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 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++) { …

Introducing ep_push2delete

Sometimes, when you really care about disk space, or when your pad contents are extremely confidential or private, you might want to simply delete your whole pad, since people could still access your sensible content via the timeslider. And if there’s a need, there’s also a plugin. ep_push2delete allows you to press one simple button …

Show other authors, markdown editing and export, text alignment and more great new plugins..

Show Other Authors Caret Location Like how Google Docs shows where other authors are on the document? Well Etherpad also has that functionality and it’s only a few clicks away! Grab ep_cursortrace from your /admin/plugins page. Markdown editing and export in Etherpad Who doesn’t love Markdown? With ep_markdown you can use rich editing buttons and …

Plugin Spotlight: Go social with Sharethis

Now it’s even easier to share a pad link with your friends on your favourite social network. Because we don’t have any allegiance to any social network you will notice there are many available and if you like you can modify the plugin and add your own favourite or register with Sharethis and get the …

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