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1 -Software Stacks.XWiki.WebHome
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1 -Here is a summary of the steps I took to configure this XWiki website via GUI. The configurations required for your XWiki website may vary depending on your needs. Being logged in as the admin user, the **Administration** page can be found here: Triple bar icon (upper right corner) > Administer Wiki. Here you can find the different options like **Look & Feel** or **Extensions**.
1 +Here is a summary of the steps I took to configure this XWiki website via GUI. The configurations required for your XWiki website may vary depending on your needs.
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3 -### Measures
3 +The **Administration** page can be found here: Triple bar icon (upper right corner) > Administer Wiki. Here you can find the different options like **Look & Feel** or **Extensions**.
4 4  
5 -**Delete non-required extensions**
6 6  
7 -* Extensions > Extensions > In the selection menu, select "Installed Extensions" > Search for "Tour Application", "Help Application" and "Sandbox Application" and uninstall them
6 +=== Measures ===
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9 -**Upload Logo** (displayed in the upper left corner of the website)
8 +* Delete non-required extensions:
9 +** Extensions > Extensions > In the selection menu, select "Installed Extensions" > Search for "Tour Application", "Help Application" and "Sandbox Application" and uninstall them
10 +* Upload Logo (displayed in the upper left corner of the website):
11 +** Look & Feel > Themes > Color Theme > COLOR THEME > Customize > Logos > Choose an attachment > Browse > Upload and select > Safe & View
12 +* Add a tab bar below the website header:
13 +** Look & Feel > Menus > Add new entry > (create a menu, for example "Header Menu")
14 +** Add links to each bullet point so that users who click on the tab are directed to the appropriate page.
15 +** At the bottom of the Menu page: Menu Display Location = After the page header; Menu Visibility Scope = Global.
16 +* Adapt navigation panel items to your needs (the boxes at the edges like "Navigation" or "Recently Created")
17 +** Look & Feel > Panels > Panel List
18 +* Adapt the footer - Hide XWiki version and add copyright information.
19 +** Look & Feel > Presentation > Footer > Here you can find the fields "Copyright" and "Version".
20 +** Since an empty "Version" field results in the current XWiki version being displayed, I left the "Copyright" field empty and entered the license in the "Version" field. Here is the content of the license for this website:
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11 -* Look & Feel > Themes > Color Theme > COLOR THEME > Customize > Logos > Choose an attachment > Browse > Upload and select > Safe & View
22 +{{code}}
23 +The contents of this website are available under the <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en">CC0 1.0 Universal license</a>; additional terms may apply.
24 +{{/code}}
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13 -**Add a tab bar below the website header**
14 -
15 -* Look & Feel > Menus > Add new entry > (create a menu, for example "Header Menu")
16 -* Add links to each bullet point so that users who click on the tab are directed to the appropriate page.
17 -* At the bottom of the Menu page: Menu Display Location = After the page header; Menu Visibility Scope = Global.
18 -
19 -**Adapt navigation panel items to your needs** (the boxes at the edges like "Navigation" or "Recently Created")
20 -
21 -* Look & Feel > Panels > Panel List
22 -
23 -**Change browser tab title**
24 -
25 -* Look & Feel > Presentation > Header > Title > Remove the " - XWiki"
26 -* Change favicon: Look & Feel > Themes > Skin > Customize > Edit > Logo > Choose Attachment > Browse > Select the image you want to have as a favicon. Make sure that the name of the image matches the names mentioned in the [documentation](http://sandbox.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/FAQ/How+do+I+add+a+favicon+for+my+wiki). For example, svg files must be named "icons.xwiki.favicon.svg". > Upload and select image > Save & View
27 -
28 -**Enable justification in editor**
29 -
30 -* Editing > WYSIWYG Editor >
31 - * Default WYSIWYG Editor > CKEditor > Save (Note: There are two "Save" buttons on this page.)
