Changes for page Top 10 Features introduced in XWiki Enterprise 2.x Cycle
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... ... @@ -20,9 +20,15 @@ 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 -* 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 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 +))) 26 26 * The possibility to undo the latest modifications or reset all changes 27 27 28 28 Read more about Color Themes on the dedicated [[application page>>extensions:Extension.Color Theme Application]]. ... ... @@ -32,8 +32,12 @@ 32 32 * New Add menu: Use the "Add" menu to create new spaces, pages, add attachments and comments.((( 33 33 [[image:[email protected]||style="border: 1px solid black;"]] 34 34 ))) 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. 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 +))) 37 37 * The Edit, Export, More actions and Profile menus also benefited from a refresh. 38 38 39 39 === New Profile UI === ... ... @@ -42,14 +42,22 @@ 42 42 43 43 image:[email protected] 44 44 45 - *Improved inline-based editing for modifying profile details:55 +Improved inline-based editing for modifying profile details: 46 46 47 - * Inclusion ofthe**WatchListmanager**pageinto theProfileas atab:57 +image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise22@profileedit.png 48 48 49 - * Added a tabin the//Profile//formanaging **user preferences**,which is currentlyrathersmall, but will beimprovedlaterto include more settings:59 +Inclusion of the **WatchList manager** page into the Profile as a tab: 50 50 51 - * User profileshavebeen converted toXWikiSyntax2.061 +image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise22@watchlist.png 52 52 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:[email protected] 66 + 67 +image:[email protected] 68 + 69 +User profiles have been converted to XWiki Syntax 2.0 70 + 53 53 === Visible content menu when scrolling down === 54 54 55 55 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. ... ... @@ -66,7 +66,14 @@ 66 66 67 67 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. 68 68 87 +Enabling the special stylesheet: 69 69 89 +[[image:[email protected]]] 90 + 91 +Bigger fonts and underlined links: 92 + 93 +[[image:[email protected]]] 94 + 70 70 === More consistent use of user avatars === 71 71 72 72 Avatars now come in three default sizes: ... ... @@ -75,22 +75,31 @@ 75 75 * medium avatars, 50px wide, the preferred and most frequent display option for avatars 76 76 * large avatars,120px wide, to be used where a large version of the avatar must be displayed (for example in the user profile) 77 77 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 - 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. 80 80 [[image:[email protected]]] 81 81 82 - *Four new velocity macros have been added for making it easier to display avatars:106 +Four new velocity macros have been added for making it easier to display avatars: 83 83 84 -* User avatars are also displayed in annotations. 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 85 85 113 +User avatars are also displayed in annotations. 114 +[[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@annotation-avatars.png]] 115 + 116 + 86 86 === Further improvements to the edit UI === 87 87 88 88 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: 89 89 90 -* A new label for the content area in the wiki editor: 121 +* A new label for the content area in the wiki editor:((( 122 +image:[email protected] 123 +))) 91 91 * A more descriptive label for the version summary field 92 92 * Better positioning of the "minor edit" option 93 -* Better positioning and display of the "autosave" option\\ 126 +* Better positioning and display of the "autosave" option 127 +[[image:[email protected]]] 94 94 95 95 == 2.Annotations == 96 96 ... ... @@ -100,10 +100,18 @@ 100 100 Ctrl + M (Meta + M) 101 101 image:[email protected] 102 102 ))) 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 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 +))) 107 107 108 108 You can find a more detailed description of the annotations feature on the [[documentation page>>platform:Features.Annotations]]. 109 109 ... ... @@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ 119 119 120 120 == 4.Invitation Manager Application == 121 121 164 + 122 122 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. 123 123 124 124 image:[email protected] ... ... @@ -139,10 +139,14 @@ 139 139 140 140 [[image:[email protected]]] 141 141 142 - *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.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. 143 143 144 - * The attachment trash contains only attachments deleted fromadocument, and not attachmentsthat were deleted together with their owner document; in thelattercase, the attachments are kept togetherwith thedocumentin the document trash.For attachments, there is no restore optionyet, it will be implemented in a future release.187 +[[image:ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise22M1@trash2.png]] 145 145 189 +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. 190 + 191 +[[image:[email protected]]] 192 + 146 146 == 7.New Template-based page creation == 147 147 148 148 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. ... ... @@ -153,11 +153,12 @@ 153 153 154 154 * "Wanted Links" also offers the choice to create the new document from the available templates ( "My Template" template in the image below): 155 155 203 +[[image:platform:[email protected]]] 204 + 156 156 Find more details about the template creation and administration on the [[documentation page>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application#HEasyTemplatesCreationandAdministration28StartingwithXWikiEnterprise2.4M229]]. 157 157 158 -== 8.Clustering == 159 159 160 - 208 +== 8.Clustering == 161 161 XWiki provides an easy way to setup clustered instances of XWiki based on network events distribution. 162 162 163 163 * events synchronization between XWiki instances ... ... @@ -178,9 +178,10 @@ 178 178 == 10.Office Preview (support for viewing attached office documents in the wiki) == 179 179 180 180 181 - *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.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. 182 182 183 183 image:[email protected] 184 184 185 - *We also included a new Macro for the WYSIWYG Editor. It allows to embed a office file into a page.233 +We also included a new Macro for the WYSIWYG Editor. It allows to embed a office file into a page. 186 186 235 +[[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@MacroOfficeViewer]]