Dear Community, dear EGroupware developers and users,
we are pleased that EGroupware EGroupware 19.1 is now available. Here are some links for more information:
https://www.egroupware.org/de/version-19-1/
https://www.egroupware.org/en/version-19-1/
https://www.egroupware.org/de/2019/08/press-release-egroupware-19-1/
https://www.egroupware.org/en/2019/08/press-release-egroupware-19-1/
https://www.egroupware.org/de/2019/08/release-announcement-egroupware-19-1/
https://www.egroupware.org/en/2019/08/release-announcement-egroupware-19-1/
Docker (in EGroupware 19.1)?
Docker (in EGroupware 19.1)?
SSL-Verschlüsselung mit Let’s Encrypt
SSL Encryption with Let’s Encrypt
Docker-Werkzeuge
Docker Tools
Meine Installation EGroupware 19.1 auf Debian 10
My installation of EGroupware 19.1 on Debian 10
Attention!
Please read the installation instructions carefully!:
We have prepared a template for your own documentation or to document the relevant changes for your users:
Work in progress… coming soon.
The extended Release Notes of the Maintanance Releases are collected in this topics:
Part one to version 19.1.20200318:
Part two from version 19.1.20200409:
in chronological order.
If you have any questions or suggestions about this post, please post them in the forum.
Kind regards
Your EGroupware Team
Content:
We have collected
- General information
- Release notes and distribution specific instructions
- Update recommendations and troubleshooting
in the GitHub-Wiki:
For the integration of Rocket.Chat / Collabora Online and the possibility of installation together, we use Docker:
Read more in:
- Optimized colors and a (carefully) more modern look (more angular, less round):
- Use of svg graphics also in the web interface (work in progress). This provides (also with HiDPI monitors) a better/sharper look.
- Colored app icons like in the mobile view:
Can also be switched back to monochrome:
Not new, but current through the status bar:
It is possible for a user to change his avatar. So it’s possible for a user to add his photo to the avatar.
Requirements:
The user needs the permission to change his avatar in his user account:
Here is a bug in EGroupware. Bhe bug is fixed and will be include with the next Maintanace release.
Fixed in 19.1.20191031
- The user menu is now on the right side (after a click on the avatar):
The Rocket.Chat-App in EGroupware is an app to integrate the Rocket.Chat-web-client and to connect with the EGroupware-status-app. You can use your own Rocket.Chat-server installed with the egroupware-docker - package or any other Rocket.Chat-server.
If you run your own Rocket.Chat-server installed by the egroupware-docker - package, you must configure the server!:
More information about Rocket.Chat will follow later in a separate post.
We have integrated 2-factor authentication. More detailed information will follow in a separate post.
The funktion Remember me is now more secure. The access data are no longer stored unencrypted in a cookie.
A new app for displaying the status of users.
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The status display appears as a vertical bar on the right edge of the window.
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During a mouse-over, the name of the user is displayed.
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Right-clicking on a user displays a context menu. This can be used to start a private chat or to write an e-mail. In addition, a user can be marked as a favorite or removed as such. Favorites slide up over the black hyphen.
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The status of the user is displayed as a colored circle in the avatar. When a user is logged into EGroupware, his avatar is displayed clearly.
- Admin (EPL Only): Documentation of changes in the admin area including “Reason and on behalf of …”.
In order to fulfil the requirements of the EU-GDPDU and to facilitate the internal documentation in an organisation, it is now possible to document changes to data records:
The possibility exists in:
- User accounts
- User groups
- Application administration
- Categories
- Custom fields
- Site configuration
The documented information can be called and printed in Admin queue and history:
The change in detail:
- Ability to set the visible buttons for all users (Mail, Calendar):
It is now possible to set the visible action-icons (all others in More...) for all Users together:
This function is only visible to administrators.
- delete account allows to choose per app what happens with the data
It is now possible to select the entries (Calendar|Addressbook|Infolog) which should be transferred to a user:
- Remove jPicker
We have removed the jPicker-library. This reduces the dependency on external libarys.
Now EGroupware use the native one from the system. For example:
Windows 7:
Linux (Mint):
- Flags in the country-indicators
We have implement a database to display the flags in the country selections:
Adress book:
or in the Common preferences:
We have implement letter avatare for users/adressbook entrys without picture as avatar:
We have made several improvements to the link file dialog:
- Calling the Favorites
- Search in folder
- Clickable and editable path
We have changes the Text/HTML-Editor from CKEditor to TinyMCE 
Security: The TinyMCE fully supports "Content Security Policy (CSP) , with the CKEditor this was only possible to a limited extent in the HTML Editor until now.
- With the TinyMCE we also updated the look and feel. The editor now looks much more modern:
- Insert text as text: Changed handling
To insert text without formatting, the function has changed a bit. The button is now activated by a click and you can insert the text. By a click on the button one deactivates the function again.
Several styles are now available for listings:
The HTML-Editor in mail compose has a fix set of functions/icons:
In/for other places (e.g. Project Manager) the set of functions/icons can be edited and switch the menu bar on/off.
These settings can be set in
Settings/Common preferences/Text editor setting
The browser spell check now works also in HTML-Modus inclusive “Add to user dictionary”. Example in German:
With TinyMCE it is now possible to edit the inserted picture:
- Send as mail
It is now possible to send the in Collabora Online opened document directly as email, (or share the file…)
- Insert picture from EGw File Manager
It is now possible to insert a picture from the EGroupware File Manager directly via menue/dialog:
- Support-key for supportet version
It is now possible to insert a licence-key for a local installed Collabora online directly in EGroupware:
- changing the subject of an email:
It is now possible to change the subject of an email.
There are two ways to call this function:
- Clickable and editable path in filemanager:
It is now possible to view an existing share-link and to edit a share:
View link (to copy the link in a webbrowser or email):
Edit a share:
- Expiration
- Password
- Writable
- Delete the share
- Writing Collabora link (EPL Only), with which one can give external direct access to a single file, which is opened with Collabora in the instance.
- add attachments to comments
It is now possible to add files to a comment:
The files will be included both in the commentary:
as well as in the list of links and can be opened accordingly.
It is now possible to edit an existing comment:
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Outlook CalDAV Synchronizer
We have entered into a partnership with Generalize-IT Solutions OG, the manufacturers of Outlook CalDAV Synchronizer.
The partnership enables us to provide a well working sync client for Outlook. This Sync-Client is free, but can also be purchased with professional support directly from EGroupware GmbH.
More information:
https://caldavsynchronizer.org/
If you don’t want to buy a supported version, you can and should still support the developers:
https://caldavsynchronizer.org/donate/
With the package installation (Docker container) we no longer deliver old templates/themes (e.g. jdots).
The default template is available as :
- Default
- Compact
- Monochrome
- (Mobile)
With these templates you can set some things up for yourself: colors, logos, names, login screen, …
You can find more Informations in this topics:
Docker (in EGroupware 19.1)?
SSL Encryption with Let’s Encrypt
As always, we offer commercial support for the update or migration:
