DFS 11.0 - Understanding the new version
- Martin Ulisse
This document is primarily for users/clients that has expirence with the previous version. Here we will give an overview of the big differences between this version (DFS 11) and the previews version (DFS 10.x).
UI changes
One of the big changes is that we change the way you browse and search for assets. In the old version we had a DAM Explorer. This was build in Sitecore and part of the connector. In this version we use an Iframe and load the embedded Media Manger from Digizuite DAM. By doing this we could remove alot of the code from the connector. We could also remove alot of the required configuration which was synchronized as items. The content area Sitecore → System → Modules → Digizuite → MetaDataRoot, has been removed as it’s no longer needed.
Synchronization
In the previous version it was required to do a full synchronization of all the configuration and assets, before you could start using the connector. Because of the new embedded UI, we no longer need the configuration and assets to be synchronized upfront. Assets are now synchronized as the get used. By this we mean, when you add an asset to a field, we will check if the asset has been synchronized to the Asset silo, /sitecore/media library/Digizuite/Assets. If not we then sync the asset from Digizuite.
It’s still possible to do a full synchronization. We have moved this feature to the Administration dashboard. The full sync is useful if you need to search for dynamic content on the website. DFS 11.0 - Synchronization
Custom indexs
The 2 custom indexes dfs_assets_master_index and dfs_assets_web_index has been removed. The assets will be indexed in Sitecore’s default indexes Sitecore_master_index and Sitecore_web_index. You have the opportunity to create your own custom index. DFS 11.0 - Custom content search index