# eZ Platform v3.1 **Version number**: v3.1 **Release date**: July 15, 2020 **Release type**: Fast Track ## Notable changes [eZ Commerce](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezcommerce) now uses Symfony 5 and is fully integrated into the eZ Platform back office. For more information, see [eZ Commerce documentation](https://doc.ezplatform.com/projects/ezcommerce/en/latest/). ## New features This release of eZ Platform introduces the following new features: Dxp ### Site Factory #### Site skeleton You can now create multiple content structures that can be used as Site skeletons for the new sites. For more information about Site skeleton, see [Configure Site skeleton](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/latest/guide/multisite/site_factory_configuration/#site-skeletons). #### Defining parent Location You can now define the parent Location for every new site in the template configuration. For more information about defining parent Location, see [Configure parent Location](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/latest/guide/multisite/site_factory_configuration/#parent-location). ### Elasticsearch You can now use [Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/) in your eZ Platform installation through the `PlatformElasticSearchEngineBundle`. See [Elasticsearch documentation](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/latest/guide/search/elastic) to learn how to set up, configure and user Elasticsearch with eZ Platform. ### Page Builder You can now filter elements in the sidebar during site creation process to get to the desired blocks faster. ### Field group permissions The new [field group limitation](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/latest/guide/limitation_reference/#field-group-limitation) enables you to control who can edit content fields per field group. ### Version comparison You can now compare additional fields in version comparison of content item: - Content Relation and Content Relations - Image Asset and Image - Matrix - Media For overview of additional fields, see [User documentation on Comparing versions](https://doc.ibexa.co/projects/userguide/en/5.0/publishing/publishing/#comparing-versions). ### URL management UI You can now manage URL addresses and URL wildcards with a comfortable user interface that is available in the back office. You can create, modify or delete URL wildcards, and decide if the user should be redirected to the new address on clicking the link. Note As of this release, the Link manager is no longer part of the Content panel, and now it belongs to the **Admin** panel of the back office. For more information on how to manage URLs, see [URL management](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/latest/guide/url_management). ### Tree view in the Universal Discovery Widget The Universal Discovery Widget, referred to as the Content Browser in User Documentation, has been updated by adding the Tree view. You can now switch between the Grid, Panels and Tree views to browse and manage user accounts, media files, content items and forms. Selections that you make in one view survive when you switch to the other view. For more information about configuring the Universal Discovery Widget, see [Extending Universal Discovery Widget](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/latest/extending/extending_udw). ### Field group display Display of field groups has been improved in content preview and editing. When editing, field groups are now presented in tabs: In Content preview, the group sections are collapsible: ### Saving incomplete draft When users create or edit a content item or a Page, they can now save it without completing all the required fields. They can then return to editing, or pass the content to another contributor. Validation that used to happen at each save operation now, by default, happens when you click the **Publish** button. The `ContentService::validate()` method has been added that you can use to trigger validation of individual fields or whole content items for completeness at other stages of the editing process. ### Search #### ezplatform-search [`ezplatform-search`](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform-search) is a new repository that contains search functionalities that aren't dependent on the search engine. #### Search controller A customizable search controller has been extracted and placed in `ezplatform-search`. #### Searching in trash You can now search through the contents of Trash and sort the search results based on a number of Search Criteria and Sort Clauses that can be used by the `\eZ\Publish\API\Repository\TrashService::findTrashItems` method only. For more information, see [Search in trash](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/latest/api/public_php_api_search/#search-in-trash). ### Repository filtering [Repository filtering](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/latest/api/public_php_api_search/#repository-filtering) enables you to filter content and Locations using a defined Filter, without the `SearchService`. ### PermissionResolver You can now have a Service that provides both `PermissionResolver` and `PermissionCriterionResolver` by injecting `eZ\Publish\API\Repository\PermissionService`. ## Behavior changes ### Landing page drafts When you start creating a landing page, a new draft is now automatically created. ## Deprecations ### Search engine tags The `ezpublish.searchEngine` and `ezpublish.searchEngineIndexer` tags have been deprecated in favor of `ezplatform.search_engine` and `ezplatform.search_engine.indexer`. ## Full changelog | eZ Platform | eZ Enterprise | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [eZ Platform v3.1.0](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform/releases/tag/v3.1.0) | [eZ Enterprise v3.1.0](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform-ee/releases/tag/v3.1.0) | | [eZ Platform v3.1.0-rc2](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform/releases/tag/v3.1.0-rc2) | [eZ Enterprise v3.1.0-rc2](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform-ee/releases/tag/v3.1.0-rc2) | | [eZ Platform v3.1.0-rc1](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform/releases/tag/v3.1.0-rc1) | [eZ Enterprise v3.1.0-rc1](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform-ee/releases/tag/v3.1.0-rc1) | | [eZ Platform v3.1.0-beta1](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform/releases/tag/v3.1.0-beta1) | [eZ Enterprise v3.1.0-beta1](https://github.com/ezsystems/ezplatform-ee/releases/tag/v3.1.0-beta1) |