This reviews the new features and improvements implemented by XWiki between Jan 2016 and Jul 2017

1. what's new in xwiki 8.x and half of
9.x
xwiki 8.x , 9.x
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2. 8.x
summary
2016 8.2 +

3. 9.x
summary
2017 (first-half)9.6 -

4. distribution wizard

5. custom admin user to replace standard
5 / 65
8.0-RC1

6. xwiki standard flavor
6 / 65
8.0; 9.5-RC1
- XE does not exist
anymore
- Flavors listing
- New XIP package
- Removal of .exe
and .jar installers

7. homepage

8. homepage: xwiki 7.4.6
8 / 65

9. new homepage
9 / 65
8.2-M2
- Replaced
Dashboard
- Navigation tree
- Tips + Help panel

10. homepage: xwiki 9.6-rc-1
10 / 65

11. help: tour
11 / 65
8.2-RC1

12. 12 / 65
help: tips 8.1-M1; 8.2

13. help center bundled
13 / 65
9.1; 9.4-RC1

14. actions

15. page actions: create location picker
15 / 65
8.0-M1

16. page actions: create templates
16 / 65
8.2-M1-M2-RC1;
8.4-RC1

17. template creation and visibility restrictions
17 / 65
8.3-M1; 8.4.3

18. awm: configure entries creation location
18 / 65
8.4
- Generates a
template provider
- Not use the ‘Data’
page any more
- Configure the
creation location

19. recommended template on create
19 / 65
9.5-RC1

20. ckeditor: default editor
20 / 65
8.2-RC1
CKEditor Integration
closed issues:
- 7.x = 3 issues
- 8.x = 74 issues
- 9.x = 26 issues

21. ckeditor
21 / 65
8.2-RC1; 8.4-RC1; 8.4.1;
9.1-RC1
- Old WYSIWYG still
available
- Support CKEditor
configuration
- CKEditor version
upgrades
- V 4.6.0 brings a
new flat skin
- Styles drop down;
creating links;
macros; unsaved
changes;
drag&drop; source
- GWT Editor
removed in 9.7

22. 22 / 65
page actions: consistency 8.0-RC1; 9.5-RC1

23. 23 / 65
page actions: asynchronous 8.0-M1; 9.1-RC1

24. page actions: delete protection
24 / 65
9.1-RC1

25. page actions: restore deleted batch
25 / 65
9.4-RC1

26. navigation

27. content menu changes
27 / 65
9.4-RC1

28. drawer: application index
28 / 65
8.2-M2

29. drawer: local / global scope
29 / 65
8.4.3

30. menu: mobile + bundled + visibility change
30 / 65
9.2-RC;
9.4-RC; 9.6-RC

31. administration

32. reorganization + live search + hints
32 / 65
9.2-RC1; 9.3-RC1

33. re-order applications panel
33 / 65
8.4-RC1

34. language picker + timezone filter
34 / 65
8.4-RC1; 8.4.2

35. configure syntaxes
35 / 65
8.2-M1

36. global color themes
36 / 65
8.3-M1

37. simplified logo changing
37 / 65
9.5-RC1

38. extension manager

39. repair invalid extensions
39 / 65
8.1-M1

40. move to farm
40 / 65
8.1-M1

41. repository ratings + active installs
41 / 65
8.3-M1

42. repository recommendations + rating sort
42 / 65
8.3-RC1;
8.4-RC1

43. conflict resolution behavior
43 / 65
9.2-RC1

44. reset extension changes
44 / 65
9.3-RC1

45. notifications

46. notifications: grouping, comment, blog
46 / 65
9.2-RC1; 9.4-RC1

47. notifications by mails + diff
47 / 65
9.5-RC1; 9.5

48. filters + live mails + rss + templates
48 / 65
9.5-RC1; 9.6

49. other

50. profile: hints + default values
50 / 65
8.3-M1; 8.4
- Admin as Simple
user (9.3-RC1)

51. separation for tabs
51 / 65
9.5-RC1

52. standard version in history
52 / 65
9.4-RC1

53. image attachment preview
53 / 65
9.5-RC1

54. attachment selector: summary, replace, svg
54 / 65
9.5-RC1

55. not found suggestions
55 / 65
8.3-M1

56. xar children export
56 / 65
8.3-M1

57. improved html export
57 / 65
9.1-RC1

58. livetable: boolean, multilist, date
58 / 65
8.2-M2; 9.5-RC1

59. other consistency
59 / 65
- Edit section
styling
- PNG ratings
(8.2-M2)
- Blog Icons
(8.4.1)
- Avatar image
quality (8.4.4)

60. other usability
60 / 65
- Search button
(8.4-RC-1)
- Bigger "page
type" picker
(8.4.2)
- Create Wiki
button (8.4.3)

61. macros
61 / 65
- New Children Macro (8.3-M1)
- Chart Macro new params (8.0-RC1)
- Documents Macro imprv (8.1-M2)
- Document Tree Macro imprv [root, openTo,
rendered page title, etc. ] (8.3)
- Generate {{toc}} from another page (9.6-RC1)
- RSS Macro encoding (9.6-RC1)
- Better categories for some macros (9.7-RC1)
- XWiki.XWikiSyntaxMacrosList (9.7-RC1).

62. applications
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- Blog has moved to Contrib (9.3-RC1).
- 40+ issues on Blog (9.x)
- 25+ issues on LDAP (8.x+)
- 63+ issues on MediaWiki (8.x-9.x)
- Work done for Multipage Tours (9.x)
- Work done for Supported Apps (Forum, Meeting,
Diagram, etc.)
- Release Notes app (8.2)

63. performance
63 / 65
- LESS: limit for the number of compilations
(8.0-M2)
- Performance tree (8.3-RC1)

64. other dev
64 / 65
- 1 month releases (8.4+)
- Deprecated Syntax 1.0 (8.0)
- Java 8 runtime (8.1-M1)
- Added an order for "After Header" UIX (8.3-M2)
- XWiki Select Widget (8.4-RC1)
- Content Menu UIXP (9.3-RC1)
- IconThemes usage+icons [Menus, Tabs] (9.5-RC1)
- Optional extension dependencies (9.6-RC1)
- Syntax Highlight by default (9.7-RC1).
- New official Docker images (9.0).

65. thank you
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