: Deprecated functionality in Experience Optimization Configuring Navigation in Fredhopper Business Manager (deprecated) | Updated references to Fredhopper and Fredhopper Application Server (FAS) to indicate both as deprecated in SDL Web 8.5. | 16 Oct 2019 |
| Configuring online CILs in your Java web application | Code sample erroneously referred to the artifactId element as artifact. | 9 July 2019 |
| Translation Manager prerequisites | Added Translation Manager support for SDL WorldServer 11.4. | 9 July 2019 |
Removed topic: If the Publishing Queue shows the item stuck at Throttled | Documentation incorrectly mentioned a "Throttled" publishing status, which had been removed in SDL Web 8.5. | 1 April 2019 |
| Known issues in Content Delivery If the Publishing Queue shows the item stuck at Waiting for Deployment Content Delivery functionality introduced in SDL Web 8.5 | Documentation incorrectly mentioned | 1 April 2019 |
| Translation Manager prerequisites | Added Translation Manager support for SDL TMS 12.3, and also retroactively for 12.1 and 12.2. | 1 April 2019 |
| Installing the Cache Channel Service | The instructions for installing the Cache Channel Service were incorrect. | 19 March 2019 |
| Upgrading your Content Delivery Oracle databases manually | The scripts to run for a manual Oracle database upgrade for Content Delivery were incorrect. | 19 March 2019 |
| Restoring custom Multimedia Type icons | Steps for restoring icons for custom Multimedia Types were missing. | 19 March 2019 |
| Upgrading the Contextual Image Delivery website proxy | Instructions for upgrading the Contextual Image Delivery website proxy were incomplete. | 19 March 2019 |
| Configuring online Content Interaction Libraries in your Web application | Documentation now tells you which version of CIL to download. | 19 March 2019 |
Content Delivery functionality introduced in SDL Web 8.5 Configuring the combined Content Deployer Configuring the Content Deployer endpoint Configuring the Content Deployer worker If the Publishing Queue shows the item stuck at Waiting for Deployment | The documentation wrongly continued to mention two settings in the Content Deployer configuration file that had been removed, and failed to mention two new settings in the application.properties file for Content Deployer. | 19 March 2019 |
| Pool | The TestOnBorrow attribute in the Pool element of the Storage Layer configuration file was not mentioned. | 19 March 2019 |
| Translation Manager prerequisites | Added Translation Manager support for SDL TMS 12. | 23 May 2018 |
| Context Expression Extension | Added the fact that Context Expression Extension can be used for integration with SDL DXA. | 13 April 2018 |
| Microservice memory footprints | Added information on how to establish custom microservice memory requirements for your implementation. | 13 April 2018 |
| Restrictions on promotion and demotion | Added a new situation in which demotion will not work, plus general guidelines on how to explain an unsuccessful attempt at promotion or demotion. | 13 April 2018 |
| Types of Content Manager clients and types of SSO authentication | Added a new topic explaining how desktop clients do not support form-based SSO authentication. | 13 April 2018 |
| Installing the Cache Channel Service as a standalone microservice | Removed step that erroneously instructed the reader to register this microservice as a Capability. The Cache Channel Service cannot be registered as a Capability. | 13 April 2018 |
Troubleshooting the number of items that can be in transit | Removed mentions of a configurable window size in the Content Deployer. This configuration setting no longer exists. | 13 April 2018 |
Content Manager Explorer prerequisites Content Manager Explorer operating system support history | From this release forward, operating system support for browser-based clients is no longer provided as an enumeration of specific operating systems, but rather as the type of operating system (desktop or mobile) supported by the web browsers that the product supports. | 9 February 2018 |
| Known issues in Content Manager | Added an issue regarding the use of the Recursive flag in the OrganizationalItemItemsFilter class. | 26 January 2018 |
Content Delivery Web application server deprecation status Content Delivery Web application server support history Prerequisites for Java/JSP Web application-based microservices | Changed the ambiguous entry "Oracle WebLogic Server 12c" to "Oracle WebLogic Server 12c R1." | 9 December 2017 |
| Translation Manager prerequisites | Added support for new versions of SDL TMS 11.4 and SDL WorldServer 11.3. | 9 December 2017 |
| Translation Manager prerequisites | Added support for the 11.2 release of SDL WorldServer. | 23 August 2017 |
| Other transport protocols than HTTP or HTTPS | More emphasis on the need to set the LegacyTransport attribute to true in the Content Deployer configuration if you use non-HTTP(S) protocols. | 28 July 2017 |
| Pool | Updated description of Size attribute of Pool element in Storage Layer configuration. | 28 July 2017 |
| Configuring UGC in the Java/JSP web application definition | Added enabling of UGC tags in web.xml. | 28 July 2017 |
| Legacy Content Delivery storage on the file system | Detailed explanation of the limitations of continuing to use file system as a Content Delivery storage system. | 28 July 2017 |
| Managing the Ehcache cache size for the Discovery Service | Recommended client cache settings for Discovery Service client added. | 28 July 2017 |
| Securing the microservice with SSL | Every microservice installation section now has an extensive, detailed set of instructions for securing the microservice with SSL | 28 July 2017 |
| Added information for managing a DTAP environment, and for migrating data between Topology Manager instances. | 28 July 2017 |