32 - * CKEditor > Disables Plugins > Open selection of disabled plugins > uncheck "justify" plugin > click on "Save" button **below**
33 -
34 -**Disable registration of new accounts**
35 -
36 -* Users & Rights > Rights > XWikiAdminGroup > Add a check at "Register". Implicitly all other groups (including unregistered users) lose their right to register new accounts. See the [docs](https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/AdminGuide/Access%20Rights/) for further details.
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38 -**Allow comments feature for unregistered users**
39 -
40 -* Users & Rights > Rights > Remove the "Comment" check for each group. This implicitly allows all groups (including unregistered users) to use the comments feature.
41 -
42 -**Set up mailing**
43 -
44 -* Mail > Mail Sending > Email address to send from > (enter the necessary fields to enable XWiki's mailing functionality)
45 -* Users & Rights > Registration > User Email verification > Yes
46 -
47 -**Adapt the timezone**
48 -
49 -* Content > Localization > Date/Time > Timezone
50 -
51 -**Use Markdown as page editing syntax**
52 -
53 -* Extensions > Extensions > Install CommonMark Markdown Syntax 1.2.
54 -* Edit > Syntax > Disabled syntaxes
55 - * Enable "CommonMark Markdown 1.2
56 - * Uncheck "XWiki 2.1
57 - * Saving
58 -* Newly created articles automatically use Markdown syntax by default. When editing, simply click the "Source" button to open the Markdown source editor.
59 -* Old articles will still use the previous default syntax, such as "XWiki 2.1" syntax. However, you can migrate old pages from the old syntax to the new syntax:
60 - * Go to the page to edit > Information > SYNTAX > click the "Edit" icon > select "CommonMark Markdown 1.2". > A "Syntax Conversion" popup appears - click "Yes" > click the "Confirm" icon. You should now be able to edit the page in Markdown.
61 - * Sometimes manual adjustments are required after conversion, as it does not always work as desired.
62 -
63 -**Adapt the footer** - Hide XWiki version and add copyright information.
64 -
65 -* Look & Feel > Presentation > Footer > Here you can find the fields "Copyright" and "Version".
66 -* Since an empty "Version" field results in the current XWiki version being displayed, I left the "Copyright" field empty and entered the license in the "Version" field. Here are two examples when using Markdown syntax as described above:
67 -
68 -```
69 -The contents of this website are available under the [CC0 1.0 Universal license](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en); additional terms may apply.
70 -The contents of this website are available under the [Attribution 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); additional terms may apply.
71 -```
26 +* Change browser tab title:
27 +** Look & Feel > Presentation > Header > Title > Remove the " - XWiki"
28 +** Change favicon: Look & Feel > Themes > Skin > Customize > Edit > Logo > Choose Attachment > Browse > Select the image you want to have as a favicon. Make sure that the name of the image matches the names mentioned in the [[documentation>>http://sandbox.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/FAQ/How+do+I+add+a+favicon+for+my+wiki]]. For example, svg files must be named "icons.xwiki.favicon.svg". > Upload and select image > Save & View
29 +* Enable justification in editor:
30 +** Editing > WYSIWYG Editor >
31 +*** Default WYSIWYG Editor > CKEditor > Save (Note: There are two "Save" buttons on this page.)
32 +*** CKEditor > Disables Plugins > Open selection of disabled plugins > uncheck "justify" plugin > click on "Save" button **below**
33 +* Disable registration of new accounts:
34 +** Users & Rights > Rights > XWikiAdminGroup > Add a check at "Register". Implicitly all other groups (including unregistered users) lose their right to register new accounts. See the [[docs>>https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/AdminGuide/Access%20Rights/]] for further details.
35 +* Set up mailing:
36 +** Mail > Mail Sending > Email address to send from > (enter the necessary fields to enable XWiki's mailing functionality)
37 +** Users & Rights > Registration > User Email verification > Yes
38 +* Adapt the timezone:
39 +** Content > Localization > Date/Time > Timezone