BlueSpice

BlueSpice allows users to edit tables with a WYSIWYG-editor, dialogues simplify the integration of links, categories, pictures and files. Thanks to the user administration and the wiki-preferences the administration of the wiki is done quickly. A newsblog can keep your wiki up-to-date. BlueSpice enhances the MediaWiki, in particular in the areas quality management, process support, administration, editing and security.

BlueSpice

 * ArticleInfo: Is the last editing up-to-date? Who’s responsible? And what categories are dedicated? ArticleInfo shows you the relevant information. If you want to know more detailed, just look inside there you find a summary of recent changes.
 * Authors: Get an idea of the authors. Below the article you find the authors'pictures.
 * Avatars: Shows an indivudal avatar if someone isn't using a profile picture.
 * Blog: Wiki or Blog? Why not both? The internal blog function combines the advantages of both Wiki and Blog.
 * CheckList: Insert checkboxes and checklists for task management.
 * CountThings: Provides special tags to allow statistical analysis.
 * CssSyntaxHighlight: This extension adds the
 * DashBoard: Individual overview of what is going on in the wiki.
 * Emoticons: certain signs become Icons :-)
 * ExtendedEditBar: Frequently used functions are easily accessible and speed up work with the WYSIWYG editor.
 * ExtendedSearch: Full-text search in articles and files via Lucene-powered Solr. Other features are faceting, fuzzy search, spellchecker and sorting of results. As well there is a search-as-you-type (while typing the wiki proposes search items) and auto-cpmplete functionality.
 * ExtendedStatistics: Illustrate activities in the Wiki with diagrams.
 * ExtensionInfo: Want to know what functions are integrated in BlueSpice? As an admin you can have a look at the extention information.
 * FlexiSkin: Change the design of your wiki. Choose between different colours, insert your own logo and decide if you want to have the navigation at the left or right side.
 * FormattingHelp: Description of the most important Wiki codes for beginners.
 * Group Manager: Looking for an easy way to control users‘ access rights? Our Group Manager allows you to set up a finely tuned rights structure.
 * HideTitle: With this variable you can hide the page title.
 * InsertCategory: Insert images without wiki code. See a category overview and create or delete categories.
 * InsertFile: Insert files without wiki code. Attach a file to wiki article and link it in the text.
 * InsertImage: Insert images without wiki code. You can access the upload dialog via a button next to the formatting functions in the article. Look in the galery for files that have already been uploaded.
 * InsertLink: Insert links without wiki code. You can access the upload dialog via a button next to the formatting functions in the article. Link to wiki pages, pages in the www or elsewhere.
 * InsertMagic: Helps you integrating wiki tags and MagicWords. It also shows descriptions and explanations.
 * InterWikiLinks: You can insert short names for links to other Wikis or URLS.
 * Notifications: Subscribe to change notifications via email or in the wiki. (Link to "Echo" from MediaWiki)
 * NamespaceCss: Create different layouts for different namespaces.
 * NamespaceManager: Define areas with specific writing or reading rights.
 * Number of threads: Is there a discussion about the article and is it highly frequented? That’s what you can see at the tab “discussion” because the number of edits is shown.
 * PageAccess: Restrict the read permission for single articles.
 * PagesVisited: You visited a page and want to see it again? PagesVisited lists the pages you have visited recently.
 * PageTemplates: Content of new sites can be structured before writing which is helpful for product descriptions or customer information.
 * PermissionManager: Easy administration of the rights management. e.g. you can delegate special rights to groups.
 * Preferences: Some settings apply to everybody. Only the admin can change it.
 * Readers: Get to know who has visited a page.
 * ResponsibleEditors: Define responsible editors to review and sign off individual articles and whole books.
 * ReviewLight: Set up editing and sign-off routines using workflows.
 * RSSFeeder: Subscribe to changes in sites, categories, namespaces or recent changes.
 * RSS Standards: Extension for RSSFeeder that offers some standard information via RSS.
 * SaferEdit: Buffer storage to retrieve content in case of browser crashes.
 * SecureFileStore: Not every user should be allowed to have a look on uploaded files and images or to download them. Thats why there is an access protection.
 * Shoutbox: Use the shoutbox to comment on articles
 * SmartList: Get notified when changes are made on pages, in categories or in namespaces.
 * StateBar: The state bar contains article information on recent edit, recent author, workflows, responsible editors, subpages and similar articles.
 * TopBarMenuCustomizer: Change links in the Topmenu at the top of the page. So you can switch e.g. between wiki, blog, social network.
 * UniversalExport: Export single articles as PDFs.
 * UserManager: User, permissions, passwords - the admin rules the users. And you can search for certain users in this dialogue.
 * UserPreferences: Fit your Wiki - every user can change his array.
 * UserSidebar: You focus on specific pages? You can link them in the navigation. With BlueSpice you can compile a navigation in a personal sidebar.
 * VisualEditor: With this editor you can easily edit articles. It’s similar to a text processing program, so you don’t need wiki code.
 * Wanted article: Want to have an article about a special theme? Let others know that there is a requirement.
 * WatchList: Informs about changes in articles that you put on your watchlist.
 * WhoIsOnline: Now you know who’s online in the Wiki.
 * WidgetBar: In the tools you find recent changes, Who’s online, etc. Every user can customize it.
 * Recent changes: There you can see the articles that have been edited recently.
 * WikiAdmin: WikiAdmin is a container (tab in the left navigation), where an administrator can find special admin functions.

MediaWiki

 * CategoryTree: It provides a dynamic view of the wiki's category structure (main catgeories and sub-categories) as a tree.
 * Echo:Notification-System that allows users to control how their notifications are handled, read, and deleted.
 * LDAP Authentification:Central Authentification. Connect MediaWiki to Active Directory.
 * Lockdown: Allows restricted access to specific namespaces and special pages to a given set of user groups.
 * DynamicPageList (Intersection): Allows wiki users to create a list of pages that are listed in a set of categories.
 * RSS: Display RSS feeds on a wiki page
 * WikiCategoryTagCloud: Allows to add tag clouds based on categories to a page.
 * Quiz: Allows to create your own Quiz.
 * ImageMap: One image, many links. You can hyperlink areas of the image to multiple destinations
 * InputBox: Users can "complete" a form (entering text, selecting menu items, etc.) by entering text into the box.
 * Nuke: There is somebody who create some spampages? Nuke makes it possible for sysops to mass delete pages
 * ParserFunctions: enhances parser with logical functions makes a text a separate paragraph, with < br / > after every line, i.e., it suppresses reformatting of a single newline to a blank space.
 * SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi: This extension adds the tag to present formatted source code.
 * Poem: Inserts automatic line breaks in poems, using MediaWiki’s Poems analytics.
 * Cite: Use footnotes to describe further details.

Installation Manual
BlueSpice 2.22.0 can be installed by following this manual:

Installation manual (english).

Release Notes
Release Notes for BlueSpice 2.22.0

Weekly
There is a weekly version of BlueSpice which you can download from git: You can try the weekly online: http://weekly.blue-spice.org
 * BlueSpiceFoundation - Needed for all BlueSpice packages
 * BlueSpiceExtensions - These are all BlueSpice specific extensions
 * BlueSpiceSkin - The BlueSpice Skin

Project Links

 * BlueSpice Helpdesk
 * BlueSpice Project Blog
 * BlueSpice News on Twitter
 * BlueSpice on Google+
 * BlueSpice Tutorials on Youtube