README

The WhatsNewDashboard is a backend module that adds different news-pages to Neos CMS. Target audience are editors that work with Neos but do not have a technical background.

The first implemented use case is a news stream about the website they are currently editing. The dev team will be able to maintain a neos document that communicates via text and images what has changed within the project, e.g. new fields in the inspector. To do this, you will need to install a second package: Neos.WhatsNewEditor.InMyProject that contains nodetypes for said news page, its content and css styles.

Further use cases could be an editor-centered changelog (what has changed in the UI between my last neos version to the current one?) or announcements about new Neos Versions by the Neos Core team.

Integration

Installation

Install via composer with composer require flowpack/neos-whatsnewdashboard.

Usage

We assume you have installed the Neos.WhatsNewEditor.InMyProject package in your neos instance and you have created a news page with this package. To show those news for your project add the inProjectSourceUrl to your Settings.yaml like this:

Flowpack:
  Neos:
    WhatsNewDashboard:
      inProjectSourceUrl: 'https://my-page.de/whats-new' # example url

HINT: For now it is not possible to show news which are created in another neos instance with another domain, but be plan to make this possible.

Backend Module

After installing this package you get a new entry in the menu:

On the What's new page you have a tile for the In your project news.

You can see the news page you configured in the Settings.yaml on the In your project page.

Info dialog

When you updated your news page all backend users get an info dialog which notifies them that new news are available.