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Jan 31 2018
Having multiple lines for tabs in Firefox
Before Firefox 57 release, I used to have an extension called Tab Mix Plus. One of the features that I liked, was the ability to have several lines to display the tabs list. I usually have dozens on tab opened on my browser, and scrolling horizontally to find the one I need is painful.
But Tab Mix Plus is now broken since Firefox has been redesigned. It is now considered as an obsolete extension. Unfortunately, I have not found a valid extension to replace it. Worse: extensions are not allowed to perform such changes in the new version of Firefox. ...
Feb 08 2016
Dec 22 2015
OW2con'15: XWiki Product and Community
I have recently been invited to talk at the OW2 conference about the XWiki project and its community.
It's a brief resume about our governance rules, and an example of collaboration between the XWiki SAS company and the community.
Thanks to OW2, you can watch the video of the event. ...
Jul 20 2015
JavaScript in 2015
Since its beginning in 1996, JavaScript and its usage has changed a lot. In this article, I am going to describe a brief history of it and how it is used today in our browsers. ...
Jun 29 2015
LESS in XWiki, Post Mortem of an integration
LESS is a language that extends CSS by adding new features such as variables, mix-ins (kind of functions), etc... It makes CSS development more efficient and maintainable and is used by one of the major CSS frameworks available: Bootstrap.
Last year, we have integrated the LESS compiler in XWiki. At first, the purpose was to create a new look & feel based on Bootstrap, compatible with existing color themes. Quickly, we have encountered the need to execute some LESS code on-the-fly, and proposing a LESS compiler in XWiki was the unique solution. ...
Mar 02 2015
Installing XWiki on a VPS (Digital Ocean or OVH) for less than $10/month
Nowadays, having our own Virtual Private Server (VPS) is very not expensive. I have taken this opportunity to host my own XWiki instance. In this article, I will report how I have done so you can easily do the same. ...
Jan 06 2015
Integrate a Bootstrap theme in XWiki? An example with Bootswatch
With the arrival of Flamingo in XWiki, we now have a nice, modern and responsive skin. Moreover, it has been built using Bootstrap, the great CSS framework which is very popular nowadays.
One of the Bootstrap's characteristics is the fact that we can find a lot of themes on the Web.
The good news is that we are able to integrate them in XWiki, through the Flamingo Theme Application. In this post, I am going to show you how to proceed, with a theme provided by Bootswatch. ...