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Collaborative editing

Collaborative editing feature is available in Ibexa DXP starting with version v5.0.2 or higher, regardless of its edition.

Installation

Install Real-time editing feature package

If you have an arrangements with Ibexa to use Real-time editing feature, you need to install following package:

composer require ibexa/fieldtype-richtext-rte

This command installs also ibexa/ckeditor-premium package and adds the new real-time editing functionality to the Rich Text field type. It also modifies the permission system to account for the new functionality.

Modify the bundles file

Then, if not using Symfony Flex, add the following code to the config/bundles.php file:

<?php

return [
    // A lot of bundles…
    Ibexa\Bundle\FieldTypeRichTextRTE\IbexaFieldTypeRichTextRTEBundle::class => ['all' => true],
    Ibexa\Bundle\CkeditorPremium\IbexaCkeditorPremiumBundle::class => ['all' => true],
];

Configure Collaborative editing

Before you can start Collaborative editing feature, you must enable it by following these instructions.

Security configuration

After an installation process is finished, go to config/packages/security.yaml and make following changes:

• uncomment following lines with shared user provider under the providers key:

security:
    providers:
        # ...
        shared:
            id: Ibexa\Collaboration\Security\User\ShareableLinkUserProvider

• uncomment following lines under the ibexa_shareable_link key:

security:
    # ...
    ibexa_shareable_link:
        request_matcher: Ibexa\Collaboration\Security\RequestMatcher\ShareableLinkRequestMatcher
        pattern: ^/
        provider: shared
        stateless: true
        user_checker: Ibexa\Core\MVC\Symfony\Security\UserChecker
        custom_authenticators:
            - Ibexa\Collaboration\Security\Authenticator\ShareableLinkAuthenticator

Configuration

You can configure Collaborative editing per Repository.

Under ibexa.repositories.<repository_name>.collaboration configuration key, indicate the settings for collaboration:

ibexa:
    repositories:
        <repository_name>:
            collaboration:
                participants:
                    allowed_types:
                        - internal
                        - external
                    auto_invite: <value>
                session:
                    public_link_enabled: <value>

The following settings are available:

• participants:
  • allowed_types - defines allowed user types, values: internal, external, you can set one or both of the values
  • auto_invite - determines whether invitations should be sent automatically when inviting someone to a session, default value: true, available values: true, false
• session:
  • public_link_enabled - determines whether the public link is available, default value: false, available values: true, false

ibexa/share configuration

To share content model, you need to configure the ibexa/share package. Under ibexa.system configuration key, indicate the settings:

ibexa:
    system:
        admin_group:
            share:
                content_type_groups:
                    - 'Content'
                excluded_content_types:
                    - 'tag'
                    - 'landing_page'
                    - 'product_category_tag'

The following setting is available:

• content_type_groups – defines groups of content types for which the Share button is displayed (it can still be disabled for specific content types within these groups by using the excluded_content_types setting)

In the example configuration above, the Share button is displayed for any content that belongs to the Content group, except for tag, landing_page, and product_category_tag content types.

You can also control which user content types can use the feature through the ibexa.share.permission_check_context.content.user_content_type_identifiers container parameter. It accepts an array of content type identifiers and the default value is ['editor'].

You can now restart you application and start working with the Collaborative editing feature. To add the real-time editing capabilities, continue with the instruction below.

Configure real-time editing

You must have an arrangment with Ibexa before configuring the real-time editing. If you haven't already, you must also accept the Terms of Service in the Service portal.

Only then you can create a new Collaborative editing environment. To do it, log in to the service portal, go to your Service Portal and select Create environment (this requires the Portal administrator access level).

Once the environment is created, you can proceed with the configuration in Ibexa DXP.

Use the generated values to set the environment_id, environment_secret, and web_socket_url for your repositories as in the example below:

ibexa:
    repositories:
        default:
            fieldtype_richtext_rte:
                environment_id: '%env(CKEDITOR_ENVIRONMENT_ID)%'
                environment_secret: '%env(CKEDITOR_ENVIRONMENT_SECRET)%'
                web_socket_url: '%env(CKEDITOR_WEB_SOCKET_URL)%'

Then, enable real-time editing for specific SiteAccesses. The following example enables it for the back office:

ibexa:
    system:
        admin_group:
            fieldtype_richtext_rte:
                enabled: true

Finish the configuration by running:

composer run post-install-cmd

Accepting new Terms of Service

Real-Time Collaboration service is only available after accepting its Terms and Conditions. Any new version of this document released by Ibexa must be accepted before the assigned deadline.

The Portal administrator for your Service portal can accept it in Service portal's service details.

If not done in time, the Real-Time Collaboration service will be disabled until the latest Terms and Conditions are accepted.