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==Releases==
==Releases==  


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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
Release date: 06/29/2023   
Release date:  


BlueSpice 4.3 is a minor release     
BlueSpice 4.4 is a minor release     
 
The code base was updgraded to '''MW 1.39.''' 


=== Compatibility ===
=== Compatibility ===


* supports '''PHP 8.2'''
* Switch to '''[https://opensearch.org/ OpenSearch]''' (a fork of the last ALv2 version of Elasticsearch)
* LDAP, Simple SAMLphp, OpenIDConnect : Upgraded to be compatible with '''PluggableAuth 6/7'''


==New Features==
== New features==
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!Screenshot
!Screenshot
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! Content Droplets
! Mentions and Tasks
|We are introducing  ''Content droplets'' as a convenient way to insert special content in a wiki page. This includes tags, parser functions, and templates. The feature replaces the "Magic words" menu item of the Visual Editor.
|
It is now possible to add task items to a page that consist of the following elements:


* Checkbox with task description
* Assignee (User mention)
* Due date (optional)


{{Icon|bi bi-question-circle||#0d6efd|0.2em}} [[Manual:Extension/ContentDroplets|Content Droplets documentation]]
{{Icon|bi bi-question-circle||#0d6efd|0.2em}} [[Manual:Extension/SimpleTasks|Mentions and Tasks documentation]]
|[[File:droplet menu.png|link=https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/File:droplet%20menu.png|alt=screenshot of the Content droplets menu|center|thumb|450x450px|Content droplets]]
|[[File:Pagedraft:mentionswithtasks.png|alt=task list with assigned users and due dates|center|thumb|400px|Task list]][[File:Content Droplets Task report.png|alt=Example task report|center|thumb|400px|Task report]]
|-
!Improved Version history layout
|The version history is now formatted in a more readable, user-friendly format.
|[[File:ContentStabilization pagehistory.png|alt=Version history of a page|center|thumb|400px|Improved layout]]
|-
|-
!Enhanced Menu Editor
!New [[Manual:Extension/ContentDroplets|Content Droplets]]
|
|
The main navigation can now contain hierarchical links. In addition, 4 configurations of the sidebar are possible.
*'''Book pdf link''': Inserts a PDF-download link to a book
 
*'''Book Table of Contents:''' Inserts the ToC of any book in a wiki page.
{{Icon|bi bi-question-circle||#0d6efd|0.2em}}  [[Manual:Extension/MenuEditor|Menu Editor documentation]]
*'''Date:''' Inserts a date. This can be used in combination with tasks. (see above)
|[[File:Enhanced sidebar.png|center|thumb|320x320px|Enhanced Sidebar]]
*'''Decision overview:''' Adds a table with a list of decisions that were created by the Decision droplet
*'''Task list:''' Creates a checklist (see above)
*'''Task report:''' Creates a list of existing tasks
|[[File:droplet-BookTOC.png|alt=Outline of the first chapter of book "Admin manual"|center|thumb|400px|Book table of contents]]
|-
|-
!PDF Embed
!OpenSearch
|It is now possible to embed a PDF viewer in wiki pages. It is contained in the Content Droplets menu for easy access.
|
 
* Quick search shows a default list of recently found pages by you
 
* Quick search default setting shows a one-column layout.
 
|[[File:extension TitleKey.4 1699972719320.png|thumb|400x400px|recently found pages by you|center]]
{{Icon|bi bi-question-circle||#0d6efd|0.2em}}  [[Manual:Extension/ContentDroplets|Content Droplets documentation]]
|[[File:Extension PDFEmbed.png|alt=Screenshot of an embedded PDF file|center|thumb|450x450px|Extension PDFEmbed]]
|-
!Startpage Templates
|To support the creation of portal pages for the main page and for all other content namespaces, we now provide two startpage templates.
 
 
 
 
 
To further support users with the design of portal pages, the renowned icon library Font Awesome is now bundled with BlueSpice.
 
