CMS Lite Release Notes - 2013

Last updated on January 9, 2024

The following section describes upgrades in previous releases and, where applicable, links to additional information and functionality.

Product: CMS Lite


Product: CMS Lite

Release Number: 1.2.2

Release Date: Oct 15, 2013

What's New?

  • Minor bug fixes.

Product:  CMS Lite

Release Number: 1.2.1

Release Date: Sep 24, 2013

What's New?

The following functionality has been added/changed:

  • Metadata - a new Language metadata field has been added.  All current and new pages will have the default tag 'English'

The following UI changes have been made:

Some minor bug fixes have also been implemented in this release.


Product: CMS Lite

Release Number: 1.2.0

Release Date: Jun 18, 2013

What's New?

The following functionality has been added/changed:

  • Topic framework
    • Number of allowable pages per Topic is limitless
    • Number of levels per topic has been increased from four to five
  • Content Entry
    • Metadata
      • Original created date is retained during future edits
      • Dynamically generated metadata tags have been implemented (indicating site hierarchy and author content group), augmenting content editor defined metadata, to allow for more granular reporting to Web Trend clients
    • Right-column Boxes - open in New Window functionality is now executing consistently
    • New Related Links
      • Intro field text has been increased from 300 to 1024 characters
      • Link text has been increased from 40 to 512 characters
      • Mandatory link requirement has been removed
  • Publishing - bulk publishing of pages from multiple Topics has been added

The following UI changes have been made:

  • Common Tasks
    • Choose a Topic - sorted alphabetically, by Topic, within each Sub-theme - Theme (displayed in bold italics)
  • Content Status Pane
    • Content Filters - appear above the status grid
      • Topic filter - sorted alphabetically, by Topic, within each Sub-theme - Theme (displayed in bold italics)
    • Content Status Pane
      • Edit has been moved to the left of the Page Title column
      • GUID is displayed on mouse-over of a Page Title
      • Sub-theme and Theme columns have been added to status grid
      • Locked By column heading label has been added
  • Workflow Status Pane
    • Radio buttons have been converted to action buttons that refresh automatically when invoked
    • Refresh button has been removed
  • Publish button has been moved to the lower-right corner of each of the following screens:

Product: CMS Lite

Release Number:1.1.1

Release Date: Apr 23, 2013

What's New?

The following functionality has been added to the toolbar in all Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG) fields:


Product: CMS Lite

Release Number: 1.1.0

Release Date: Mar 10, 2013

What's New?

The following functionality has been added:

  • Banner
    • Help link to CMS Lite Online Manual and Release Notes
    • Logout - return to CMSLite Login link on Logoff screen
  • Common Tasks Pane
    • Choose a Topic - sorted alphabetically, by topic, within each subtheme (displayed in light-grey italics)
    • Manage Topic Map - orphaned pages
  • Content Status Pane
  • Content Entry

The following UI changes have been made:

  • Banner
    • Hello removed from IDIR name
    • Content Creation and Manage Taxonomy links1
  • Common Tasks Pane
    • Manage Taxomony button has been removed
  • Content Status/Workflow Pane - consistent time/date format in both panes
  • Page preview opens in a full browser window
  • Content Entry

1 This link will only be seen by editors that have taxonomy access

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