Changes for page Release Notes for XWiki 8.2

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9	9	= New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 8.1) =
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11	11	[[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 8.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=13615]].
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	13	+== New Homepage ==
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	15	+We replaced the Dashboard application from the main Homepage and added introductory steps as wiki syntax. This change will make it simpler for new users to edit the Homepage content, while also benefiting from some basic help concepts. The left panels area also showcases now the 'Navigation' panel, while the right panels area contain a 'Need Help?' panel.
	16	+{{image reference="homepage.png" width="600px;"/}}
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	18	+== Application Index ==
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	20	+We removed some applications from the AppBar (like Scheduler, Invitation, Panels, etc.) with the intention to simplify the interface and promote a smaller number of applications inside the AppBar panel. In order for the applications to still be discoverable, we added in the Drawer an [[Application Index>>extensions:Extension.Application Index Application]].
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	22	+{{image reference="appIndex.png" width="600px;"/}}
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	24	+== Template Icons ==
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	26	+When creating a new page, the Template Providers for specific applications can now add an icon and a description. We added new icons and descriptions for the Blog and Dashboard default templates.
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	28	+{{image reference="templateIcons.png" width="600px;"/}}
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12	12	== Configure Syntaxes in Administration UI ==
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14	14	It's now possible to [[easily configure the markup syntaxes>>extensions:Extension.Rendering Administration Application]] that you wish to be made available to your users when writing pages, directly from the Admin UI.
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24	24	== Miscellaneous ==
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	44	+* Improved the edit section styling to be in consistency with the Flamingo Skin style(((
	45	+{{image reference="edit_section.png" width="600px;"/}}
	46	+)))
	47	+* Improved the way ratings stars are displayed by removing the white background from picture (((
	48	+ {{image reference="stars.png"/}}
	49	+)))
26	26	* Default XWiki Syntax 1.0 configuration has been removed from ##xwiki.cfg## and is now [[documented here>>extensions:Extension.Old XWiki 1\.0 syntax renderer||anchor="HConfiguration"]].
27	27	* You now have the option to create a blog post from anywhere inside the ##Blog## page (or one of its children) by simply using the ##+## (create page) button and selecting ##Blog Post## as your new page's type:(((
28	28	{{image reference="[email protected]"/}}
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42	42	The following dependencies have been upgraded:
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	68	+* [[Groovy 2.4.7>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-995]]
	69	+* [[Jackson 2.7.5>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-998]]
	70	+* [[httpcore 4.4.5>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-999]]
44	44	* [[cssparser 0.9.19>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-983]]
45	45	* [[Tika 1.13>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13448]]
46	46	* [[HSQLDB 2.3.4>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13449]]
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56	56	== Miscellaneous ==
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	85	+* Added 2 new column types for the Livetable macro: [["boolean" and "multilist">>extensions:Extension.Livetable Macro||anchor="HAllacceptedvalues-2"]](((
	86	+ {{image reference="livetable-boolean.png"/}}
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	89	+ {{image reference="livetable-multilist.png"/}}
	90	+)))
58	58	* The URL API module (##xwiki-platform-url-api##) [[now provides>>extensions:Extension.URL API||anchor="HTools"]] an ##EntityReferenceResolver<String>## resolver and an ##EntityReferenceSerializer<String>## serializer implementations (with hint ##url##) that can be used to parse/serialize ##EntityReference## when used in URLs. The rationale is that Tomcat, for security reasons, doesn't support forward and backward slashes (##/##, ##\##) in URLs by default. Thus, if a reference contains some reserved characters such as dot (##.##), colon (##:##), etc and you use a default serializer they'll be escaped using a backslash, leading to problems under Tomcat. So this resolver/serializer uses a different escape character (namely, it uses ##!##)
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60	60	= Translations =
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95	95	== Issues specific to XWiki 8.2 ==
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	130	+* The behavior of the getRenderedContent methods located in Document/XWikiDocument changed a bit.
	131	+** methods taking a String to render in the context of the document: they are still rendering in the context of the document but with the right of whatever called the method
	132	+** methods rendering the document itself: they are still rendering in the context of whatever called this method but with the right of the document
97	97	* The ##xwiki.rendering.syntaxes## configuration property from ##xwiki.cfg## has changed purpose. It's now used only to define the **initial** list of active syntaxes. Then an Admin can go to the Admin UI to enable or disable syntaxes.
98	98	* Support for the Markdown syntax is no longer bundled by default and needs to be [[installed as an Extension>>extensions:Extension.Markdown Syntaxes]] if needed.
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