January 2016 - xwiki-users@xwiki.org

[xwiki-users] migrating from .war to Debain apt package
by shouldbe q931 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Hi, I'm struggling with migrating a 6.3 .war instance to a Debian APT/package 7.3 instance. I had hoped I would be able to install as per http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/InstallationViaAPT choosing the xwiki-enterprise-tomcat7-mysql package, then edit hibernate.cfg.xml to point at the existing (external) MySQL instance hosting the database, then edit server.xml, xwiki.cfg and xwiki.properties to match the previous. The new instance connects, and after editing xwiki.cfg, I can login as superadmin, the previously setup LDAP auth not working), I was expecting to see the xwiki updater run, but it did not, and the top bar of xwiki is empty, it only has the logo on the far left and the three little lines on teh far right under which the only option is logout. Do I need to to do a .war update to get it up to 7.3 before migrating to a Debian APT/package instance ? or is there something that I have missed ? Cheers

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[xwiki-users] Path-based wiki access and Domain-based wiki access
by Hugor Mbuta 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Hi All, I created one wiki page on my windows 7 machine with some sub pages and some documents inserted so everything is good so far. But I would like to change URL name of wiki page at moment it’s call: http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/?srid=EiLr8Qmn I would like to change that by a pretty name instead the the default path and also able to access the wiki page from another computer on my network. I checked some document on the xwiki.org regarding Path-based wiki access and Domain-based wiki access. The documentation is not enough clear for me so someone can give the full steps to change the path and make this access everywhere in the network, please Regards, Thanks H. Hugor Mbuta IT Support Analyst direct dial +44 (0) 20 7332 9995 H.mbuta(a)gasstrategies.com [http://www.gasstrategies.com/gslogo.jpg]<http://www.gasstrategies.com> Gas Strategies 10 St Bride Street London, EC4A 4AD +44(0) 20 7332 9900 www.gasstrategies.com<http://www.gasstrategies.com> This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. Please note that we do not accept any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan the email and attachments (if any). Gas Strategies Group Limited is a company registered in England and Wales under company number 2225820. Gas Strategies is the trading name of Gas Strategies Group Limited. Registered company address: 10 St Bride Street, London, EC4A 4AD

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[xwiki-users] Why deleted page still appear in the UI?
by Giordano Ninonà 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Hi users, I'm developing a java component that offer APIs accessed through script services to perfom modification to the wiki. When I delete a document (thus the related page I guessed) from my java code with the "*.deleteDocument(doc, context)*", on my browser I see the last modification as a page deletion but the page is still accessible on the tree representation. The XWikiDocument's method ".setHidden(true)" solve my problem, but I can't catch the relations between xwiki pages-->Documents-->Document reference and how to handle deletion of non-terminal pages preserving the information contained in them like: the wiki and the nested page to whom they had been belonged, the content and the comments. Thanks for your help, Giordano.

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[xwiki-users] [myxwiki] new wiki request
by Metamechanic 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Hi. I’d like to register a second new community Xwiki please. Description: It is a wiki called Enough For All. It is designed to be an open community repository for information related to poverty at all levels. It aims to have a social network and collaboration aspect to it. Owner name: Adam Duus Username: metamechanic Wiki name: EnoughForAll Thank you. Regards, Adam Duus.

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[xwiki-users] New Page Has No Parent
by Randy Havens 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

When I create a new page in my Main space, the "Parent" field defaults to empty, but when I create a new page in any other space, it defaults to the name of that space. When a user tries to post a new page with the parent empty, they get an "access denied" message, but if you put "Main" in the parent it works as expected. Is there a way to default this value to "Main" when not in another space, instead of having it default blank? This wasn't an issue up to XWiki 7.1.2, but it is an issue in 7.3 and 7.4 - when nested pages started getting worked on. -- View this message in context: http://xwiki.475771.n2.nabble.com/New-Page-Has-No-Parent-tp7597344.html Sent from the XWiki- Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[xwiki-users] XWiki java client authentication
by Bryn Jeffries 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Hello, I need to write a small Java utility to interact with my XWiki server - it's main purpose is to take a file containing paths to various files, and then upload (POST) them to the server. It looks as though this cannot be done from within the browser directly since sandboxing prevents working with file paths directly. Having read through the RESTful client information (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/XWikiRESTfulAPI) I am not sure I need to completely go down this route as I don't need access to representations of the XWiki objects. AFAICS I will simply need to GET and POST to specific URLs of the wiki. However, I would greatly appreciate advice on how best to handle authentication. Guest users are not allowed, so username and password should be provided, and in some way a session needs to be maintained. Are there any simple examples for logging in to XWiki and maintaining a session from within a Java client? I'm wondering if I still might need the RESTful API for this, but the documentation doesn't really cover this in detail. Thanks, Bryn

