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Integration of Twitter with the Publishing system in Sitefinity CMS
| Sitefinity CMS 15.2 Release date:
October 29, 2024 | Before the upgrade, we recommend that you consider the following: | As of version Sitefinity 15.2, the integration of Twitter (rebranded to X) with the Publishing system in Sitefinity CMS will be discontinued. As a result, you will no longer be able to include Twitter feed as source or target destination in your feeds.
Only pages based on Web Forms or hybrid templates are affected because Twitter Feed is a Web Forms widget.
For more information, see Upcoming deprecation of Twitter integration with Publishing system. |
| Sitefinity Project Manager | Sitefinity CMS 15.0 Release date:
October 31, 2023 | For available installation options, see Install Sitefinity CMS | As of version Sitefinity 15.0, the Sitefinity Project Manager is no longer available for download neither as trial, nor as licensed application. You can no longer download any corresponding installer MSI file under Your Account.
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| MySQL and Oracle RDBMS | Sitefinity CMS 15.0 Release date:
October 31, 2023 | For available supported alternatives, see System requirements
| With the release of Sitefinity 15.0, the support for MySQL and Oracle is discontinued. It is no longer possible to create Sitefinity projects using MySQL and Oracle databases.
See our FAQ page with recommendations how to migrate to a supported alternative: MySQL Database Management Deprecation in Sitefinity. |
Legacy authentication modes (OpenID, SWT, and Forms) | Sitefinity CMS 14.4 Release date: March 29, 2023 | Default authentication | Internal Identity Provider (IdentityServer3) in Sitefinity is no longer supported. The corresponding code is now removed. |
Universal Analytics (UA)
| July 1, 2023 | Google Analytics 4 | Google has deprecated its Analytics solution – Universal Analytics (UA) on July 1, 2023. Sitefinity CMS Analytics dashboard relies on UA and therefore, it stops working when UA stops working. To make sure that you continue using uninterrupted analytics for your sites, we prepared recommendations how to migrate to Google Analytics 4 in Sitefinity CMS. For more information, see Google Universal Analytics Sunset: How to Migrate to Google Analytics 4. |
- Web Forms widgets for front-end development
- Web Forms widget templates
- Hybrid page templates
- Responsive & Mobile design module
| Sitefinity CMS 14.1 Release date: March 14, 2022 | - ASP.NET Core widgets, pages, and templates
- Next.js widgets, pages, and templates
| Web Forms capabilities for new projects are not available. The recommended frontend technology options are ASP.NET Core and Next.js.
Support for Web Forms capabilities in the Sitefinity frontend was discontinued in version 14.1. However, those capabilities are still included in later versions, such as 15.x, to facilitate the transition to ASP.NET Core or Next.js.
Progress strongly advises against using Web Forms for production deployments in any version beyond 13.3 LTS, which is the last officially supported version for Web Forms. Customers who choose to deploy Web Forms based websites on versions beyond 13.3, do so at their own risk.
Web Forms capabilities are no longer eligible for support, feature development or bug fixes, including security updates. Any newly introduced or discovered issues, including critical bugs without workarounds, will not be addressed. |
| Classic content UI | Sitefinity CMS 14.1 Release date: March 14, 2022 | New UI (New Content Editing Experience) | It is no longer possible to switch between the New and the Classic interface. The New UI is now the only interface available for all Sitefinity CMS users. For more information, see FAQ: Deprecated Capabilities in Sitefinity CMS. |
| Sitefinity CMS built-in Ecommerce module | Sitefinity CMS 14.0 Release date: Sept. 15, 2021 | Ucommerce
| All Ecommerce assembly files and APIs are removed from the project source code. Progress has partnered with Ucommerce to provide a comprehensive, feature-rich replacement. For more information, see Ucommerce for Sitefinity. |
| Forms and SWT authentication mechanisms | Sitefinity CMS 14.0 Release date: Sept. 15, 2021 | Default and OpenID authentication protocols | The basic settings authentication screen has been removed for new projects and is only visible for projects that use Forms authentication. For more information, see Authentication.
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| Sitefinity CMS implementation of GitHub authentication provider | Sitefinity CMS 14.0 Release date: Sept. 15, 2021 | We recommend implementing the authentication via custom code | Sitefinity CMS implementation of GitHub authentication provider is no longer supported. GitHub announced that they have deprecated API authentication through query parameters as of Sept. 8, 2021. For more information, see Deprecating API authentication through query parameters. |
| Amazon CloudSearch | Sitefinity CMS 13.3 Release date: March 10, 2021 | Built-in search services: Lucene, Azure Search, and Elasticsearch | Amazon CloudSearch is no longer supported. If you have Amazon CloudSearch setup, the system status dashboard widget will report an error. We suggest configuring one of the three built-in search services instead. For more information, see Compare search services. |
| Social media widgets | Sitefinity CMS 11.1 Release date: Nov. 12, 2018 | Custom service / third-party service | You can integrate social media sharing buttons into your Sitefinity CMS website content. For more information, see Make Your Website Content Shareable with Social Media Sharing Buttons. |
| DropBox provider | Sitefinity CMS 11.0 Release date: May 30, 2018 | | You can use an external Blob storage provider, such as Microsoft Azure Blob storage, or Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). |
Sitefinity Thunder
| Sitefinity CMS 11.0 Release date: May 30, 2018 | Sitefinity VSIX | |
Default backend theme
| Sitefinity CMS 10.2 Release date: Nov. 14, 2017 | Light theme | Light theme is now the only option. |
Sitefinity Silverlight upload mode
| Sitefinity CMS 10.2 Release date: Nov. 14, 2017 | HTML 5 upload module
| Progress Sitefinity now only supports HTML 5 upload module as the default upload mode.
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Blogging with Windows Live Write
| Sitefinity CMS 10.0 Release date: March 14, 2017 | | |
Old Twitter Widget (TwitterWidget)
| Sitefinity CMS 10.0 Release date: March 14, 2017 | Custom service / third-party service
| You can integrate a Twitter sharing button into your Sitefinity CMS website content. For more information, see Make Your Website Content Shareable with Social Media Sharing Buttons.
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Sitefinity Connector for Telerik Backend Services (Everlive)
| Sitefinity CMS 10.0 Release date: March 14, 2017 | You can easily create Sitefinity web services
| The Sitefinity Connector for Telerik Backend Services has been discontinued.
For more information, see Sitefinity Connector for Telerik Backend Services is Discontinued.
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DAM Module (Lightening)
| Sitefinity CMS 10.0 Release date: March 14, 2017 | | The Sitefinity DAM module has been discontinued.
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Sitefinity Mobile App Builder
| Sitefinity CMS 9.2 Release date: Oct. 02, 2016 | | The Sitefinity Mobile App Builder has been discontinued.
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| Migration Module | Sitefinity CMS 9.2 Release date: Oct. 02, 2016 | | The Migration Module has been discontinued. This capability was only used to migrate legacy projects from version 3.x to 4.x, which are retired. |
Sitefinity Desktop Application
| Sitefinity CMS 9.1 Release date: May 19, 2016 | | The Sitefinity Desktop Application has been discontinued.
For more information, see Sitefinity Desktop Application Discontinued with 9.1 Release.
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