How to enable or disable plugins in Etherpad Lite
Etherpad now offers a plugin framework that is accessible via the web browser at: http://youretherpadserver.com/admin/plugins Edit your settings.json uncommenting the lines containing an admin user /...
View ArticleUpgrade Etherpad Lite plugins
We haven’t finished working on the plugin framework update functionality yet so in the mean time to update Etherpad Lite plugins please do: npm install --upgrade ep_pluginname No related posts.
View ArticleUpgrading Etherpad Lite if you installed with Git
/etc/init.d/etherpad-lite stop git pull /etc/init.d/etherpad-lite start If you installed from the tar ball then grab the latest tar and extract it over your current install. Make sure you always back...
View ArticleUsing git flow to release new version
Using git flow to release a new version of software enables developers to easily switch between releases to locate bugs and/or introduce new features. In this example we are releasing version 1.1.4....
View ArticleExporting or Viewing a saved revision in Etherpad
A saved revision is created by clicking the STAR button however they are periodically created too. To access a saved revision add the number of the saved revision you would like to see IE To export the...
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Etherpad: Error raised: Error: listen EADDRINUSE
This error is caused by the port you are trying to listen on is already in use (possibly by Etherpad or another piece of software) In this case port 9001 was already in use. To fix this make sure all...
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Video Chat on Etherpad gets an upgrade
Today I pushed my new version of the Tokbox plugin for Etherpad. Tokbox gives you the ability to have video chats on pads. To enable video chat you will have to install the plugin by visiting...
View ArticleGet Etherpad Pad contents in Javascript
function getElementByIdInFrames(id, base) { var el; if(el = base.document.getElementById(id)) { return el; } for(var i = 0, len = base.frames.length; i < len; i++) { if(el =...
View ArticleDoing Collaborative editing viewport scrolling right
Getting scrolling in an editor right is a complex task with various Gotchas. Getting scrolling right is in a collaborative editing environment is fraught with even more perils. Most editors, both...
View ArticleScript for checking out pull request
I often have to test specific pull requests and tanks to this post on how to checkout git pull requests I was able to quickly bash together a script I wrote this to ~/checkoutPR.sh echo "Getting Pull...
View ArticleUsing git bisect to debug Etherpad issues
Sometimes stuff gets broken due to new commits, we need to know which commit broke functionality. To do this git pull git checkout develop Ensure the bug exists then git checkout master Ensure the bug...
View ArticleGetting author ownership right in a collaborative editor
In this blog post I’m going to explain the complexities of getting content ownership in a document right. All popular collaborative editors get this wrong, some more drastically than others. Knowing...
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Comments in Etherpad
I have been playing with a proof of concept for Comments in Etherpad. This wont be available as a free plugin but if you are interested in sponsoring development or using it please get in touch!
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Collaborative Markdown editing and export in Etherpad
Features: * Use rich editing buttons and see rich edits and markdown together or toggle between markdown/up visibility. * Export Markdown Great for newcomers and Jedi’s alike. Grab the ep_markdown...
View ArticlePad Stats in Etherpad
Get the following Stats in Etherpad: Characters (no whitespace) Characters (with whitespace) Word Count Revision Count Saved Revision Count # of Authors Author Stats Number of Words Contributed to...
View Article2013 Etherpad SF Meetup part 1 of 10 – intro and etherpad-lite status from...
2013 Etherpad SF Meetup part 1 of 10 – intro and etherpad-lite status from John McLear – YouTube.
View ArticleEtherpad USA Meetup 2013 videos
Intro and Etherpad status from Me. Etherpad and MediaWiki from Mark Holmquist Mozilla Etherpad and teampad work by Rob Helmer Transforming Text by David Greenspan Sketchpad by Ari Bader-Natal New...
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Top 10 Etherpad Plugins 2014
Etherpad changed a lot in 2013, the new functionality funded by various companies has mostly been released open source and this has meant a lots of new jobs and work availability for plugin...
View ArticleVideo conferencing within Etherpad
If you are working with anything that requires and privacy or security it’s pretty clear doing this on a publicly facing web service is risky, everyone has been left shaken from Heartbleed. We will...
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