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4 4  = Top 10 Features introduced in 2.x cycle =
5 5  
6 -== 1.User Interface Improvements ==
6 +== User Interface Improvements ==
7 7  
8 8  === Colibri skin ===
9 9  
10 10  XWiki 2.0 introduces a new, lightweight, easily customizable skin. The main goal of the Colibri skin is to provide the proper support for fast and easy modifications of the look and feel of the wiki.
11 11  
12 -[[[[image:home-small.png||style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"]]>>http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Main/ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise20/home.png]]
12 +[[image:platform:Features.Skins@Colibri.png]]
13 13  
14 14  See [[Colibri skin documentation>>extensions:Extension.Colibri Skin]] for more details.
15 15  
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20 20  * A new way of displaying themes on the "Color Themes" space home(((
21 21  image:[email protected]
22 22  )))
23 -* The ability to create a new theme from the "Color Theme" space home(((
24 -image:[email protected]
25 -)))
26 -* A palette for each area you are editing with a popup listing everything you can customize at this level(((
27 -image:[email protected]
28 -)))
29 -* A dialog where you can make the desired changes(((
30 -image:[email protected]
31 -)))
23 +* The ability to create a new theme from the "Color Theme" space home
24 +* A palette for each area you are editing with a popup listing everything you can customize at this level
25 +* A dialog where you can make the desired changes
32 32  * The possibility to undo the latest modifications or reset all changes
33 33  
34 34  Read more about Color Themes on the dedicated [[application page>>extensions:Extension.Color Theme Application]].
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38 38  * New Add menu: Use the "Add" menu to create new spaces, pages, add attachments and comments.(((
39 39  [[image:[email protected]||style="border: 1px solid black;"]]
40 40  )))
41 -* Improved Wiki and Space menus: You may now access the document index straight from the wiki & space menus.(((
42 -[[image:[email protected]||style="border: 1px solid black;"]] [[image:[email protected]||style="border: 1px solid black;"]]
43 -)))
44 -* New Page menu: Integrates the Watch, Copy, Rename and Delete actions.(((
45 -[[image:[email protected]||style="border: 1px solid black;"]]
46 -)))
35 +* Improved Wiki and Space menus: You may now access the document index straight from the wiki & space menus.
36 +* New Page menu: Integrates the Watch, Copy, Rename and Delete actions.
47 47  * The Edit, Export, More actions and Profile menus also benefited from a refresh.
48 48  
49 49  === New Profile UI ===
50 50  
51 -Complete **overhaul of the Profile UI**: better display of the user information, recent changes by the user are shown, different tabs for user details, user settings, and watchlist information:
52 -
41 +* Complete **overhaul of the Profile UI**: better display of the user information, recent changes by the user are shown, different tabs for user details, user settings, and watchlist information:
53 53  image:[email protected]
43 +* Improved inline-based editing for modifying profile details
44 +* Inclusion of the **WatchList manager** page into the Profile as a tab
45 +* Added a tab in the //Profile// for managing **user preferences**, which is currently rather small, but will be improved later to include more settings
46 +* User profiles have been converted to XWiki Syntax 2.0
54 54  
55 -Improved inline-based editing for modifying profile details:
56 -
57 -image:[email protected]
58 -
59 -Inclusion of the **WatchList manager** page into the Profile as a tab:
60 -
61 -image:[email protected]
62 -
63 -Added a tab in the //Profile// for managing **user preferences**, which is currently rather small, but will be improved later to include more settings:
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65 -image:[email protected]
66 -
67 -image:[email protected]
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69 -User profiles have been converted to XWiki Syntax 2.0
70 -
71 71  === Visible content menu when scrolling down ===
72 72  
73 73  When scrolling down on a document, the content menu will follow, so the user will not have to scroll up on top of the page in order to access it.
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84 84  
85 85  Moving further on the quest for better accessibility in the XWiki platform, we introduced a preliminary stylesheet which makes the skin slightly more accessible to people with visual disabilities: bigger fonts by default, and underlined links to make them more easily distinguished by colorblind people. This stylesheet can either be activated globally in a wiki, or individually from each user's preferences.
