February 2007 - xwiki-users@xwiki.org

is xwiki-announce working?
by Ricardo Rodríguez - Your XEN ICT Team 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi all, New to xwiki and trying to gather all the available support resources. While trying to subscribe xwiki-announce email list I got the following error message... ---- The original message was received at Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:37:51 +0100 (CET) from 231.Red-80-34-100.staticIP.rima-tde.net [80.34.100.231] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <xwiki-announce-subscribe(a)objectweb.org> (reason: 550 Unknown local part xwiki-announce-subscribe in <xwiki-announce-subscribe(a)objectweb.org>) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to cvs.objectweb.org.: >>> DATA <<< 550 Unknown local part xwiki-announce-subscribe in <xwiki-announce-subscribe(a)objectweb.org> 550 5.1.1 <xwiki-announce-subscribe(a)objectweb.org>... User unknown <<< 503 Valid RCPT TO <recipient> must precede DATA ----- But, when trying to do the same from http://www.objectweb.org/wws/info/xwiki-announces it worked fine. Could this behaviour be a symptom of any problem with the subscription process? HTH, Ricardo -- Ricardo Rodríguez Your XEN ICT Team

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Can't get XWiki 1.0 beta 4 and embedded Apache Derby to play nice
by Brian J. Sayatovic 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

I once had an older version of XWiki running with embedded Derby under Tomcat 5 on Windows XP. I blew that away to start fresh with XWiki 1.0 beta 4 (still with embedded Derby under Tomcat 5 on Windows XP); however, I've run into a variety of difficulties. In my last run with XWiki, someone had converted the script to create the DB into a Derby-compatible syntax which I ran through SQuirreL SQL Client to prime the DB. With the latest version of XWiki, though, it seems there is no need to explicitly create the schema ahead of time. My understanding is that Hibernate will do this automatically when directed to do so through the XWiki configuration: xwiki.store.hibernate.updateschema=1 Thus, I have Tomcat 5 set up with a datasource for the XWiki context: <Context docBase="C:/Program Files/XWiki/xwiki-1.0" useNaming="true" swallowOutput="true" privileged="true" antiResourceLocking="false" antiJARLocking="false" reloadable="true" > <Resource name="jdbc/xwiki" description="XWiki DataSource" auth="Container" username="xwiki" password="xwiki" type="javax.sql.DataSource" driverClassName="org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver" url="jdbc:derby:C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/My Documents/Xwiki;create=true" maxActive="8" maxIdle="4" />  <ResourceLink name="users" global="UserDatabase" type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"/> </Context> In the hibernate.cfg.xml file, I've commented out the direct connections in favor of using a datasource:  <property name="connection.datasource">java:/comp/env/jdbc/xwiki</property> <property name="dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.DerbyDialect</property> Trying this, though, I get problems when I hit my XWiki saying the schema XWIKI is not found. I connected again using SQuirreL SQL Client and indeed, there was no XWIKI schema (but the default, APP, was there). So I created one using SQL: CREATE SCHEMA XWIKI Now the schema exists, so I start Tomcat with XWiki and try to access it. Now it doesn't complain about the schema not existing. Instead it says it can't find the tables it wants: ERROR 42X05: Table 'XWIKI.XWIKIDOC' does not exist. I cannot understand what it takes to have the schema created. Any ideas?

