Wiki source code of Page Editing

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Thomas Mortagne 186.1 1 {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}}
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Guillaume Lerouge 33.1 4
Vincent Massol 288.2 5 Describes all the features available to edit a wiki page.
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Vincent Massol 288.1 7 = Content Editing =
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Vincent Massol 288.1 9 All XWiki pages are editable provided you are logged in and / or you have [[edit right>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.RightsManagement]].
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11 To edit a page, use the **{{velocity}}$services.icon.render('pencil'){{/velocity}} Edit** button, usually located on the top right corner of the page (but its position may vary depending on the skin your wiki is using); for the [[Flamingo skin>>extensions:Extension.Flamingo Skin]] it looks like this:
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Silvia Macovei 131.1 13 {{image reference="EditSimpleModeFlamingo.png"/}}
Vincent Massol 288.1 14
15 = Section Editing =
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17 Use the **section** edit link (pencil icon), located on the right of some of the page headings. For example:
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Marius Dumitru Florea 279.1 19 {{image reference="sectionEditLink.png"/}}
Silvia Macovei 40.1 20
Vincent Massol 288.1 21 See the [[Section Configuration page in the Admin Guide>>Documentation.AdminGuide.Configuration.WebHome||anchor="HSectionEditing"]] for configuration options.
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23 {{info}}
24 Section edition links are generated when the page content is defined with plain wiki markup and for content defined in the current page (e.g. content included with the Include or Display macros won't have edition links). Headings that are generated with [[Velocity script>>extensions:Extension.Velocity Macro]] or the [[HTML macro>>extensions:Extension.HTML Macro]] or that are inside a table cell also don't have the edition links.
25 {{/info}}
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Marius Dumitru Florea 276.1 27 If you can't find the Edit button nor the section edit links then it probably means you don't have the right to edit the current page.
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Vincent Massol 283.6 29 {{id name='HSimpleandAdvancededitingmodes'/}}
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Vincent Massol 283.6 31 = Simple and Advanced editing profiles =
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Vincent Massol 283.6 33 Since XWiki is an [[application wiki>>platform:Main.SecondGenerationWiki]], not all users will need to use the same features. This is why XWiki comes with a Simple and an Advanced editing profiles. Users can easily choose which editing profile they prefer on their user profile page (available at the top right of the page when you are logged in). This way, standard users do not have to choose between editing profiles they may not be familiar with. By default new users are given the Simple editing profile but they can switch to the Advanced profile as described below.
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Vincent Massol 283.6 35 {{id name='HSimpleMode'/}}
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37 == Simple Profile ==
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Marius Dumitru Florea 269.1 39 Clicking on the "Edit" button has the following behavior for a simple user:
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Vincent Massol 288.1 41 * If the current page is displayed by a sheet (e.g. if the page has an object attached that has a sheet associated) then the page will be edited in [[Inline form>>#HFormeditingmode28akainlinemode29]] edit mode
42 * If the current page has no sheet (i.e. it's a plain wiki page) then:
43 ** {{version since='12.3'}}If the prefered content editor is the WYSIWYG editor and the syntax of the current page supports WYSIWYG editing then the page will be [[edited in-place>>||anchor="HIn-placeediting"]]{{/version}}
44 ** {{version before='12.3'}}If the prefered content editor is the WYSIWYG editor and the syntax of the current page supports WYSIWYG editing then the page will be [[edited in Standalone mode>>||anchor="HWYSIWYGeditingmode"]]{{/version}}
Vincent Massol 283.9 45 ** Otherwise, the page will be edited in [[Wiki edit mode>>#HWikieditingmode]]
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Vincent Massol 283.6 47 {{id name='HAdvancedMode'/}}
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Vincent Massol 283.6 49 == Advanced Profile ==
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Vincent Massol 283.6 51 Experienced XWiki users will want to use all the editing choices (particularly those who want to use XWiki programming features). They can choose to switch to advanced profile on their user profile page (see image below). Following this, clicking on the arrow in the "Edit" button on any page will display the full editing menu, letting the user choose the mode to use ("Wiki", "Inline form", "Objects"...).
