New features in Kentico CMS 5.0

Martin HejtmanekCTO

Kentico Software s.r.o.

martinh@kentico.com

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Main v5.0 Features

• New features in version 5.0– New design and logo– Widgets– UI personalization– Smart search in Forums– AD import utility– New content features (bulk operations / drag&drop / version

compare)

– New Media library UI– Better scalability– Staging improvements– Time zone support in CMS Desk– Better performance– More on http://www.kentico.com/Download/Version_History.aspx

Widgets

• Limited Web parts for– Editors– Group administrators– End users

• Widget is a Web part with redefined set of properties

UI personalization

• CMSDesk -> Content

Global user flags (Editor, Global admin)

Module permissions (complete module)

Document types permissions (content only)

UI Personalization (displayed modules, elements)

Document level permissions (content only)

UI Personalization (parts of the UI)

Smart search in forums

• Smart search utilizes Lucene.NET full text search engine

• From 4.1 available for content• From 5.0 available for forums

• Smart search box• Smart search results

• Faster than SQL search• Supports relevancy of results

AD import utility

• Bulk import your AD users and groups in advance

• User -> User• Group -> Role

• Ability to select which users / roles should be imported

• Save the import profile

Smaller improvements

• Scalability – New selectors and filters• Media library UI• Staging improvements – All tasks tab,

Add/Remove site• Time zones in CMSDesk• Better performance

Why upgrade?

• Better scalability and performance• Nicer UI to present• More effective work• New features to use and show to potential

clients• New project options– Hosting the sites for end users – Widgets + UI

personalization

Questions & Answers

• Now is the time for your Q&A

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