Etherpad-Lite plugin for dokuwiki
All documentation for this plugin can be found at https://github.com/michael-dev/dokuwikietherpadlite and at https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:etherpadlite .
This dokuwiki plugin lets you edit your pages using an existing etherpad lite instance. Using an appropiate configuration of the etherpad lite server, the plugin will enforce dokuwiki acl permissions for pages onto the pads for editing the page and additionally lets you protect the pads using read and read-write passwords. Further, it integrates tightly with the dokuwiki toolbar so that most buttons will work the the etherpad lite editor as well.
- multiple persons can edit the same page at the same time
- almost realtime backups of edits typed
- tight toolbar integration
- mapping of dokuwiki permissions
- extra password protection for read/readwrite pad access
The user who is in (dokuwiki) "edit"-Mode can create a PAD to edit and save the content. Users in "lock"-Mode can join this PAD, but not save nor delete the PAD.
The dokuwiki plugin adds javascript code to the edit page that hooks into the toolbar javascript and adds an extra pad-toogle icon just below the textedit field. This code obviously depends on the template used and has not been tested with the most recent dokuwiki default template. The dokuwiki plugin further adds an ajax handler that calls the etherpad lite api as needed and stores the pad details in the dokuwiki page metadata object.
The etherpad lite gets its pads assigned to groups, group membership managed and pad passwords assigned by the dokuwiki plugin. Further, the dokuwiki plugin sets browser cookies to authorize the client to use the pad. The latter leads to some cross-domain requirements, though this could as well be fixed by adding extra code to etherpad lite.
The tight integration works using javascript cross-domain message posting, so it is more or less cross-domain independend. The dokuwiki plugin sends edit-messages (i.e. past text xx at current cursor) and the etherpad lite plugin receives and processes it. Therefore the etherpad lite plugin is just some javascript code loaded into the browser. Messages in the inverse directions are used to indicate the presence of the plugin. Please note that there currently is no synchronous messaging possible, so the dokuwiki javascript code cannot read the current selection from the pad.
Please refer to the etherpad lite dokumentation for its installation steps and remember to use a production-ready backend.
To ensure pad permissions and cleanup, I recommend the following etherpad lite settings. They ensure that only users authorized by the dokuwiki plugin can edit a pad and that there are only pads created using the dokuwiki plugin.
- "requireSession" : true,
- "editOnly" : true,
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/pad$ /pad/ [R]
<Proxy http://localhost:9001/>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Proxy>
ProxyPass /pad/ http://localhost:9001/
ProxyPassReverse /pad/ http://localhost:9001/
ProxyPreserveHost on
Please refer to http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugins for additional info on how to install plugins in DokuWiki.
Use the following command to install the plugin into dokuwiki. The path name (etherpadlite in the lib/plugins folder) is important - a different name will not work!
git clone --recursive https://github.com/michael-dev/dokuwikietherpadlite lib/plugins/etherpadlite
Use https://github.com/michael-dev/dokuwikietherpadlite/blob/releases/dokuwiki-etherpadlite-current.zip to install the plugin using the dokuwiki plugin manager.
This plugin needs configuration. See the dokuwiki configuration editor for this. More information can be found on https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:etherpadlite .
For better integration, see the ep_iframeinsert etherpad lite plugin. https://github.com/michael-dev/ep_iframeinsert
- Please note that password protection only works for group pads. Additionally, there is a single master group for alle wiki pages. So the temporary page id is a secret.
- The dokuwiki plugin sets a browser cookie read by the etherpad lite (session identifier). This leads to some cross-domain restrictions.
- Group sessions last for one week or shorter (if user uses logout button). So after one week, you'll need to reconnect.
- Encrypted pages are not really encrypted but the etherpad-lite builtin password manager is used.
- Pads are owned by the user who created it. Ownership cannot be transfered. If a pad exists for a page revision, there cannot be another pad for the same/a different page revision.
- the dokuwiki integration depends on the template used and is not tested with the most recent dokuwiki default template.
- Icons: http://openclipart.org/detail/35197/tango-accesories-text-editor-by-warszawianka (public domain)
- Icons: http://openclipart.org/detail/74881/cerrar-by-nomade
- Icons: http://openclipart.org/detail/22179/lock-by-nicubunu
Copyright (C) Michael Braun michael-dev@fami-braun.de
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
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