What's New for XWiki: Simple User

December is over and this means we've finished the XWiki 16.x cycle. It's time to look back at what we achieved in 2024.

In the 16.x cycle, we've been refining and integrating the real-time WYSIWYG editor as the default in XWiki, while introducing new features like manual navigation menu ordering. We've also improved the UI of the notifications watch buttons, added the option to include summaries for attachments, and worked to achieve the WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility compliance (in the last year, 70 WCAG issues were closed). We made additional efforts to transition from Live Table to Live Data, boost performance, fix bugs, and release security updates. Several contributions have been made to our extensions, including releases like Glossary, Machine Translation, Replication, Word-based Notifications, Change Request, and the Interactive Link Visualizer, among others.

A new LLM Application (BETA) has also been contributed: a server app with a wiki interface and chatbot powered by LLMs for searching, generating, translating, and editing content. 

Additionally, we had a few releases for Cristal, a modular wiki UI using modern web technologies and supporting multiple backends, including XWiki, to store wiki data. ...

The XWiki development team is happy to announce that the XWiki and CryptPad communities will be gathering at an informal meetup at FOSDEM, on Saturday, 1st of February. For this purpose, we have created a registration form so that we can organize everything and also keep you informed of all the latest details.

Important information to know:

• Day: February 1, 2025
• Hour: starting with 20:00 until 00:00
• Location:  Scott’s Bar & Kitchen, Rue Montagne aux Herbes Potagères 2,1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

The party will be organized in collaboration with NextCloud and OpenProject.

PS: If by chance you can’t make it anymore, please let us know as soon as possible to open up your place to somebody on the waiting list.

XWiki SAS, and the XWiki software, are turning 20 this year, and I'm delighted to invite you to celebrate together this milestone on Thursday, the 19th of September, on the Loceynius barge, at Solférino port (Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France), starting at 20:30. 

Your contributions have been a vital part of this open-source journey, and so we have open spots for the XWiki community. Regardless how small or big your contributions were, if you contributed some code, a translation, some documentation, participated in some discussion, or contributed in another way, you're welcome. 

If you'd like to join us, please confirm your participation before the 6th of September at latest, so we can make sure there's enough cheer to go around: register. ...

Version 1.5.1 of the Glossary Application is now available. It contains in particular the additional module Machine Translation Glossary Application which allows to control how specific terms get translated when translating pages with a Machine Translation service via the Machine Translation Application.

This application allows to translate content using an external Machine Translation. At the moment only DeepL Translator is supported. The application can be used in combination with the Machine Translation Glossary application for controlling how specific terms get translated.
 

The XWiki development team is happy to announce that the XWiki and CryptPad communities will be gathering at an informal meetup at FOSDEM, on Saturday, 3rd of February. For this purpose, we have created a registration form so that we can organize everything and also keep you informed of all the latest details.

Important information to know:

• Day: February 3, 2024
• Hour: starting with 19:00 until 00:00
• Location: 2nd floor (Mezzanine) at Scott’s Bar & Kitchen, Rue Montagne aux Herbes Potagères 2,1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

PS: If by chance you can’t make it anymore, please let us know as soon as possible to open up your place to somebody on the waiting list.

December is over and this means we've finished the XWiki 15.x cycle. It's time to look back at what we achieved in 2023.

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Whether you have just started with XWiki or have been using it for a while, you can further optimize your wiki navigation and content management experience with the XWiki keyboard shortcuts. 

First, start with the XWiki built-in shortcuts, which offer a range of frequently used keyboard shortcuts such as editing, viewing, navigation, annotations, and many more. If you are an advanced user or developer in XWiki, you can modify current keyboard shortcuts or add new ones for yourself or everyone else. This way, you can tailor the platform to your specific needs and preferences, work more quickly, save time, have more precision in doing certain activities, and not tire your wrist and fingers.