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Problems importing Panels.PanelWizard on fresh beta 4 install
by Dan Murphy 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hi, Just installed a fresh xwiki beta 4 on WAS CE 1.1 (and MySQL 5.0.22-Debian_0ubuntu6.06.2). And have a couple of probs :( Appologies in advance for the lenght of the email - that's stack traces for you ;) When I started the server I got a number of warning and errors I've not seen before - are these "normal" ? 16:39:56,995 ERROR [SimpleLog4JLogSystem] RHS of #set statement is null. Context will not be modified. [line 9, column 1] 16:39:56,995 ERROR [SimpleLog4JLogSystem] Left side ($objuser.getProperty("usertype").value) of '==' operation has null value. If a reference, it may not be in the context. Operation not possible. [line 10, column 66] 16:39:56,997 WARN [SimpleLog4JLogSystem] org.apache.velocity.runtime.exception.ReferenceException: reference : template = [line 1,column 31] : ${doc.parent.title} is not a valid reference. 16:39:57,010 ERROR [SimpleLog4JLogSystem] RHS of #set statement is null. Context will not be modified. [line 1, column 1] 16:39:57,041 ERROR [SimpleLog4JLogSystem] RHS of #set statement is null. Context will not be modified. [line 18, column 1] 16:39:57,045 ERROR [SimpleLog4JLogSystem] VM #breadcrumb: error : too few arguments to macro. Wanted 3 got 0 16:39:57,097 ERROR [SimpleLog4JLogSystem] Left side ($!hidecolumns) of '==' operation has null value. If a reference, it may not be in the context. Operation not possible. [line 9, column 21] 16:39:57,097 ERROR [SimpleLog4JLogSystem] RHS of #set statement is null. Context will not be modified. [line 11, column 1] 16:39:57,266 ERROR [SimpleLog4JLogSystem] Left side ($category) of '==' operation has null value. If a reference, it may not be in the context. Operation not possible. Main.WebHome [line 5, column 16] 16:39:57,266 WARN [SimpleLog4JLogSystem] org.apache.velocity.runtime.exception.ReferenceException: reference : template = Main.WebHome [line 1,column 242] : ${category} is not a valid reference. 16:39:57,647 ERROR [SimpleLog4JLogSystem] Left side ($velocityCount) of '==' operation has null value. If a reference, it may not be in the context. Operation not possible. Main.WebHome [line 48, column 42] Although they claim to be coming from Main.WebHome, they don't exist at the line referenced in the document (or in the included Main.Dashboard(AFAICS)). Seems like it might be a problem in the skin. Also, When I import the beta 4 XAR, the Panels.PanelWizard failed to import.... I then selected just this page again (from the import wizard) and it imported ok. Is this expected (I was wondering if the dependency on XWIKI.TagClassmean that the XWIKI space needs to imported first... but then I've not seen this behaviour before). Unfortunatly I suspect that the error message showing the reason for the failure was swallowed by the following exception I found in the logs : 16:12:31,021 WARN [RegexTokenFilter] <span class="error">Exception</span>: com.xpn.xwiki.render.filter.MacroFilter@1000100 java.lang.NullPointerException at org.radeox.macro.parameter.BaseMacroParameter.insertValue( BaseMacroParameter.java:142) at org.radeox.macro.parameter.BaseMacroParameter.split( BaseMacroParameter.java:120) at