Push file changes to your editbar with this nifty plugin!

This nifty plugin will push contents straight from a file to your editbar. Consider you have HTML that is written from a third party application to a file. When that file is updated your editbar reflects the changes in real time. In this picture you can see some output from Mumble showing the Server users …

Etherpad 1.5 – Turkey Slayer Edition

Usually on releases the first thing we do is tell you what’s new and why you should upgrade. If you are looking for this, scroll down. This release is different. What makes Etherpad such a great project is the number of contributors that can maintain the software. This means that should one maintainer be unable …

Post to Etherpad with this simple plugin

Simple single command to post a files data to your Etherpad instance: curl -X POST -d @yourfile.here http://youretherpad/post This command will return the URL to a pad containing the contents of the file you selected. To get this functionality: 1. Visit /admin/plugins 2. Install ep_post_data Enjoy! And merry festive period, may all be red and …

Etherpad 1.5 plugin upgrade

This article is aimed at plugin developers. When we upgrade Etherpad to 1.5 some(very few) plugins will require minor changes. Broadcasting to all clients If your plugin uses socket IO to broadcast a message to each client connected to your Etherpad Instance. var clients = socketio.sockets.clients(); for(var i = 0; i < clients.length; i++) { …

Etherpad Version 1.4.1 Released – Unpremature

Shut up rambling John. Just tell me what’s New and why should I upgrade/care? Performance: * Huge MySQL performance improvements (InnoDB to MyISAM) Hooks: * User Leave * Export File Name * Preprocessor Hook for DOMLine attributes Scripts * Script to reinsert all DB values of a Pad Configuration: * Allow for absolute settings paths …

Nginx reverse proxy SSL security issue

Until today the example Nginx reverse proxy config for Etherpad allowed for weaker SSL encryption than is acceptable. You can see if your instance is vulnerable by checking your instances SSL cert Check your Nginx config to see if this line exists: ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP; If so replace with: ssl_ciphers “EECDH+ECDSA+AESGCM EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM EECDH+ECDSA+SHA384 EECDH+ECDSA+SHA256 EECDH+aRSA+SHA384 EECDH+aRSA+SHA256 …

Skype and Hangouts alternative

We’re tired of being spied upon and we’re tied of tech companies colluding. With no sign of an end we think it’s time to take control. So.. We’re Introducing an Etherpad instance to serve as an alternative to Microsoft Skype and Google Hangouts, we’re using it internally but we’re inviting you to try it out …