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EasyDNN Rotator 14: A Modern New Media Manager for a Faster and More Intuitive Workflow

Damir Kapustic

We are excited to introduce EasyDNN Rotator 14, a major update focused on making content management faster, easier, and more intuitive.

The highlight of this release is the completely redesigned Media Manager, built with a modern React-based interface and aligned with the new user experience introduced in EasyDNN Gallery.

Whether you use EasyDNN Rotator for banners, sliders, image presentations, videos, or custom HTML content, the new Media Manager provides a much more efficient way to organize and manage your content.

A Completely New Media Manager

The biggest change in EasyDNN Rotator 14 is the new Media Manager.

The entire interface has been redesigned to provide a cleaner, faster, and more modern content management experience. Categories, lists, and media items are now easier to navigate, organize, and edit from a single workspace.

The new interface includes improved navigation, responsive full-height layouts, better loading states, clearer actions, modern dialogs, and a more consistent editing experience.

If you are already using EasyDNN Gallery 14, the interface will feel familiar, as both products now share a similar approach to media management.

 

Organize Categories and Lists More Easily

Managing larger amounts of content is now significantly easier.

You can:

  • Create, edit, delete, copy, and move categories and lists
  • Reorder categories and lists using drag-and-drop
  • Access commonly used actions through context menus
  • Keep your current selection while editing content
  • Localize category and list titles and descriptions

This makes it much easier to maintain complex Rotator configurations with multiple categories and content lists.

Faster Media Uploads and Content Creation

EasyDNN Rotator 14 provides a much more flexible workflow for adding media.

You can upload images and videos using traditional file selection or simply drag and drop files directly into the Media Manager.

In addition to locally uploaded files, you can also add:

  • YouTube videos
  • Vimeo videos
  • Dailymotion videos
  • Custom HTML content

This allows Rotator to continue supporting a wide variety of content while making the process of adding and managing it considerably easier.

Powerful Upload Options

Uploading multiple files often requires additional work after the upload. EasyDNN Rotator 14 introduces several options that help automate this process.

When uploading media, you can automatically:

  • Use filenames as titles
  • Remove filename extensions
  • Replace underscores and hyphens
  • Apply capitalization rules
  • Set a shared subtitle
  • Set a shared description
  • Define a shared link
  • Configure publication and expiration dates
  • Resize uploaded images using maximum width and height settings

These options can save a significant amount of time when adding larger groups of images or other media.

Search, Sort, and Reorder Your Media

Finding specific content is now much easier.

The new Media Manager includes media search across categories and lists, allowing you to quickly locate the content you need.

Media items can also be sorted and manually reordered using drag-and-drop.

Together, these improvements make managing larger Rotator collections much more convenient.

Bulk Actions for Faster Content Management

Another important improvement is support for multi-selection and bulk actions.

You can select several media items—or all items in a list—and perform actions on them at once.

Available bulk operations include:

  • Copying media to another list
  • Moving media to another list
  • Changing visibility
  • Deleting multiple items

This is particularly useful when reorganizing existing content or maintaining Rotators with many media items.

A New Media Details Panel

EasyDNN Rotator 14 introduces an advanced Media Details panel that provides a central place for previewing and editing individual media items.

Depending on the media type, you can preview:

  • Images
  • Uploaded videos
  • Embedded videos
  • HTML content

From the same panel, you can edit information such as:

  • Title
  • Subtitle
  • Description
  • Link
  • HTML content
  • Media dimensions
  • Publication and expiration dates

Images also support a rich-text/HTML description editor.

The Details panel includes clear Save, Discard, Delete, Pin, and Close actions, making editing much more straightforward.

Replace Files and Thumbnails Without Recreating Content

Existing images and videos can now be replaced directly from the Media Manager.

You can also upload or replace thumbnails independently.

This is especially useful when you want to update visual content while keeping the existing Rotator item, settings, position, and metadata.

Full image and original-thumbnail previews are available in the Details panel, making it easier to verify exactly which content is being used.

Improved Embedded Video Management

Managing embedded videos has also been improved.

When adding a YouTube, Vimeo, or Dailymotion video, you can configure the title, description, width, height, publication dates, and thumbnail before adding it.

Thumbnail options include automatically downloaded thumbnails, manually uploaded thumbnails, or standard thumbnails.

When the embedded video source or its dimensions are changed, EasyDNN Rotator now automatically regenerates the iframe HTML stored for that media item.

Better Localization Support

EasyDNN Rotator has long supported multilingual websites, and version 14 further improves the localization experience.

Categories, lists, and individual media items can be localized directly through the new interface.

The Media Manager itself is also fully prepared for localization. Interface labels, dialogs, status messages, and notifications use DNN RESX resources.

English and Croatian resources are included.

A Better First-Use Experience

We have also improved the experience for users configuring EasyDNN Rotator for the first time.

Instead of displaying an empty interface without guidance, the new Media Manager provides a simple three-step onboarding process:

  1. Create a category
  2. Create a list
  3. Add media

EasyDNN Rotator also detects situations where content already exists but Rotator settings or list selection are missing.

In these cases, users are shown clear guidance together with direct links to the Media Manager and Rotator Settings.

This makes initial configuration easier and helps avoid situations where users are unsure about the next step.

A More Modern and Responsive Interface

Many smaller interface improvements are included throughout EasyDNN Rotator 14.

The new version introduces:

  • A responsive full-height layout
  • Improved typography and spacing
  • Better thumbnail presentation
  • Improved hover animations
  • Clearer drag indicators
  • Centered loading and empty states
  • Modern confirmation dialogs
  • Localized toast notifications
  • Search and Exit actions conveniently located in the top bar

Although individually small, these improvements make everyday work with the module considerably more pleasant.

Built for Faster Everyday Work

EasyDNN Rotator 14 is not simply a visual redesign.

The goal of the new Media Manager is to reduce the number of steps required to manage Rotator content and make common operations faster.

From drag-and-drop uploads and bulk actions to improved searching, content organization, previews, editing, and localization, almost every part of the media-management workflow has been improved.

For users managing only a few Rotator items, the interface is simpler and easier to understand.

For users managing hundreds of media items across multiple categories and lists, the new organizational tools and bulk operations can save considerable time.

Upgrade to EasyDNN Rotator 14

EasyDNN Rotator 14 brings one of the largest user-interface improvements to the module so far.

With its completely redesigned Media Manager, modern interface, faster content organization, powerful bulk actions, improved media editing, and better first-use experience, managing Rotator content is now easier than ever.

Upgrade to EasyDNN Rotator 14 and experience a faster and more intuitive way to manage your sliders, banners, videos, and other media content.