tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364164422024-03-14T05:20:20.029+01:00Sitecore Development / Kim HornungKim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-73570364859215520582014-08-28T19:41:00.003+02:002014-08-28T19:41:34.594+02:00This blog is being retiredAfter some consideration, I've decided to retire this blog.<br />
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If you wish to be kept informed about new Sitecore releases, make sure you subscribe to the "Product Issues and Patches newsletter". If you have an account with access to the Sitecore Developer Network, you do this by going to <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/">sdn.sitecore.net</a>, then clicking "Account" and editing your mailing list subscriptions. <br />
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Happy coding!<br />
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Cheers,<br />
Kim<br />
<br />Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-12564985357538557482014-05-30T12:58:00.000+02:002014-05-30T12:58:58.657+02:00Sitecore releases 7.2 Update-2 (rev. 140526)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>7.2 Update-2 (rev. 140526)</b>. <br />
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Sitecore 7.2 Update-2 is a regular maintenance update which contains several improvements and addresses a number of issues. <br />
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The main highlights of this update: <br />
<ul>
<li>Includes all the fixes from 7.1 Update-2</li>
<li>Security vulnerability fixes to make Sitecore more secure</li>
<li>SPEAK Select Media and Upload Media dialog improvements</li>
<li>Fixes to SPEAK UI dialogs, the SPEAK framework, and the SPEAK Business Component Library</li>
</ul>
<br />
Everything is already available on SDN, including:<br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC72.aspx#72update2">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/Update/7_2_rev_140526.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-51043953312956379792014-04-11T12:53:00.001+02:002014-04-13T20:36:31.171+02:00Sitecore releases 6.6.0 Update-8 (rev. 140410)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>6.6.0 Update-8 (rev. 140410)</b>. <br />
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Sitecore 6.6.0 Update-8 is a regular maintenance update which contains a few improvements and addresses a number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights of this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>Security vulnerability fixes to make Sitecore more secure</li>
<li>Support for running the Sitecore user interfaces in Internet Explorer 11</li>
</ul>
<br />
Everything is already available on SDN, including:<br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC66.aspx#660update8">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/Update/6_6_0_rev_140410.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-1845337621416507202014-04-10T15:25:00.000+02:002014-04-10T15:25:08.974+02:00Sitecore releases 7.0 Update-5 (rev. 140408)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>7.0 Update-5 (rev. 140408)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 7.0 Update-5 is a regular maintenance update which contains a few improvements and addresses a number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights of this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>Security vulnerability fixes to make Sitecore more secure</li>
<li>Support for running the Sitecore user interfaces in Internet Explorer 11</li>
</ul>
<br />
Everything is already available on SDN, including:<br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/products/sitecore%20v5/sitecore%20cms%207/releasenotes/changelog/release%20history%20sc70.aspx#70update5">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/Update/7_0_rev_140408.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-59472055012467534812014-03-27T14:54:00.000+01:002014-03-27T14:54:48.512+01:00Sitecore releases 7.1 Update-2 (rev. 140324)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>7.1 Update-2 (rev. 140324)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 7.1 Update-2 is a regular maintenance update which contains a few improvements and addresses a number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights of this update: <br />
<ul>
<li>Security vulnerability fixes to make Sitecore more secure.</li>
<li>Support for running the Sitecore user interfaces in Internet Explorer 11.</li>
<li>The new Media.MediaLinkServerUrl web.config setting lets you specify the server URL to use for media links</li>
</ul>
<br />
Everything is already available on SDN, including:<br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC71.aspx#71update2">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/Update/7_1_rev_140324.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-58347295524881541022014-03-12T16:12:00.000+01:002014-03-12T16:13:03.063+01:00Sitecore releases CMS and DMS 7.2 (Initial Release)I am happy to announce that Sitecore yesterday released <b>CMS and DMS 7.2 rev. 140228</b>. <br />
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This is the intial release of CMS and DMS 7.2. <br />
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The major features and highlights in this release: <br />
<ul>
<li>Publishing improvements, including new features, performance improvements, user experience improvements, better configurability, and bug fixes.</li>
<li>SPEAK UI framework improvements: a number of new components are available in the business component library. In addition, a number of issues have been fixed in the SPEAK UI dialogs, the underlying SPEAK UI framework, and the business component library.</li>
<li>Item Bucket improvements, including user experience improvements, better configurability, and bug fixes.</li>
<li>Sitecore.ContentSearch improvements, including new features, better configurability, and bug fixes.</li>
<li>Multivariate testing is now configured per language.</li>
<li>The Engagement Analytics logic for detecting whether a visitor is a robot has been reworked and improved.</li>
