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1 +Release Notes for XWiki Enterprise 2.0
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1 1  {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}}{{toc start="2"/}}{{/box}}
2 2  
3 -= Release Notes for XWiki Enterprise 2.0 =
4 -
5 5  More than 400 issues were fixed from XWiki Enterprise 1.9.3 to XWiki Enterprise 2.0.
6 6  
7 -== New and Noteworthy (since XWiki Enterprise 1.9.3) ==
5 += New and Noteworthy (since XWiki Enterprise 1.9.3) =
8 8  
9 -=== 1 User Interface ===
7 +== 1 User Interface ==
10 10  
11 -==== Colibri skin ====
9 +=== Colibri skin ===
12 12  
13 13  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.
14 14  
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16 16  
17 17  See [[Colibri skin documentation>>code:Skins.ColibriSkin]] for more details.
18 18  
19 -==== Color Themes ====
17 +=== Color Themes ===
20 20  
21 21  [[Color Themes>>code:Skins.ColibriSkin]] is an easy way to modify colors for your wiki:
22 22  
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28 28  
29 29  {{info}}Themes are indepedent of skins. However currently only the new Colibri skin uses them. Future skins will be made to use Color Themes. In addition, the Class/Object editor has been modified to use the selected color theme.{{/info}}
30 30  
31 -==== New Title handling ====
29 +=== New Title handling ===
32 32  
33 33  The document title is now used as the top level header of pages. If no title is specified then it's extracted from the content of the page automatically.
34 34  
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40 40  
41 41  {{info}}We recommend that you modify your pages to **always** use a title from now on.{{/info}}
42 42  
43 -==== New Search Interface ====
41 +=== New Search Interface ===
44 44  
45 45  The default search page UI has been improved to be easier to understand and use.
46 46  
47 47  [[image:ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise20M1@newsearchui.png||style="border: 1px solid #000; width: 600px;"]]
48 48  
49 -==== New Tag Cloud Panel ====
47 +=== New Tag Cloud Panel ===
50 50  
51 51  A panel containing the tag cloud is now provided by default and can be used like any other panel.
52 52  
53 53  [[image:ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise20M1@tagcloudpanel.png||style="border: 1px solid #000;"]]
54 54  
55 -==== General UI improvements ====
53 +=== General UI improvements ===
56 56  
57 57  * The Space Index page has been modified to use the Livetable component:((([[image:spaceindex.png||style="border: 1px solid #000;"]])))
58 58  * The top level menu has been refactored in the Colibri skin:
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76 76  * Several IE6/7 bugfixes
77 77  * Documents created internally for XWiki's needs are now created under the ##superadmin## user and are not visible to Simple Users by default (Advanced users and Admin see them though)
78 78  
79 -=== 2 WYSIWYG ===
77 +== 2 WYSIWYG ==
80 80  
81 81  See [[WYSIWYG documentation>>platform:Features.WysiwygEditor]] for more details.
82 82  
83 -==== Macro improvements ====
81 +=== Macro improvements ===
84 84  
85 85  * User can now double click on a macro to edit it and double click in the list of macro to insert it.
86 86  * Macro names are now displayed instead of their internal IDs.
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87 87  * Macros are now categorized and it's possible to override macro category through configuration:((([[image:ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise20M4@macro-category.png||style="border: 1px solid #000;"]])))
88 88  * The Insert Macro dialog box now has a live search for easily finding macros:((([[image:ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise20M4@macro-filter.png||style="border: 1px solid #000;"]])))
89 89  
90 -==== Other improvements ====
88 +=== Other improvements ===
91 91  
92 92  * Added IE8 support (thanks to the [[GWT 1.7.0>>http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/releases/release-notes-1.7.0.html#Release_Notes_Current]] upgrade)
93 93  * Faster navigation for image and link insertion with tabs provided for easily selecting recently viewed pages and the addition of a search box
94 94  * Dialog boxes in the WYSIWYG editor have been aligned and are now following XWiki's usability guidelines((([[image:wysiwyg-dialogbox.png||style="border: 1px solid #000;"]])))
95 95  
96 -=== 3 Macros ===
94 +== 3 Macros ==
97 97  
98 98  * New [[Formula macro>>code:Macros.FormulaMacro]] for displaying Mathematical formulas. For example:((([[image:code:Macros.FormulaMacro@inlineBlockFormula.png||style="border: 1px solid #000;"]])))
99 99  * New [[Info, Warning and Error macros>>code:Macros.MessageMacro]].
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108 108  ** It's now possible to not parse velocity macro content for wiki syntax by using the ##wiki="false"## parameter.
109 109  * The Table Of Content macro now starts at the first level by default (it used to start at the second level by default).
