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Version 47.1 by Manuel Smeria on 2014/11/06
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5 This is the release notes for [[XWiki Commons>>http://commons.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Rendering>>http://rendering.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Platform>>http://platform.xwiki.org]] and [[XWiki Enterprise>>http://enterprise.xwiki.org]]. They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version.
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7 <insert description of release here>
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9 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 6.3-milestone-2) =
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11 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 6.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=12599]].
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13 == Flamingo Themes Application ==
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15 Now, when you click on "Manage color theme" in the Administration, you reach the [[new application to manage the Flamingo Themes>>extensions:Extension.Flamingo Theme Application]]:
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17 (((
18 {{image reference="ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWiki624@FlamingoThemeWebHome.png" width="50%"/}}
19 )))
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21 You can use it to change the current theme, modify any theme or create new ones.
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23 We have also added 3 new themes: Marina, Garden and Kitty.
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25 {{gallery}}
26 image:Marina.png
27 image:Garden.png
28 image:Kitty.png
29 {{/gallery}}
30
31 == Bootswatch Themes for Flamingo ==
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33 XWiki comes with [[16 new themes for Flamingo>>extensions:Extension.Bootswatch Themes for Flamingo]], that have been adapted from [[Bootswatch>>http://bootswatch.com/]].
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35 {{gallery}}
36 image:Cerulean.png
37 image:Cosmo.png
38 image:Cyborg.png
39 image:Darkly.png
40 image:Flatly.png
41 image:Journal.png
42 image:Lumen.png
43 image:Paper.png
44 image:Readable.png
45 image:Sandstone.png
46 image:Simplex.png
47 image:Slate.png
48 image:Spacelab.png
49 image:Superhero.png
50 image:United.png
51 image:Yeti.png
52 {{/gallery}}
53
54 == Miscellaneous ==
55
56 * Updated [[XAR export URL format>>platform:Features.Exports||anchor="HXARExport"]] to allow exporting a full space, a full wiki, or any list of pages matching a pattern. For example:(((
57 {{code language="none"}}
58 http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/export/Main/WebHome?format=xar&name=test&pages=Main.%25
59 http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/export/Main/WebHome?format=xar&name=test&pages=%25.%25
60 http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/export/Main/WebHome?format=xar&name=test&pages=%25.%25Home
61 {{/code}}
62 )))See the [[full list of JIRA issues>>http://jira.xwiki.org/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-printable/temp/SearchRequest.html?jqlQuery=project+in+%28XCOMMONS%2C+XRENDERING%2C+XWIKI%2C+XE%29+and+status+%3D+Closed+and+resolution+%3D+Fixed+and+fixVersion+%3D+%22<version>%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release.
63 * Added an edit button to easily change the default Welcome message that is displayed on the homepage. Users have reportedly been struggling with this task for a while now and, until we come up with a new format for the homepage, this is the solution we have proposed to make things easier.(((
64 {{image reference="editWelcomeMessage.png"/}}
65 )))
66 * The configuration of the [[Applications Panel>>extensions:Extension.Panels Application||anchor="HApplicationPanel"]] now works with touch-screen devices too.
67 * The Standalone Distribution [[now has a new startup parameter to enable monitoring/managing the Jetty instance>>platform:AdminGuide.Monitoring||anchor="HJMXConsole"]]. You can use it with ##start_xwiki.sh -j## (or ##start_xwiki.sh ~-~-jmx##).
68 * Updated the notification message when the panel layout is saved to use the standard notification widget.
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70 = For Developers =
71
72 == Miscellaneous ==
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74 * Suggest widget now has an extra ##propagateEventKeyCodes## option where key codes can be listed so their events will be propagated. See the [[documentation>>platform:DevGuide.AutoSuggestWidget||anchor="HJavascriptparametersfortheXWiki.widgets.Suggestconstructor"]].
75 * Extended modalPopup.js to support specifying keyboard shortcut options for the defined actions. See the [[documentation>>platform:DevGuide.ModalPopup||anchor="HConstructorfieldsfortheModalPopupJavascriptclass"]].
76 * You can now [[render an icon from any icon theme present on the wiki>>extensions:Extension.Icon Theme Application||anchor="HUsagewithscripts"]], referenced by its name:(((
77 {{code language="velocity"}}
78 $services.icon.render('globe', 'Silk')
79 $services.icon.render('globe', 'Font Awesome')
80 {{/code}}
81 )))
82
83 = Translations =
84
85 The following translations have been updated:
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87 {{language codes="de, fr, lv"/}}
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89 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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91 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki63RC1"/}}
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93 = Performances tests compared to <last super stable version> =
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95 <a summary of the comparison with latest super stable version>
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97 More details on <link to the test report>.
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99 = Known issues =
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101 * [[Bugs we know about>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=category+%3D+%22Top+Level+Projects%22+AND+issuetype+%3D+Bug+AND+resolution+%3D+Unresolved+ORDER+BY+updated+DESC]]
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103 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
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105 == General Notes ==
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107 When upgrading make sure you compare your ##xwiki.cfg##, ##xwiki.properties## and ##web.xml## files with the newest version since some configuration parameters may have been modified or added. Note that you should add ##xwiki.store.migration=1## so that XWiki will attempt to automatically migrate your current database to the new schema. Make sure you backup your Database before doing anything.
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109 == Issues specific to XWiki 6.3-rc-1 ==
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111 <issues specific to the project>
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113 == API Breakages ==
114
115 The following APIs were modified since XWiki 6.3-milestone-2:
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117 {{code language="none"}}
118 <clirr output here>
119 {{/code}}

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