<li>Support for Internet Explorer 11.</li>
<li>Sitecore MVC now supports Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 5.1.</li>
</ul>
You can read more about the technical details of the publishing changes on Alex Shyba's blog at
<a href="http://www.sitecore.net/reinnovations-blog">www.sitecore.net/reinnovations-blog</a><br />
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Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC70.aspx#72initial">release notes</a> which describes the new features, improvements and fixes in this release.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/Update/7_2_rev_140228.aspx">downloads and updates page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the release.</li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-48035184212495954332014-01-31T23:45:00.002+01:002014-01-31T23:45:55.791+01:00Sitecore releases 7.1 Update-1 (rev. 140130)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>7.1 Update-1 (rev. 140130)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 7.1 Update-1 is a regular maintenance update which contains a few improvements and addresses a number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights of this update: <br />
<ul>
<li>Includes all the fixes from 7.0 Update-3 and 7.0 Update-4.</li>
<li>A number of issues in the SPEAK UI dialogs and the underlying SPEAK UI framework and business component library have been fixed.</li>
<li>A number of issues in the Sitecore Item Web API have been fixed.</li>
<li>A potential security vulnerability issue has been fixed.</li>
</ul>
<br />
Everything is already available on SDN, including:<br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog.aspx#71update1">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/Update/7_1_rev_140130.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-21605710033730859782014-01-22T22:29:00.001+01:002014-01-22T22:29:42.818+01:00Sitecore releases 7.0 Update-4 (rev. 140120)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>7.0 Update-4 (rev. 140120)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 7.0 Update-4 is a regular maintenance update which contains a few improvements and addresses a number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights of this update: <br />
<ul>
<li>Includes all the fixes from 6.6 Update-7.</li>
<li>A number of issues related to Item Buckets and Sitecore.ContentSearch have been addressed.</li>
<li>A number of potential security vulnerabilities have been fixed.</li>
<li>A number of situations where the system did not log sufficient audit information have been addressed.</li>
<li>A number of issues have been fixed where the system used the client language instead of the content language.</li>
<li>A number of issues related to the Package Installation wizard and the Package Designer have been addressed.</li>
<li>The Sitecore clients now support configuration of session time-outs.</li>
<li>Contains a number of improvements and fixes related to serialization of items, users, and roles.</li>
</ul>
<br />
Everything is already available on SDN, including:<br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog.aspx#70update4">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/Update/7_0_rev_140120.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-41802551913054598842013-12-13T14:15:00.000+01:002013-12-13T14:15:29.665+01:00Sitecore releases 6.6.0 Update-7 (rev. 131211)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>6.6.0 Update-7 (rev. 131211)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 6.6.0 Update-7 is a regular maintenance update which contains a few improvements and addresses a number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights in this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>To improve the performance in solutions with a large number of items, versions, or languages, you can now configure the system so it does not populate database caches during indexing. In addition, the logic for determining whether media items are file based has been reworked to improve performance in these solutions. </li>
<li>The Sitecore authentication provider did not support session time-outs.</li>
<li>A performance issue has been fixed that affected virtual users when using the Sitecore clients.</li>
<li>Some issues related to dynamic image scaling have been fixed where the system did not resize the image to the correct dimensions after you changed the image size of an image in the Rich Text Editor or in the properties dialog box for an image field.</li>
<li>A considerable number of issues related to the Content Editor have been fixed, including:
<ul>
<li>The item:write and language:write permissions were not always respected. </li>
<li>The logic for checking whether you had permissions to remove a version was not consistent across the entire system.</li>
<li>When a user performed certain operations, new item versions were sometimes unnecessarily created.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>A number of issues related to the Sitecore serialization event handlers have been fixed.</li>
</ul>
Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC66.aspx#660update7">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/Update/6_6_0_rev_131211.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-73136435475617260932013-12-03T14:27:00.003+01:002013-12-03T14:27:56.029+01:00Sitecore releases 7.0 Update-3 (rev. 131127)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>7.0 Update-3 (rev. 131127)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 7.0 Update-3 is a regular maintenance update which contains a few improvements and addresses a number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights in this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>A large number of issues relating to Item Buckets and Sitecore.ContentSearch have been addressed, including performance issues and issues that affected multi-instance solutions.</li>
<li>A number of issues related to the Multilist with Search and Treelist with Search field types have been addressed.</li>
