Previously deprecated features and themes for HCL Digital Experience 8.5 and 9.0
Deprecation means that the features are supported at this time but can be removed in an upcoming CF. It is recommended that deprecated items be removed as soon as possible as they can cause unpredictable behavior. Links to more information on the replacement for those items listed for deprecation will be posted as they become available to provide help as you move away from these features.
Category | Unsupported | Recommended Action |
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Setting up a site | Running the "Local Content Viewer" portlet (WCM Rendering Portlet) with WSRP | The Local Content View portlet has no architectural
replacement. Instead, use WCM Rendering portlet locally. The
feature allows customers to run the content viewer on a remote
portal and integrate it into a local portal. You can run the
content viewer only locally.
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Administering | Frequent Users portlet
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Login filters can be used to record login activity as needed.
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Security |
OpenID authentication Legacy Portal OpenID TAI
(com.ibm.portal.auth.tai.OpenidTAI
provided by HCL Digital Experience)
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For authentication in HCL Digital Experience with an external
Identity Provider use SAML/OpenID Connect TAIs provided by IBM
WebSphere Application Server or custom TAIs.
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Administering | XMLAccess xsds for older releases (HCL Digital Experience Portal 5.0 - 7.0) | Use the XML configuration interface with XML input files
specified according to the latest schema
file: PortalConfig_8.5.0.xsd.
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Developing | Enabler, Builder, and Mashups components and API | The Mashup Enabler and the Builder components
are deprecated. The Mashups Enabler and
the Builder API are deprecated.
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Personalization | LikeMinds | The LikeMinds services and database domains are deprecated.
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Personalization | Feedback | The Feedback database domains are deprecated.
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Security | Active Credentials | Active credentials are deprecated from the Credential Vault
portlet. Passive credentials are still available.
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Administering | Shared private pages | The Sharing private pages service is deprecated.
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Administering | Parallel Portlet rendering | The Parallel Portlet rendering feature is deprecated. See the HCL Digital Experience Performance Tuning Guide for recommendations to optimize digital experience application performance. |
Security | Stand-alone LDAP user registry | The stand-alone LDAP user registry configuration is
deprecated. Instead, configure the federated LDAP user registry.
If you upgraded from HCL Digital Experience 7.0 or 8.0 with a
stand-alone LDAP user registry, you can continue to use your
stand-alone LDAP user registry. However, run
the wp-modify-federated-security to change to a federated LDAP
user registry.
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Administering | URL mappings | URL mappings are deprecated. If you upgrade from HCL Digital
Experience 8.0 to 8.5, you can continue to use your existing URL
mappings, but creating new URL mappings is no longer supported.
Use vanity or friendly URLs.
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Installation | Full and Base installation options | Before HCL Digital Experience 8.5, a customer chose either a full deployment with all the same pages and artifacts or a base deployment to customize their portal. Starting with HCL Digital Experience 8.5, the Configuration Wizard installs the full deployment. Customers can then remove pages to customize their portal. Then, they can package their customizations as a Portal Application Archive (PAA) file. Finally, customers can install their production server, run the empty-portal task, and install the customization PAA file. |
Security | LTPA version 1 token support | The LTPA version 1 token is deprecated. WebSphere® Application Server 8.5.5. disables the LTPA version 1 token by default. If you are integrating with third-party applications that rely on LTPA version 1, update the application to support LTPA version 2. If you cannot update the application, you must manually re-enable LTPA version 1 support after you complete the migration. For information on updating your application to support LTPA version 2, see the documentation for the application. |