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Sakthivel Muthu 181.1 53 {{image reference="AdvancedEditMode.png"/}}
Vincent Massol 283.6 54 Once you have switched to advanced profile, the "Edit" menu will look like the following, on mouse click:
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Sakthivel Muthu 218.2 56 {{image reference="EditAdvancedMode.png"/}}
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Vincent Massol 162.3 58 * [[Form Editing Mode>>platform:Features.PageEditing#HFormeditingmode28akainlinemode29]]
59 * [[Object Editing Mode>>platform:Features.PageEditing#HObjectseditingmode]]
60 * [[Class Editing Mode>>platform:Features.PageEditing#HClasseseditingmode]]
Vincent Massol 288.4 61 * [[Access Rights Editing Mode>>platform:Features.PageEditing#HAccessRightseditingmode]]. Note that this menu entry will only appear for [[Terminal pages>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.ContentOrganization#HTerminology]]. For [[Nested Pages>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.ContentOrganization#HTerminology]], you'll be able to access rights by clicking on the "Administer Page" entry in the "More Actions" menu (3 vertical dots menu).
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Vincent Massol 162.3 63 In addition, advanced users have the ability to [[create Terminal pages>>platform:Features.DocumentLifecycle||anchor="HByusingtheAddPageaction"]] (i.e. pages that can't have children).
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Silvia Macovei 43.3 65 = Common edit actions =
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Silvia Macovei 43.4 67 All edit modes have some or all of the elements in the following image :
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Gabriela Anechitoaei 149.1 69 {{image reference="autosave.png"/}}
Sergiu Dumitriu 16.1 70
Manuel Smeria 108.2 71 {{info}}
Vincent Massol 288.5 72 A wiki page's version is composed of two numbers separated by a dot. Saving a major change will increase the first number and reset the second to "1", while a minor edit will just increase the second number.
Manuel Smeria 108.2 73 {{/info}}
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Vincent Massol 288.5 75 The **minor edit** checkbox is meant to mark the fact that superficial changes were made to the page. Such changes may include, but are not restricted to: spelling error corrections, text rearrangements, formatting. It is the editor's responsibility to distinguish between major and minor changes.
Sergiu Dumitriu 16.1 76
Vincent Massol 288.5 77 By default, minor edits do not appear in the "What's New" page and in the page history. The option "Show minor edits" will list all the versions, including minor ones.
Sergiu Dumitriu 16.1 78
Vincent Massol 288.5 79 The **Version summary** field allows entering a short description of the changes made to the page in the version that is being saved. It is displayed in the history page and it is meant to increase comprehensibility of the content's evolution.
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Vincent Massol 288.5 81 The **Cancel** button causes the changes to be discarded and forwards to the page view mode.
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Vincent Massol 288.5 83 The **Preview** button shows the page as it would look with the current changes saved, but does not actually change the page. From the preview mode, the user will be able to cancel the changes, return to edit mode or save the changes. This button is not available in all edit modes.
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Guillaume Lerouge 31.1 85 The **Save & Continue** button submits the current changes and returns to the current edit mode.
Sergiu Dumitriu 16.1 86
Vincent Massol 288.5 87 The **Save & View** button submits the current changes and returns to the page view mode.
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Marius Dumitru Florea 142.1 89 == Autosave ==
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Vincent Massol 288.5 91 The Autosave feature automatically saves the page you're working on as a minor version at a given interval. Just check the Autosave checkbox next to the action buttons, at the bottom of the editing area. You can optionally change the autosave interval by entering the desired number of minutes in the input following the checkbox.
Marius Dumitru Florea 142.1 92
93 {{warning}}
Vincent Massol 288.6 94 Note that this feature is still not fully mature since it creates a new revision of the page every N seconds (where N is the time interval you specify). This means a page may have a lot of revisions which will potentially hamper performances and history readability. In the future one idea is to [[implement the notion of pseudo versions>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-500]].
