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First Release Candidate of the XWiki Enterprise 1.8 version.

Main changes:

• WYSIWYG improvements: macro support implemented, default browser list support overridden.
• Various improvements on XWiki REST service.
• Bugs fixed in XWiki 2.0 syntax rendering.
• Upgrade to groovy 1.6 RC3.

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This release is based on XWiki Enterprise 1.7.2.

See ReleaseNotesXEM151 for more details.

The XWiki development team is pleased to announce the release of XWiki Enterprise 1.7.2. This is a bugfix release following XE 1.7.1. Summary of changes since XWiki Enterprise 1.7.1 :

Important bugs fixed

• XWIKI-3119: URLFactory does not work properly with an invalid request in the context
• XWIKI-3208: getSpaceDocsName does not work with postgresql

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Last milestone of the XWiki Enterprise 1.8 version before release candidate

Note that general goals for XWiki Enterprise 1.8 are:

• Office Importer
• New Blog
• REST API
• Finish new rendering/syntax
• Finish new WYSIWYG
• French XE

For more details about this 1.8 Milestone 2 release, check the release notes.

First milestone of the XWiki Enterprise 1.8 version

Note that general goals for XWiki Enterprise 1.8 are:

• Office Importer
• New Blog
• REST API
• Finish new rendering/syntax
• Finish new WYSIWYG
• French XE
• MediaWiki import

For more details about this 1.8 Milestone 1 release, check the release notes.

This release is based on XWiki Enterprise 1.7.1.

See ReleaseNotesXEM15 for more details.

The XWiki development team is pleased to announce the release of XWiki Enterprise 1.7.1. This is a bugfix and minor enhancements release following XE 1.7. Summary of changes since XWiki Enterprise 1.7 :

WYSIWYG and Rendering 2.0 Improvements

• You can now upload and insert images in your documents from the WYSIWYG
• You can create tables and manage them (row/columns addition and deletion) from the WYSIWYG.
• Added support for explicit line breaks (2 backslashes) in XWiki Syntax 2.0

Important bugs fixed

• XWIKI-2988: The way to synchronize several LDAP groups with the same XWiki group is wrong
• XWIKI-3024: XWiki authenticator load xwiki.authentication..createuser in place of xwiki.authentication.createuser from xwiki.cfg file
• XWIKI-3023: Timeout when trying to connect to Penrose LDAP server
• XWIKI-3010: By default the size of "ldap_group_mapping" field in XWikiPreferences is too short
• Many WYSIWYG bugs fixed

See the release notes for full details.

This is the last a bug fix release for 1.4 branch.

For more information see the Release notes.

This is the last a bug fix release for 1.6 branch.

For more information see the Release notes.

The XWiki development team is pleased to announce the release of XWiki Enterprise 1.7.

Changes from 1.6:

• New XWiki Syntax 2.0 (xwiki/2.0)
• New WYSIWYG 2.0 (Alpha version)
• New script macro (xwiki/2.0)
• New Box macro (xwiki/2.0)
• Multiwiki (a.k.a farm mode or virtual mode) is now available using special URLs for wikis (and not only subdomains). Note that this option is available from xwiki.cfg and not enabled by default.
• Webdav support : XWiki now expose a webdav server interface. This means you can now access/edit/delete page sources and attachments from any webdav client.
• Groovy upgrade : The groovy engine has been upgraded to the last 1.6 beta version. You can now use all the new features of groovy as well as speed improvements and bugfixes from groovy 1.0 to 1.6 beta 2.
• New Attachment view in the Index : you can now see all the attachments of the wiki in the wiki index, under the "Attachment" tab.
• Reorganized, documented and enhanced xwiki.cfg configuration file.
• Added a ROOT webapp to the standalone distribution.

Important bug fixes:

• Saving a blank wiki page throws exception in Oracle
• Registration is still possible when right to register for Unregistered user is explicit set to deny
• Documents with name with spaces or other special chars can't properly save added image in WYSIWYG editor
• Support of dots in ldap login has introduce a security hole
• SMTP server address is not re-read when it's changed in global preferences
• Watchlist update sent by email does not contain the full path to a changed attachment
• Wrong user name is inserted in group during LDAP membership synchronisation

For more information see the Release notes.