What's new in Administration
Discover the latest updates to Arc XP's Administration module, which includes the following apps:
Developer Center
Release dates
Sandbox - Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Production - Thursday, December 7, 2023
Release summary
Developer Center now supports Portuguese (Brazil) and defaults to Portuguese (Brazil) instead of Portuguese (Portugal) when the default language is set to Portuguese.
Users affected
All users
Action required
None
Roll-Out Dates
Sandbox: Thursday, August 18, 2022
Production:
Thursday, February 2, 2023 - Sydney, Tokyo, Frankfurt
Sydney: 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM Eastern
Tokyo: 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Eastern
Frankfurt: 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Eastern
Monday, February 6, 2023 - Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM Eastern
Note
This release was promoted to production in August 2022 but had to be rolled back.
Enhancements
Restricted Access Tokens
Developer Center now offers the ability to create restricted access tokens that are scoped to specific applications. This provides you with greater control and the means to improve your organization’s approach to security.
Previously, access tokens were exclusively global, meaning they could be used with any developer API in a given environment.
Now, you can create access tokens that work with specific applications’ APIs. When granting access to applications, you can now grant read access to one application while permitting read or write permission for another application.
No action is required following this release. All existing tokens will continue to work with the same level of access.
While not required, it is highly recommended to replace existing coarsely-grained tokens with more narrowly scoped access tokens.
Limiting the scope of your access tokens strengthens your organization’s security posture. It will also positively impact your compliance efforts because it allows you to demonstrate that protected data cannot be exposed to third-party integrations.
A developer working on an integration using a tightly scoped access token can generate significantly less damage (maliciously or accidentally) if they only have access to a subset of the APIs available within your organization’s environment.
Using tightly scoped access tokens also limits the blast radius if one of your tokens is leaked in the wild.
Example:
Let’s say you create a token to grant access to an editorial email newsletter integration and the access token is compromised when a developer accidentally checks the token into GitHub.
If you created an access token that only permits read access to the Content API, an attacker could not use the access token to gain access to your organization’s data within Arc Subscriptions. This safeguard dramatically limits the impact of said breach.
Once created, the scope of a token cannot be adjusted. If you’d like a token with a different scope, create a new token and swap it out.
How to create a restricted access token
Navigate to Developer Center
Click “New Access Token”
Select “Restricted Access” and click “Create Token”
Provide a token description and select the relevant access
Click “Generate Token” and securely store the provided token information.
Token Limit Counter
This release also adds a token counter so that you can see how many tokens you’ve created as well as how many have been created within your organization. You can also see how many more tokens can be created before the cap is reached. The cap is not new but was previously not listed in the UI.
Roll-Out Dates
Sandbox: Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 11am to 1pm ET
Production: Thursday, July 30, 2020 - 11am to 1pm ET
Enhancements
Content API Integration
The POST /Urls endpoint in Content API is now allowed for all read-only tokens and PageBuilder tokens. For a complete breakdown of the differences between token types, see Types Of Access Tokens.
Search on Token Description
The search box now searches against both the token description and owner email address.
Hotfixes
2020-08-24: Fixed an issue where read-only access tokens could not POST to /content/v4/urls if query parameters were included
Roll-Out Dates
Sandbox: Thursday, July 2, 2020 ET
Production: Thursday, July 16, 2020 ET
Enhancements
Design Refresh
Developer Center has a new look, with updated fonts, colors and spacing for better accessibility and consistency with Arc design patterns.
PageBuilder Local Development Setup
Developer Center now auto-generates the text needed for you to paste into your .env file when setting up development in PageBuilder Engine.
Token Pagination
You can now page through large numbers of access tokens.
Token Sorting
You can sort tokens by created date, last used date, token type, description or user.
Roll-Out Dates
Sandbox: Thursday, January 16, 2020 ET
Production: Thursday, January 23, 2020 ET
Enhancements
Developer Center is now available in Korean.
Fixes
Corrected minor text spacing issues.
Added English text as the default when the browser is using an unsupported language
Roll-Out Dates
Deploy to All Sandbox and Prod Environments: Thursday, Dec 12, 2018
Introducing Developer Center
Developer Center is a new entry point for developers to begin building integrations and new products on top of the Arc platform. In this initial release, we include a more secure form of access token for individual access to the Arc API.