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[xwiki-users] CMS feature: to define a document manual tree and then export the pages as PDF
by Andrea Belli 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Dear all, I'm a happy XWiki user since 2013, deployed as internal wiki for a tech team. Now I'm evaluating the usage of XWiki as CMS for writing product documentation. In the past I used Alfresco but I think the XWiki approach is more flexibile and easy for non-technical guys. The latest version I tried was the 6.4 which it works pretty well for all the use cases I'd like to fit, except for this need: I'd like to write a set of pages, and then arrange them in a structured manual with a table of Content, i.e. using a tree view and moving pages from a section to another, and then export them as PDF. For example, I'd like to write 4 wiki pages, and then I'd like to create a PDF picking up three of them defining a table of contents such as * page1 o page4 o page2 * page3 I saw this feature as plugin for Confluence: is this available in XWiki or scheduled for one of the next releases? Best Regards Andrea

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[xwiki-users] [myxwiki] new xwiki request
by Metamechanic 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

Hi. I’d like to register a new community Xwiki please. Description: It is a wiki called Global Effort, which stands for Global Energy Futures, Foresight and Transitions. It is designed to be an open community repository for information related to global energy futures. (Futures as in scenarios, backcasting, forecasts etc and not stock market speculation.) It aims to have a social network and collaboration aspect to it. Owner name: Adam Duus Username: metamechanic Wiki name: globaleffort Thank you. Regards, Adam Duus.

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Re: [xwiki-users] import of a XAR and versions
by vincent＠massol.net 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

Hi Peter, No it’s not been fixed in 6.4.x. Maybe Thomas has decided not to backport it since it could a bit dangerous? Thomas? Thanks -Vincent On 4 Jan 2016 at 11:02:58, Peter Huisman ([email protected](mailto:[email protected])) wrote: > Hi Vincent, > > Thanks for the prompt response and great to hear that it is already fixed! I am wondering (since I can’t find it easily) if you also have fixed in the latest 6.x series since we are not ready to move to 8. > > Br, > > Peter > > Op 4 jan. 2016, om 10:59 heeft [email protected](mailto:[email protected]) het volgende geschreven: > > Hi Peter, > > On 4 Jan 2016 at 10:55:49, Peter Huisman ([email protected](mailto:[email protected])(mailto:[email protected])) wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a question regarding the import of a XAR. > > > > > > When we do an import of a XAR (exported with the History), we have noticed that - when the document NOT contains an attachment - the version history of the document is identical to the original (obviously as expected). However, when the document contains an attachment, it look like a new version of the document is created with the comment being identical to the last available comment. We have experimented with file an DB store (since we have multiple servers in use with different setups) but that does not solve this issue. > > > > > > 1 - Is this the expected result? > > > 2 - Is there a way to work around this (in our case) unwanted result? > > > > > > Thanks in advance for looking at this. > > > > I think you’ve experienced http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9960 which we’ve just fixed. > > > > Thanks > > -Vincent > > > > > Br, > > > > > > Peter

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[xwiki-users] import of a XAR and versions
by Peter Huisman 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

Hi, I have a question regarding the import of a XAR. When we do an import of a XAR (exported with the History), we have noticed that - when the document NOT contains an attachment - the version history of the document is identical to the original (obviously as expected). However, when the document contains an attachment, it look like a new version of the document is created with the comment being identical to the last available comment. We have experimented with file an DB store (since we have multiple servers in use with different setups) but that does not solve this issue. 1 - Is this the expected result? 2 - Is there a way to work around this (in our case) unwanted result? Thanks in advance for looking at this. Br, Peter

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