<li>A number of issues related to using the Sitecore clients with out-of-process session state modes have been addressed.</li>
<li>An issue in CMS 7 has been fixed in the breaking links dialog that could cause the system to remove too many links from Rich Text fields when selecting the "Remove Links" option box.</li>
<li>The logic for changing the traffic type for visits has been updated, and the Change Traffic Type field has been removed from the Campaign template.</li>
</ul>
<br />
Everything is already available on SDN, including:<br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog.aspx#70update3">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/Update/7_0_rev_131127.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-36711029986320340662013-11-27T23:35:00.000+01:002013-11-27T23:35:04.821+01:00Sitecore releases CMS and DMS 7.1 (Initial Release)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <strong>CMS and DMS 7.1 rev. 130926</strong>. <br />
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This is the intial release of CMS and DMS 7.1. <br />
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The major features and highlights in this release are: <br />
<ul>
<li>SPEAK UI framework, a UI framework for building web applications.</li>
<li>New SPEAK dialogs for inserting links to Sitecore items and for selecting media are used in a number of places.</li>
<li>Rules Engine enhancements.</li>
<li>The Sitecore Item Web API (previously available as a separate download) is now distributed as part of the CMS.</li>
<li>Sitecore MVC now supports Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 4, along with other fixes and improvements.</li>
<li>All supported browsers now render the Sitecore Desktop and other Sitecore clients using "standards" mode.</li>
<li>Starting with this release, Internet Explorer Compatibility View mode is no longer supported.</li>
</ul>
Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC71.aspx">release notes</a> which describes the new features, improvements and fixes in this release.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/SDN5/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/Update/7_1_rev_130926.aspx">downloads and updates page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the release.</li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-14477836245415040272013-09-24T13:47:00.001+02:002013-09-24T13:47:50.600+02:00Sitecore releases 7.0 Update-2 (rev. 130918)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>7.0 Update-2 (rev. 130918)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 7.0 Update-2 is a regular maintenance update which contains a few improvements and addresses a number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights in this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>A large number of issues relating to Item Buckets and Sitecore.ContentSearch have been addressed.</li>
</ul>
<br />
Everything is already available on SDN, including:<br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog.aspx#70update2">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/Update/7_0_rev_130918.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-29297775361330081902013-08-13T15:16:00.000+02:002013-08-13T15:16:21.525+02:00Sitecore releases 7.0 Update-1 (rev. 130810)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>7.0 Update-1 (rev. 130810)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 7.0 Update-1 is a regular maintenance update which contains a few improvements and addresses a number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights in this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>7.0 Update-1 includes all the fixes from 6.6 Update-6.</li>
<li>Oracle is now supported for CMS 7.0.</li>
<li>Data source improvements, showing the path in data source fields even when it's stored as a GUID.</li>
<li>Various improvements and issues addressed related to Item Buckets and Sitecore.ContentSearch.</li>
</ul>
<b>Note:</b> This update contains a number of breaking changes in the Sitecore.ContentSearch namespaces. Please review the breaking changes before you upgrade to this update.
<br /><br />
Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog.aspx#70update1">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore V5/Sitecore CMS 7/Update/7_0_rev_130810.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-10156171711396499782013-06-06T14:40:00.000+02:002013-06-06T14:40:20.717+02:00Sitecore releases 6.6.0 Update-6 (rev. 130529)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>6.6.0 Update-6 (rev. 130529)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 6.6.0 Update-6 is a regular maintenance update which contains a few improvements and addresses a number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights in this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>After upgrading to 6.6 Update-5, custom user profile properties could be lost.</li>
<li>Security vulnerability fixes to make Sitecore more secure.</li>
<li>LinkProvider fixes, including improvements and fixes to the logic for generating cross-site links.</li>
<li>Executive Insight Dashboard fixes.</li>
<li>New item versions were sometimes created when a user performed certain operations.</li>
<li>Ability to use a different logic for partial cache clearing operations for certain caches.</li>
</ul>
Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC66.aspx#660update6">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/Update/6_6_0_rev_130529.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-24590458239268030772013-05-21T23:30:00.000+02:002013-05-21T23:30:00.394+02:00Sitecore releases CMS and DMS 7.0 Initial ReleaseI am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <strong>CMS and DMS 7.0 rev. 130424</strong>. <br />
<br />
This is the intial release of CMS and DMS 7.0. <br />
<br />
<div>
</div>
The main highlights in this release are: <br />
<ul>
<li>Support for storage of large numbers of content items in item buckets.</li>
<li>Content tagging and content faceting.</li>
<li>A new Sitecore.ContentSearch namespace that contains new indexing and search APIs.</li>
