The document summarizes the new features and improvements in eZ Platform version 2.3. Key additions include an updated form builder with improved customization and management features, a content scheduler block for scheduling content changes over time, and the ability for editors to select time zones and reuse image assets across the platform. Additional resources are provided to learn more about the release.

1. Discover eZ Platform v2.3
October 10th, 2018

2. Product Timeline

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eZ Platform 2018-2019 Release Cycle

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What’s in eZ Platform 2.3

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Return of the Form Builder
• Simpler interface to create forms.
• Developers can easily customize and extend form
fields.
• Editors can re-use forms in different locations.
• Users can restore previous versions of a form or
preview drafts prior to publishing.
• Users can easily translate a form to different
languages.
• Easily manage form submissions.
• Form Block available in v2.4
• See https://ez.no/Blog/Sneak-Peek-How-to-
create-forms-with-the-new-Form-Builder

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Content Scheduler Block
• Editors can schedule when content will
appear and move in the block.
• Users can track when content will air
through the content scheduler block.
• Users can preview how the block will render
by using the timeline feature.
• See https://ez.no/Blog/Sneak-Peek-
Improving-scheduling-changes-on-your-
website-with-eZ-Platform-Enterprise-2.3

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Timeline
• Editors can see future events in the timeline
that are scheduled for the page.
• Editors can select those events and preview
how the page will look like.
• Can indicate actions such as visibility
changes of blocks, addition and changes of
content in a schedule block, new versions of
the page scheduled for publishing in the
future.

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Block Visibility Scheduler
• Editor can configure the visibility of a block
in advance by configuring the dates they
want a block visible or hidden on the page.
• Save editors time in scheduling events.

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Reusing the Image Asset Field
• Editors will be able to reuse images that
they place in image fields.
• Editors can add an Image Asset field to any
content type and manage images instead of
using the old Image field type.
• Images will be stored as content in the
media library using the Image content type.
• Editors can select images from the content
repository for image fields.
See https://ez.no/Blog/Sneak-Peek-Making-
Image-Fields-reusable

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Personalization Block
• Improved design of the Personalization
Block
• Select different scenarios for content that
can be displayed
• Editors can select the type and amount of
content items to be displayed.

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Supporting all editors time zones
• The system now supports multiple time
zones.
• Editors can choose a time zone relevant to
their location when managing content and
dealing with dates.

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Improvement to the Universal Discovery Widget (UDW)
• Multi-selection of content items in the
universal discovery widget has been
simplified ( )
• Reduce the amount of clicks required to
select a content item.

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Additional surprises
• Style Selector ( Thank you Novactive!)
• Improved U.I. consistency
• Continued translation effort of eZ Platform:
https://crowdin.com/project/ezplatform/

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Additional Resources…
Check out the release notes for full list of
changes: v2.3 Release Notes
And the blog announcement for list of short
videos: Discover eZ Platform v2.3

15. What next?

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Product Roadmap & Product Feedback
A new place to collaborate and communicate on eZ Platform roadmap
https://ezplatform.com/Product-Feedback

17. Thank You!
Product feedback: productmanagement@ez.no
Personal?: amit.gutin@ez.no
Stay tuned by following https://ez.no/Blog/
and https://discuss.ezplatform.com/