Changes with Gentics CMS 5.36.0

Date: 21.02.2020


With this update, the Custom Form Part Type is deprecated and replaced with the Custom TagProperty Editor.

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Optional Manual Change

Docker installations: For security reasons, the entrypoint script in the CMS docker image will not be started with the root user anymore. All processes (Apache 2, Tomcat, cronjobs) will be started directly with the node user from now on. This change only affects the CMS Docker image. There are also some other changes. Please read this guide when updating the docker image. This is only relevant when using the CMS docker image.

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The update changes the way, CMS data is indexed in Elasticsearch. It is therefore recommended to check the Search Index Maintenance after the update.

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Enhancement GTXPE-479 Link to this entry

The REST API for node management has been extended:
New Methods:

  • GET /rest/node
  • PUT /rest/node
  • GET /rest/node/[id]
  • POST /rest/node/[id]
  • DELETE /rest/node/[id]
  • GET /rest/node/[id]/languages
  • PUT /rest/node/[id]/languages/[languageId]
  • DELETE /rest/node/[id]/languages/[languageId]
  • POST /rest/node/[id]/languages
  • GET /rest/node/[id]/features
  • PUT /rest/node/[id]/features/[feature]
  • DELETE /rest/node/[id]/features/[feature]
  • GET /rest/node/features
  • POST /rest/node/[id]/copy

Deprecated Methods:

  • POST /rest/node/create
  • POST /rest/node/save/[id]
  • GET /rest/node/load/[id]
  • GET /rest/node/getLanguages/[id]
  • GET /rest/node/features/[id]
  • POST /rest/node/features/activate/[id]
  • POST /rest/node/features/deactivate/[id]
  • POST /rest/node/features/set/[id]

See Guides for details.


Enhancement GTXPE-589 Link to this entry

Made available for the user to choose between translate and edit or translate and compare in translate page modal.


Enhancement GTXPE-788 Link to this entry

Added the Inheritance property to the displayable fields.


Enhancement GTXPE-789 Link to this entry

Made channels in inheritance dialog visible conditionally.


Enhancement GTXPE-528 Link to this entry

Some administrative REST API Endpoints have been added:

  • GET /rest/admin/publishInfo
  • GET /rest/admin/updates
  • GET /rest/scheduler/jobs

See the the AdminResource and SchedulerResource guides for details.


Enhancement GTXPE-364 Link to this entry

The synchronization of Mesh Roles with the datasource of the selected Roles Objectproperty has been changed: Roles will no longer be synchronized automatically with the “Repair“ action, but can selectively be synchronized with the action “Synchronize Mesh roles”. See the Guides for details.


Enhancement GTXPE-631 Link to this entry

Improved the visibility of the focal point indicator in the image editor.


Enhancement GTXPE-648 Link to this entry

The REST API has been extended with the new endpoint DELETE /msg/[id] to delete a specific inbox message.


Enhancement GTXPE-747 Link to this entry

Failed logins and access control failures will now be logged in logcmd and with the logger “security”.


Enhancement GTXPE-530 Link to this entry

When images are published into a Mesh Content.Repository, the focal point information will now also be set on the binary field in Mesh.


Enhancement GTXPE-794 Link to this entry

The properties editor in the new UI no longer displays object property names in ALL CAPS, but rather shows them as they were defined.


Enhancement GTXPE-474 Link to this entry

The item list now uses the title “Search results” instead of a node name when executing an advanced search, because the results may include items from multiple nodes.


Enhancement GTXPE-851 Link to this entry

The Gentics CMS Editor and Administration user interfaces display more detailed error messages if the server provides them.


Enhancement GTXPE-781 Link to this entry

Redesigned Advanced Search to support flexible properties for filtering.


Enhancement GTXPE-587 Link to this entry

The active status of object properties can now be toggled in the combined properties editor if the feature tagfill_light is disabled.


Enhancement GTXPE-748 Link to this entry

Link Checker Custom Tool: Add invalid links indicator to the node selector for all nodes with invalid links.


Enhancement GTXPE-586 Link to this entry

Its now possible to archive and delete messages from the Editor UI.


Enhancement GTXPE-547 Link to this entry

Gentics CMS Administration UI: Add widgets to the Dashboard sidebar like Admin Info.


Enhancement GTXPE-490 Link to this entry

Gentics CMS Administration User Interface: Added the module for node management.


Enhancement GTXPE-171 Link to this entry

UI: Add page size selector for the items.


Documentation GTXPE-805 Link to this entry

The documentation of Mesh Content.Repository has been enhanced to include information about handling of languages.


Bugfix GTXPE-819 Link to this entry

Corrected vertical alignment of items list row items and reduced vertical spaces to allow to see more list items.


Bugfix SUP-9169 Link to this entry

File and image properties are now immediately updated when an item is replaced.


This Gentics CMS version includes the Aloha Editor 1.4.58 – 12.11.2019

This Gentics CMS version includes the .Node Version 2.3.11