Great news – the modern view of the Acrolinx Dashboard and the Acrolinx Sidebar are accessible according to WCAG 2.1 Level A! For the Dashboard, this means the modern view with all its current and future sections. We’ll continue to make more areas of the Dashboard accessible as we migrate to the modern view. We know you've been waiting for this, and we're happy to celebrate this improvement with you! Read the detailed Acrolinx Accessibility Conformance Report.

By default, a Sidebar card shows for 3 seconds after you ignore an issue or all occurrences of an issue. This is so you have time to undo an action if you change your mind.

But there were some cases where the wait time interrupted your workflow. To help with this, we've given you the option to turn off the undo action. When you want to turn it off, go to the slide-out menu in theSidebar>User Profile>Advanced. Then, switch the toggle next to Hide the choice to undo. This way, the cards won't linger after you've made decisions.

Performance metric dropdown- We've added a dropdown that lets you select KPIs directly. The performance metric dropdown is available for both the latest performance and past performance data.

Zoom function for content city- You could always click and drag to get a closer look at the content city. But now, you can use your keyboard to zoom in on specific areas of the city. Just hold the control/command + scroll keys.

Moved content city dropdowns- To streamline your experience, you can select goals and KPIs from the group of dropdowns above the content city. This makes for a more visually appealing experience.

We've introduced two ways to visualize data in the daily performance section. If you only want to see how your content scores for the certain goals, you can toggle the content city in 2D.

If you track performance metrics, you can use the content city to see how these relate to your goals. When you combine these dimensions, the content city switches to 3D. To interact with the content city in 3D, just select a performance metric from the dropdown.

We've added some new functionalities in the content library that should make it easier for you to check your content. You can now add a new domain to Content Cube directly from the content library. This means you won't have to switch to the data center every time you want to add a new domain.

On top of that, we've made it possible for you to recheck pages in your library. If you've made a change to your blog, for example, you can select the affected page and run a recheck directly in the content library.

The next time you sign in to Acrolinx, you might notice that the built-in administrator button is missing. No cause for concern! We're working to improve this feature for Cloud, so stay tuned for more updates.

If the Acrolinx Private Cloud isn't an option for you, this is the combination of software that we support for Acrolinx installations. It's tested, supported, and works best in production.

If you run Acrolinx on a combination of these technologies, you can use the Standard Stack releases of the Core Platform.

Acrolinx works best with the software listed in the "Recommended" column, but you can use it with all of the versions listed below.

If you use Standard Stack, you can install RHEL system updates at any time. For all other software, you'll need to use the versions listed.

You'll notice this change in your download area and across all Acrolinx components. This has also led to some changes in the documentation. We've made sure that the updates won't affect you in any way – you'll just have to get used to a new name.

Tokens aren't for everyone. It’s no longer possible to create an API token for the built-in admin user, and the built-in user can't create an API token for their own account. There's simply no use case that would make this necessary.

We've merged the old Discover and Track tabs to create a new Overview tab within Content Cube. With this tab, you can get a high-level understanding of how your content is doing.

The tab offers 2 ways to view content:

To learn more, head over to Track Content Quality.

We've improved how you can interact with your data. In the Overview tab, we've added a more detailed guideline analysis table in the Latest Performance view. Use the guideline table to pinpoint the most common types of issues.

Additionally, you can create new collections directly from the details cards list. This is useful if you want to segment collection content based on performance results.

We've added a search box to the Admin Console. You can now do a full-text search in every tab of the Content Library.

In some cases, the modern view of the Dashboard didn't inherit the interface language setting of the classic view. We thought we'd fixed this with 2022.05, but it looks like the bug made itself at home. We've tackled this for good, so the language that you select is consistent for both views.

This bug occurred when you used a guidance package version older than 2022.07 with an Acrolinx Platform version newer than 2022.07.

You weren't able to add a value to the Sentence Length guidelines in the Clarity goal. When you clicked the guideline, the value would switch to 0 (not a good length for a sentence). This caused a lot of issues because it also affected your custom guidelines. We've fixed this to make sure you can use a guidance package older than 2022.07 with this release.

If the Acrolinx Private Cloud isn't an option for you, this is the combination of software that we support for Acrolinx installations. It's tested, supported, and works best in production.

If you run Acrolinx on a combination of these technologies, you can use the Standard Stack releases of the Core Platform.

