BlueSpice 4.3

Introduction

BlueSpice 4.3 is a minor release.

The code base was updgraded to MW 1.39. From this release on, PHP 8.2 is supported.

Release date:

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
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. Startpage Templates documentation	Startpage template 1 Startpage template 2
Enhanced Menu Editor	Menu Editor documentation	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. Content Droplets documentation	Extension PDFEmbed
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. Container Filter documentation	Container filter

VisualEditor: the copy and paste functionality out of other applications (e.g., MS Word) has been significantly improved.

Developer: MW=MediaWiki extension; HW=Hallo Welt! extension
Extension	Description	Developer
ContainerFilter	Allows to filter content elements within a page.	HW
ContentStabilization	Replaces the approval mechanism previously provided by the extensions FlaggedRevs / BlueSpiceFlaggedRevsConnector. The experience for the user should be seamless.	HW
FontAwesome	Provides a library of icons which can be used in conjunction with the Droplet "Icon"	MW
InstanceStatus	Allows to insert a header or footer (on a page basis or on a namespace basis) in the content area of a page.	HW
PDFEmbed	Media handler extension for PDF files.	MW
PreToClip	Copies contents of `<pre>` and `<syntaxhightlight>` tags into the clipboard.	MW
SectionAnchors	Adds a link to headings for copying the path to the clipbard.	HW

FlaggedRevs: Replaced with extension ContentStabilization.
BlueSpiceFlaggedRevsConnector: Replaced with extension ContentStabilization.

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