2019-12-02T01:00:00.0000000Zhttps://world.optimizely.com/blogs/advanced-cms/ Optimizely World Few tips about how to secure external page links2019-12-02T01:00:00.0000000Z

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<p>Please take a look at a new Open Source add-on that improves the reviewing process and lets external users to view &amp; review content without the need to access the Edit Mode.</p> <h3><strong>Highlights</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Context aware smart reviewing</li> <li>Allow external reviewers to access unpublished data</li> <li>Provide token-based, expirable links to any content version</li> <li>Visually express issues in reviewed content by highlighting or adding screenshots</li> <li>MIT licensed</li> <li>Not officially supported by EPiServer - both authors (Greg Wiecheć &amp; Bart Sekuła) are EPiServer employees, however this add-on, at the moment, is not going to be included in the Core product. We will maintain it on our own.</li> </ul> <p>Please see it in action:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00QcfJjbdlA"><img src="/link/a7eb30b3940a461ca2a7c6a2061972b2.aspx" /></a></p> <h3>External review component</h3> <p>This is an Edit mode component used to generate external review links. There are two types of links:</p> <ul> <li>view - external reviewer can preview draft content version</li> <li>editable - external reviewver can add comments using advanced review widget</li> </ul> <p><img src="/link/baa6799a3d8b4476a6028f1ab6612f4d.aspx" /></p> <h3>Share dialog</h3> <p>Editor can share external review links using share dialog. The [#link#] constant will be replaced with link to content.</p> <p><img src="/link/b4210089773c42898c02a40c5c87661d.aspx" /></p> <p>Below is an email example:</p> <p><img src="/link/9a70658ad19246639b5d06a69899bfab.aspx" /></p> <h3>Security</h3> <p><em>/externalContentReviews</em><span>&nbsp;</span>location is only accessible to users who are members of the<span>&nbsp;</span><strong>ExternalReviewers</strong><span>&nbsp;</span>role. You will have to manually add personal user accounts or a shared user account that could be used by the external reviews.</p> <h3><strong>Install</strong></h3> <pre><code>Install-Package Advanced.CMS.AdvancedReviews </code></pre> <p><a href="https://nuget.episerver.com/package/?id=Advanced.CMS.AdvancedReviews">https://nuget.episerver.com/package/?id=Advanced.CMS.AdvancedReviews</a></p> <p>Please note that we are now in BETA, there may still be issues that we try to fix as soon as we can.</p> <p>The source code can be found here:&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/advanced-cms/advanced-reviews">https://github.com/advanced-cms/advanced-reviews</a>&nbsp;Contributors are welcome.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>2019-06-16T14:24:12.0000000Z

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