Release | August 19, 2016

django CMS CKEditor 3.1.0

The latest 3.1.0 release of django CMS Text CKEditor is out and introduces previews for almost all inline plugins.

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The CKEditor we use is excellent, but you've probably noticed one shortcoming: when you add images, links or files as plugins, you just see small labels representing them, instead of the real content:

You know what it means when it says that "Apollo 11 was the first Button that landed humans on the Button" - but it's not always so obvious.

In the new djangocms-text-ckeditor 3.1.0 release we've adressed this shortcoming. django CMS 3.3 users can benefit immediately from real previews by upgrading to that version. Simply install djangocms-text-ckeditor 3.1.0 and all instances of these plugins will be automatically upgraded when migrations are run:

This update will add previews to all plugins that can be found in the inline "CMS Plugins" dropdown:

You may wish certain plugins not to generate the new-style previews, and instead to continue displaying the old label (such as djangocms-snippet). To disable previews, set text_editor_preview=False in the plugin class.

We hope you find the Button is an improvement over Button, and that Button Button - thanks!

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