110 110  
111 -=== 4 Rendering ===
109 +== 4 Rendering ==
112 112  
113 -==== General improvements ====
111 +=== General improvements ===
114 114  
115 115  * Section editing is now supported with XWiki Syntax 2.0
116 116  * Definition lists now support parameters
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124 124  
125 125  {{warning}}Not all the pages from the default XAR have been converted to the XWiki Syntax 2.0 yet.{{/warning}}
126 126  
127 -==== Output syntax parameter ====
125 +=== Output syntax parameter ===
128 128  
129 129  It's now possible to decide which renderer to use to print the document content. For example if you want to generate a JSON page you can use "?outputSyntax=plain&xpage=plain" to make sure only the content is printed and there is no HTML syntax printed, just a plain text of what exactly was generated by a velocity macro (without macro markers HTML comments etc.)
130 130  
131 131  See [[URL parsing documentation>>platform:AdminGuide.URL resolution#HoutputSyntaxandoutputSyntaxVersion]].
132 132  
133 -=== 5 Watchlist ===
131 +== 5 Watchlist ==
134 134  
135 135  * Add watch/unwatch wiki in the Watch menu
136 136  * Improve notification email readability by displaying icons for objects, classes and properties
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144 144  * Allow to create watchlist notifications for any interval of time
145 145  * Mails design improvement((([[[[image:watchlist-small.png||style="border: 1px solid #000;"]]>>http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Main/ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise20/watchlist.png]])))
146 146  
147 -=== 6 Clustering ===
145 +== 6 Clustering ==
148 148  
147 +See [[Clustering administration documentation>>platform:AdminGuide.Clustering]] and [[Remote Observation Manager documentation>>code:Modules.RemoteObservationModule]] for more details.
148 +
149 149  It's now possible to make different instances of XWiki or other programs shares events.
150 150  
151 151  The main use cases for this are:
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152 152  - clustering
153 153  - external monitoring of XWiki
154 154  
155 -This release include documents events support for code using new Observation Manager and remote events support in document cache so that's it's possible to do basic clustering already. The old code using old notification system will be upgraded during the RC process before the final 2.0 version and support will be added for other types of events. Note that Remote Observation Manager already support any kind of fully Serializable events.
155 +== 7 Performance ==
156 156  
157 -=== 7 Performance ===
158 -
159 159  * We have introduced a lighter XHTML renderer which avoid having all extra datas needed by the WYSIWYG, thus reducing a lot the size of rendered pages in view mode.
160 160  * JS and CSS files are now compressed.
161 161  * The watchlist feature now supports multi wiki and has improved performances to prevent farm wikis to be stuck when sending all notifications for all wikis (this is done by using the new Activity Stream feature).
162 162  
163 -=== 8 Translations ===
161 +== 8 Translations ==
164 164  
165 165  * Added translations for Swedish
166 166  * Added translations for Korean
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167 167  * Updated translations for lots of other languages
168 168  * Added internationalization support to the WYSWIWYG editor and added French translations
169 169  
170 -=== 9 Changes for Developers ===
168 +== 9 Changes for Developers ==
171 171  
172 172  * Renderers are now real components. The same way it's possible to add any parser it's now possible to add any renderer for a specific output simply by registering it as a component. See [[code:Modules.RenderingModule]] for more details.
173 173  * New plain text parser. Pain text parser make possible to put in a page some plain text to render it exactly as it. The syntax name of plain text renderer is ##plain/1.0##, you can enable it in ##xwiki.cfg##.
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196 196  ** Upgraded to Smart GWT 1.2
197 197  ** Upgraded to Prototype 1.6.1
198 198  
199 -=== 10 Others ===
197 +== 10 Others ==
200 200  
201 201  * The Scheduler now allows to manually trigger a job (execute it once)((([[image:scheduler.png||style="border: 1px solid #000;"]])))
202 202  
203 -== Known issues ==
201 += Known issues =
204 204  
203 +* The AllDocs page needs to be saved with a user having programming rights to work (otherwise the Attachment tab will show empty results). See [[XWIKI-4407>>http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-4407]] for more details.
205 205  * [[Bugs we know about>>http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&&type=1&pid=10010&resolution=-1&sorter/field=updated&sorter/order=DESC]]
206 206  
207 -== Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes ==
206 += Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
208 208  
209 -=== General Notes ===
208 +== General Notes ==
210 210  
211 211  {{warning}}If you're running in a multiwiki setup you'll also need to define the property ##xwiki.store.migration.databases=all## to your ##xwiki.cfg## file or explicitly name all databases to be migrated as in ##xwiki.store.migration.databases=db1,db2,...##.