Marius Dumitru Florea 142.1 95 {{/warning}}
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Vincent Massol 283.5 97 {{id name='HWikieditingmode'/}}
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Vincent Massol 283.3 99 = Wiki editing =
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Vincent Massol 288.7 101 This is a mode you should be familiar with if you're already a wiki user. In this mode you can enter text using a simple [[Wiki Syntax>>platform:Main.XWikiSyntax]]. Note that the [[Help Application>>extensions:Extension.Help Center Application.WebHome]] provides help on the syntax when editing a page.
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Silvia Macovei 131.1 103 This is how the wiki edit mode looks like with the Flamingo skin:
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Silvia Macovei 106.2 105 {{image reference="WikiEditing.png"/}}
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Vincent Massol 283.3 107 = WYSIWYG editing =
Vincent Massol 35.2 108
Vincent Massol 283.3 109 Editing in WYSIWYG is ideal for first time users or people who do not want to use the Wiki Syntax. It's similar to your favorite word processor in which you see how what you type is rendered. There's a toolbar available to add special effects to your text, add images, insert links, add macros, etc.
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Vincent Massol 283.1 111 Read the [[documentation for using the WYSIWYG editor>>extensions:Extension.CKEditor Integration.WebHome]] for more details.
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113 There are 2 modes available:
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115 {{toc scope='local'/}}
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Vincent Massol 283.5 117 {{id name='HIn-placeediting'/}}
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Vincent Massol 283.3 119 == In-place editing mode ==
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Vincent Massol 283.9 121 {{version since='12.3'}}
122 In-place editing allows you to edit the title and the content of a wiki page while remaining in view mode. The advantage over the [[Standalone WYSIWYG>>||anchor="#Standaloneediting"]] editing mode is that it loads fast and that you don't loose the context. Moreover, the in-place section editing provides a quick way to edit a section of a page's content without having to scroll the page.
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124 {{image reference="inPlaceEdit.png"/}}
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126 You can translate the page in the current language, if the translation is missing and multilingual is on, by using the Translate button. All the following changes will be saved to the new translation.
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128 {{image reference="editInPlace-translate.png"/}}
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Vincent Massol 283.8 130 {{info}}
Vincent Massol 283.9 131 Although enabled by default, this editing mode [[can be disabled by administrators>>Documentation.AdminGuide.Configuration||anchor="HIn-placeEditing"]].
Vincent Massol 283.8 132 {{/info}}
Vincent Massol 283.9 133 {{/version}}
Vincent Massol 283.1 134
Vincent Massol 283.3 135 == Standalone editing mode ==
Vincent Massol 283.1 136
Vincent Massol 283.9 137 Standalone editing allows you to edit the content by navigating to an Edit UI different from the view UI.
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Vincent Massol 283.9 139 {{version before='12.3'}}
140 This was the main WYSIWYG editing mode. Advanced users can still access it by choosing it in the page Edit Menu. Simple users can also access if the wiki has been configured to have the in-place editing mode disabled, in which case, this mode becomes the default WYSIWYG editing mode.
141 {{/version}}
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Silvia Macovei 106.2 143 {{image reference="wysiwyg.png"/}}
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Vincent Massol 290.1 145 = Choosing a Syntax =
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147 You have the option to choose what syntax you want to use for writing the content of a page (see the [[XWiki Syntax Guide>>platform:Main.XWikiSyntax]] for more details and the [[Rendering wiki>>rendering:Main.WebHome]] for a full list of available syntaxes).
