Fall Release: eZ Platform v3.0 beta3

Online Editor (OE) improvements

We have made a few improvements to the Online Editor. Social network custom tags (e.g. YouTube, Facebook and Twitter) are now part of the core product, requiring less code to be written by developers when they need to connect to social media platforms. In the future, developers will be able to clearly define how to preview custom tags when editing content in the online editor by using various twig templates.

Other improvements

Users will find the sub-items menu to be lighter and faster as it now relies on GraphQL. We have improved GraphQL by reducing the number of requests. It's now possible to fetch a location and its children simultaneously. Developers can more rapidly create a custom Field Type compared to eZ Platform v2. We have simplified the process by removing unnecessary code that was required in the past. We believe that these new capabilities in the product will require less code to write and enable you to deliver better digital experiences for your clients.

Another slick capability to be featured in the beta3 release is password expiration. This feature enables admins to define the policies regarding the password expiration directly at the content type level. Users can access the user field type and configure two new options regarding the password expirations feature. You can define the number of days after which the password will expire and the number of days before that when we will notify the user that the password is reaching expiration.

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How to test eZ Platform and get a feel of what the future will be

This beta release is an opportunity for willing users to test some of the capabilities that we expect to ship with v3.0. We would like to stress that this release is not meant to be used for production purposes. It is an opportunity for developers to get a feel of what the future version of eZ Platform will be. The beta will be available on the partner portal and on ezplatform.com.

If you have any questions or would like to test out eZ Platform v3.0 beta3, please feel free to drop us a comment on discuss.ezplatform.com or reach out to us via email at productmanagement@ez.no.