{{Icon|bi bi-question-circle||#0d6efd|0.2em}}  [[Manual:Extension/MenuEditor|Startpage Templates documentation]]
|<gallery widths="170" heights="200">
File:Startpage Intranet.png|alt=Screenshot of "Startpage Intranet"|Startpage template 1
File:Startpage Team.png|alt=Screenshot of "Startpage Team"|Startpage template 2
</gallery>
|-
!Container Filter
| You can now mark sections of a page for filtering and display a filter just for the content located within these sections of the page.
{{Icon|bi bi-question-circle||#0d6efd|0.2em}} [[Reference:ContainerFilter|Container Filter documentation]]
|[[File:ContainerFilter example.png|alt=Screenshot of a filtered table|center|thumb|450x450px|Container filter]]
|}
|}


==Additional improvements==
==Additional changes==


*VisualEditor: the copy and paste functionality out of other applications (e.g., MS Word) has been significantly improved.
*'''Menus:''' The standard links in the main navigation and in the Global actions menu have been updated to improve the user experience.
*Tagging of page templates: Page templates can be categorized with tags in the Page template manager. The tags work as a filter when selecting page templates.
*[[Manual:Extension/BlueSpiceDiscovery/Footer|'''Footer links''':]] The footer links can now be customized with a menu editor.
*'''[[Manual:Extension/BlueSpicePageAssignments#Assignments management|Read confirmations]]''':
**The page assignments overview page now has an action item that lists the status of the read confirmations of the assigned users for each page.
**There is a new configuration option to trigger read confirmations when a new approved version of a page is available.
*Privacy notice: There are new configuration options to manage the display of privacy consent information during login.


==Added extensions (8)==
==Added extensions (7)==
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|+Developer: MW=MediaWiki extension; HW=Hallo Welt! extension
!Extension
!Extension
!Description
!Description
!Developer
!Developer
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|-
!ContainerFilter
![[Manual:Extension/AtMentions|AtMentions]]
|Allows to filter content elements within a page.
|Adds a user mention to a page.
|Hallo Welt!
|Hallo Welt!
|-
|-
!ContentDroplets
![[Manual:Extension/Checklists|Checklists]]
|VisualEditor integration for inserting predefined content snippets
|Provides a checklist item.
|Hallo
Welt!
|-
!ContentStabilization
|<span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34)">Replaces the approval mechanism previously provided by the extensions FlaggedRevs / BlueSpiceFlaggedRevsConnector. The experience for the user should be seamless.</span>
|Hallo Welt!
|Hallo Welt!
|-
|-
!FontAwesome
![[Reference:ContentProvisioning|ContentProvisioning]]
|Provides a library of icons which can be used in conjunction with the Droplet "Icon"
|Manages the import and synchronization of default templates.
|MediaWiki
|HalloWelt!
|-
|-
!InstanceStatus
![[Reference:DateTimeTools|DateTimeTools]]
|Allows to insert a header or footer (on a page basis or on a namespace basis) in the content area of ​​a page.
|Provides date tools in VisualEditor.
|Hallo Welt!
|Hallo Welt!
|-
|-
!PDFEmbed
![[Manual:Extension/EmbedVideo (fork)|EmbedVideo_(fork)]]
|Media handler extension for PDF files.
|Replaces the extension [[Reference:EmbedVideo|EmbedVideo]].
|MediaWiki
|Octfx, Alistair3149, Alexia E. Smith, Andrew Whitworth, Jim R. Wilson
|-
|-
!PreToClip
![[Manual:Extension/SimpleTasks|SimpleTasks]]
|Copies contents of <code><nowiki><pre></nowiki></code> and <code><syntaxhightlight></code> tags into the clipboard.
 
|MediaWiki
|Creates tasks for users.
|Hallo Welt!
|-
|-
!SectionAnchors
![[Manual:Extension/TabberNeue|TabberNeue]]
|Adds a link to headings for copying the path to the clipbard.
|Creates tabs within a page.
|Hallo Welt!
|alistair3149, Eric Fortin, Alexia E. Smith and Ciencia Al Poder
|}
|}


