# eZ Platform v1.8.0

**The FAST TRACK v1.8.0 release of eZ Platform and eZ Platform Enterprise Edition is available as of February 16, 2017.**

If you're looking for the Long Term Support (LTS) release, see<https://ezplatform.com/Blog/Long-Term-Support-is-Here>

## Notable Changes Since v1.7.0 LTS

### eZ Platform

#### User Interface

- In Universal Discovery Widget (UDW) the browse view now uses a completely new browser widget, which replaces Treeview. This solves limitations on how many items you can browse for, and provides a more intuitive user experience.

- Improvements in the Online Editor:

  - You now have the ability to rearrange elements in the editor by moving them up and down.
  - You can now add links to internal content items in the Online Editor, decide in which tab the link should open, and set link title:

- Improvements to the Sub-Items view of a content item: You can now sort content items by clicking column headings

- The main titles of the ContentTypeView now expand and retract with an accordion function

- Updated and added icons for the Admin Interface

- The whole interface of PlatformUI is now translatable using Crowdin, including in-context translation where you can navigate the interface while translating. A glossary has been established to aid in unified usage of terminology throughout. [Contributions welcome](https://crowdin.com/project/ezplatform)!

#### Under the Hood

- New opt-in approach to HttpCache to improve usability and performance by means of:
  - Cache multi-tagging: allowing you to tag pages with, for example, path, location, type, or parent, so the repository can clear cache in a more targeted, accurate, and flexible way, getting rid of any "clear all" situations on complex operations.
  - For Varnish this uses [xkey](https://github.com/varnish/varnish-modules/blob/master/docs/vmod_xkey.rst) instead of BAN, enabling greater performance by allowing you to control grace time.
  - This also places HttpCache in a separate repo, allowing it to grow independently: see <https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform-http-cache>
- New `content/publish` policy to be able to configure `content/edit` rights independently from publish rights
- Community-provided translations of the user interface may be imported individually to conserve resources
- Replaced deprecated templating helper assets with assets packages service
- Localization of handlebar templates
- Also part of v1.7.1 from the end of January:
  - Solr: Solving last issues in UI hindering relative ranking of search results from working properly
  - API: Respect `defaultAlwaysAvailable` setting on `newContentCreateStruct` solving issues with for instance Kaliop Migrations bundle use
  - Landing pages: Better support for wider range of multi-site setups
  - Online Editor: Ability to change a paragraph to header and back

*For the complete list of fixes and improvements, see the GitHub release notes: <https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform/releases/tag/v1.8.0>*

### eZ Platform Enterprise Edition

#### Studio

- New fields are available for the Form Builder:
  - URL
  - Date
  - Checkbox
  - Radio
  - Dropdown
  - Captcha
  - File Upload

#### Under the Hood

- StudioUI is now fully ready for Internationalization

### Updated eZ Platform/EE Demo Distributions

- You can now search and filter products in the Product Page of the EE Demo distribution:

## Full list of new features, improvements and bug fixes since v1.7.0 LTS:

| eZ Platform                                                                                                                    | eZ Studio                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [List of changes for final of eZ Platform v1.8.0 on GitHub](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform/releases/tag/v1.8.0)       | [List of changes for final for eZ Platform Enterprise Edition v1.8.0 on GitHub](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform-ee/releases/tag/v1.8.0)      |
| [List of changes for rc1 of eZ Platform v1.8.0 on GitHub](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform/releases/tag/v1.8.0-rc1)     | [List of changes for rc1 for eZ Platform Enterprise Edition v1.8.0 on GitHub](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform-ee/releases/tag/v1.8.0-rc1)    |
| [List of changes for beta1 of eZ Platform v1.8.0 on GitHub](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform/releases/tag/v1.8.0-beta1) | [List of changes for beta2 of eZ Platform Enterprise Edition v1.8.0 on GitHub](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform-ee/releases/tag/v1.8.0-beta2) |

### Installation

[Installation Guide](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/latest/getting_started/install_ez_platform)

[Technical Requirements](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/latest/getting_started/requirements)

### Download

#### eZ Platform

- Download at [eZPlatform.com](http://ezplatform.com/#download)

#### eZ Enterprise

- [Customers: eZ Enterprise subscription (BUL License)](https://support.ez.no/Downloads)
- Partners: Test & Trial software access (TTL License)

If you would like to become familiar with the products, [request a demo](https://www.ibexa.co/forms/request-a-demo).

### Updating

To update the product, follow the [updating guide](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/latest/updating/updating/).