What's New in AEM 6.5
Please review the AEM Author Resources site in Microsoft Teams for up-to-date information and how-tos for AEM.
The Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) 6.5 upgrade will maintain the same functionality, but the interface will be changing.
Welcome/Navigation Console
The labels and icons for the welcome/navigation console area have changed but the functionality remains the same.
6.1 (Old)
The icons read as 'Websites' and 'Digital Assets'.
6.5 (New)
The icons read as 'Sites' and 'Assets'.
New Terminology to Activate
The process to activate your pages (push them to the live site) has changed in terminology and process.
6.1 (Old)
Click on the Page Properties panel from the Sidekick and choose from Activate or Deactivate.
6.5 (New)
Click on the Page Information panel at the top of the page to choose from Publish or Unpublish.
Navigating to Your Pages to Edit
The direction in which you navigate to your pages is changing from vertical to horizontal expansion.
6.1 (Old)
Click and vertically expand the directories.
6.5 (New)
Click and horizontally expand the directories.
Editing Your Pages
The manner in which you edit your pages has changed:
6.1 (Old)
Double-click a page to open it for editing.
6.5 (New)
Highlight a given page and then click the edit menu at the top.
Sidekick Panel
The once-visible Sidekick panel is now a show/hide feature on the left side of the content page that can be enabled once you are in edit mode.
6.1 (Old)
Visible on your page by default.
6.5 (New)
Revealed by clicking the toggle screen icon at the top of the page (see 1); then clicking the plus + sign icon (see 2) for Components, which will then reveal the show/hide panel (see 3).
Editing Components
Editing your components is changing from right-clicking and choosing Edit to clicking a toggle panel that reveals the component tool bar.
6.1 (Old)
6.5 (New)
Page Properties
Page Properties elements, previously found under the Sidekick "Page" tab, can now be found by clicking a page thumbnail and choosing the Properties menu from the top.
6.1 (Old)
6.5 (New)
Digital Assets vs. Assets
The Digital Asset Manager (DAM) changes from the horizontal expansion of the structure to a verticle expansion of clickable image cards that display the folders or files within a given directory.
6.1 (Old)
6.5 (New)
