What's New in This Guide

This preface introduces the new and changed features of WebCenter Sites 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.8.0) and other significant changes that are described in this guide, and provides pointers to additional information. This preface also lists deprecated features.

New and Changed Features in 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.8.0)

WebCenter Sites 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.8.0) includes the following new and changed features, described in this guide:

  • New and Changed Features

    • Updated Admin Interface. WebCenter Sites forms now offer an improved user experience for administrators to create and manage data. This includes a rearrangement of nodes on the administrative tree tabs for more intuitive navigation.

    • WebCenter Sites Security Cryptography. This new feature provides for secure server access to protect your system from internal or external security attacks. All access is protected through cryptographic encryption of sensitive information whether located in files or within the server itself. See Chapter 7, "Implementing Security Using Cryptography and Encryption Key Storage."

    • Vanity URLs. This new feature supports short, readable, easy-to-control URLs that typically either contain the name of, or describe the web page to which they point. A vanity URL can be either auto-generated or created by a content contributor in the WebCenter Sites Contributor interface. See Chapter 24, "Configuring Vanity URLs."

    • WebCenter Content Integration. This new feature is a GUI-controlled connector. Its function is to synchronize documents and digital assets (such as images and videos) from WebCenter Content to WebCenter Sites, where they are managed as native assets. See Part I, "Oracle WebCenter Content Integration" for more information.

Deprecation Notice

The following features are deprecated in WebCenter Sites 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.8.0):

  • SOAP-based web services. This feature is replaced by REST services.

  • Mirror publishing. This feature is replaced by RealTime publishing.

  • Static publishing

  • WebCenter Sites Desktop

  • WebCenter Sites DocLink