86 86  
87 -Enabling the special stylesheet:
88 88  
89 -[[image:[email protected]]]
90 -
91 -Bigger fonts and underlined links:
92 -
93 -[[image:[email protected]]]
94 -
95 95  === More consistent use of user avatars ===
96 96  
97 97  Avatars now come in three default sizes:
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100 100  * medium avatars, 50px wide, the preferred and most frequent display option for avatars
101 101  * large avatars,120px wide, to be used where a large version of the avatar must be displayed (for example in the user profile)
102 102  
103 -Accordingly, the wiki dashboard has been changed to use the medium avatars, and as a new feature user avatars are displayed in the comments area.
73 +* Accordingly, the wiki dashboard has been changed to use the medium avatars, and as a new feature user avatars are displayed in the comments area.
104 104  [[image:[email protected]]]
75 +* Four new velocity macros have been added for making it easier to display avatars:
76 +* User avatars are also displayed in annotations.
105 105  
106 -Four new velocity macros have been added for making it easier to display avatars:
107 -
108 -* ###smallUserAvatar('XWiki.username')##
109 -* ###mediumUserAvatar('XWiki.username')##
110 -* ###largeUserAvatar('XWiki.username')##
111 -* ###resizedUserAvatar('XWiki.username', 100)## which allows resizing an avatar to a custom size
112 -
113 -User avatars are also displayed in annotations.
114 -[[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@annotation-avatars.png]]
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116 -
117 117  === Further improvements to the edit UI ===
118 118  
119 119  After the improvements to the object and class editors introduced in 1.8 and 2.4, the wiki and WYSIWYG editors also see some enhancements in this release, bringing in some of the proposed changes from [[an older proposal>>http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/Improvements/ImprovedEdit]], with some additional improvements. Specifically:
120 120  
121 -* A new label for the content area in the wiki editor:(((
122 -image:[email protected]
123 -)))
82 +* A new label for the content area in the wiki editor:
124 124  * A more descriptive label for the version summary field
125 125  * Better positioning of the "minor edit" option
126 -* Better positioning and display of the "autosave" option
127 -[[image:[email protected]]]
85 +* Better positioning and display of the "autosave" option\\
128 128  
129 -== 2.Annotations ==
87 +== Annotations ==
130 130  
131 131  The scope of this feature is to allow users to annotate text in a XWiki document. With the new feature you can:
132 132  
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134 134  Ctrl + M (Meta + M)
135 135  image:[email protected]
136 136  )))
137 -* Show annotations on your page(((
138 -image:[email protected]
139 -)))
140 -* See an annotation for a text item by hovering over the yellow icon next to it(((
141 -image:[email protected]
142 -)))
143 -* Edit and delete annotations straight from the page(((
144 -image:[email protected]
145 -)))
146 -* Manage annotations from the "Annotations" tab(((
147 -image:[email protected]
148 -)))
95 +* Show annotations on your page
96 +* See an annotation for a text item by hovering over the yellow icon next to it
97 +* Edit and delete annotations straight from the page
98 +* Manage annotations from the "Annotations" tab
149 149  
150 150  You can find a more detailed description of the annotations feature on the [[documentation page>>platform:Features.Annotations]].
151 151  
152 -== 3.Activity Stream ==
102 +== Activity Stream ==
153 153  
154 154  * Overhaul of the Recent Changes section of the Dashboard:(((
155 155  * New UI
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159 159  [[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise26RC1@activityMacro||style="border: 1px solid black;"]]
160 160  )))
161 161  
162 -== 4.Invitation Manager Application ==
112 +== Invitation Manager Application ==
163 163  
164 -
165 165  The Invitation Manager application allows users to send emails, inviting friends and colleagues to join a wiki. You will be able to configure your wiki to send emails through an open mail relay on the server or through an email account of your choosing.
166 166  
167 167  image:[email protected]
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168 168  
169 169  Read more about this application and learn how to configure it by visiting the [[application page>>extensions:Extension.Invitation Application]].
170 170  
171 -== 5.Anonymous commenting with Captcha ==
120 +== Anonymous commenting with Captcha ==
172 172  
173 173  Now thanks to the [[captcha module>>extensions:Extension.Captcha Module]] you can require unregistered users to solve a captcha in order to post comments. To require guests to solve a captcha simply go to the "Rights" section of the [[Administration Application>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application]] for the wiki or just the space, and check the box saying "Require unregistered users to solve a captcha when posting a comment on a page". **Note** This box does not give guests permission to comment, it only adds a requirement for commenting if they already have permission.