You may access Developer Center by finding its tile in the Administration section of your Arc dashboard. The tile is currently available to all users who also have access to the Permissions tile, but it can be opened to all members of your organization upon request. Contact Arc XP Customer Support to request the tile be added for more users.
New Features
In developer center, users with appropriate access can provision and revoke their own API access tokens. Each user can have up to 20 tokens, and each organization can have up to 300 tokens.
Administrators with the appropriate permission can also see who created each access token and revoke them individually.
For more information on provisioning, revoking and using the new API access tokens, see How to Use Developer Access Tokens to Access the Arc XP APIs.
How are API Access Tokens Different from Basic Auth Credentials?
Until now, most organizations have accessed the Arc API using Basic Auth Credentials. The new access tokens are a big improvement over the old credentials in a couple of important ways:
Access tokens can be provisioned and revoked by users of an organization at will. Generating new basic auth credentials (or deprecating old ones) requires organizations to manually request them from Arc Customer Support.
Access tokens are tied to the specific user who provisioned them. When that user leaves the organization, another user can remove their old access tokens. Basic auth credentials are only associated with an organization.
Access Tokens use the HTTP Bearer Authentication mechanism instead of HTTP Basic Authentication.
Accessing the API using either access tokens or basic auth grants the user unlimited access to all API endpoints within Arc, so they should both be used and stored securely.
What’s Happening to the Basic Auth Credentials?
Basic Auth credentials for all organizations will continue to function as they always have for the immediate future. They will be deactivated sometime in 2019. Expect more details to come on the deprecation timeline in Q1 2019.
In the meantime, we encourage all API users to switch their applications to using the new access tokens as soon as possible to ensure a seamless transition.
Global Settings
Release dates
Sandbox - Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Production - Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Release summary
Now, when you select the Allow on all websites check box on a distributor, the system removes any underlying restriction and applies the distributor to all websites. Previously, the system defaulted to the restriction unless you manually removed it.
Note
The Allow on all websites check box overrides restrictions for distributors created after March 6, 2024. For distributors created before March 6, 2024, if restrictions are present, you must first manually remove the restrictions, and then select the Allow on all websites check box. Otherwise, the system defaults to the local restrictions you defined.
Users affected
All users
Action required
None
Global Settings - Arc Intelligence
Release dates
Sandbox - Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Production - Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Release summary
For customers using Arc Intelligence, Global Settings now offers a prompt testing area on the prompt configuration page. You can now enter story content you'd like to test the prompt against, and check the response without leaving the Settings page.
For step-by-step instructions, see Testing prompts.
Users affected
Arc Intelligence admin users
Action required
This prompt testing functionality is available for customers who license any Arc Intelligence package. To subscribe to our AI functionality, contact Arc XP Customer Support.
Home
Release dates
Sandbox - Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Production - Thursday, December 7, 2023
Release summary
Arc XP Home now supports Portuguese (Brazil) and defaults to Portuguese (Brazil) instead of Portuguese (Portugal) when the default language is set to Portuguese.
Users affected
All users
Action required
None
Navigation
Release dates
Sandbox and Production - Monday, December 11, 2023
Release summary
In an effort to improve our product, Arc XP is collecting certain performance data so we can analyze trends and make more strategic product decisions. The first time you log in on Monday, December 11 or later, you receive a consent banner in Arc XP asking you to accept this data tracking. We hope you'll join us in improving Arc XP.
Users affected
All users
Action required
None
Release dates
Sandbox - Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Production - Thursday, December 7, 2023
Release summary
Arc XP Navigation now supports Portuguese (Brazil) and defaults to Portuguese (Brazil) instead of Portuguese (Portugal) when the default language is set to Portuguese.
Users affected
All users
Action required
None
Permissions
Release dates
Sandbox - Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Production - Thursday, December 7, 2023
Release summary
Arc XP Permissions now supports Portuguese (Brazil) and defaults to Portuguese (Brazil) instead of Portuguese (Portugal) when the default language is set to Portuguese.
Users affected
All users
Action required
None
Settings UI
Release dates
Sandbox - Thursday, February 27, 2025
Production - Monday, March 3, 2025
Release summary
Users with undefined Global Settings or Arc Intelligence permissions now have their permissions correctly handled. The left navigation no longer locks for users in this scenario.
