Speaking as an old-timer/lurker: Wow!
Looks really great. I can appreciate the massive amount of work this represents. Congratulations! Andy > On May 15, 2016, at 3:43 AM, Dave Koelmeyer > <dave.koelme...@davekoelmeyer.co.nz> wrote: > > Hi All, > > This is currently in draft ready for posting, please let me know if any > changes needed: > > *********** > > Introducing the Haddock template > > As mentioned in our inaugural blog post, JSPWiki has a new template – > which we call Haddock. It's been refined over the past several developer > releases, and we feel it can now serve as the default, production-ready > template for your JSPWiki installation. Let's take a look at some key > highlights. > A new user interface > > Haddock features a clean, modern look and feel which builds upon the > Bootstrap framework. While our legacy default template and associated > skins have served us well over the years, Haddock is a huge leap forward > for JSPWiki's user interface. > > JSPWiki's legacy template (click to enlarge): > > jspwiki-legacytemplate-1.png > > The Haddock template (click to enlarge): > > jspwiki-haddocktemplate-1.png > > The legacy template and associated skins are still available, but future > user interface development will be focused on Haddock. > A new editing experience > > Haddock ships with a brand-new plain editor, packed with new features. > Smart typing pairs, automatic suggestions, and tab completion with > snippets hugely accelerate the process of adding wiki content. Search > and replace has been moved to a floating window, live content previewing > is now also available in a split-screen view, and the editor interface > has been streamlined to display certain commands only when actually > needed. And for folks who prefer a WYSIWYG experience, Haddock ships > with a new WYSIWYG editor as well. > > These are only some of Haddock's new features, and we'll be highlighting > a selection in upcoming blog posts. For now, check out everything it's > capable of here: > > https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=Haddock%20Template > > Under-the-hood changes > > Haddock's improvements don't just run skin-deep. Javascript and CSS > files have been modularised for improved maintainability and reduced > complexity (making it much easier to create custom dynamic styles, for > example). UglifyJS and wro4j are used to reduce application loading > times. Net result? The speediest JSPWiki yet. > Trying Haddock out > > Enabling Haddock is easy, and a quick way to instantly supercharge your > existing JSPWiki site. For any problems, support or feedback, let us > know via our mailing lists. > > *********** > > -- > Dave Koelmeyer > http://blog.davekoelmeyer.co.nz > GPG Key ID: 0x238BFF87 >