<li>New search screens for content authors in the Content Editor, Page Editor, and in many dialog boxes.</li>
<li>Data sources improvements.</li>
<li>Support for running Sitecore on Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.</li>
</ul>
Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC70.aspx#70initial">release notes</a> which describes the new features, improvements and fixes in this release.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/SDN5/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207/Update/7_0_rev_130424.aspx">downloads and updates page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the release.</li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-55765365790639948502013-04-17T15:37:00.000+02:002013-04-17T15:37:14.576+02:00Sitecore releases 6.6.0 Update-5 (rev. 130404)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>6.6.0 Update-5 (rev. 130404)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 6.6.0 Update-5 is a regular maintenance update which contains a number of improvements and addresses a number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights in this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>Support for running the Sitecore user interfaces in Internet Explorer 10. </li>
<li>User Manager improvements and fixes. </li>
<li>A number of potential security vulnerability issues have been resolved. </li>
<li>A number of performance counter issues have been resolved. </li>
<li>A number of Engagement Analytics issues have been resolved, including filtering robots in the Executive Insight Dashboard. </li>
</ul>
Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC66.aspx#660update5">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/Update/6_6_0_rev_130404.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-4888135160883642012013-02-27T16:10:00.001+01:002013-02-27T16:10:12.978+01:00Sitecore releases 6.6.0 Update-4 (rev. 130214)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>6.6.0 Update-4 (rev. 130214)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 6.6.0 Update-4 is a regular maintenance update which addresses a number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights in this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>Resolves an important issue in 6.6 Update-3 related to attaching/detaching media to versioned media</li>
<li>A number of Engagement Analytics and Engagement Automation fixes</li>
<li>IIS Integrated pipeline mode fixes</li>
<li>Resolves a number of situations where the "Do you want to save the changes to the item?" dialog box appeared, despite the user not having modified the item</li>
<li>Resolves a number of issues related to security permissions and uploading</li>
<li>Rich Text Editor fixes</li>
</ul>
Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC66.aspx#660update4">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/Update/6_6_0_rev_130214.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-16775071694834018102013-01-16T12:07:00.000+01:002013-01-16T12:07:46.775+01:00Sitecore releases 6.6.0 Update-3 (rev. 130111)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>6.6.0 Update-3 (rev. 130111)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 6.6.0 Update-3 is a regular maintenance update with contains several improvements and addresses a number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights in this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>The Executive Dashboard features two new reports: "Channel Performance" and "Campaign Performance".</li>
<li>Ability to view known users in engagement plan states in the Supervisor and the Monitor.</li>
<li>Virtual user fixes and improvements.</li>
<li>Item cloning fixes.</li>
<li>Performance improvements for full publish operations in multi-instance setups and for item access on sites with complex security configuration.</li>
</ul>
Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC66.aspx#660update3">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/Update/6_6_0_rev_130111.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-51874862884647906952012-12-12T15:53:00.000+01:002013-01-15T17:20:40.311+01:00Sitecore releases 6.6.0 Update-2 (rev. 121203)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>6.6.0 Update-2 (rev. 121203)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 6.6.0 Update-2 is a regular maintenance update with contains several improvements and addresses a large number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights in this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>A large number of multibrowser issues have been resolved.</li>
<li>The Page Editor now supports more link types than internal links in "General Link" fields.</li>
<li>In CMS 6.6, the logging in of virtual users did not work as expected.</li>
<li>Various issues in the CMS and DMS have been resolved.</li>
</ul>
Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC66.aspx#660update2">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="https://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/Update/6_6_0_rev_121203.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-41079679166240067452012-11-14T18:20:00.000+01:002012-11-14T18:20:04.180+01:00Sitecore releases 6.6.0 Update-1 (rev. 121015)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>6.6.0 Update-1 (rev. 121015)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 6.6.0 Update-1 is a regular maintenance update with addresses a number of issues. <br />
<br />
The main highlights in this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>The Sitecore login page now contains a meta tag that prevent robots from indexing its contents</li>
<li>Page Editor fixes and improvements</li>
<li>You can no longer delete the wrong content item in the Content Editor by mistake</li>
<li>Bugfixes related to using engagement automation actions</li>
</ul>
Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC66.aspx#660update1">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="https://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/Update/6_6_0_rev_121015.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-25886181767494311132012-11-05T15:00:00.000+01:002012-11-05T15:00:53.589+01:00Sitecore releases 6.6.0 Initial ReleaseI am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <strong>6.6.0 rev. 120819</strong>. <br />