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149 To choose the syntax to use for the current page, you can do one of the following:
150 * Go to the [[Information tab>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.DocumentLifecycle.WebHome#HInformation]]:(((
151 {{image reference="ChangeSyntaxInPlace.png"/}}
152 )))
153 * Edit the page in wiki edit mode or in WYSIWYG Standalone edit mode and change the syntax by using the right Panel entitled "Information Panel", as in:(((
154 {{image reference="ChangeSyntaxInPlace.png"/}}
155 )))
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157 {{info}}
158 By default only the latest XWiki syntax is enabled, but you can [[configure other syntaxes>>extensions:Extension.Rendering Administration Application]] from the "Global Administration > Editing > Syntaxes", as shown in:
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160 {{image reference='Syntax2.png'/}}
161 {{/info}}
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163 == Converting between Syntaxes ==
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165 If you already have content for the page in a given Syntax and you try to change the Syntax to another one, then XWiki will propose to convert your content to the new Syntax, if it knows how to perform that conversion (converting to XWiki Syntax 2.0+ will always prompt for a conversion).
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167 {{image reference='ConversionConfirmation.png'/}}
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169 The quality of the conversion will usually be good but may depend on the quality of the original Syntax; for example converting from XWiki Syntax 1.0 to XWiki Syntax 2.0+ may not generate perfect result and you'll need to review manually the result.
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171 {{id name='HWYSIWYGeditingmode'/}}
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Sorin Burjan 102.2 173 = Setting the page parent =
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Vincent Massol 283.9 175 {{version since='7.2'}}
176 The concept of setting the page parent has been deprecated in favor of the [[Nested Pages feature>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.ContentOrganization.WebHome]]. The location of a page is no longer controlled by the "parent" field. In order to change a page's location you now need to Rename or Move it to another location.
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Vincent Massol 132.1 178 For example a page "CEO" inside a page "Boarding" inside a page "Management" inside a page "Staff" you would have the following Breadcrumb:
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180 {{image reference="referencebreadcrumb.png"/}}
Vincent Massol 283.9 181 {{/version}}
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Vincent Massol 283.9 183 {{version before='7.2'}}
184 In order to have an organized structure of your page, when you create a new page in a space, its parent will be automatically set to be the WebHome page of the space in which you create the page.
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Vincent Massol 283.2 186 If you want to change the parent of the page, you have to edit the page with wiki or WYSIWYG editors.
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Silvia Macovei 106.2 188 {{image reference="documentParent.png"/}}
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190 Click on the small pencil above the page title in order to edit the page parent.
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Silvia Macovei 106.2 192 {{image reference="documentParentCollapsed.png"/}}
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Sorin Burjan 102.3 194 {{info}}
Sorin Burjan 103.3 195 If the page has no parent set, the breadcrumbs feature will not show the path to navigate from the Main.WebHome to the page. These pages are called orphan pages.
Sorin Burjan 102.3 196 {{/info}}
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Silvia Macovei 106.2 198 {{image reference="documentParentNoParent.png"/}}
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Thomas Mortagne 186.1 200 {{image reference="pageNoBreadcrumb.png"/}}
Vincent Massol 283.9 201 {{/version}}
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Sorin Burjan 103.4 203 {{warning}}
204 Please note that when you copy a page, its parent field will not be updated accordingly to the new space the copy is in. You will have to do that manually.
205 {{/warning}}
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Vincent Massol 147.4 207 = Hiding Pages =
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Vincent Massol 268.2 209 It's possible to hide (or unhide) pages. When a page is hidden, it'll still be visible if you navigate explicitly to it but it'll disappear from Search, Page Index, Navigation Trees, etc. However the hidden page will still be visible to users who've [[configured their user profile to show Hidden Pages>>extensions:Extension.User Profile Application#HEditPreferences]]. By default users don't see hidden pages. Also note that the SuperAdmin user always sees hidden pages ({{info}}Since 12.2{{/info}}).
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Vincent Massol 147.2 211 To hide a page, edit it in Wiki or WYSIWYG edit mode and set the flag as shown below:
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Gabriela Anechitoaei 149.1 213 {{image reference="hiding.png"/}}
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Vincent Massol 147.3 215 {{info}}
Vincent Massol 161.2 216 When you're a "Simple" user, you only have a single Edit button available and when clicked that takes you to the default edit mode. If the page you're editing is configured to use the "Form" editor then you won't see the side panel as on the screenshot above. Thus you'll need to [[switch to being an "Advanced" user and Edit in Wiki or WYSIWYG mode>>#HAdvancedMode]].