org.radeox.macro.parameter.BaseMacroParameter.setParams( BaseMacroParameter.java:58) at org.radeox.filter.MacroFilter.handleMatch(MacroFilter.java:100) at org.radeox.filter.regex.RegexTokenFilter$1.handleMatch( RegexTokenFilter.java:91) at org.radeox.regex.JdkMatcher.substitute(JdkMatcher.java:48) at org.radeox.filter.regex.RegexTokenFilter.filter(RegexTokenFilter.java :89) at org.radeox.filter.FilterPipe.filter(FilterPipe.java:169) at org.radeox.engine.BaseRenderEngine.render(BaseRenderEngine.java:108) at com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiRadeoxRenderer.render( XWikiRadeoxRenderer.java:70) at com.xpn.xwiki.store.XWikiHibernateStore.saveLinks( XWikiHibernateStore.java:1459) at com.xpn.xwiki.store.XWikiHibernateStore.saveXWikiDoc( XWikiHibernateStore.java:305) at com.xpn.xwiki.store.XWikiCacheStore.saveXWikiDoc(XWikiCacheStore.java :100) at com.xpn.xwiki.store.XWikiCacheStore.saveXWikiDoc(XWikiCacheStore.java :94) at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.saveDocument(XWiki.java:890) at com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.packaging.Package.installDocument(Package.java :547) at com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.packaging.Package.install(Package.java:488) at com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.packaging.PackageAPI.install(PackageAPI.java :191) at com.xpn.xwiki.web.ImportAction.render(ImportAction.java:90) at com.xpn.xwiki.web.XWikiAction.execute(XWikiAction.java:150) ... 16:12:31,023 WARN [RegexTokenFilter] <span class="error">Exception</span>: com.xpn.xwiki.render.filter.MacroFilter@14001400 java.lang.NullPointerException at org.radeox.macro.parameter.BaseMacroParameter.insertValue( BaseMacroParameter.java:142) at org.radeox.macro.parameter.BaseMacroParameter.split( BaseMacroParameter.java:120) at org.radeox.macro.parameter.BaseMacroParameter.setParams( BaseMacroParameter.java:58) at org.radeox.filter.MacroFilter.handleMatch(MacroFilter.java:100) at org.radeox.filter.regex.RegexTokenFilter$1.handleMatch( RegexTokenFilter.java:91) at org.radeox.regex.JdkMatcher.substitute(JdkMatcher.java:48) at org.radeox.filter.regex.RegexTokenFilter.filter(RegexTokenFilter.java :89) at org.radeox.filter.FilterPipe.filter(FilterPipe.java:169) at org.radeox.engine.BaseRenderEngine.render(BaseRenderEngine.java:108) at com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiRadeoxRenderer.render( XWikiRadeoxRenderer.java:70) at com.xpn.xwiki.store.XWikiHibernateStore.saveLinks( XWikiHibernateStore.java:1459) at com.xpn.xwiki.store.XWikiHibernateStore.saveXWikiDoc( XWikiHibernateStore.java:305) at com.xpn.xwiki.store.XWikiCacheStore.saveXWikiDoc(XWikiCacheStore.java :100) at com.xpn.xwiki.store.XWikiCacheStore.saveXWikiDoc(XWikiCacheStore.java :94) at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.saveDocument(XWiki.java:890) at com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.packaging.Package.installDocument(Package.java :547) at com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.packaging.Package.install(Package.java:488) at com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.packaging.PackageAPI.install(PackageAPI.java :191) at com.xpn.xwiki.web.ImportAction.render(ImportAction.java:90) ... more removed for the sake of sanity :) Any advice ? Cheers, Dan

