Upgrade from 1.8.4 to 1.9.4

The xWiki Upgrade Process

• Analyze documentation for new features and retrieve resources
• Analyze and merge xWiki Configuration xwiki.cfg and Hibernate Configuration hibernate.cfg.xml
• Analyze and merge skin modification
• Set the test environment up and upgrade application
• Check Database

Upgrade Documentation and Resources

• Upgrading an XWikiInstallation
• Latest ReleaseNotes or the Archived Release Notes
• download the latest WAR distribution or previous versions can be found here here

Release Notes for XWiki Enterprise 1..4

Skin analysis

1. Many differences to previous skin (some file moved in templates directory)
2. modified register.vm: redirection to login

1. 1. style.css (Identical)
   2. footer.vm (Identical)
   3. view.vm (Identical)
   4. viewheader.vm (Identical)
   5. logo (Identical)
   6. menuview.vm differ
   7. space.vm differ
   8. contentview.vm (removed)
   9. classes.css (removed)
   10. javascript (removed)
   11. stylesheets (Identical)
   12. login.vm (Identical)
2. removed other than albatross skin directory from webapps/skins
3. modified classes section removed 132 migration (import wiki.css and xwikicss in Style section)
4. modified javascript section removed in 122 migration (keep default)
5. modified content view.vm section removed during 162 migration
6. updated Menuview section with 172 changes
7. updated Space section with 172 changes
8. not updated Login section (Forgot Password section not included)

Current test release

To test the newly upgraded release (v1.9.4) go to

• http://137.204.107.26/xwiki/bin/view/Main/

Test LIST

Logged out

1. check Register link
2. http://apice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/People/
   1. compare style layout
   2. check People spaces
3. Publications
   1. check http://apice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/Publications/PapersPerYear
   2. check of http://apice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/Publications/PapersPerStatus
   3. check http://apice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/Publications/All
   4. check http://apice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/Publications/Search
4. Talks
   • All talks ordered by year or by category
5. Courses
   • check All, CoursesPerYear
6. Theses
   • check Available thesis, Ongoing thesis, Completed thesis, Tags, Theses by People
   • try modify status Theses/TheseName?editor=object
7. Projects
   • check Show All, Search

Logged in

1. Test DSA Unibo Login
2. Publications
   1. check http://apice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/Publications/Insert
      • try Get BibTeX from data
      • try Get data from BibTeX
3. Talks
   • edit inline form
   • insert Talk
4. Courses
   • edit inline form
5. Theses
   • check Available thesis, Ongoing thesis, Completed thesis, Tags, Theses by People
   • try modify status Theses/TheseName?editor=object