Previously deprecated features and themes for HCL Digital Experience 8.5 and 9.0

Deprecation means that the features are supported at this time but can be removed in an upcoming CF. It is recommended that deprecated items be removed as soon as possible as they can cause unpredictable behavior. Links to more information on the replacement for those items listed for deprecation will be posted as they become available to provide help as you move away from these features.

Table 1. The following features and themes are deprecated in HCL Digital Experience 8.5 and later releases:
Category Unsupported Recommended Action
Setting up a site  Running the "Local Content Viewer" portlet (WCM Rendering Portlet) with WSRP  The Local Content View portlet has no architectural replacement. Instead, use WCM Rendering portlet locally. The feature allows customers to run the content viewer on a remote portal and integrate it into a local portal. You can run the content viewer only locally. 
Administering  Frequent Users portlet  Login filters can be used to record login activity as needed.
Security 

OpenID authentication

Legacy Portal OpenID TAI (com.ibm.portal.auth.tai.OpenidTAI provided by HCL Digital Experience)
For authentication in HCL Digital Experience with an external Identity Provider use SAML/OpenID Connect TAIs provided by IBM WebSphere Application Server or custom TAIs.
Administering  XMLAccess xsds for older releases (HCL Digital Experience Portal 5.0 - 7.0)  Use the XML configuration interface with XML input files specified according to the latest schema file: PortalConfig_8.5.0.xsd. 
Developing  Enabler, Builder, and Mashups components and API  The Mashup Enabler and the Builder components are deprecated. The Mashups Enabler and the Builder API are deprecated. 
Personalization  LikeMinds  The LikeMinds services and database domains are deprecated. Go to Active Site Analytics to learn how to configure a variety of analysis tools to support your Digital Experience platform requirements. 
Personalization  Feedback  The Feedback database domains are deprecated. Go to Active Site Analytics to learn how to configure a variety of analysis tools to support your Digital Experience platform requirements.
Security  Active Credentials  Active credentials are deprecated from the Credential Vault portlet. Passive credentials are still available. 
Administering  Shared private pages  The Sharing private pages service is deprecated. Go to Managing Pages for the set of services available in HCL Digital Experience 8.5 and 9 releases.
Administering  Parallel Portlet rendering  The Parallel Portlet rendering feature is deprecated. See the HCL Digital Experience Performance Tuning Guide for recommendations to optimize digital experience application performance. 
Security  Stand-alone LDAP user registry  The stand-alone LDAP user registry configuration is deprecated. Instead, configure the federated LDAP user registry. If you upgraded from HCL Digital Experience 7.0 or 8.0 with a stand-alone LDAP user registry, you can continue to use your stand-alone LDAP user registry. However, run the wp-modify-federated-security to change to a federated LDAP user registry. 
Administering  URL mappings  URL mappings are deprecated. If you upgrade from HCL Digital Experience 8.0 to 8.5, you can continue to use your existing URL mappings, but creating new URL mappings is no longer supported. Use vanity or friendly URLs. 
Installation  Full and Base installation options  Before HCL Digital Experience 8.5, a customer chose either a full deployment with all the same pages and artifacts or a base deployment to customize their portal. Starting with HCL Digital Experience 8.5, the Configuration Wizard installs the full deployment. Customers can then remove pages to customize their portal. Then, they can package their customizations as a Portal Application Archive (PAA) file. Finally, customers can install their production server, run the empty-portal task, and install the customization PAA file. 
Security  LTPA version 1 token support  The LTPA version 1 token is deprecated. WebSphere® Application Server 8.5.5. disables the LTPA version 1 token by default. If you are integrating with third-party applications that rely on LTPA version 1, update the application to support LTPA version 2. If you cannot update the application, you must manually re-enable LTPA version 1 support after you complete the migration. For information on updating your application to support LTPA version 2, see the documentation for the application.