217 {{/info}}
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219 {{info}}
Vincent Massol 147.3 220 Hiding is not replacing permissions which is what you'll use if you want to make pages not visible to some user or group.
221 {{/info}}
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Silvia Macovei 43.3 223 = Form editing mode (aka inline mode) =
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Vincent Massol 36.1 225 Inline mode, or Form mode, is a special feature of XWiki, that allows administrators to define patterns of structured information (like a blog entry, or a standard tax form). Pages containing such structured information can be edited and re-edited as simple HTML Forms, which have (almost) the same structure as the displayed page. Thus, when clicking the edit button, it seems that the page content can be edited in-place, or inline and the form view is automatically displayed.
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Vincent Massol 36.1 227 Technically the inline mode is triggered automatically differently whether the page is written in XWiki Syntax 1.0 or 2.0, using the following algorithm:
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Vincent Massol 36.1 229 * XWiki Syntax 1.0: If the page contains a call to ###includeForm()##
Martin Simmons 246.2 230 * XWiki Syntax 2.0: If the page has an associated sheet (see the [[Developer documentation for the Sheet Module>>extensions:Extension.Sheet Module]])
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Vincent Massol 162.3 232 Note that it is beyond the scope of this simple guide to explain the programming technique supporting this feature. Please check the [[Developer's Guide>>platform:DevGuide.WebHome]] to find out more about programming with Objects/Classes and Forms.
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Silvia Macovei 43.3 234 = Objects editing mode =
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Vincent Massol 162.3 236 In XWiki it's possible to attach Objects to pages. Objects are simple sets of properties with values that add additional information about a page. For example a security right can be added to a page to control its rights, a blog object is attached to a page representing a blog entry, etc. Again, it's beyond this simple guide to explain this programming technique. Please check the [[Developer's Guide>>platform:DevGuide.WebHome]] to know more about programming with Objects/Classes.
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Manuel Smeria 110.2 238 {{image reference="ObjectEditor.png"/}}
Raluca Moisa 93.4 239
Silvia Macovei 43.3 240 = Classes editing mode =
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Vincent Massol 288.5 242 We've seen that some pages can have Objects attached to them. Some pages can also be Object definitions, a.k.a Classes. The Classes editing mode calls the class editor on the current page, allowing to edit the Classes attached to the page. Again, it's beyond this simple guide to explain this programming technique. Please check the [[Developer's Guide>>platform:DevGuide.WebHome]] to find out more about programming with Objects/Classes.
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Manuel Smeria 110.2 244 {{image reference="ClassEditor.png"/}}
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Manuel Smeria 108.3 246 = Access Rights editing mode =
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Vincent Massol 162.3 248 This mode allows you to control the access rights for the page you're viewing (you need to have the required access rights to modify a page's rights). See the [[Rights Management>>platform:Features.RightsManagement]] topic for more information.
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Silvia Macovei 43.3 250 = Full Screen Mode =
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Gabriela Anechitoaei 150.1 252 A full-screen mode is available in XWiki. When editing a page either in Wiki or WYSIWYG mode, clicking on the button at the top right of the edit box will send the editor in full-screen mode. You can then edit your page as usual and click on the button to return to the usual interface when you are finished.
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Vincent Massol 283.9 254 //The button you need to click to go in full-screen mode//
Silvia Macovei 106.2 255 {{image reference="FullScreenButton.png"/}}
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Vincent Massol 283.9 257 //Editing while in full-screen mode//
Silvia Macovei 106.2 258 {{image reference="FullScreen.png"/}}
Vincent Massol 95.1 259
260 = Title Behavior =
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262 Pages have both names and titles. The page name is used in the URL to the page while the title is used to display a user-friendly short description of the page. The title is used for example as the top level headings when viewing a page.
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Vincent Massol 288.6 264 Page titles can be set while editing pages in Wiki or WYSIWYG modes.
