Amplience release notes 2018

A summary of product releases for 2018, covering new features, enhancements, and updates across Dynamic Content, Content Hub, and Dynamic Media.

Note

For all release notes, see release notes by year.

SFCC content assets enhancements

12 December 2018: Further improvements to the Salesforce Commerce Cloud content assets integration, refining how content assets created in Dynamic Content are managed and surfaced within SFCC storefronts. Built on the content assets feature introduced in October 2018.

Updating content in editions from the production view

7 November 2018: Authors can now edit and update content that is already assigned to an edition directly from the Dynamic Content production view, without needing to navigate to the planning section. Changes made to a content item can be pushed to all editions that use it in a single action.

Content item localization

31 October 2018: Introduced content item level localization, allowing a single content item to hold locale-specific values for its properties. Authors can switch between locales in the content form to author translated or region-specific variants without creating separate content items per locale.

Content item usage panel

24 October 2018: Added a usage panel to content item properties showing which slots and editions a content item is used in. Authors can see all usages at a glance and navigate directly to the relevant edition, making it easier to understand the impact of editing a shared content item.

SFCC content assets

10 October 2018: Introduced support for Salesforce Commerce Cloud content assets in the Dynamic Content SFCC integration. Content assets (standalone pieces of content not tied to a slot) can now be created in Dynamic Content and delivered to SFCC storefronts, expanding beyond slot-based content delivery.

Adding content to editions - improvements and localised media

3 October 2018: In Dynamic Content, improved the content browser used when adding content to editions, with better search and filtering. Also added support for localised images and video - when adding media to a slot, locale-specific asset variants can be selected from the media browser.

Copying slots and slot collision warnings

26 September 2018: Slots can now be copied between editions, saving time when reusing slot configurations across campaigns. Added collision warnings that alert planners when two scheduled editions contain content in the same slot, helping prevent unintended overwrites at publish time.

SFCC - Multiple sites support

12 September 2018: The Salesforce Commerce Cloud integration now supports multiple SFCC sites from a single Dynamic Content hub. Teams managing content across several regional or brand storefronts can configure separate site connections and target content appropriately per site.

Localisation enhancements and content item filtering

29 August 2018: Enhancements to the localisation workflow in Dynamic Content, including the ability to preview localised content in visualizations by switching locale. Also added content item filtering in the content library by content type, status, locale, and date range for faster navigation in large repositories.

Localized properties

22 August 2018: Introduced field-level localization in content type schemas, allowing individual properties within a schema to be marked as localizable. Different locale variants of a property's value can then be authored and stored within the same content item, supporting efficient multilingual content production.

Webhook management UI

15 August 2018: Added a webhook management interface to Dynamic Content, allowing developers to view, create, edit, and delete webhooks from the UI rather than exclusively through the API. Includes an activity log showing recent webhook trigger history and response status codes for debugging.

Unarchive content from the content library

25 July 2018: Content items that have been archived can now be unarchived directly from the Dynamic Content library via a contextual menu option, restoring them to active status without API access. Also included updated icons for archived content to improve visual clarity.

SFCC integration and timeline slot filtering

18 July 2018: Two improvements: enhancements to the Salesforce Commerce Cloud integration for more reliable slot content delivery, and the addition of slot filtering in the timeline view, allowing planners to focus the timeline on specific slots rather than viewing all content at once.

Archiving and restoring content

11 July 2018: Introduced content archiving - content items can be archived from the Dynamic Content library to remove them from the active view without deleting them. Archived content is preserved and can be restored later, supporting content lifecycle management and keeping repositories tidy.

Timeline enhancements

4 July 2018: Several improvements to the Dynamic Content scheduling timeline view introduced in June: better edition status indicators, improved zoom behaviour, easier slot and edition navigation, and performance improvements when viewing large numbers of events across a wide time range.

Webhooks

27 June 2018: Introduced the Webhooks service - a mechanism for third-party systems to subscribe to events generated by Dynamic Content. Developers configure a webhook handler URL and the events to subscribe to (initially schedule and unschedule edition). When an event fires, Dynamic Content sends a JSON payload to the handler URL via HTTP POST. Managed via API at launch.

Timeline view

13 June 2018: Introduced the Dynamic Content scheduling Timeline View as a new planning mode alongside the calendar and list views. Planners can set a time period from one week to one year, zoom in and out to adjust granularity, and see events and their editions laid out chronologically. Supports edition creation, editing, conflict resolution, and content preview directly from the timeline.

Production UI improvements

6 June 2018: Usability improvements to the production (content authoring) interface, including better folder selection when creating or moving content items and enhanced slot validation feedback that surfaces schema errors more clearly at the point of content authoring.

Point of interest app enhancements

29 May 2018: Improvements to the Point of Interest (POI) / focal point app in Dynamic Media, refining the interface for setting focal points on images. Updates include more precise placement controls and improved handling of landscape and portrait image orientations.

Tags in media browser and SFCC save as

22 May 2018: Two features: Content Hub tags are now surfaced in the Dynamic Content media browser, allowing authors to filter images by tag when selecting assets for content items. Also added a Save As feature to the SFCC integration, letting authors save a copy of a content item under a new name within a storefront context.

Dynamic Content time zones

15 May 2018: Dynamic Content now supports per-hub time zone configuration. Edition start and end dates are displayed and scheduled in the hub's configured time zone, ensuring that content goes live at the correct local time regardless of where the user is located.

Preview edition, production enhancements and content rendering service

2 May 2018: Three improvements: a Preview Edition feature letting planners preview all content in an edition as it will appear at the edition start date, general production UI enhancements, and updates to the Content Rendering Service for improved reliability and performance of visualization rendering.

Edition enhancements, publish content items and register content types

11 April 2018: Three updates: improvements to edition management (easier slot assignment and edition copying), the ability to publish individual content items directly from the production view without scheduling via an edition, and early access to content type registration via the UI (covered in more detail in the 11 April release).

Registering and updating content types

18 April 2018: Expanded the content type registration UI introduced in April with additional capabilities: mapping content type properties to content library cards (including the summary photo and gallery card templates), and a more robust update content type flow for syncing schema changes back to the hub.

Registering and updating content types (initial release)

11 April 2018: Introduced the Development section to the Dynamic Content masthead, giving developers a dedicated area for configuration tasks. The first feature: a UI for registering content types (schemas hosted externally on services such as AWS) with a hub, including support for custom icons, content library cards with property mappings, and visualization URLs. Content types can also be updated when schemas change.