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Content Manager Explorer functionality introduced in SDL Web 8.5

A number of functional changes were introduced to SDL Web.

Topology Management slide-out navigation screen

The slide-out navigation now lets you examine the Topology of your SDL Web implementation in a Topology Management screen.

New logo

The user interfaces of the product have been updated to use the new company logo and the new SDL Web product icon.

User interfaces in Simplified Chinese

The user interfaces of the product can now be seen and used in Simplified Chinese (language code zh-cn).

Multivalue fields can be rendered as a list builder GUI control

If an implementer designs a Schema field to be of type Select Box and makes it a multivalue field, the field appears to authors and editors as a list builder GUI control.

Stricter security requirements

For a number of tasks, most notably tasks that require access to the slide-out Settings screen, security has been tightened: not all users can access this screen anymore. On the other hand, UGC moderation rights are now available by default to not only administrator-level users, but also to users with the Publication Administration right.

Selecting a specific user to assign an Activity to

When a user finishes an Activity, they can now explicitly select a specific User to assign the Activity to.

Filtering of Activities in Workflow Activities slide-out navigation screen

When looking at a list of assigned, started or finished Activities, users can now filter the list by entering a search string. This reduces the list to show only list items that contain the string.

Item picker dialogs include Favorites node

A number of Content Manager Explorer dialogs in which the user selects a content item now include a Favorites node, granting the user access to relevant organizational items.

Publication mapping in Content Manager Explorer

You can now map a Publication to one or more Web application locations in the Publishing tab of your Publications.

Notification framework for use in GUI extensions

The GUI core has a new notification framework that sends out notifications for events happening in Content Manager. Your GUI extension can catch such notifications and respond the reported event.