Acrolinx works best with the software listed in the "Recommended" column, but you can use it with all of the versions listed below.

If you use Standard Stack, you can install RHEL system updates at any time. For all other software, you'll need to use the versions listed.

Content you want to check and analyze might live behind a sign-in. With this release, you can crawl these password-protected pages as long as you have the credentials. To do so, add your sign-in details (for authentication via HTTP form) when you set up a crawl. You can also specify custom request headers in the Advanced Crawl Settings. You'll find these in the admin console under Data Center > Web Crawling. Learn more in our web crawling documentation.

Since Microsoft dropped support for Windows 7, it's time for us to say goodbye, too. That means no support for Windows 7 in all Integrations Farewell, Windows 7 – we’ll miss you!

Good news! With this release and the new guidance package, you can now tailor certain guidelines to your needs even more. In Targets, it's possible to choose the exact word count that you want to optimize your guidance for. For the guideline "Is the length of the first paragraph appropriate?", for example, you can set the appropriate number of words.

We’ve also improved the UI of our guidance by adding number parameters. That way, you see what a number represents and what limits apply to it. For example, the "Could you shorten this list item?" guideline now shows that the number relates to words, and gives the maximum and minimum values for the field.

We're big fans of consistency, and that starts with a consistent UI. We wanted to make sure you know what's what in the term domain selector for the Words and Phrases and Inclusive Language goals. So, it now mirrors the structure of your Terminology domains. This will help you tell the difference between domains and subdomains. Plus, you won't have to select subdomains one by one anymore. Instead, you just have to select the primary domain.

When you created or edited a Target in the Dashboard, you couldn't always scroll down in the "Create New Target" or "Edit Target" slide-out menus. This meant you couldn't see or select all of the goals available to you. But now there's no more trouble in paradise – the scrolling behavior works as expected.

We gave you a username search field in Targets Assignments, but you couldn't use it to find anything. In short: it wasn't working. It now works as expected, so no need to scroll to find your users!

Acrolinx didn't give you the right results when you checked with certain term filters. The culprit? Filters with "+" characters. This is all better now.

In rare cases, you couldn't create a terminology backup. Don't worry, we've got your back. We've identified and fixed the issue.

The Guidance Wizard lost its magical fuel and couldn't finish any updates. This meant you'd receive an error message when you made changes and tried to save them. Our developers did their own magic, so all is back to normal.

If the Acrolinx Private Cloud isn't an option for you, this is the combination of software that we support for Acrolinx installations. It's tested, supported, and works best in production.

If you run Acrolinx on a combination of these technologies, you can use the Standard Stack releases of the Core Platform.

Acrolinx works best with the software listed in the "Recommended" column, but you can use it with all of the versions listed below.

If you use Standard Stack, you can install RHEL system updates at any time. For all other software, you'll need to use the versions listed.

Sometimes you'd see a "Sentence can't be processed warning" for content with the "_NO_CHECK" context in your Outlook Content Profile. This is fixed. If you use "_NO_ CHECK," you won't run into this warning.

In some cases, the modern view of the Dashboard didn't inherit the interface language setting of the classic view. With this release, you won't get lost in translation. The language settings that you make in the classic view will also apply to the modern view.

There was an issue in the Sidebar where you weren't able to select a Target within our FrameMaker integration. We've taken care of this.

When the order of the Content Groups changed under Analytics > Administration > Content Groups, you might've ended up with many Content Groups with the same name. The more the merrier? Not in this case. We've removed any duplicate Content Groups, and only the oldest of the duplicates will stay.

Starting in 2022.04, the term filter dropdown showed a mysterious filter called abc. It was a term filter that you hadn't defined. You might've seen this in both the Words and Phrases goal and the “Inclusive language terms” guideline. When you tried to select this and save the Target, it would revert to “Select a term filter.” What did it do? What was it for? We don't know, but you won't see this anymore. Your term filter selection in Targets should work as expected.

Before Acrolinx can start tracking content, you need to add web content to your organization's content library. Careful, you can only do this if you have the privilege "Use Content Cube". If you don't yet have this privilege, read on anyway to find out how Content Cube works.

In the content library, Acrolinx reviews in two steps: a crawl and a check. To identify checkable text on your website, Acrolinx uses a crawler with the user agent Acrolinx-bot. All an administrator has to do is provide the Acrolinx-bot with the domains and subdomains that your team wants to track.