174 174  [[This feature is documented here.>>platform:AdminGuide.Configuration]]
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177 177  [[image:[email protected]||style="border: 1px solid black;" width="550px;"]]
178 178  
179 -== 6. Deleted documents and attachments ==
128 +== Deleted documents and attachments ==
180 180  
181 181  While deleted documents and attachments have been stored in a trash instead of being completely deleted since XWiki 1.2, there was no general interface for viewing the contents of the trash. This has been remedied by the introduction of two new tabs in the wiki's Document Index, //Deleted Documents// and //Deleted Attachments//.
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183 183  [[image:[email protected]]]
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185 -Both use the livetable, thus allowing filtering and ordering for easier browsing. A document from the trash can be viewed, permanently deleted, or restored if the location is still available.
134 +* Both use the livetable, thus allowing filtering and ordering for easier browsing. A document from the trash can be viewed, permanently deleted, or restored if the location is still available.
186 186  
187 -[[image:ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise22M1@trash2.png]]
136 +* The attachment trash contains only attachments deleted from a document, and not attachments that were deleted together with their owner document; in the latter case, the attachments are kept together with the document in the document trash. For attachments, there is no restore option yet, it will be implemented in a future release.
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189 -The attachment trash contains only attachments deleted from a document, and not attachments that were deleted together with their owner document; in the latter case, the attachments are kept together with the document in the document trash. For attachments, there is no restore option yet, it will be implemented in a future release.
138 +== New Template-based page creation ==
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191 -[[image:[email protected]]]
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193 -== 7.New Template-based page creation ==
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195 195  Starting with XWiki Enterprise 2.4 users and applications can provide documents that can be used as template when creating new pages. The new document content (content, objects and other metadata) will be replicated from the template.
196 196  
197 197  * After you have [[created the template and the template provider>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application#HEasyTemplatesCreationandAdministration28StartingwithXWikiEnterprise2.4M229]] you can then start creating pages from this template:
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200 200  
201 201  * "Wanted Links" also offers the choice to create the new document from the available templates ( "My Template" template in the image below):
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203 -[[image:platform:[email protected]]]
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205 205  Find more details about the template creation and administration on the [[documentation page>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application#HEasyTemplatesCreationandAdministration28StartingwithXWikiEnterprise2.4M229]].
206 206  
150 +== Clustering ==
207 207  
208 -== 8.Clustering ==
152 +
209 209  XWiki provides an easy way to setup clustered instances of XWiki based on network events distribution.
210 210  
211 211  * events synchronization between XWiki instances
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214 214  
215 215  Follow the [[Clustering Admin Guide >>platform:AdminGuide.Clustering]] and [[Clustering Tutorial >>platform:AdminGuide.DistributedEventClusterSetup]] for a complete tutorial on how to setup a simple cluster between two instances of XWiki on the same server.
216 216  
217 -== 9.Easier development of configurable applications using [[XWiki.ConfigurableClass>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application#HMaking20your20application20easily20configurable20with203Ctt3EConfigurableClass3C2Ftt3E20Since2023M1]] ==
161 +== Easier development of configurable applications using [[XWiki.ConfigurableClass>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application#HMaking20your20application20easily20configurable20with203Ctt3EConfigurableClass3C2Ftt3E20Since2023M1]] ==
218 218  
219 219  If you are developing an application and you need to provide your users with a way to configure it from the [[Administration Application>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application]] you are in luck. All you need to do is create a custom class holding all of the configuration for your application, then add an object of your custom configuration class and an object of ##XWiki.Configurable## class. You will be able to configure your application from the administration interface.
220 220  The following is an image of the administration interface with additional applications to be configured (you can customize the icon used).
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223 223  
224 224  Note the current user does not have permission to edit one of the configurable applications.
225 225  
170 +== Office Preview (support for viewing attached office documents in the wiki) ==
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172 +
173 +* XWiki now supports viewing attached office documents without saving them on the client side. Click on the eye icon near the edit and delete buttons corresponding to the attachment you want to preview.
174 +
175 +image:[email protected]
176 +
177 +* We also included a new Macro for the WYSIWYG Editor. It allows to embed a office file into a page.

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