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  • General

Do not use this WIKI. We are going to move everything away from the Wiki and put them in the Docs

  • Accessibility and Keyboard Shortcuts
  • FAQ
  • Sites that run Etherpad
  • Etherpad Scanner
  • Third party apps with Etherpad support

Resources

  • Docs
  • Translating
  • HTTP API
  • Plugin framework (API hooks)
  • Plugins (available)
  • Plugins (wishlist)
  • Etherpad URIs / URLs to specific resources IE export

For Developers

  • Introduction to the source
  • Release Procedure
  • Etherpad Developer guidelines
  • Project to-do list
  • Changeset Library documentation
  • EasySync documentation
  • Attributes documentation
  • Alternative Etherpad-Clients
  • Contribution guidelines

How to's

Set up

  • Installing Etherpad
  • Deploying Etherpad as a service
  • Putting Etherpad behind a reverse Proxy (HTTPS/SSL)
  • Providing encrypted web access to Etherpad using SSL certificates
  • Using Etherpad with MySQL
  • Migrating from MySQL to PostgreSQL
  • Customizing the Etherpad web interface
  • Optimizing Etherpad performance including faster page loads

Third party deployments (supported by each platform by itself)

  • Deploying Etherpad on CloudFoundry
  • Deploying Etherpad on Heroku
  • Running Etherpad on Phusion Passenger
  • How to setup Etherpad on Ubuntu 12.04 using Ansible
  • Deploying Etherpad on Cloudron
  • Deploying Etherpad on alwaysdata

Advanced steps

  • Getting a list of all pads
  • Getting to know the tools and scripts in the Etherpad /bin/ folder
  • Load Testing Etherpad

Integrating Etherpad in your web app

  • Embedding a pad using the jQuery plugin
  • Using Embed Parameters
  • Integrating Etherpad in a third party app (Drupal, MediaWiki, WordPress, Atlassian, PmWiki)
  • HTTP API client libraries

for Developers

  • Creating a plugin
  • Building a local Etherpad development VM with Vagrant
  • Manipulating the database
  • Adding a new font icon to Etherpad

General

  • FAQ
  • Sites that run Etherpad
  • Third party apps with Etherpad support

Resources

  • Docs
  • Translating
  • HTTP API
  • Plugin framework (API hooks)
  • Plugins (available)
  • Plugins (list)
  • Plugins (wishlist)
  • Etherpad URIs / URLs to specific resources IE export
  • Etherpad Full data export

For Developers

  • Introduction to the source
  • Release Procedure
  • Etherpad Developer guidelines
  • Project to-do list
  • Changeset Library documentation
  • Alternative Etherpad-Clients
  • Contribution guidelines

How to's

Set up

  • Installing Etherpad
  • Deploying Etherpad as a service
  • Deploying Etherpad on CloudFoundry
  • Deploying Etherpad on Heroku
  • Running Etherpad on Phusion Passenger
  • Putting Etherpad behind a reverse Proxy (HTTPS/SSL)
  • How to setup Etherpad on Ubuntu 12.04 using Ansible

Advanced steps

  • Migrating from old Etherpad to Etherpad
  • Using Etherpad with MySQL
  • Customizing the Etherpad web interface
  • Enable import/export functionality with AbiWord
  • Getting a list of all pads
  • Providing encrypted web access to Etherpad using SSL certificates
  • Optimizing Etherpad performance including faster page loads
  • Getting to know the tools and scripts in the Etherpad /bin/ folder

Integrating Etherpad in your web app

  • Embedding a pad using the jQuery plugin
  • Using Embed Parameters
  • Integrating Etherpad in a third party app (Drupal, MediaWiki, WordPress, Atlassian, PmWiki)
  • HTTP API client libraries

for Developers

  • Creating a plugin
  • Automatically deploying your plugin to npmjs on commit to Github
  • Building a local Etherpad development VM with Vagrant
  • Manipulating the database
  • Adding a new font icon to Etherpad

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