BlueSpice 4.4: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 08:20, 16 October 2023

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

New Features

Feature	Description	Screenshot
Content Droplets	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. Content Droplets documentation	Content droplets

Additional changes

EmbedVideo: The exension EmbedVideo is no longer maintained. BlueSpice now bundles a "fork" of this extension. It contains a smaller set of supported video services.

Added extensions (count)

Developer: MW=MediaWiki extension; HW=Hallo Welt! extension
Extension	Description	Developer
SimpleTasks		Hallo Welt!
Flex Diagrams
TabberNeue
TemplateStylesExtender
AtMentions
DateTimeTools
TitleKey

Removed extensions (4)

EmbedVideo: replaced with EmbedVideo_(fork)

Content changes

The following content changes can affect the display of content in the wiki and may require manual adjustments:

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-{{Featurepage|featured=true|featuredesc=BlueSpice 4.3 has been released. Read about the notable changes now.|featurestart=07/19/2023}}
+<!--{{Featurepage|featured=true|featuredesc=BlueSpice 4.4 has been released. Read about the notable changes now.|featurestart=07/19/2023}}-->
 __TOC__
 ==Releases==
-{{#ask: [[Release::4.3]]
+{{#ask: [[Release::4.4]]
 |?Releasepatch = Release
 |?Releasedate#LOCL = Release date
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 ==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'''
+== New Features==
-* LDAP, Simple SAMLphp, OpenIDConnect : Upgraded to be compatible with '''PluggableAuth 6/7'''
-==New Features==
 {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
 !Feature
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 |[[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]]
 |-
-!Enhanced Menu Editor
+!
+|
 |
-The main navigation can now contain hierarchical links. In addition, 4 configurations of the sidebar are possible.
-{{Icon|bi bi-question-circle||#0d6efd|0.2em}}  [[Manual:Extension/MenuEditor|Menu Editor documentation]]
-|[[File:Enhanced sidebar.png|center|thumb|320x320px|Enhanced Sidebar]]
-|-
-!PDF Embed
-|It is now possible to embed a PDF viewer in wiki pages. It is contained in the Content Droplets menu for easy access.
-{{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.
+*[[mediawikiwiki:Extension:EmbedVideo_(fork)|'''EmbedVideo:''']] The exension EmbedVideo is no longer maintained. BlueSpice now bundles a "fork" of this extension. It contains a smaller set of [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:EmbedVideo_(fork)#Supported_Services|supported video services]].
-*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.
-==Added extensions (8)==
+==Added extensions (count)==
 {| class="contenttable" style="width:100%;"
-|+
+|+Developer: MW=MediaWiki extension; HW=Hallo Welt! extension
 !Extension
 !Description
 !Developer
 |-
-!ContainerFilter
+!SimpleTasks
-|Allows to filter content elements within a page.
+|
 |Hallo Welt!
 |-
-!ContentDroplets
+!Flex Diagrams
-|VisualEditor integration for inserting predefined content snippets
+|
-|Hallo
+|
-Welt!
 |-
-!ContentStabilization
+!TabberNeue
-|<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!
+|
 |-
-!FontAwesome
+!TemplateStylesExtender
-|Provides a library of icons which can be used in conjunction with the Droplet "Icon"
+|
-|MediaWiki
+|
 |-
-!InstanceStatus
+!AtMentions
-|Allows to insert a header or footer (on a page basis or on a namespace basis) in the content area of a page.
+|
-|Hallo Welt!
+|
 |-
-!PDFEmbed
+!DateTimeTools
-|Media handler extension for PDF files.
+|
-|MediaWiki
+|
 |-
-!PreToClip
+!TitleKey
-|Copies contents of <code><nowiki><pre></nowiki></code> and <code><syntaxhightlight></code> tags into the clipboard.
+|
-|MediaWiki
+|
-|-
-!SectionAnchors
-|Adds a link to headings for copying the path to the clipbard.
-|Hallo Welt!
 |}
-== Removed extensions (4)==
+==Removed extensions (4)==
-*'''FlaggedRevs:''' Replaced with extension ''ContentStabilization''
+*'''EmbedVideo:''' replaced with ''EmbedVideo_(fork)''
-*'''BlueSpiceDrawioConnector:''' Inntegrated into exension  ''BlueSpiceDrawio''
-*'''BlueSpiceFlaggedRevsConnector''': Replaced with extension ''ContentStabilization''
-*'''BlueSpiceInsertMagic:''' Replaced with extension ''ContentDroplet''
-== Content changes ==
+==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.
+* <br />
-* 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]]