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Reference: New content editing experience and the classic interface

The following table summarizes the points of difference between the reinvented content editing experience and the classic mode.

Area Details New interface Classic interface
Supported content types  News, Blogs, and Dynamic modules check check
Events, Lists, Forms, Images, Videos, Documents, Classifications check
Supported operations Create, edit, and delete content items check check
Duplicate content items check
Publish and unpublish content items check check
Scheduling content items check
Approval workflow (one and two step) check check
Move to Recycle bin check
Languages Multilingual support of content items check
List of content items
 List of flat and hierarchical content items check check
Filter by tags and categories check check
Filter by status check
Sorting check check
Sources check check
Search by title check check
“Load more" for listing items check
Expandable sidebar with filters and sorting check
Edit content items Quick sidebar navigation to sibling items check
Preview of content item check check
Permission-based content editing check check
Smart lock of content items upon modification check
URL per content item in Edit mode check
Changes in supported fields

Rich text editor improvements:

  • Large editable space
  • Embed media:  Twitter, YouTube and other iframe providers
  • Contextual toolset for link editing
  • Contextual toolset for image editing
  • Enhanced HTML code editor
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Related data field improvements:

  • Suggest-as-you-type selector for related content items, with hints for recently used ones
  • Infinite scroll in selector for related content items
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Related media field improvements:

  • Improved image selector
  • Responsive view for image selection
  • Suggest-as-you-type selector for related media, with hints for recently used ones
  • Infinite scroll in selector for related media
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Classifications improvements:

  • Suggest-as-you-type selector for classification items, with hints for recently used ones
  • Infinite scroll in selector for classification items
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Date and time field improvements:

  • Enhanced date and time pickers
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Related pages field check
Related fields created in Sitefinity CMS 7.0 and older versions check
Revision history Access and retrieve versions of content items check

NOTE: Versions are stored but are only accessible via the classic interface.

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