XWiki - Applications - Reader

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ipod_castA Collaborative Web Reader for watch teams
TypeXAR
Category
Developed byUnknown
Active Installs2
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LicenseGNU Lesser General Public License 2.1

Success

Installable with the Extension Manager

Description

A social news reader for enterprise collaborative watch

Features

  • Feed aggregation in the wiki (RSS or Atom). Each fetched article is a wiki page and benefit from all XWiki features
  • A dynamic news reader interface, with filtering, sorting, and the possibility to star (flag) articles
  • A dashboard with latest articles reviews (comments or annotations), flagged articles, and an activity stream

Screenshots

Dashboard

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The Web Reader

Screenshot of the reader stream

Create and Share Press Reviews

Screenshot of the press review creation screen

Application Administration

Screenshot of the reader administration

Prerequisites & Installation Instructions

We recommend using the Extension Manager to install this extension (Make sure that the text "Installable with the Extension Manager" is displayed at the top right location on this page to know if this extension can be installed with the Extension Manager). Note that installing Extensions when being offline is currently not supported and you'd need to use some complex manual method.

You can also use the following manual method, which is useful if this extension cannot be installed with the Extension Manager or if you're using an old version of XWiki that doesn't have the Extension Manager:

  1. Log in the wiki with a user having Administration rights
  2. Go to the Administration page and select the Import category
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to upload the downloaded XAR
  4. Click on the uploaded XAR and follow the instructions
  5. You'll also need to install all dependent Extensions that are not already installed in your wiki

  • Add ReaderCode.Translations, XWiki.TimeMacro as translation resource bundles (In the "Programming" administration section of your wiki)
  • Go the Scheduler home page and click schedule for the "Reader Feed Loader" job InformationThis step will not be mandatory starting with XE 2.6.1 and XE 2.7

Versions

Dependencies

Dependencies for this extension (org.xwiki.contrib:xwiki-application-reader 1.0):

  • org.xwiki.contrib:xwiki-macro-reviews 1.2

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