BlueSpice 4.4

Releases

Release	Release date
4.4.3	April 25, 2024
4.4.2	March 18, 2024
4.4.1	February 15, 2024
4.4	December 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 Task report
Improved Version history layout	The version history is now formatted in a more readable, user-friendly format.	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	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)

• EmbedVideo: replaced with EmbedVideo_(fork)
  

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