V1.1.2 is a significant move forward towards making Etherpad easier to implement into your service. The communities focus has been on improving usability, documentation, hooks (where your code runs) and other bits that makes your job as a developer less stressful giving you more time to enjoy petting your unicorn. What’s new? More Hooks Extended …
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Plugin Spotlight: Help bubbles
Do you have users that are new to Etherpad and want to show them how to use the interface? Install the aptly named “Help Bubbles” plugin and enjoy simple pop ups enlightening you. How to install this plugin Visit http://youretherpaddeployment.com/admin/plugins and login with your username/password then search for the plugin “help_bubbles”. Plugin Author: John McLear …
From your CLI to Etherpad
Today we’re shining our spotlight on some great work by Simon Maddox that sends your CLI output (STDOUT) to a pad in real time. Great for debugging or tracking installation procedures. The project is named Etherpad stream and it can be installed with: npm install -g etherpad-stream And used by following the very simple usage …