{"id":5255,"date":"2015-04-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/2015\/04\/24\/episerver-8-first-release-since-ektron-merger\/"},"modified":"2021-01-27T21:30:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T21:30:06","slug":"episerver-8-first-release-since-ektron-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/2015\/04\/24\/episerver-8-first-release-since-ektron-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"Episerver (Optimizely) 8: First Release Since Ektron Merger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In February 2015, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.episerver.com\/\">Episerver (Optimizely)<\/a> released the latest CMS update, version 8. \u00a0This was the first release since Episerver (Optimizely)&#8217;s merger with Ektron.<\/p>\n<p>In this blog, I will discuss how to use Projects, one of the new features introduced in the version 8 CMS update.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>New Feature: Projects<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Content Editors and Authors typically prefer to publish sets of changes together. For example, a content page may have several components like page content, images, blocks, etc. An update process for one page maybe related to or dependent on other pages or blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Episerver (Optimizely) created a new feature &#8220;Projects&#8221; in order to facilitate and control the process of publishing several components together to save time and avoid confusion during the publishing process.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>How To: Using Projects<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>To use the Projects feature, follow the steps below.\u00a0 First you must acquire the necessary access information and log in, then:<\/p>\n<p>1. \u00a0Click the <strong>Settings<\/strong> icon<\/p>\n<p>2. \u00a0Click the <strong>Projects Gadget<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gpi_episerver208_1_399x106.jpg\" alt=\"GPI_EPiServer 8_1\" width=\"399\" height=\"106\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gpi_episerver208_2_400x302.jpg\" alt=\"GPI_EPiServer 8_2\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. \u00a0Choose the items you want to manage in your project<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create name of project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Drag and drop pages, blocks, etc. to the body of the project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gpi_episerver208_3.png\" alt=\"GPI_EPiServer 8_3\" width=\"390\" height=\"472\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Note: You can sort the project items, rename or delete easily.\u00a0 Also, you can add or remove other components as needed without restrictions and once you have all the projects&#8217; components ready, you can publish all of the projects with one click.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gpi_episerver208_4_449x386.jpg\" alt=\"GPI_EPiServer 8_4\" width=\"449\" height=\"386\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Utilizing Projects<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>I have created an example to illustrate how Episerver (Optimizely)&#8217;s Projects feature can be utilized.<\/p>\n<p>User: A large hotel that owns several properties worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Challenges: Managing content and its translations into several languages is a bit tricky, time consuming and also very difficult for a central department to handle.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel&#8217;s properties are (A), (B) and (C). Currently all the content authoring and related translations are managed by the Content Department. Each of the three hotel properties have multiple departments: Rooms, Restaurants, Entertainment, and Family Activities.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the features Projects will allow the hotel to do, per project, include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create new projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Add departments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Assign managers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Create necessary workflows to manage translation and authoring scenarios<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once project items are ready, the hotel can publish individual projects without affecting other projects. Furthermore, for managing maintenance and translated content in a global environment, having an organized structure where you can oversee all of your projects allows you to preserve the consistency of the content.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>GPI Connector: Upgraded for Version 8<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Episerver (Optimizely) has introduced some technical changes related to the &#8220;Language Selectors.&#8221; As a result, Globalization Partners International\u00ae, a certified Episerver (Optimizely) Solution Partner, has upgraded their\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.translationplugin.com\/index.php\/episerver-translation\/\"> Episerver (Optimizely) Translation Service Connector<\/a> to work with the newest features of version 8.<\/p>\n<p>The upgrade was done in order to adhere to the latest technical changes and to provide the same enterprise solution for users of Episerver (Optimizely)-based websites to launch and manage multi-language websites, while streamlining content exports and reimports for web content translation workflows with a single click.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February 2015, Episerver (Optimizely) released the latest CMS update, version 8. \u00a0This was the first release since Episerver (Optimizely)&#8217;s merger with Ektron. 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