What's new with CF06

This Combined Cumulative Fix includes new features and improvements.

Some features are ready for immediate use when you apply the latest combined cumulative fix. Other features require extra configuration or a procedure to enable the feature.

Documentation resource: Roadmap: Applying maintenance

IBM WebSphere Portal Version 8.5.0.0 CF07 and earlier documentation

The WebSphere® Portal Version 8.5.0.0 CF07 and earlier documentation is available only in PDF format. Go to the following link to find the documentation for CF07, CF06, CF05, CF04, CF03, CF02, or CF01:

Documentation resource: IBM WebSphere Portal V8.5.0.0 CF07 and earlier

Configuration wizard supports database transfer to multiple databases for Oracle

Use the Database Transfer configuration option using the configuration wizard to transfer your Oracle database to multiple databases or schemas. The multiple databases or schemas option can configure multiple databases with different data sources and different users per schema. You can also use the multiple database option to configure a single database with different data sources and different users.

Documentation resource: Database Management Systems; then go to Oracle: Database transfer > Oracle: Oracle worksheet: Transfer to multiple databases.

Improving page loading performance with asynchronous web content rendering

You can now increase page loading performance by separating portal page content delivery from web content rendering.

Documentation resource: Improving page loading performance with asynchronous web content rendering

Integrating remote JSON data by using the Digital Data Connector

Starting with CF06, the IBM Digital Data Connector (DDC) for WebSphere Portal framework provides a generic JSON DDC plug-in that is ready to use for integrating external JSON data of your choice. You can use this plug-in to render external JSON data on your portal pages without having to write custom Java code.

Documentation resource: Integrating remote JSON data

Web Application Bridge support for SAML

Starting with CF06, the Web Application Bridge now supports single sign-on using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML).

Documentation resource: Content provider policy single sign-on

WSRP

You can now configure the WSRP Consumer to invalidate the remote session when a user explicitly logs out of the Consumer portal.

Documentation resource: Configuring remote session invalidation

Updates to the Web Content Manager REST service

The Web Content Manager REST service now supports creating and updating authoring templates.

Documentation resource: How to use REST with authoring templates

Updates to image and file elements

Image components and file components can now be selected when using image elements in content items and site areas:

Documentation resource: Adding a file resource element to an item
Documentation resource: Adding a file resource element to a template
Documentation resource: Adding an image element to an item
Documentation resource: Adding an image element to a template

Updates to custom search box in the portal theme

You can now redirect search requests issued by a custom search form to the Search Center.

Documentation resource: Redirecting search requests from a custom search form to the Search Center

OneUI is deprecated

OneUI styles were deprecated in the theme profiles of the default Portal 8.5 theme in this Combined Cumulative Fix. It simplifies theme development and CSS content by excluding OneUI styles from the default theme. Core components that are embedded in your customer theme, such as the Web Content Viewer or inline editing, do not depend on OneUI styles any more. However, existing themes and applications continue to work with the OneUI theme. Some static resources were replaced with new .css and .js files. You might also need to remove old social rendering libraries and deploy the new ones.

Documentation resource: Static resources
Documentation resource: Removing the previous version of social rendering
Documentation resource: How to enable social rendering in a virtual portal

Document Services feeds for Federated Documents

Support for Document Service feeds for Federated Documents are now disabled by default, but can be enabled using the wp.federated.documents.document.services.enabled configuration setting.

Documentation resource: Configuring the federated documents feature

The textbox.io feature for Ephox is now supported

The textbox.io feature for Ephox is now supported. For further information, and to obtain the application, visit the Ephox website.