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37.1 | 5 | There are 2 types of support you can get: |
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46.8 | 7 | * Community Support: If you're technically-savvy and can formulate your questions in term of general needs and don't need guaranteed response time, this is a good option. The support is done by the community in everyone's free time. You should also consider helping others since this works on a give-give basis. |
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37.1 | 8 | * Professional Support: If you want someone to fully take care of your problem and provide a solution tailored to your context, with a a guaranteed time frame, then this is the option you should pick. |
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5.1 | 10 | = Community Support = |
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| 12 | Here are the steps you should follow: | ||
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36.3 | 14 | * Check the documentation for the [[project>>Main.Forge]] you wish to use. If you don't find the information you're looking for there try [[Searching>>Main.Search]] on this wiki and check the [[FAQ>>FAQ.WebHome]]. |
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46.5 | 15 | * Search the [[Forum>>https://forum.xwiki.org]] (you should also check the old [[xwiki mailing list archives>>dev:Community.Discuss#HMailingListArchives]]). |
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41.1 | 16 | * If you still haven't found the answer, post a question on the [[Forum>>dev:Community.Discuss]]. Please bear in mind that people on the Forum are people who are contributing to XWiki in their own time. Also you'll find people are more likely and prompt to answer your questions if you yourself participate and answer other's questions over time. This is a participation ecosystem. |
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46.6 | 17 | * You can also consider sending a message on the [[Matrix chat>>dev:Community.Chat]]. However we recommend using the Forum in most cases since the Matrix channel is used mostly by developers to coordinate XWiki development and the Forum allows everyone to answer in its own time and without pressure. |
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41.1 | 19 | Once you have found the answer, please consider adding an entry in the [[FAQ>>FAQ.WebHome]] or updating an existing document on this wiki. This way others will later benefit from that knowledge like you're benefiting from other people's knowledge while browsing this site. |
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| 21 | If you're interested in helping yourself please check [[all the ways you can contribute>>dev:Community.Contributing]] and [[Governance rules>>dev:Community.Governance]]. | ||
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| 23 | == Supported Software == | ||
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44.5 | 25 | * XWiki Standard and all the code bundled in XWiki Standard is supported by the [[XWiki Core Dev Team>>dev:Community.Committership]]. If you're using a specific [[Extension>>extensions:Main.WebHome]] make sure to check the "Developed By" field and if you see "XWiki Development Team" it means it's an Extension supported by the XWiki Core Dev Team. |
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41.1 | 26 | * All [[Contrib code>>https://github.com/orgs/xwiki-contrib/dashboard]] is supported by its individual developers and contributors. Most of this code is published as [[Extension>>extensions:Main.WebHome]], so make sure to check the "Developed By" field. |
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| 28 | == Supported Versions == | ||
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47.4 | 30 | The XWiki Core Dev Team officially supports 3 to 4 versions, according to the [[Versioning and Release Practices>>dev:Community.VersioningAndReleasePractices.VersionNames.WebHome]]: |
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47.3 | 32 | {{include reference="dev:Community.VersioningAndReleasePractices.VersionNames.WebHome"/}} |
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47.2 | 34 | The rationale for supporting only 3 to 4 versions is: |
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47.2 | 36 | * We don't want to over-burden the developers to have to support more than 4 development branches, it's already a lot. Each branch slows down the overall XWiki development. |
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17.3 | 37 | * This is open source software and free and we consider free users can contribute back by helping us test the newest versions by upgrading. If they want support for their older version in production they have the possibility to ask companies for [[professional support>>#HProfessionalSupport]]. |
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| 39 | As a consequence: | ||
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16.1 | 41 | * You won't find documentation for old versions on this web site |
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18.1 | 42 | * You won't find maintained source code for old versions (tagged source can be found but not maintained branches) |
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17.2 | 43 | * People on the community lists may ask you to upgrade to a newer version when you discover an issue that is fixed in a newer version than the one you're using |
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5.1 | 45 | = Professional Support = |
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42.2 | 47 | Here's below a list of [[companies sponsoring the development of XWiki>>Main.Supporters.SponsoringCompanies.WebHome]] and who have active committers on the project. It's important to realize that this project exists only thanks to those companies and contracting with them is both needed for the survival of XWiki and a great way to contribute back to the project. |
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23.2 | 49 | == XWiki SAS == |
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30.1 | 52 | <a href="http://www.xwiki.com/en/services/" style="display:block;background:#fff url(/xwiki/bin/download/Main/Support/supportxwiki.jpg) no-repeat 50% 0; float:right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px; width: 170px; padding:135px 10px 15px 10px; text-align:center; font-size:0.9em;text-align:center;color: #222; border: 1px solid #fff;"> |
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12.1 | 53 | Looking for professional support? <strong>Go to XWiki.com</strong> |
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7.1 | 54 | </a> |