212 212  {{/warning}}
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217 217  Always make sure you compare your ##xwiki.cfg## file with the newest version since some configuration parameters were added. Of note, you should add ##xwiki.store.migration=1## so that XWiki will attempt to automatically migrate your current database to the new schema. Make sure you backup your Database before doing anything.
218 218  {{/warning}}
219 219  
220 -=== API Breakages ===
219 +== API Breakages ==
221 221  
222 222  The following APIs were modified since XWiki Enterprise 1.9:
223 223  
224 -==== Rendering api ====
223 +=== Rendering api ===
225 225  
226 226  * ##Block.replace()## has been replaced by ##Block.replaceChild()##
227 227  * ##ParseException## constructor and methods have been modified since they were unused
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333 333  [ERROR] org.xwiki.rendering.util.RenderersUtils: Class org.xwiki.rendering.util.RenderersUtils removed
334 334  {{/code}}
335 335  
336 -==== Component Manager api ====
335 +=== Component Manager api ===
337 337  
338 338  * maven project artifact changed from ##xwiki-core-component## to ##xwiki-core-component-api##
339 339  * to get the ComponentManager in a component you need to declare it has like any other component requirement
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385 385  [ERROR] org.xwiki.component.phase.Composable: Class org.xwiki.component.phase.Composable removed
386 386  {{/code}}
387 387  
388 -==== Observation Manager api ====
387 +=== Observation Manager api ===
389 389  
390 390  * maven project artifact changed from ##xwiki-core-observation## to ##xwiki-core-observation-local##
391 391  * ObservationManager#addListener and ObservationManager#removeListener does not need the ##org.xwiki.observation.event.Event## anymore
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402 402  [ERROR] org.xwiki.observation.ObservationManager: Method 'public void removeListener(org.xwiki.observation.event.Event, org.xwiki.observation.EventListener)' has been removed
403 403  {{/code}}
404 404  
405 -== Dependencies ==
404 += Dependencies =
406 406  
407 407  This release includes the following modules in the specified versions since XWiki Enterprise 1.9.3 was released:
408 408  
409 -=== Core/Web ===
408 +== Core/Web ==
410 410  
411 411  |=Group Id|=Artifact Id|=New Version|=Old Version|=JIRA URL
412 412  |##com.xpn.xwiki.platform##|##xwiki-*##|2.0|1.9.3
413 413  |##org.xwiki.platform##|##xwiki-*##|2.0|1.9.3
414 414  
415 -=== Applications ===
414 +== Applications ==
416 416  
417 417  |=Group Id|=Artifact Id|=New Version|=Old Version|=JIRA URL
418 418  |##com.xpn.xwiki.platform.applications##|##xwiki-application-administration##|1.17|1.12|[[jira>>http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XAADMINISTRATION]]
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426 426  |##com.xpn.xwiki.platform.applications##|##xwiki-application-webdav##|1.2|1.2
427 427  |##com.xpn.xwiki.platform.applications##|##xwiki-application-wiki-macro-bridge##|1.2|N/A
428 428  
429 -=== Plugins ===
428 +== Plugins ==
430 430  
431 431  |=Group Id|=Artifact Id|=New Version|=Old Version|=JIRA URL
432 432  |##com.xpn.xwiki.platform.plugins##|##xwiki-plugin-activitystream##|1.4|N/A
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438 438  |##com.xpn.xwiki.platform.plugins##|##xwiki-plugin-tag##|1.7|1.6
439 439  |##com.xpn.xwiki.platform.plugins##|##xwiki-plugin-watchlist##|1.20|1.16
440 440  
441 -=== Skins ===
440 +== Skins ==
442 442  
443 443  |=Group Id|=Artifact Id|=New Version|=Old Version|=JIRA URL
444 444  |##com.xpn.xwiki.platform.skins##|##xwiki-skin-albatross##|1.24|1.21
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445 445  |##com.xpn.xwiki.platform.skins##|##xwiki-skin-colibri##|1.3|N/A
446 446  |##com.xpn.xwiki.platform.skins##|##xwiki-skin-toucan##|1.28|1.22
447 447  
448 -=== Top Level POM ===
447 +== Top Level POM ==
449 449  
450 450  |=Group Id|=Artifact Id|=New Version|=Old Version|=JIRA URL
451 451  |##com.xpn.xwiki.platform##|##xwiki##|27|24
452 452  
453 -=== Tools ===
452 +== Tools ==
454 454  
455 455  |=Group Id|=Artifact Id|=New Version|=Old Version|=JIRA URL
456 456  |##org.xwiki.platform.tools##|##xwiki-jetty-resources##|1.16|1.14

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