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Scene7 Publishing System 6.6 Release Notes

November 3, 2023
  • Topics:
  • Dynamic Media Classic

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The latest release notes that describe the latest features, enhancements, and fixes for Adobe Scene7 Publishing System 6.6–part of the Adobe Experience Cloud.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: DHTML VIEWERS END-OF-LIFE

Effective January 31, 2014, Scene7 officially ended support for the DHTML viewer platform.

New Software Features, Enhancements, and Fixes

Asset Management and Publishing

  • Instant Publishing

    Improves speed and predictability of publishing process by eliminating the need to mark assets for publishing before publishing. Being rolled out gradually.

  • Search performance improvements for customers with large asset repositories.

  • Auto Set Generation now allows the selection of folders.

  • Improved usability for generating a URL for published, static assets.

Viewers

  • HTML5 SDK

    The following features and enhancements were added to the Scene7 Viewer, HTML5 Software Development Kit:

    • The handling of swatches such as dragging on the first or last swatch, swatch alignment, scrolling one page of swatches at a time, and container fill.
    • Added support for transparency in Zoom view, Zoom targets, Swatches, navigation view, and Spin view.
    • Compatibility with Prototype JavaScript (prototype.js).
    • Compatibility with jQuery on Internet Explorer.
    • Enhancements made to eCatalog page scrubber, grid view, page view, and swatch thumbnails.
    • Logging support and trace statements for troubleshooting.

  • Out-of-the box HTML5 viewers

    • You can now develop a video player with the ability to play on desktop computers and multiple mobile devices, all from a single platform. You can create this capability by way of the Scene7 Viewer, HTML5 Software Development Kit, version 6.5.
    • A new embedded Flyout zoom (FlyoutViewer) image viewer is now available for desktop computers and mobile devices.

  • Embed Code

    • Universal Viewer Embed SDK is now integrated with Scene7 Publishing System.
    • Embedding of HTML5 viewers with JavaScript (not iframe).
    • Support added for asset and viewer modifiers in universal viewer embed.
    • Support added for JavaScript functions in the Universal Viewer embed code, such as tracking by way of SiteCatalyst.

  • Improved reliability of eCatalog functionality with various enhancements to S7Info, S7Search, and S7InfoAdmin.

Adaptive Creative and Imaging

  • Improve efficiency of asset ingestion and preparation.

    • Remove opaque image background on ingestion.

      Pixel-based. User-definable handling of interior areas.

    • Auto-crop to path-boundary enhancements.

      Pixel-based. Eliminates need for a transparent pixel in the lower left corner.

  • Web To Print enhancements

    • Convert fonts to outlines.
    • Maintain source image format and color space during FXG conversion.

Security Improvements

  • SPS security enhancements

    • Support for SSL (for areas where communication remains unencrypted)
    • Account enumeration: challenge-response test for username submission
    • Email servlet authentication restricts access to email sending
    • Removed restricted access to Record Login servlet
    • Password reset by way of encrypted link
    • Segregate DNS (SPS and Image Server)

  • IPS security enhancement

    • Client-focused request to move all originating applications doing API requests to SSL

eVideo

  • A new, universal HTML5 Video player that lets you design all video components once – such as buttons and play timer – in HTML5 and then deliver the best possible video playback experience across multiple devices and screens.

  • Improved video encoding turnaround time where one video file is read and then output to multiple encodings.

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