== Removed extensions (4)==
==Removed extensions (1)==
*'''FlaggedRevs:''' Replaced with extension ''ContentStabilization''
*'''[[Reference:EmbedVideo|EmbedVideo]]:''' replaced with ''[[Reference:EmbedVideo (fork)|EmbedVideo_(fork)]]''<br />
*'''BlueSpiceDrawioConnector:''' Inntegrated into exension  ''BlueSpiceDrawio''
*'''BlueSpiceFlaggedRevsConnector''': Replaced with extension ''ContentStabilization''
*'''BlueSpiceInsertMagic:''' Replaced with extension ''ContentDroplet''
 
== Content changes ==
The following content changes can affect the display of content in the wiki and may require manual adjustments:
 
* Missing privacy pages can cause a yellow banner. This is only visible to the admin users.
* The start page templates may not be able to display all styles if templates contained therein already exist in the wiki before the update.
* Styles defined in templates or in MediaWiki:Common.css may no longer be applied.
* The ContentDroplet icon can only be inserted in block mode.
* Missing language switcher on pages whose title area is hidden.<br />
 
{{Icon|bi bi-arrow-right-circle|||}} [[Known issues|More infos about the content changes]]


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Latest revision as of 17:05, 11 December 2023

Releases

ReleaseRelease date
4.4.3April 25, 2024
4.4.2March 18, 2024
4.4.1February 15, 2024
4.4December 7, 2023

Introduction

Release date:

BlueSpice 4.4 is a minor release

Compatibility

  • Switch to OpenSearch (a fork of the last ALv2 version of Elasticsearch)

New features

Feature Description Screenshot
Mentions and Tasks

It is now possible to add task items to a page that consist of the following elements:

  • Checkbox with task description
  • Assignee (User mention)
  • Due date (optional)

Mentions and Tasks documentation

task list with assigned users and due dates
Task list
Example task report
Task report
Improved Version history layout The version history is now formatted in a more readable, user-friendly format.
Version history of a page
Improved layout
New Content Droplets
  • Book pdf link: Inserts a PDF-download link to a book
  • Book Table of Contents: Inserts the ToC of any book in a wiki page.
  • Date: Inserts a date. This can be used in combination with tasks. (see above)
  • Decision overview: Adds a table with a list of decisions that were created by the Decision droplet
  • Task list: Creates a checklist (see above)
  • Task report: Creates a list of existing tasks
Outline of the first chapter of book "Admin manual"
Book table of contents
OpenSearch
  • Quick search shows a default list of recently found pages by you
  • Quick search default setting shows a one-column layout.
recently found pages by you

Additional changes

  • Menus: The standard links in the main navigation and in the Global actions menu have been updated to improve the user experience.
  • Footer links: The footer links can now be customized with a menu editor.
  • Read confirmations:
    • The page assignments overview page now has an action item that lists the status of the read confirmations of the assigned users for each page.
    • There is a new configuration option to trigger read confirmations when a new approved version of a page is available.
  • Privacy notice: There are new configuration options to manage the display of privacy consent information during login.

Added extensions (7)

Developer: MW=MediaWiki extension; HW=Hallo Welt! extension
Extension Description Developer
AtMentions Adds a user mention to a page. Hallo Welt!
Checklists Provides a checklist item. Hallo Welt!
ContentProvisioning Manages the import and synchronization of default templates. HalloWelt!
DateTimeTools Provides date tools in VisualEditor. Hallo Welt!
EmbedVideo_(fork) Replaces the extension EmbedVideo. Octfx, Alistair3149, Alexia E. Smith, Andrew Whitworth, Jim R. Wilson
SimpleTasks Creates tasks for users. Hallo Welt!
TabberNeue Creates tabs within a page. alistair3149, Eric Fortin, Alexia E. Smith and Ciencia Al Poder

Removed extensions (1)


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