This document summarizes the new features and improvements in the upcoming eZ Platform 2.1 release. Some key highlights include: - Custom tags for embedding rich content like YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook in the rich text editor. - Ability to create content "on the fly" directly from the dashboard or editor without needing to create it in advance. - New search filters for finding content more easily by properties like content type, date, and section. - Other improvements like URL alias management, object state management for custom workflows, and password management features. - Mention of additional contributions to the eZ ecosystem like a Slack integration and Facebook post importer.

1. eZ Platform 2.1 Product Update
Roland Benedetti
Chief Product Officer @ eZ Systems
March 29, 2018

2. Product Timeline

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MAR
2018
eZ Platform 2018 Release Cycle
FEB
2018
DEC
2017
eZ Platform 1.13 LTS
APR
2018
MAY
2018
DEC
2018JUL
2018
AUG
2018
OCT
2018
NOV
2018
JAN
2018
eZ Platform 2.0
v 2.1
v 2.3
v 2.2
v 2.4 (LTS)
(v 3.0)
> Dec 2020-22
> Dec
2021-23eZ Platform (Open Source and Enterprise Editions) Releases
Maintained and Supported Stage
Beta Stage & Certification Process
Development Stage
Recommended Upgrade Period
Supported and Security Stage (Enterprise Customers only)
JUN
2018
SEP
2018

4. Custom Tags

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Custom Tags
• Improve editorial experience with ways to
embed rich content for anywhere in the
Rich Text Online Editor
• Coming with YouTube, Twitter and
Facebook custom tags out-of-the-box as
examples
• Develop your own ones quickly - twig and
YML is all you need
See https://ez.no/Blog/Sneak-Peek-of-v2.1-
Custom-Tags-Feature

6. Creating content “on the fly”

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Create content “on the fly”
• No more to create content way ahead of
using it!
• Speeds-up editorial experience, improves
comfort
• Create content from the Dashboard or from
the Online Editor
• Use it for your own custom features
• More to come, stay tuned!

8. Searching for content with filters

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Find content easily by refining search using filters
• Filter by content types, sections, creation
and modification dates
• More filters to come
• And the ability to create your owns,
• As well as facets!
Your inputs are much welcome:
https://discuss.ezplatform.com/t/which-
filters-for-ez-platform-ui-search/281

10. Other small yet important
user experience improvements

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Find content easily by refining search using filters
• Site-access switcher in Preview mode
• Draft conflict
• Deep links
• Automatic language selection on Edit
• Basic usability improvements
• …

12. Creating URL aliases for content

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Better URL for your visitors to access your content
• URL alias management similar as in eZ
Publish
• Automatic redirect or 301
• Relative or root
• …

14. Managing Object States

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Use object state to create custom content lifecycles
• Create and manage object state groups and
states
• Let editors change states on content items
• Use object states to define custom content
lifecycles and specific behaviors such as
editorial pipelines, content check-out, user
generated content moderation flow…
Huge thank you to @wizhippo for
contributing the initial code.

16. Password Management

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Don’t bug the site administrator anymore…
• Change your password
• Reset your password
• The base for the similar features on your
site for your authenticated users

18. And more…

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Don’t bug the site admin anymore…
• REST GET location that matches URL
aliases
• REST search with FieldCriterion
• …
• Many improvements (67) and bug fixes
(100 exactly)
Check out the release notes for full list of
changes: https://doc.ezplatform.com/en/2.0/
releases/ez_platform_v2.1.0/
And the blog announcement for list of short
videos: https://ez.no/Blog/Easter-Release-
eZ-Platform-v2.1

20. Meanwhile in the eZ ecosystem

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eZ Platform - Slack integration by Novactive
• Allow users to login via Slack Connect
mapping roles and permissions
• Let eZ Platform post messages in your
Slack channels for various events
• Create interactivity in Slack to allow things
such as review, change of state, approval…
• And more…
See https://github.com/Novactive/
NovaeZSlackBundle and https://youtu.be/
3DTe6pDCx1w

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Facebook post importer by Contextual Code
• Import Facebook posts in eZ Platform
automatically
• Define custom mapping between Facebook
posts and your content types
• Reuse content across channels ;-)
See https://www.contextualcode.com/Blog/
Facebook-Post-Importer-for-eZ-Platform-
and-eZ-Publish and https://
www.youtube.com/watch?
time_continue=3&v=qaVP_i0fSBs

23. What next?

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Roadmap Short Term - 2018
…Cloud Services
eZ Commerce
Studio
(EE only)
Platform
Infrastructure
Ressources
Jan - Mar May - Jun Jul - Sep Sep - Dec
Custom Tags
Page Builder V2
Advanced Workflow & Collaboration
Content Workspace
C-ware Content Delivery
Richtext block Profiling block
Scheduled Actions
Image Editor
Form Builder v2
Inline Edit Bulk CM
Content Tags v2
URL Mgmt
Admin Filtered Search Admin Facetted Search
User Preferences (time, lang, loc…)
Version Diff Content Deployment
Online Editor v2
Asset Field Type
Symfony 4 Support
SQL Engine Improvement
PostgreSQL Support
Oracle Support
Elastic Search Support
Content Variations
U.I. Guidelines for Dev
Demo Sites v2 Headless App Demo
Documentation
Version 2
Version 3
e-Learning
eZ Perso Admin
eZPerso/Platform Integration Content A/B Testing
Content Analytics
eZ Commerce eZ Commerce Advanced
Bookmarks

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