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5.1 | 57 | [[XWiki SAS>>http://xwiki.com]] is the company founded by Ludovic Dubost, the creator of XWiki, to offer services around the XWiki open source project. XWiki SAS sponsors the development of the XWiki open source project and has published two important documents showing its dedication and commitment to the open source project: |
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30.1 | 59 | * The XWiki SAS [[Manifesto>>http://www.xwiki.com/en/company/manifesto]] |
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36.1 | 60 | * [[About>>http://www.xwiki.com/en/company/who-we-are]] XWiki SAS |
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46.2 | 62 | === Offering === |
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46.2 | 64 | [[XWiki SAS>>http://xwiki.com]] has the following [[offering>>https://xwiki.com/en/offerings/]]: |
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39.3 | 66 | * [[XWiki Cloud>>http://www.xwiki.com/en/products/try-xwiki-cloud]] |
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45.2 | 67 | * [[XWiki Pro Paid Apps>>https://store.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome]] |
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30.1 | 68 | * [[Support>>http://www.xwiki.com/en/services/support]] |
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46.9 | 69 | * [[Hosting>>https://xwiki.com/en/offerings/services/cloud-hosting]] |
| 70 | * [[Development>>https://xwiki.com/en/offerings/custom-services/development]] | ||
| 71 | * [[Consulting>>https://xwiki.com/en/offerings/custom-services/consulting]] | ||
| 72 | * [[Training>>https://xwiki.com/en/offerings/services/training]] | ||
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42.1 | 74 | In addition, if you'd like to see a new feature or some improvement to existing features in XWiki, XWiki SAS will offer you the ability to **sponsor development** that will be contributed back to the open source project (if generic enough and accepted by the community of course ;)). |
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46.2 | 76 | === Confluence Migration Package === |
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47.1 | 78 | Migrating from Confluence is [[a multi-step process>>extensions:Extension.Confluence.XML.WebHome#HWarning]] and XWiki SAS is providing software and services to help with the migration: |
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47.1 | 80 | * The paying package Confluence Migration Toolkit has been released and is available on the [[XWiki SAS Store>>https://store.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Confluence Migration Toolkit/]]. |
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46.2 | 81 | * XWiki SAS can provide services to analyse a Confluence instance and study what is needed to migrate it (which package, which process, what macros are needed). |
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| 83 | === Contact === | ||
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46.4 | 85 | Feel free to [[contact XWiki SAS>>http://www.xwiki.com/en/company/contact-us]] for any question or quote. |
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46.1 | 87 | == Past Companies == |
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| 89 | The following companies used to be sponsoring companies but they no longer have any active core committer: | ||
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46.1 | 91 | * [[SOFTEC sa>>http://softec.lu/]] |
| 92 | * [[Kreablo>>https://kreablo.se/]] | ||
| 93 | * [[Odo SIA>>http://odo.lv/?language=en]] | ||
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24.1 | 98 | == SOFTEC sa == |
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| 101 | <a href="http://cartopass.com/" style="display:block;background:#fff url(http://softec.lu/site/download/Softec/References/CartoPass.png) no-repeat 50% 0; float:right; margin: 0 0 10px 20px; width: 220px; padding:180px 150px 20px 30px; text-align:center; font-size:0.9em;text-align:center;color: #222; border: 1px solid #fff;"><span style="background-color: white; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.8;">Discover our skills through our new free service that lets you find entertainment around you.<br/><strong>Go to CartoPass.com</strong></span></a> | ||
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| 104 | [[SOFTEC>>http://softec.lu]] is a Luxembourg-based company developing collaborative visual tools based on the XWiki open-source platform. | ||
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| 106 | You have business requirements for structured and up-to-date information; you need it fast and visual to strike the minds of your customers; SOFTEC is the one to call. | ||
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45.2 | 108 | SOFTEC developers conceive, host and maintain business and private SaaS (Software as a Service) collaborative solutions based on the XWiki open-source platform, enabling different databases and information systems to communicate together and provide relevant and synthetic information in a visual way. |
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24.1 | 109 | SOFTEC solutions are easy & quick to implement, easy & simple to use, easy & quick to adopt. |
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| 111 | We invite you to discover all our services through these [[recent references>>http://softec.lu/site/Softec/References]]. And do not miss [[CartoPass>>http://cartopass.com]], our new free service based on XWiki which allows you to discovering shows, concerts and entertainment near you in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and UK. | ||
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29.1 | 119 | Update: 25 Jan 2015: Kreablo no longer has any active committer in 2014, commented out. |
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23.2 | 121 | == Kreablo AB == |
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26.1 | 123 | [[Kreablo AB>>http://kreablo.se/x/bin/view/Ext/WebHome]] offers the following services: |
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| 125 | * Consulting | ||
| 126 | * Development | ||
| 127 | * Training | ||
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27.2 | 130 | {{comment}} |
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43.1 | 131 | Vincent: Commented out ATM till we decide what to do as this is not following our governance rules: [[http:~~/~~/dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Governance>>dev:Community.Governance]] |
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27.1 | 133 | == Odo SIA == |
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| 135 | [[Odo SIA>>http://odo.lv/?language=en]] provide following services: | ||
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27.1 | 137 | * Development and implementation |
| 138 | * Training and consultations | ||
| 139 | * XWiki based custom web solutions | ||
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