cloudscribe v8.3 released

We are pleased to announce a new release of cloudscribe at version 8.3. (Version 8.2 was superseded and skipped from the release cycle.)

The principal change in this minor version release is to move away from the use of ckEditor for embedded HTML editing, replacing it now with Summernote.

However, any cloudscribe simplecontent users who have built their own custom page/post templates making use of the old support for ckEditor should find that these templates continue to work.

The release also brings a new administrative feature: the ability to block access to cloudscribe sites to specific IP addresses/ranges, and conversely the ability to allow access only to specific IP addresses/ranges - see details.

The release also addresses some minor bugs (see notes below).

See also the known issues and deprecation warnings (below), for future releases.

We've released a new version of the cloudscribe Visual Studio template. Reviews are always appreciated!

We recommend that the VSIX template should be installed into Visual Studio 2022 (version 17.8 onwards).

Alternatively, you can use the 'dotnet new' command as documented.

Older versions of the VSIX template remain available here: https://github.com/cloudscribe/cloudscribe.templates/tree/master/Archive.

As always, feedback is welcome in the forums or on GitHub.

Release Notes

version 8.3.0 - July 2025

@cloudscribe/cloudscribe

  • #1099: Summernote Editor Integration - added support for the Summernote editor as a replacement for CKEditor, while retaining the option to use CKEditor if desired.

  • #1063: Fixed several issues in the "browse server" modal when invoked from the Summernote toolbar:

    • Restored the missing 'Select' button for image selection.
    • Reinstated the 'Crop' tab in the UI.
    • Corrected the modal title.
    • Addressed regressions caused by previous file manager and Summernote integration changes.

  • #1111: Fixed newsletter sign-up widget compatibility with invisible reCAPTCHA:

    • Resolved an issue where the newsletter sign-up widget would not submit when invisible reCAPTCHA was enabled.
    • Improved JavaScript handling in EmailListSignUpPartial to support async validation and proper script loading.
    • Ensured compatibility for both authenticated and unauthenticated users.

  • #918: IP Address Blocking

    • Added ability to block specific IP addresses via the admin UI.
    • Supports both individual IPs and IP ranges.

  • #1011: IP Allowlist (Single IPs & Ranges)

    • Added support to restrict site access to only permitted IP addresses.
    • Supports both individual IPs and IP ranges.

  • #1097: API Client Secret Expiry Fix (PGSQL)

    • Fixed saving API client secret expiry dates in PostgreSQL when using UTC.
    • Prevented accidental deletion of client and related data due to date handling.

Upgrading an existing cloudscribe site

We recommend manually editing the .csproj file of your solution (or each of them, if you have multiple projects), to upgrade the package references:

<PackageReference Include="cloudscribe.Core.SimpleContent" Version="8.3.*" />
<PackageReference Include="cloudscribe.SimpleContent.Web" Version="8.3.*" />
<PackageReference Include="cloudscribe.Core.SimpleContent.CompiledViews.Bootstrap5" Version="8.3.*" />

(and so on for all cloudscribe packages).

Known issues

In the new Summernote editor, any changes made to your content in its raw HTML editing mode will not be saved until/unless you toggle back out of HTML mode and into the regular visual editor. This is a known issue in Summernote, and we hope to address that in a future release.

In some of the shared themes that are supplied with the template, the colour scheme of the Summernote editor toolbar changes so that there is insufficient colour contrast between the toolbar buttons and the background colour.

Deprecation warnings

We intend to discontinue the following legacy cloudscribe libraries and remove their projects from the main source code branches, in forthcoming releases:

  • All 'Views.Bootstrap3' and 'CompiledViews.Bootstrap3' projects (only Bootstrap5 is now actively maintained, but the Bootstrap4 views projects will be kept in place for reference for the time being).
  • All of the original legacy 'EFCore.pgsql' libraries: these have long ago been superseded by their 'EFCore.PostgreSql' counterparts, which enforce the use of snake case convention on PostgreSql database schema.

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