After Acrolinx crawls your content, it starts an Acrolinx check. Like other Acrolinx products, Content Cube communicates with the Acrolinx Core Platform. This means that the Targets that you create in the Core Platform also affect how your content gets reviewed in Content Cube. Content Cube will automatically crawl and check the content library weekly. Once checking is complete, you can create content collections to start tracking content.

Content collections are the building blocks of Content Cube. When you create a new collection, you'll use the Discover tab to review the current state of your content. Content Cube then gives you the option to funnel content in need of improvement into your review list in the Schedule tab. That way, you can store it in one place while you make plans to boost its fitness. You can then follow your content's performance via three different chart views in the Track tab.

In each tab of your collections, there’s a slide-out menu with a list of goals. Every goal that you see in the slide-out menu acts as a filter. You can display all of the available goals or choose just a few that you want to focus on. You can also sync external analytics data to track additional metrics.

To learn more, visit our Content Cube documentation!

If you tried to edit a context for a guideline in version 2022.03 of Targets, you might've hit a snag. When you searched for a specific context and clicked "Select all," Acrolinx might've deselected existing selections that weren't in your search. We’ve fixed this. Context selections, new and old, will now stay put.

We know it’s super handy to upload multimedia files to terminology fields, but a bug might’ve kept you from making the most of this. When you restarted Acrolinx, files uploaded via the Terminology API might’ve gotten deleted. We’re happy to announce that you don’t have to worry about this anymore. Images uploaded via the API will be exactly where you saved them.

Every now and again, your writers couldn’t contribute terms via the AEM Sidebar. When they tried, they’d see an error message. This works again — go forth and contribute terms!

When you use the request validator to debug, it helps to see the issues that a check creates. But these weren’t showing up in the Request Text with Context tab. This now works as expected, which means you can use it to debug issues again.

We decided to remove the "Changes that you made may not be saved" browser warning from the classic view. This appeared when you closed a tab.

If the Acrolinx Private Cloud isn't an option for you, this is the combination of software that we support for Acrolinx installations. It's tested, supported, and works best in production.

If you run Acrolinx on a combination of these technologies, you can use the Standard Stack releases of the Core Platform.

Acrolinx works best with the software listed in the "Recommended" column, but you can use it with all of the versions listed below.

Do you already work with inclusive alternatives to non-inclusive terms? Or do you have your very own list of non-inclusive terms that you want Acrolinx to find?

If so, you can use our new Custom Inclusive Language Terms guideline group to add these terms to the Inclusive Language goal. That way, your writers know which terms to use and you avoid contradictory guidelines. The issues will also count as Inclusive Language issues. So, you can trust your Analytics when differentiating between Words and Phrases and Inclusive Language issues.

For more details, look at the Inclusive Language section of our Targets documentation.

If you want to get email updates about terminology changes, you're in luck. When combined with support for time-based exports from our cloud platform, our new HTML export style sheet lets you do just that. Now, you can set up weekly email updates about terminology. Is this what you're looking for? Get in touch with your Customer Success Manager.

Good news! We’ve broadened the scope of guidelines that provide clickable suggestions in the Sidebar cards. Acrolinx combines issues that occur in one area of your content and belong to the same guideline in one Sidebar card. We call these "cards with subcards". In the past, Acrolinx couldn't suggest replacements within subcards, but now you'll see some clickable suggestions, too.

This means you'll see more suggestions that the Sidebar can directly insert into your content. Hello, faster corrections!

When you search for users in the user table, you might want to find all users associated with a specific role. To help you do just that, we've added the `roles` parameter.

In the users table, some fields are associated with multiple users. When you tried to find an individual user in one of these fields, you might've had some trouble. We've improved this. Now when you sort by a general field, like checking frequency, the users you see for the categories Frequent, Infrequent, and Regular get sorted in ascending order within that field.

To give you more flexibility when you want to find a user, you can now search by username or full name. All you have to do is use `username` and `fullName` to query the user database.

To export the list of users from the User API, you now need edit rights for the Users section.

Starting with 2022.08, we'll sunset support for Windows 7.

To keep track of which Windows versions Acrolinx supports, check out our Integrations Compatibility Guide.

Core Platform Compatibility