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This is the intial release of CMS and DMS 6.6.0. <br />
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<div>
</div>
The main highlights in this release are: <br />
<ul>
<li>Improved Executive Insight Dashboard</li>
<li>Device Simulator</li>
<li>Page Preview service</li>
<li>Native MVC support</li>
<li>Page Editor improvements</li>
<li>Sitecore is now using Lucene.NET 2.9.4</li>
<li>Support for SQL Server database mirroring</li>
<li>The Rich Text Editor has been updated to a newer version of the Telerik components</li>
<li>Ability to restore individual versions from the Archive and Recycle Bin</li>
<li>Dictionary enhancements</li>
<li>The setup.exe now defaults to use .NET 4.0 for application pools, and supports enabling Sitecore MVC</li>
<li>Issues resolved by 6.5 Update-5 have now been merged to 6.6.</li>
</ul>
Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC66.aspx#660initial">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/Update/6_6_0_rev_120918.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-49800305929542359972012-10-18T12:42:00.000+02:002012-10-18T12:42:37.025+02:00Sitecore releases 6.5.0 Update-6 (rev. 121009)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>6.5.0 Update-6 (rev. 121009)</b>. Sitecore 6.5.0 Update-6 is a regular maintenance update with addresses a number of issues and also contains several improvements. <br />
<br />
The main highlights in this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>Performance improvements</li>
<li>An important engagement automation issue has been fixed</li>
<li>The discard robots functionality that was available in OMS is now also available in DMS</li>
</ul>
Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC65.aspx#650update6">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/Update/6_5_0_rev_121009.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-34483036800472348312012-09-21T12:06:00.002+02:002012-09-21T12:06:31.527+02:00Improved CMS Compatibility TableThanks to our Customer Service department, we have recently published a much improved CMS Compatibility Table which collects a lot of information that was previously spread out into multiple documents .<br />
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The table gives a quick overview of different CMS versions and their compatibility with:<br />
<ul>
<li>Browser versions</li>
<li>Operating systems</li>
<li>.NET Framework versions</li>
<li>Database servers</li>
</ul>
Jump over to SDN to see the table:<br />
<a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/Installation/CMS%20compatibility.aspx">http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore V5/Sitecore CMS 6/Installation/CMS compatibility.aspx</a><br />
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Happy coding :-)Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-65102054034366688112012-07-19T14:47:00.000+02:002012-07-19T14:47:48.714+02:00Sitecore releases 6.5.0 Update-5 (rev. 120706)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>6.5.0 Update-5 (rev. 120706)</b>. Sitecore 6.5.0 Update-5 is a regular maintenance update with addresses a number of issues and also contains several improvements. <br />
<br />
The main highlights in this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>Some non-critical security vulnerabilities have been fixed</li>
<li>Various performance improvements</li>
<li>Various bugfixes </li>
</ul>
Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC65.aspx#650update5">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/Update/6_5_0_rev_120706.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36416442.post-82038716336314523362012-05-08T15:57:00.000+02:002012-05-08T15:57:27.150+02:00Sitecore releases 6.5.0 Update-4 (rev. 120427)I am happy to announce that Sitecore today has released <b>6.5.0 Update-4 (rev. 120427)</b>. <br />
<br />
Sitecore 6.5.0 Update-4 is a large maintenance update which addresses a number of issues and also contains several improvements and some new features. <br />
<br />
The main highlights in this update are: <br />
<ul>
<li>DMS</li>
<ul>
<li>The DMS version number has been changed from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1 because of database schema changes to the Analytics database. </li>
<li>Support for using Analytics with SqlServer, StateServer, and other out-of-process session-state modes.</li>
<li>Important change: Aggregated data used in the Executive Dashboard and some of the Engagement Analytics reports is by default updated once per day instead of realtime in order to optimize performance when collecting data and reduce the risk of deadlocks.</li>
<li>A large number of improvements and bugfixes related to Analytics. This includes issues that could cause exceptions to show up on the website, issues that occurred under heavy load, and issues related to GeoIp resolving. </li>
<li>Engagement Automation bugfixes</li>
</ul>
<li>CMS</li>
<ul>
<li>Item Cloning improvements and bugfixes. </li>
<li>Support for validation rules in the Page Editor. </li>
<li>Page Editor improvements and bugfixes, including ability to work on items in workflows or with publishing restrictions.</li>
<li>A number of browser-specific issues have been resolved.</li>
</ul>
<li>Issues resolved by 6.4.1 Update-6 have now been merged to 6.5. </li>
</ul>
Everything is already available on SDN, including: <br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog/Release%20History%20SC65.aspx#650update4">release notes</a> which describes the improvements and fixes in this update </li>
<li>The <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%206/Update/6_5_0_rev_120427.aspx">update page</a> which contains download links for the full distribution, as well as instructions for updating existing Sitecore solutions to the update. </li>
</ul>
Happy coding!Kim Hornunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424769645004206725noreply@blogger.com0