So exploring the new 7.1 stuff, and while more direct access to the patterns and such is nice, the confusing and concerning part is this new "design" option on the right when you first click the "edit site" and get options to move your template blocks around.

That design section seems to have some default new patterns that aren't part of the theme I'm testing with, and it's unclear if these would edit the core theme templates, or just provide another option?

I can't find any documentation on these, on either how to add to them or remove this entirely so some user doesn't torch the theme for all other uses on our multi-site instance.

Anyone found info on this?

So we're doing a full site rebuild, and before I select hosting, I want to find a solution for hosting the myriad of pdf files that we have on the existing site. I've been looking at various solutions, but most seem to be growing and trying to be full-blown CMS solutions rather than a DAM. Bonus points if there's a WP hook where users can upload a file and it gets moved to the DAM rather than being stored on the site.

Another reason for this is I want better file management of these pdfs, and also the ability to replace the files without changing links. (Because inevitably some author will provide a deep link to their paper, and then want to change the file without changing the link).

Anyone have a reccommendation for a solution that offloads all these files so they can be better managed?