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1		-Release Notes for the XWiki Enterprise 2.x Cycle
	1	+Top 10 Features introduced in XWiki Enterprise 2.x Cycle

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3		-= Top 10 Features introduced in 2.x cycle =
4		-
5	5	{{info}}To see the detailed list of features done in the 2.x cycle please check the [[Release Notes>>ReleaseNotes.WebHome]].{{/info}}
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7		-== User Interface Improvements ==
	5	+= User Interface Improvements =
8	8
9		-=== Colibri skin ===
	7	+== Colibri skin ==
10	10
11	11	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.
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15	15	See [[Colibri skin documentation>>extensions:Extension.Colibri Skin]] for more details.
16	16
17		-=== Color Theme Editor ===
	15	+== Color Theme Editor ==
18	18
19	19	The new editor allows fast and easy modifications for the look and feel of the wiki. You'll find in this editor
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29	29	Read more about Color Themes on the dedicated [[application page>>extensions:Extension.Color Theme Application]].
30	30
31		-=== Improvements to Action Menus ===
	29	+== Improvements to Action Menus ==
32	32
33	33	* New Add menu: Use the "Add" menu to create new spaces, pages, add attachments and comments.(((
34	34	[[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@AddMenu.png||style="border: 1px solid black;"]]
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37	37	* New Page menu: Integrates the Watch, Copy, Rename and Delete actions.
38	38	* The Edit, Export, More actions and Profile menus also benefited from a refresh.
39	39
40		-=== New Profile UI ===
	38	+== New Profile UI ==
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42	42	* 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:
43	43	image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise22@profile.png
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46	46	* Added a tab in the //Profile// for managing **user preferences**, which is currently rather small, but will be improved later to include more settings
47	47	* User profiles have been converted to XWiki Syntax 2.0
48	48
49		-=== Visible content menu when scrolling down ===
	47	+== Visible content menu when scrolling down ==
50	50
51	51	* 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.
52	52	[[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@ActionMenu.png||style="border: 1px solid black;"]]
53	53
54		-=== New Search Interface ===
	52	+== New Search Interface ==
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56	56	* The default search page UI has been improved to be easier to understand and use.
57	57	[[image:ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise20M1@newsearchui.png||style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 600px;"]]
58	58
59		-=== Preliminary optional accessibility stylesheet ===
	57	+== Preliminary optional accessibility stylesheet ==
60	60
61	61	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.
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	61	+== More consistent use of user avatars ==
63	63
64		-=== More consistent use of user avatars ===
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66	66	Avatars now come in three default sizes:
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68	68	* small avatars, 30px wide, used in secondary actions and where there's very little space available
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74	74	* Four new velocity macros have been added for making it easier to display avatars:
75	75	* User avatars are also displayed in annotations.
76	76
77		-=== Further improvements to the edit UI ===
	74	+== Further improvements to the edit UI ==
78	78
79	79	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:
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83	83	* Better positioning of the "minor edit" option
84	84	* Better positioning and display of the "autosave" option\\
85	85
86		-== Annotations ==
	83	+= Annotations =
87	87
88	88	The scope of this feature is to allow users to annotate text in a XWiki document. With the new feature you can:
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99	99	You can find a more detailed description of the annotations feature on the [[documentation page>>platform:Features.Annotations]].
100	100
101		-== Activity Stream ==
	98	+= Activity Stream =
102	102
103	103	* Overhaul of the Recent Changes section of the Dashboard:(((
104	104	* New UI
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107	107	[[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise26RC1@activityMacro||style="border: 1px solid black;"]]
108	108	)))
109	109
110		-== Invitation Manager Application ==
	107	+= Invitation Manager Application =
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112	112	* 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.
113	113	image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise24@InvitationSending.png
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115	115	Read more about this application and learn how to configure it by visiting the [[application page>>extensions:Extension.Invitation Application]].
116	116
117		-== Anonymous commenting with Captcha ==
	114	+= Anonymous commenting with Captcha =
118	118
119	119	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.
120	120	[[This feature is documented here.>>platform:AdminGuide.Configuration]]
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121	121	* Sample:
122	122	[[image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise23M1@CommentCaptcha.png||style="border: 1px solid black;" width="550px;"]]
123	123
124		-== Deleted documents and attachments ==
	121	+= Deleted documents and attachments =
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126	126	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//.
127	127	* Sample:
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129	129	* 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.
130	130	* 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.
131	131
132		-== New Template-based page creation ==
	129	+= New Template-based page creation =
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134	134	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.
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141	141	Find more details about the template creation and administration on the [[documentation page>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application#HEasyTemplatesCreationandAdministration28StartingwithXWikiEnterprise2.4M229]].
142	142
143		-== Clustering ==
	140	+= Clustering =
144	144
145	145	XWiki provides an easy way to setup clustered instances of XWiki based on network events distribution.
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151	151	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.
152	152
153		-== Easier development of configurable applications using [[XWiki.ConfigurableClass>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application#HMaking20your20application20easily20configurable20with203Ctt3EConfigurableClass3C2Ftt3E20Since2023M1]] ==
	150	+= Easier development of configurable applications using [[XWiki.ConfigurableClass>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application#HMaking20your20application20easily20configurable20with203Ctt3EConfigurableClass3C2Ftt3E20Since2023M1]] =
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155	155	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.
156	156	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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160	160	Note the current user does not have permission to edit one of the configurable applications.
161	161
162		-== Office Preview (support for viewing attached office documents in the wiki) ==
	159	+= Office Preview (support for viewing attached office documents in the wiki) =
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164	164	* 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.
165	165	image:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25@OfficePreview.png