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... ... @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ 3 3 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 ... ... @@ -20,15 +20,9 @@ 20 20 * A new way of displaying themes on the "Color Themes" space home((( 21 21 image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise23M1@AvailableThemes.png 22 22 ))) 23 -* The ability to create a new theme from the "Color Theme" space home((( 24 -image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise23M1@CreateNewTheme.png 25 -))) 26 -* A palette for each area you are editing with a popup listing everything you can customize at this level((( 27 -image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise23M1@EditMenu.png 28 -))) 29 -* A dialog where you can make the desired changes((( 30 -image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise23M1@EditMenu1.png 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]]. ... ... @@ -38,12 +38,8 @@ 38 38 * New Add menu: Use the "Add" menu to create new spaces, pages, add attachments and comments.((( 39 39 [[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@AddMenu.png||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:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@WikiMenu.png||style="border: 1px solid black;"]] [[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@SpaceMenu.png||style="border: 1px solid black;"]] 43 -))) 44 -* New Page menu: Integrates the Watch, Copy, Rename and Delete actions.((( 45 -[[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@PageMenu.png||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 === ... ... @@ -52,22 +52,14 @@ 52 52 53 53 image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise22@profile.png 54 54 55 -Improved inline-based editing for modifying profile details: 45 +* Improved inline-based editing for modifying profile details: 56 56 57 - image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise22@profileedit.png47 +* Inclusion of the **WatchList manager** page into the Profile as a tab: 58 58 59 - Inclusionofthe**WatchListmanager** page intotheProfileasa tab:49 +* Added a tab in the //Profile// for managing **user preferences**, which is currently rather small, but will be improved later to include more settings: 60 60 61 - image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise22@watchlist.png51 +* User profiles have been converted to XWiki Syntax 2.0 62 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: 64 - 65 -image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise22@preferences.png 66 - 67 -image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise22@preferencesedit.png 68 - 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. ... ... @@ -84,14 +84,7 @@ 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:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@a11y-enable.png]] 90 - 91 -Bigger fonts and underlined links: 92 - 93 -[[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@a11y.png]] 94 - 95 95 === More consistent use of user avatars === 96 96 97 97 Avatars now come in three default sizes: ... ... @@ -100,33 +100,24 @@ 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. 78 +* 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. 79 + 104 104 [[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@comment-avatars.png]] 105 105 106 -Four new velocity macros have been added for making it easier to display avatars: 82 +* Four new velocity macros have been added for making it easier to display avatars: 107 107 108 -* ###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 84 +* User avatars are also displayed in annotations. 112 112 113 -User avatars are also displayed in annotations. 114 -[[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@annotation-avatars.png]] 115 - 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:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@edit-header.png 123 -))) 90 +* 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:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@edit-footer.png]] 93 +* Better positioning and display of the "autosave" option\\ 128 128 129 -== 2.Annotations ==95 +== 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 ... ... @@ -134,22 +134,14 @@ 134 134 Ctrl + M (Meta + M) 135 135 image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise23M1@NewAnnotation.png 136 136 ))) 137 -* Show annotations on your page((( 138 -image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise23M1@ShowAnnotation.png 139 -))) 140 -* See an annotation for a text item by hovering over the yellow icon next to it((( 141 -image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise23M1@HoverAnnotation.png 142 -))) 143 -* Edit and delete annotations straight from the page((( 144 -image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise23M1@EditAnnotation.png 145 -))) 146 -* Manage annotations from the "Annotations" tab((( 147 -image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise23M1@AnnotationsTab.png 148 -))) 103 +* Show annotations on your page 104 +* See an annotation for a text item by hovering over the yellow icon next to it 105 +* Edit and delete annotations straight from the page 106 +* 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 ==110 +== Activity Stream == 153 153 154 154 * Overhaul of the Recent Changes section of the Dashboard:((( 155 155 * New UI ... ... @@ -159,9 +159,8 @@ 159 159 [[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise26RC1@activityMacro||style="border: 1px solid black;"]] 160 160 ))) 161 161 162 -== 4.Invitation Manager Application ==120 +== 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:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise24@InvitationSending.png ... ... @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ 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 ==128 +== 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]] ... ... @@ -176,22 +176,18 @@ 176 176 177 177 [[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise23M1@CommentCaptcha.png||style="border: 1px solid black;" width="550px;"]] 178 178 179 -== 6.Deleted documents and attachments ==136 +== 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//. 182 182 183 183 [[image:ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise22M1@trash1.png]] 184 184 185 -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. 142 +* 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]]144 +* 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. 188 188 189 - Theattachment trash contains only attachments deleted from a document, and not attachments thatweredeleted together with their owner document; in thelatter case,the attachments are kept togetherwith the document in the document trash. For attachments, thereis norestore optionyet, it will be implemented in a future release.146 +== New Template-based page creation == 190 190 191 -[[image:ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise22M1@trash3.png]] 192 - 193 -== 7.New Template-based page creation == 194 - 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: ... ... @@ -200,12 +200,11 @@ 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): 202 202 203 -[[image:platform:Features.DocumentLifecycle@1ipopup.png]] 204 - 205 205 Find more details about the template creation and administration on the [[documentation page>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application#HEasyTemplatesCreationandAdministration28StartingwithXWikiEnterprise2.4M229]]. 206 206 158 +== Clustering == 207 207 208 - == 8.Clustering ==160 + 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 ... ... @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ 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]] ==169 +== 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). ... ... @@ -223,13 +223,12 @@ 223 223 224 224 Note the current user does not have permission to edit one of the configurable applications. 225 225 226 -== 10.Office Preview (support for viewing attached office documents in the wiki) ==178 +== Office Preview (support for viewing attached office documents in the wiki) == 227 227 228 228 229 -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. 181 +* 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. 230 230 231 231 image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@OfficePreview.png 232 232 233 -We also included a new Macro for the WYSIWYG Editor. It allows to embed a office file into a page. 185 +* We also included a new Macro for the WYSIWYG Editor. It allows to embed a office file into a page. 234 234 235 -[[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@MacroOfficeViewer]]
