In this major release of the Rayos platform, we are improving the performance of grid lists by changing the way they load as well as how long it takes to load them. In addition, we have added a new feature that allows the lazy loading setting of an ad to be modified on an ad by ad basis (so you can slowly enable the lazy loading feature over time). In addition, we've make some improvements and fixed some bugs as well.
NEW FEATURES
Data Management Platform (DMP) audience targeting will be disabled if a site visitor chooses to decline cookies through OneTrust. (RAYOS-945)
Advertisements served through Google Ad Manager can now be lazy loaded globally or per ad slot. The global setting (found in Ad Settings) will be inherited by all ad slots. To enable or disable lazy load on a per ad slot basis, find the radio button toggle within the advertisement edit screen. (RAYOS-904)
We have added the ability to create sticky ads (or ads that are anchored to the bottom of the page) in Rayos. Click here for documentation. (RAYOS-903)
Image serving on the Rayos CMS platform has been greatly improved, which will help with both front-end performance as well as bandwidth optimization. (RAYOS-889)
We have added a new RSS feed parameter that allows you to create a feed of the last 50 videos in your site. (RAYOS-419)
IMPROVEMENTS
The Quick Edit functionality has been removed from Lists because the WordPress default view does not allow necessary editing tools for this Rayos feature. (RAYOS-956)
The post type "Page" has been removed from the "Filter by Post Types" filter within the Rayos Content List panel. Additionally the post type "Page" has been excluded when the "Include all post types" option is selected. (RAYOS-571)
Field59 VMS videos that are livestreams will now appropriately display thumbnail previews in the Rayos admin. (RAYOS-472)
In accordance with industry standards, we are implementing stronger password protections on the Rayos CMS platform. The following will now be required for passwords.
Password must be minimum 8 characters.
Password must contain a mix of uppercase and lowercase characters.
Password must contain numeric digits (0-9).
Password must contain special characters (eg: [!@#$%^&*()_?£"-+=~;:€<>]). (RAYOS-456)
A priority column has been added to the Saved Automation screen to easily identify and sort by automation priority. (RAYOS-437)
The Publisher user role may now access and edit Ads.txt within Settings. Click here for documentation. (RAYOS-365)
The "page refresh" settings are now available in the Configuration panel. (RAYOS-239)
BUG FIXES
In the admin, the List filters such as All, Mine, and Published were displaying incorrect counts. This has been fixed. (RAYOS-957)
We have now resolved a conflict between the TownNews tracking script and the Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) plugin. (RAYOS-939)
In some edge cases, photo galleries were not being loaded correctly due to a conflict with the Google Ad Manager code. This has been fixed. (RAYOS-936)
The page speed of Author Bio pages has been improved. (RAYOS-933)
Hidden posts that are solely created for alert app banner posts will no longer be visible in the New Alert > Alert Link dropdown menu. (RAYOS-914)
Ingested articles will now display with a Post Type of "Ingested Article" in lists. (RAYOS-901)
List display determined by DMP audiences were not adhering to the DMP on/off setting. Now when the DMP is off, lists will not use audiences. (RAYOS-900)
Items in the User Generated Photos Moderation Queue will no longer be available once they are approved. (RAYOS-870)
The map on a directory listing will now work correctly when the listing description includes a percent sign. (RAYOS-836)
Articles that have been reassigned to a different author via the delete user workflow will no longer display as "null" within the post editor.