Users affected
Editorial administrators
Action required
None
Site Service
Release dates
Sandbox and Production - Monday, July 8, 2024 (was previously Monday, July 1, 2024)
Release summary
When you select a hierarchy profile under navigation, the sections of the chosen hierarchy now load without any lag.
Users affected
Site Service users
Action required
None
Release dates
Sandbox and Production - Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Release summary
You can now delete a hierarchy if it has no sections across sites.
Users affected
Site Service users
Action required
None
Release dates
Sandbox and Production - Monday, May 6, 2024
Release summary
If you leave the Default field blank for sections, now no errors appear.
If you put yes, no, true, false in the Default field for Boolean fields, the fields use that value as a default selected value
When you drag an item under and to the right of a section item, the section item expands so you have better control over where to drop the dragged item
Users affected
Site Service users
Action required
None
Release dates
Sandbox and Production - Thursday, April 25, 2024
Release summary
In this update, we've included a scroll bar for both the Current and Available sections in Navigation, making scrolling and drag and drop much easier.
When moving items between the Available and Current lists, the lists now stay in their dropped position permanently and stay persistent even after refreshing the page.
With this release, under Navigation, you can now drop sections in the Current list as subsections.
We've resolved the issue where users could create section IDs with trailing and leading slashes /.
Users affected
Site Service users
Action required
None
Release dates
Sandbox and Production - Thursday, April 11, 2024
Release summary
The refresh problem with Site Service Navigation has been resolved. Now, when you add a link, it should show up on the navigation page right away without needing to refresh. Similarly, if you edit or delete a link, it should promptly update or delete it from the screen.
Users affected
Site Service users
Action required
None
Release dates
Sandbox - Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Production, Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Release summary
This release include the following items:
In the Navigation section, we fixed screen size issues. Now, long text is truncated with a tooltip showing the full text.
When creating a new link, it's added to the current list instead of moving to the bottom of available list.
Under Navigation, as a new ‘link is created’, the hierarchy stays the same instead of changing to 'default'.
Under Navigation, when editing a link in the 'current items' list, the hierarchy remains unchanged.
After changing the website in Navigation, the ‘current items' display reflects the selected hierarchy instead of reverting to 'default’.
Users affected
Site Service users
Action required
None
Release dates
Sandbox - Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Production - Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Release summary
This release include the following items:
You can now create sections with the same IDs under different parents.
Restored the ability to ‘Edit top section’ for a site.
Under Navigation, modifying a section no longer alters its hierarchical structure.
Under Navigation, we improved searching in the long list of ‘available sections’.
Restored the ability to add a previously deleted ‘field’.
Users affected
Site Service users
Action required
None
Release dates
Sandbox - Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Production - Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Release summary
This release include the following items:
The section list now shows all parent and available sections.
Section search now finds all sections within a site, including child or sub-child sections.
You can now sort lists of sections and inactive sections.
Editing a section under Navigation no longer changes its position in the hierarchy.
The Current section list under Navigation is collapsed by default.
Users affected
Site Service users
Action required
None
Release dates
Sandbox - Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Production - Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Release summary
Introducing Site Service’s redesigned interface, which makes managing your sites, sections, and hierarchies more intuitive and efficient. With clickable website names and sortable lists, accessing and organizing site sections are now easier and smoother. New validation messages, browser options, and breadcrumbs provide seamless navigation throughout Site Service. And previously buried functionality now lives at the top level, helping you access what you need quickly.
For updated documentation, see:
Bug fixes
Sections with children now appear as clickable links to expand, and sections without children no longer appear clickable, making the sections names appear as expected.
Clicking the New Field button no longer loads data from a previously-selected field. Instead, the form is blank, and you can create a new field as expected.
Searching for sections and clearing the search now reverts the page to the original section list, as expected.
Because the All Fields button didn’t work as expected, it no longer appears in the UI. Now, to clear search text, you can simply delete the text from the search field.
Removing a field under sections now removes the field from the UI itself and doesn’t relocate the field to only the Available Fields tray.
The “>” expand icon now appears only for sections that contain subsections.
Users affected
Site Service users
Action required
None