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Vincent Massol 162.3 266 Titles are not mandatory by default but it's possible to [[configure XWiki to make titles mandatory>>platform:AdminGuide.Configuration#HTitlebehavior]].
Vincent Massol 95.1 267
Vincent Massol 144.1 268 The title's content is parsed using Velocity so you're also allowed to put Velocity content in there in addition to plain text (this is for example useful when wanting to internationalize titles). Note that you're not allowed to use any wiki markup.
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Vincent Massol 144.1 270 When a page has no title set then XWiki will use the page name as its title.
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272 {{info}}
Vincent Massol 288.6 273 It's also possible to [[configure XWiki to extract the topmost heading>>platform:AdminGuide.Configuration#HTitlebehavior]] from the page's content. For example if you have a level 1 heading, it'll be used as the page title. If you don't have a level 1 heading but have a level 2 heading then the level 2 heading will be used as the page title. The heading level depth XWiki used for titles is controlled in [[XWiki's title configuration>>platform:AdminGuide.Configuration#HTitlebehavior]]. Since you're allowed to use any wiki syntax in headings, if a page doesn't have a title set (and titles are not mandatory) then any wiki markup in the topmost headings will get rendered when displaying the extracted title for that page.
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275 However this is a backward compatibility option and we do not recommend that you use it. The reason we deprecated this behavior that allowed styling the titles is because it leads to all sorts of issues:
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Vincent Massol 144.1 277 * The title is used in several places including the browser's title or in LiveTable results and since those places forces to display the title in plain text, this means you'd see wiki markup or HTML displayed as is
278 * When the heading is generated through a script, if that script gets executed outside of the page's rendering context, it can lead to side effects and the page title displayed in LiveTable or other places can be completely wrong
279 {{/info}}
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281 = Locking =
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Oana Florea 262.2 283 By default, when you edit a page, a lock is put on the page (the duration [[can be configured>>Documentation.AdminGuide.Configuration.WebHome#HLockDuration]]), till you either Save (any kind of Save), Cancel the edition or close the browser window.
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Oana Florea 262.2 285 If you keep the page open in the browser without doing any Save action, the lock will be active by default for 30 minutes (see [[lock duration>>Documentation.AdminGuide.Configuration.WebHome#HLockDuration]] configuration).
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287 Anyone trying to edit a page that is locked will see the following warning message allowing you to know that the page is locked and also to force the lock.
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Vincent Massol 163.1 289 {{image reference="lock.png"/}}
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Vincent Massol 164.3 291 If you force the lock then the last user who saves will overwrite the content with his version of the page.
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Simon Urli 247.1 293 = Edit conflict =
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Vincent Massol 283.9 295 {{version since='11.2RC1'}}
Vincent Massol 288.6 296 XWiki detects during the edition of a page if a conflict might happen when saving the page. If this warning occurs, this means someone edited and saved the page while you were working on it.
Simon Urli 247.1 297
Vincent Massol 283.9 298 {{version since='11.3.1, 11.4RC1'}}
299 You have two main choices:
Simon Urli 253.1 300 * force save the page: in that case you will override saved while you were editing the page; they are not really lost though since they might be retrieved in the previous version of the page.
301 * reload the editor: in that case your changes **will be lost** and the editor will be reloaded with the last version saved.
Vincent Massol 283.9 302 {{/version}}
Simon Urli 252.1 303
Simon Urli 251.1 304 We display the diff between the version you're trying to save and the last version that has been saved, so you can copy some changes made and reapply them if you like.
305 Note that you can also simply cancel the save and go back to the editor to make changes before trying again to save.
Simon Urli 253.1 306 You can click on the arrow of each action to have a quick description of what it actually means.
Vincent Massol 249.2 307
Simon Urli 253.1 308 {{gallery}}
309 image:edit-conflict-reload.png
310 image:edit-conflict-force-save.png
311 {{/gallery}}
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Vincent Massol 283.9 313 {{version since='11.5RC1'}}
Vincent Massol 288.6 314 The support of conflict edition was improved by implementing a merge on save mechanism. This means that in case of conflict edition (two users saving the same page at the same time), instead of always displaying a window to the user asking what to do, we first try to perform a merge of both page. If the changes concerned two very different parts of the page (two different sections, an edit performed on an object against an edit of the content, etc) the user won't notice that a merge has been performed.
