BlueSpice 4.3

BlueSpice 4.3 is a minor release. Release date:

Patch Releases

Release	Release date
4.3.3	October 19, 2023
4.3.1	July 20, 2023
4.3.2	July 20, 2023
4.3	June 29, 2023

New Features

Feature	Description	Screenshot
Content droplets (BlueSpice pro)	We are introducing Content droplets to give our users a convenient way to insert special content in a wiki page. This includes tags, parser functions, and templates. This feature replaces the "Magic words" menu of the Visual Editor. Documentation
New page templates	BlueSpice now includes useful page templates for numerous use cases. These can easily be modified or deactivated as needed. Documentation
File attachments	A list of files can be included anywhere on a wiki page directly from the Visual Dditor using an <attachments /> tag. This function replaces the previous attachments area at the end of a page. Documentation
Improved file upload function	All features in the wiki that allow multi-file upload are now supported via an improved upload dialog. In addition, files can now be added directly onto a wiki page in edit mode a via drag-and-drop. It is automatically embedded as a preview image without any further intermediate steps. Documents such as docx, pdf, or xlsx are linked directly as a text link.
Extended blog permissions	It is now possible to set granular permissions in an embedded blog. This way, the creation and reading of blog entries and comments can be restricted to specific user groups. Documentation
New dialog for PDF export	Refactoring of the already existing export options of a wiki page for better maintainability of the export feature.
Advanced workflow activities	Workflows have been enhanced with the following functionalities: Workflow triggers: Workflows can be triggered automatically according to various criteria, e.g., after creating or editing a page or by a particular document date. Activity "SetTemplateParams": Template parameters can be edited by workflows. Activity "EditPage": Wiki pages can be edited via workflow.
Tag inspectors	Dialogs for more tags are now offered in the Visual Editor.
Editor for navigation menus	Graphical user interface allows editing of the main navigation as well as the user menu via drag-and-drop.

All added extensions

Developer: MW=MediaWiki extension; HW=Hello world! extension

Extension	Developer	Description	Screenshot
CodeMirror	MW	Allows highlighting of wikitext-syntax in the source view of a wiki page.
EnhancedUpload	HW	Improved file upload feature.
HeaderFooter	MW	Allows to insert a header or footer (on a page basis or on a namespace basis) in the content area of ​​a page.
ImportOfficeFiles	HW	Allows importing a Word file as wiki pages.
InviteSignup	MW	Allows wiki users to be invited by an administrator.
MenuEditor	HW	Allows editing of the main navigation via a graphical user interface.
OpenID Connect	MW	Extends the PluggableAuth extension to provide authentication using OpenID Connect.
SubPageList	MW	Allows the creation of subpage lists on wiki pages.

No longer bundled extensions and features

• Bootstrap: Removed with "Calumma" as part of the Bluespice 3 skin.
• BlueSpiceCalumma: BlueSpice 3 default skin.
• BlueSpiceLatexRenderer: Replaced by the Math extension.
• BlueSpiceNamespaceCSS: Namespace-specific CSS is no longer defined separately via individual CSS pages. The styles are defined directly in the global stylesheet MediaWiki:Common.css via the namespace CSS class.
• BlueSpiceServiceCenter
• BlueSpiceSocialWikiPage: The function previously provided by BlueSpiceSocial to create page attachments has been replaced by the <attachments /> tag.
• Chameleon Skin

Additional changes in BlueSpice free

• Added extensions:
  • InviteSignup
• Removed extensions:
  • BlueSpicePrivacy
  • PluggableAuth
  • SimpleSAMLphp

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