BlueSpice 5

BlueSpice 5 is a major release.

all releases

Compatibility

  • BlueSpice 5 bundles the MediaWiki LTS (Longterm support) version MW 1.43
  • BlueSpice 5 is PHP 8.3 compatible

New and enhanced features

Feature Description Screenshot
BPMN diagrams The extension CognitiveProcessDesigner has been fully reworked. Users now have the option to create BPMN-diagrams that create wiki pages in the background.


​​​​​​​ BPMN-diagrams documentation

example diagram in edit mode
BPMN editor
Multi-language support
PDF Export The PDF export is now based on a new PDF processor backend.

Administrators can create and maintain multiple PDF templates directly in the wiki. Server-access is no longer required.

​ PDF export documentation

pdf cover of a building maintenance manual with worker in industrial bunny suit
Custom PDF cover
Simple blog page We included a new simplified blogging and discussion system with commenting and voting features.

It replaces the BlueSpiceSocial extensions.

​ Blog documentation

Standard blog page with two entries
Blog page
Link articles We added the third-party extension LinkTitles.

It allows to configure the wiki to automatically link page titles if they are found in the content of other wiki pages.

​​ LinkTitles documentation

Improved special pages

Important content changes

The following features are affected by some content changes related to the replacement of some extensions.

  • Blog functionality
  • Discussions
  • PDF export

Review the content changes to determine if you need to make adjustments to your wiki.

Added extensions (6)

Removed extensions (24)

  • BlueSpiceExtendedFileList
  • BlueSpiceGroupManager
  • BlueSpiceInsertTemplate
  • BlueSpiceMultiUpload: replaced by EnhancedUpload
  • BlueSpiceSocial
  • BlueSpiceSocialBlog: replaced by SimpleBlogPage
  • BlueSpiceSocialProfile: new implementation already done as a replacement
  • BlueSpiceSocialComments
  • BlueSpiceSocialMicroBlog
  • BlueSpiceSocialRating
  • BlueSpiceSocialTags
  • BlueSpiceSocialResolve
  • BlueSpiceSocialTopics
  • BluespiceSocialTimelineUpdate
  • BlueSpiceSocialWatch
  • BlueSpiceWebDAVClientIntegration
  • WebDAV
  • BlueSpiceUEModuleBookPDF
  • BlueSpiceUEModuleDOCX
  • BlueSpiceUEModuleHTML
  • BlueSpiceUEModulePDF
  • BlueSpiceUEModulePDFRecursive
  • BlueSpiceUEModulePDFSubpages
  • BlueSpiceUniversalExport


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