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Vincent Massol 288.6 316 Now, some conflicts might still occur if both users tried to edit the same part of the page. In that case, a new window is displayed asking the user what to do.
Simon Urli 260.1 317 The user will now have three different choices:
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Vincent Massol 288.6 319 * Merge the page and fix conflict with his/her own changes: this means that as much as possible, we try to merge the changes. Only for the part that are conflicting, we only kept the changes from the last user. This is the recommended choice.
320 * Force save the page: this means no merge at all will be performed. Only the changes performed by the last user will be saved. It basically discards the changes made by the previous user.
321 * Reload the editor: this choice might be taken very carefully as it might cause a loss of data. It means that the current changes performed on the page will be completely lost and the editor will be reloaded with the last changes.
Simon Urli 260.1 322
Vincent Massol 288.6 323 The conflict window now display the changes that will be performed for each choices. Be careful with the parts in red since it shows what part of the page will be lost during the operation. Note that it's also possible to select two specific versions of the page to perform a comparison before making a choice.
Simon Urli 260.1 324
325 {{gallery}}
326 image:merge-conflict-modal-usage-v2.gif
327 {{/gallery}}
Vincent Massol 283.9 328 {{/version}}
Simon Urli 260.1 329
Simon Urli 263.1 330 {{info}}
Vincent Massol 283.9 331 The Conflict Edit feature [[can be disabled>>Documentation.AdminGuide.Configuration||anchor="HEditingConflicts"]].
Simon Urli 263.1 332 {{/info}}
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Vincent Massol 283.9 334 {{version since='11.8RC1'}}
335 The conflict edition window allows one more choice: to fix each conflict individually. This new choice is marked as advanced since it's not something easy to handle.
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337 {{gallery}}
338 image:custom_conflict_resolution.png
339 image:custom_conflict_fix.gif
340 {{/gallery}}
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342 When choosing the new option, the UI is updated to display the changes between the latest version saved and the current version the user is trying to save. At each place a conflict occurred, the changes display an orange bar and a blue area is reserved for the conflict resolution.
343 This blue area displays some text, and a select with several choices. The displayed text in the blue area is what will be used for fixing the conflict, you can see the text changing for each choice.
Vincent Massol 283.9 344 {{/version}}
Simon Urli 264.1 345
346 The conflict choices are the following:
347
348 * current version (default): the conflict is fixed by getting the current changes
349 * before your changes: the conflict is fixed by getting what was there before you starting to edit. Both latest version saved and your current changes would be lost for this conflict,
350 * latest version saved: the change made on the latest version saved (the one you are conflicting with) are taken to fix the conflict
351 * custom version: with this option, a text area is displayed to allow you to enter any new value to fix the conflict. Multiple lines can be entered.
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353 If the choice text displays something in red, it is because no content is actually available for the chosen version to fix the conflict: usually it means the content in conflict will be removed with the choice made.
Vincent Massol 283.9 354 {{/version}}
Simon Urli 264.1 355
Thomas Mortagne 226.1 356 = Extension page protection =
357
Vincent Massol 283.9 358 {{version since='10.3'}}
359 Extension pages are protected against editing ([[unless explicitly indicated otherwise in the extension>>extensions:Extension.XAR Module Specifications||anchor="Hpackage.xml"]]) to avoid mistake a user could make while still allowing advanced users to force it if really required.
Thomas Mortagne 226.1 360
361 {{image reference="editprotection.png"/}}
Vincent Massol 283.9 362 {{/version}}
Thomas Mortagne 226.1 363
Vincent Massol 224.1 364 = Default Language =
365
366 If you've set up your wiki to be multingual, then when editing a page using the wiki editor, you'll be able to set the default language for the current page as in:
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368 {{image reference="defaultLanguage.png"/}}

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