Release notes - FORGE Q4 '24

Overview

With the 2024 Q4 release, the FORGE ecosystem provides:

• Editors with renewed photo, document, and custom entity editors, plus a modern overview page for tags.

• Producers with a easy way to add static images to pages without leaving Page Builder.

Let's get into some details:

Content Manager

New photo editor

Images are among the most engaging content. This latest version of FORGE provides editors with an improved photo editing experience.

Now the photo editor:

• Displays more photo data at a glance, making it easier to manage

• Aligns with the same modern UI of all the other revamped editors

• Refines the editorial experience when managing translations, replacing the image, and adjusting focus

For more information, read our article on editing photos.

New document editor

The latest version of FORGE introduces the new document editor, which:

• Displays more document data at a glance, improving document management

• Aligns with the same modern UI of all the other revamped editors

• Refines the editorial experience when managing translations and uploading files

For more information, read our article on editing documents.

New custom entity editor

Custom entities allow editorial teams to shape bespoke content. This latest version of FORGE provides editors with a renewed experience for editing custom entities.

Now the custom entity editor:

• Displays more custom entity's data at a glance, making it easier to manage it

• Aligns with the same modern UI of all the other revamped editors

• Can group and position fields meaningful for each custom entity type

For more information, read our article on custom entities.

New tag overview page

Now, editors benefit from a redesigned overview page to manage tags. The main improvements are:

• Configurable columns and filters

• Powerful filters to search through tags

• Improved response times

Read the article on searching entities for more information.

In editorial selections, enriched autofill rules based on tags

In editorial selections, when autofill rules are tag-based, editors can select whether entities to add must match all tags in the rule or just at least one of them.

For more information, see our articles on editorial selections (and localized ones).

Small changes – but still important

LIVE BLOGGING

• Blog configuration allows using formatting options in the Description field — See our article on creating a new blog.

• New fields enrich blog configuration: Short Title, Cover Image Caption and Copyright — See our article on creating a new blog.

Page Builder

• Accessibility: We redesigned editorial statuses (unpublished, published, and reviewed) to be color-blind-friendly.

• When listing pages in a folder, the PageType — which declares the page's rendering engine — displays for each page.

• When editing folders, new shortcuts are available to create a new child folder, page, or menu.