What's new in CF228
The following features and updates are available to customers installing HCL Digital Experience (DX) Container Update CF228 on supported platforms:
All Digital Experience Versions (8.5, 9.0, 9.5)
- My HCLSoftware delivery portal
- New How-to articles now available
- Presentation Designer - Additional units of measurement for style properties
- TinyMCE Enhanced Rich Text Editor updated to version 7.8
Digital Experience 8.5 and 9.0 Versions
- Extended Support option now available for DX versions 8.5 and 9.0
- Automatically apply 9.5 from a later CF installation
Digital Experience 9.5 Container Version
- DAM - New parameter for bulk upload warning
- Notice of deprecation of non-OCI-based registry for Harbor Helm chart repository
- Removal of automated Pod restart on ConfigMap updates
- WAS, JDK, and iFix versions
Go to the HCL Software Support Site/HCL DX Software Fix list for the list of software fixes, including Container Update releases.
All Digital Experience Versions (8.5, 9.0, 9.5)
My HCLSoftware delivery portal
HCL DX software is now available through the new My HCLSoftware portal for customers licensed for the HCL Digital Experience v9.5 offering. This is in parallel to the existing HCL Software License Portal delivered in FlexNet, through June 30, 2025. For more information, refer to the following knowledge article and help center topics:
HCL DX software is now available through the new My HCLSoftware portal for customers licensed for the HCL Digital Experience v9.5 offering. This is in parallel to the existing HCL Software License Portal delivered in FlexNet, through June 30, 2025. For more information, refer to the following knowledge article and help center topics:
New How-to articles now available
A new batch of How-to articles has been migrated from the knowledge base to the HCL DX Help Center. For more information, refer to the New and migrated articles section.
A new batch of How-to articles has been migrated from the knowledge base to the HCL DX Help Center. For more information, refer to the New and migrated articles section.
Presentation Designer - Additional units of measurement for style properties
You can now change the unit of measurement for the different styling properties in Presentation Designer. Click the measuring unit next to a style property to reveal a list of units you can choose from. For more information, refer to Styling options - Style sections.
You can now change the unit of measurement for the different styling properties in Presentation Designer. Click the measuring unit next to a style property to reveal a list of units you can choose from. For more information, refer to Styling options - Style sections.
TinyMCE Enhanced Rich Text Editor updated to version 7.8
The TinyMCE Enhanced Rich Text Editor used for HCL Web Content Manager (WCM) has been updated to version 7.8. This version includes bugfixes, additional custom plugins, and customized user interface components. For more information, refer to TinyMCE 7.8.0 and Enhanced rich text editor configuration options.
The TinyMCE Enhanced Rich Text Editor used for HCL Web Content Manager (WCM) has been updated to version 7.8. This version includes bugfixes, additional custom plugins, and customized user interface components. For more information, refer to TinyMCE 7.8.0 and Enhanced rich text editor configuration options.
Digital Experience 8.5 and 9.0 Versions
Extended Support option now available for DX versions 8.5 and 9.0
HCLSoftware announced End of Support for HCL Digital Experience versions 8.5 and 9, effective June 30, 2025. Customers are encouraged to upgrade to HCL Digital Experience version 9.5, released in a continuous delivery model. Refer to the Deprecated features page for more information.
To accommodate customers who might be unable to update from DX versions 8.5 and 9.0 to DX version 9.5 by that date, customers can sign up for Extended Support until June 30, 2025. For more information, see the article Starting on August 30, 2024, Extended Support will be available for HCL Digital Experience V8.5.x and 9. Extended support will be offered from June 30, 2025 until June 30, 2026.
Automatically apply 9.5 from a later CF installation
In CF219, a feature was introduced where DX version 9.5 is automatically applied to an 8.5 or 9.0 installation if the configuration setting install_95=true is set. Note that a later CF might apply 9.5 by default unless you set install_95=false. This statement is not a guarantee of future releases or their features.
Digital Experience 9.5 Container Version
DAM - New parameter for bulk upload warning
You can now configure a warning to appear if the number of rich media assets intended for bulk upload exceeds a certain limit using the maxBulkUploadWithoutWarning parameter. You can configure this parameter in Helm. For more information, refer to Uploading rich media assets.
Notice of deprecation of non-OCI-based registry for Harbor Helm chart repository
Starting CF216, the Harbor repository is updated with an OCI-based registry and the Helm chart command is updated to be OCI-compliant. Instructions on how to pull Helm charts using OCI commands are now available. For more information, see the Help Center topics Configure Harbor Helm Repository and Download and Deploy from HCL Harbor Repository.
Removal of automated Pod restart on ConfigMap updates
Runtime Controller triggering Pod restarts for direct configuration changes in ConfigMaps is removed. You must restart the appropriate Pods manually to apply the changes made to the ConfigMaps for testing configurations. For more information, see Deprecated features.
WAS, JDK, and iFix versions
HCL DX 9.5 CF228 contains the following:
Access the latest HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Education Materials on HCLSoftware U
The HCLSoftware U offers technical education for the HCL Software portfolio of products, organized by practitioner role. See the HCL Digital Experience section of HCLSoftware U and the What’s New for Digital Experience section for more information.