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Problems with CSS
by Oskar E. Skeide 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

I imported the default pages from the XWiki homepage, everything looks fine except for the frontpage. It seems like a CSS problem. I've tried to view the page in Firefox 2.0 and IE6. In IE6 the panel menu ( which is supposed to be located right) appears in the top-left corner. In Firefox it appears bottom-left. Sometimes it displays correctly, but not as often as it displays incorrect. When I click another link the menu displays where it should ( top-right) You can take a look at it here: http://mypal.kicks-ass.org:8180/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome -- if(!Coffee.Exists) { me.Dispose(); throw new NullCoffeeException(); }

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non xwiki10b1 skins
by Andrew Williams 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Hey there, I was looking at skins for xwiki, as I am not that fond of the default xwiki10b1 and I found xwiki10. This skin looks good, but unfortunately the registration link is broken (linking to a page that does not exist). Can someone point me to a way to fix this or indeed if there is a nice clean (more compact) skin available for general use? Thanks, Andy

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LDAP Groups
by Gunter Leeb 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi, Having XWiki 1.0B3, I ran into 3 issues around LDAP (we use Novell eDirectory). Before, I would like to say that XWiki runs fine against eDirectory through the LDAP interface! (It was a little bit tricky to set up and it would be great if someone could write up some more detailed documentation on it.) Here are the configuration parameter that I used: xwiki.authentication.ldap=1 xwiki.authentication.ldap.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.LDAPAuthServiceImpl xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=dsmaster xwiki.authentication.ldap.check_level=1 xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389 xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=department=USER,department=INFORMATIK,department=1230,o=MP xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=cn={0},department=USER,department=INFORMATIK,department=1230,o=MP xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass={1} xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=uid .... 1. In our LDAP structure (about 2000 employees) the users that should have access to XWiki are in multiple department nodes in the LDAP structure. Thus, I cannot specify a single pattern of the kind cn={0},department=USER,department=INFORMATIK,department=1230,o=MP for authentication. How could I specify users from different departments to have access to XWiki? (E.g. can I specify multiple xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN lines?) 2. We cannot allow ALL users in the LDAP structure to have access to XWiki. We would like to specify an LDAP group for all users that have access to XWiki. How could we configure this? Our eDirectory allows annonymous browsing. (It is not the probably harder issue that we would want to use a LDAP groups for page access rights. I am talking about the simpler issues of just controlling the list of users that have access to XWiki from an identity system behind LDAP.) 3. Current behavior is, that 1. I can login with a user/pwd authenticated against LDAP/eDirectory. If the user does not already exist in XWiki, the user appears to be created. 2. A user, created in XWiki CANNOT Login anymore, if he/she is not an LDAP user. (Why is that?) 3. The old passwords do not work anymore for users with a matching entry in XWiki and LDAP. (ok) Why can't I add user per hand if I use LDAP? This would at least allow some Workaround for some departments. Can I hope for XWiki 1.0 to include the handling of an LDAP group for authentication? I have read a blog mentioning LDAP group support being planned for 1.0. Is this still the case? Regards, G Leeb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Diese E-Mail enthaelt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschuetzte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtuemlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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To: is not populated any more when using $xwiki.xWiki.sendMessage?
by Esbach, Brandon 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi All, Wondering if this is due to an API update, or just some odd co-incidence, but since going to Beta4 any email message sent from Xwiki now has no to: address. Our corporate Junk Mail settings then trash the email.. Guess the question is, am I mucking up the call (see below), or was this an API update since 0.9.840 (last test was done pre-Beta1 on 0.9.840)? $xwiki.xWiki.sendMessage("esbachb(a)tycoelectronics.com", "esbachb(a)tycoelectronics.com", "blah blah blahdablahblah:subject is here", $context.context) Brandon Esbach Software Engineer Tyco Electronics LoughMahon Technology Park, Skehard Road, Blackrock, Cork, Ireland Tel +353 21 4808305

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resource file is not translation friendly.
by Natto Lover 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi. I wondered if I could help translating the resource file to Japanese. But I noticed some problems, so I want to let it to be known. First, I couldn't find a preferred way to contribute resource file translations. Its a common topic in a project like this, so I think it should be clearly documented in an easily found place. Second, I found out that in a couple of cases, the resource string items contain small fragments of sentences, rather than full sentences. This makes it impossible or hard to provide a meaningful translation in languages that have different syntax structures like Japanese. You need to make much more use of the parameters like {0} and {1} and write the full sentence. I will show the ones that I noticed. helponsyntax=Help on the I haven't seen this on the xwiki UI yet. I think this sentence is followed by a text box or a pulldown. So the actual sentence is probably like: Help on the [____]. But in Japanese the sentence structure has to be something like [_____] no help wo hyoji. So adding the label on the left of the UI doesn't work. For very simple statements, english has the structure Verb + object. Japanese has the structure Object + verb. Also I noticed a line: youcan=You can In English you write "You can [do something]", but in Japanese, you write "[do something] dekimasu". So a successful resource string would be youcan=You can {0}. and the Japanese version would be youcan={0} dekimasu. If the "You can" was followed by a structure of UI elements such as a list of checkbox items, A translation friendly label would be a full sentence like "You can do the following:". I stopped translating the file after working on it for about 3 minutes because I felt that there would be many of these. I hope the structure gets revised. I hope even more that someone else translates it to Japanese :-P I like the software itself. It has features that I am looking for. -- natto is japanese food. I chose it for my alias. -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze

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Wysiwyg - losing data
by Esbach, Brandon 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

On a few of our pc's (those with lower memory), for Beta2 and Beta3 the main problems experienced with the wysiwyg editor were mainly revolving around updating or adding large data (100lines+) in a news item. Mainly, it took several minutes depending on styles applied (understandable). On Beta4, we're experiencing data loss in place of this; which has my users quite concerned. Just to clarify: this is only affecting users using the wysiwyg interface. Before loging a JIRA issue (I could not find a similar one in the logged issues already there), I'd like a show of hands if anyone else has experienced either problem? Brandon Esbach Software Engineer Tyco Electronics LoughMahon Technology Park, Skehard Road, Blackrock, Cork, Ireland Tel +353 21 4808305

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How do I include the contents of an RSS feed in a page?
by Vincent Brousseau 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

The answer to that question seems to be in the FAQ at http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/FAQ/HowDoIIntegrateAnRSSFeedWithinAPage but I get "Error number 4001" in the answer row, not the actual anwser. Any hint? Vincent

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