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Jean-Vincent Drean 1.1 1 #startfloatingbox()
2 *Contents*
3 #toc ("2" "3" "")
4 #endfloatingbox()
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6 1 Release Notes for XWiki Enterprise 1.7
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Vincent Massol 8.1 8 1.1 Changes since XWiki Enterprise 1.6
Jean-Vincent Drean 1.1 9
Vincent Massol 8.1 10 1.1.1 1. New Rendering improvements
Jean-Vincent Drean 1.1 11
Vincent Massol 8.1 12 * XWiki Syntax 2.0 improvements:
13 ** *Allow wiki syntax inside links*. Example of an image link: {code:none}[[image:[email protected]>>reference]]{code}
14 ** *New syntax for tables*. Example: {code:none}|= row1 |= row2
15 | cell1 | cell2
16 {code}
17 ** *Images can be defined as URLs*. Example: {code:none}image:http://xwiki.org/some/path/my.png{code}
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Jean-Vincent Drean 1.1 19 #info("You'll find information on how to enter content using the new syntaxes in the [Page Editing Guide>platform:Features.PageEditing].")
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Vincent Massol 8.1 21 * New Macros:
Vincent Massol 12.3 22 ** *[Code macro>extensions:Extension.Code Macro]* (experimental). Allows to perform syntax highlighting of the content. Only supports HTML, XML and PHP for the moment. Example: {code}
Vincent Massol 8.1 23 {{code language="xml"}}
24 <hello>
25 <world>Cool!</world>
26 </hello>
27 {{/code}}
Jean-Vincent Drean 1.1 28 {code}
Vincent Massol 12.3 29 ** *[Script macro>extensions:Extension.Script Macro]*. The new script macros add the ability to use any scripting language supporting JSR-223. For now the default XWiki distribution comes with only a Groovy 1.6 support but it easy to add support for other language (like ruby, python, etc.) simply by adding the corresponding engine and implementation. See https://scripting.dev.java.net/.\\\\To use the new script macro: {code}
Jean-Vincent Drean 1.1 30 {{script language="groovy"}}
31 println "Hello World"
32 {{/script}}
Vincent Massol 8.1 33 {code} or you can also use the Groovy macro alias: {code}
Jean-Vincent Drean 1.1 34 {{groovy}}
35 println "Hello World"
36 {{/groovy}}
37 {code}
Vincent Massol 12.3 38 ** *[Box macro>extensions:Extension.Box Macro]*. This macro allow to put content in a visual container. Example: {code}
Jean-Vincent Drean 3.2 39 {{box}}
40 ==some==
41 * wiki
42 * content
43 {{/box}}
44 {code}
Vincent Massol 8.1 45
Vincent Massol 9.1 46 1.1.1 2. New WYSIWYG editor improvements
Vincent Massol 8.1 47
48 * Link feature implemented (link to wiki page, web page, email).
49 * Lots of bug fixes.
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Thomas Mortagne 13.1 51 #info("The look & feel is not the final one. Please look at the [new WYSIWYG Design page>dev:Design.NewWysiwygEditorInterface] to see what it'll look like (except for the colors which will be different). To start using the new editor, check out the [Page Editing Guide>platform:Features.PageEditing]. Again this is work in progress but we'd like *as much feedback as possible*. Please raise any issue you find in [JIRA>https://jira.xwiki.org].") <img style="border: 1px solid #000;" src="/xwiki/bin/download/Main/ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise17M1/wysiwyg.png" /><br />
Vincent Massol 8.1 52
Vincent Massol 9.1 53 1.1.1 3. WebDAV Support
Vincent Massol 8.1 54
Vincent Massol 12.3 55 XWiki now expose a [WebDAV server interface>platform:Features.WebDAV]. This means you can now access/edit/delete page sources and attachments from any WebDAV client.
Vincent Massol 9.1 56
Vincent Massol 12.1 57 <img style="border: 1px solid #000;" src="$doc.getAttachmentURL("webdav.png")" />
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Vincent Massol 9.1 59 1.1.1 4. Usability Improvements
60
61 * *New Attachment view in the Index*: you can now see all the attachments of the wiki in the index, under the "Attachment" tab.
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Vincent Massol 12.1 63 <img style="border: 1px solid #000;" src="$doc.getAttachmentURL("attachments.png")" />
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Vincent Massol 9.1 65 1.1.1 4. Other Changes
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67 * *Multiwiki* (a.k.a farm mode or virtual mode) is now available without using subdomains for wikis. Note that this option is available from xwiki.cfg and not enabled by default. Example of URLs (the "/wiki/" part is configurable): {code}
Jean-Vincent Drean 3.1 68 http://mydomain.com/xwiki/wiki/mywiki1/view/Main/WebHome
69 http://mydomain.com/xwiki/wiki/mywiki2/view/Main/WebHome
70 {code}
Jean-Vincent Drean 1.1 71 * *Groovy upgrade* : The groovy engine has been upgraded to the last 1.6 beta version. You can now use all the new features of groovy as well as speed improvements and bugfixes from groovy 1.0 to 1.6 beta 2. See http://groovy.codehaus.org/ for more information.
72 * Reorganized, documented and enhanced <tt>xwiki.cfg</tt> configuration file.
73 * Added a ROOT webapp to the standalone distribution.
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Vincent Massol 9.1 75 1.1.1 5. Important Bugfixes
Jean-Vincent Drean 1.1 76
Vincent Massol 9.1 77 * Saving a blank wiki page throws exception in Oracle
78 * Registration is still possible when right to register for Unregistered user is explicit set to deny
79 * Documents with name with spaces or other special chars can't properly save added image in WYSIWYG editor
80 * Support of dots in ldap login has introduce a security hole
81 * SMTP server address is not re-read when it's changed in global preferences
82 * Watchlist update sent by email does not contain the full path to a changed attachment
83 * Wrong user name is inserted in group during LDAP membership synchronisation
Jean-Vincent Drean 1.1 84
Thomas Mortagne 14.1 85 ## + lots of other changes, see [Platform details>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=10696&styleName=Text&projectId=10010&Create=Create].
Jean-Vincent Drean 1.1 86
87 1.1 Known issues
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Thomas Mortagne 14.1 89 * [Bugs we know about>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&&type=1&pid=10010&resolution=-1&sorter/field=updated&sorter/order=DESC]
Jean-Vincent Drean 1.1 90
91 1.1 Common Migration notes
92
93 #warning("If you're running in a multiwiki setup you'll also need to define the property <tt>xwiki.store.migration.databases=all</tt> to your <tt>xwiki.cfg</tt> file or explicitely name all databases to be migrated as in <tt>xwiki.store.migration.databases=db1,db2,...</tt>.")
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95 You may also want to [import the default wiki XAR>Main.Download] in order to benefit from improvements listed above.
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97 #warning("Always make sure you compare your <tt>xwiki.cfg</tt> file with the newest version since some configuration parameters were added. Of note, you should add <tt>xwiki.store.migration=1</tt> so that XWiki will attempt to automatically migrate your current database to the new schema. Make sure you backup your Database before doing anything.")
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