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Ideas to enhance the editing UI in Tiki Type of page »  Projects

Edit User Interface Revamp

Ideas from:

  • keycontent.org & ricks99
  • Mike Pilling
  • Jason Diceman (coop tools /Web binder)
  • Gary (Chibaguy) theme work
  • support.mozilla.com team
  • Marc Laporte


Problem:

  • Editing a wiki page (and other edit zones in Tiki) is not as intuitive as it could be.
  • Tiki is not as sexy as many other systems
  • Most users are accustomed to WikiPedia UI & Syntax



Solution:
Check what everybody else is doing and enhance our own Tiki interface.
Please check out opensourcecms.com and report here on nice things you have seen.


Caveat:
Since this causes surprises/adjustments for end users, we should not do this often. All the changes below are somewhat inter-related so we should do it once, and well. And this should play nice with the WYSIWYG editor which was added to Tiki 2.0


I want to hear from end users, UI experts and people who do a lot of Tiki training (and see how new users use, and what they have trouble with, etc)


Work in progress: Tiki 3.0 edit wiki page example

Lost edit protection

moved to: Lost Edit Protection

Quicktags

Moved to Toolbar

Accents/special characters

Moved to: http://ui.tiki.org/Text+area+editing+helper#Accents_special_character

Wiki Help

  • Direct link to plugins (why a second step?) idea from slj done in 3.0
  • Add links to doc.tiki.org for all plugins done in 3.0
  • Re-organize to have 5 tabs
    • Quicktags explanation (visual)
    • All wiki syntax for activated features
    • All wiki syntax for de-activated features (we still want to see what we could turn on)
    • All wiki plugins for activated features
    • All wiki plugins for de-activated features (we still want to see what we could turn on)


Very nice: http://keycontent.org/tiki-editpage.php?page=Sample%20Collaboration (Very nice that it shows the relevant Quicktag)
Cooptools had some nice stuff as well

  • Done in 1.10 (and backported to 1.9.8.x, too). Wiki help now shows:
    1. Quicktag
    2. Name
    3. Wiki syntax

Dynamic Help System

New users often suffer from "feature shock" when first using TikiWiki. There are so many features and things to click on that they often become overwhelmed and afraid to use any features (from fear of doing something wrong). It would be very helpful to new users to have some sort of a dynamic help system, whereby there is a prominent help button (like the "fullscreen" button, always visible) that the user can click, and then receive pop-up descriptions of various page objects as they "mouse-over" them. They would have to then click the help button again to escape the dynamic help mode and return to normal page functionality. This feature is similar to that found in some Windows applications where a user can click a question mark icon, which then changes the mouse cursor, and then click on various application objects to receive help on those objects. This is in essence a site feature in itself (may want to be turned off) and not trivial, but getting beginning users to get comfortable with using Tiki is not trivial either.

Section Edit

Like Wikipedia
Tiki 1.10 has editable sections when using the split plugin but it's not enough.
The work has started! Please test latest 1.10 from SVN.
phase 2: wish1800

Category picker

Easier category picker from cooptools.
Image

Can be seen here too:
http://openpolitics.ca/tiki-editpage.php?page=test
Need fallback for non JS

If a category is picked, the checkbox "Categorize this object" should be done at the same time.

Spellchecker

moved to Spellcheck

Icons & layout

Gary has been using different layouts/icons

Should pick only 2-3 nice layouts to include with the base Tiki install. This is ongoing. See Gary

Preview & history

Wiki editing: Preview with diff, like Mediawiki
Page history could be better: See WikiPedia for ideas like a button to increment the diffed versions
Have a useful diff. MediaWiki is currently much better at understanding the changes than Tiki. It goes word by word, not letter by letter.

When viewing a diff, I should be able to see

preferred diff engine: admin setting, which could be optionnally overriden by user. If I override once, next time, it should use the same one (and not default always to html diff like in 2.0)

The diff procedure is not intuitive: when page is large, it's difficult to find action button

Html & javascript stripping (security) (maybe we'll look at this, maybe not)

Article templates

  • Allow for a template for new articles (containing a TOC, sample syntax, or whatever the admin wants). This already exists content template



Misc


Wishlist

Open

Rating SubjectSubmitted byImportanceEasy to solve?PriorityCategoryVolunteered to solveCreatedLastModifComments
(0) Make advanced mode for file and image upload dialogues a selectable preferencehhm25
  • Feature request
2014-01-242014-01-240
(0) Plugin Slider interferes with expected behavior of ui for anon in homepagesXavier de Pedro5525
  • Error
  • Usability
  • Conflict of two features (each works well independently)
2014-07-052014-07-050
(0) 12.x: No route found on random pages (such as tiki-admin.php?page=look&cookietab=2)Xavier de Pedro8324
  • Regression
2014-07-132014-07-130
(0) 13.x: After a remote file is uploaded to a file gal, no file Id is shown any more since 13.xXavier de Pedro5840
  • Usability
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Regression
2014-08-082014-08-080
(1) 12.x fullcalendar: Can't click on event anymore to see full record and use clicable linksXavier de Pedro5525
  • Regression
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
2014-09-052014-09-050
(0) 13.x dev.t.o bug tracker: missing category at submit time didn't take the user up to the source of the issue, and no message at the bottomXavier de Pedro8648
  • Usability
  • Community projects
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Regression
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
2014-10-092014-10-090
(0) 14.x: codemirror (amb mayeb other js?) stops working when pref tiki minify late js files is enabledXavier de Pedro5525
  • Regression
2015-04-102015-04-100
(0) 14.x: tab toggle button from PluginTabs not shown or not workingXavier de Pedro5525
  • Error
  • Usability
  • Community projects
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Consistency
2015-07-242015-07-240
(0) href from tags a, img... plugin ALINK do not work at all under 12.x LTS mobile mode (missing data-ajax='false') Xavier de Pedro7749
  • Error
  • Usability
  • Conflict of two features (each works well independently)
2015-09-142015-09-140
(0) expose more validation methods for tracker fields: numeric range, for instance (or positive value, etc)Xavier de Pedro5735
  • Feature request
  • Support request
2015-09-142015-09-140
(1) jquery validation displays the error message below the wrong field in 14.x if using pretty trackerXavier de Pedro4520
  • Regression
  • Conflict of two features (each works well independently)
2015-09-152015-09-150
(0) PluginSlider lost start/stop control after upgrade from 12.x to 15.xXavier de Pedro3515
  • Usability
  • Regression
2016-06-202016-06-200
(0) insert tracker item with modal window fails due to form refresh when choosing page name from dropdown optionsXavier de Pedro9545
  • Error
  • Regression
  • Conflict of two features (each works well independently)
2016-09-122016-09-120
(0) preview looks different from final output, like using "{CODE}..." creates boxes, but used fronts differRadoS420
  • Usability
2016-12-272016-12-270
(0) Tags: Add a modern beautiful and advanced filtering with HTML5 and jQuery, such as FiltrifyXavier de Pedro5525
  • Feature request
  • Support request
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
2017-01-242017-01-240
(0) Adding a character form the special characters palette deletes content after the new characterhhm10 high50
  • Error
2017-04-252017-04-251
luci-25 Apr 17
(0) Editing Tools Available per User GroupJohn Morris25
  • Feature request
2018-01-142018-01-141
jmorris-08 Sep 18
(0) Admin Toolbars does not reflect saved changes on the toolbars while editing a pageluciash d' being 🧙735
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
2018-05-092018-05-090
(0) Conflict of Stasa Theme color selection and Edit Structure pageRandyH310 easy30
  • Usability
2018-09-232018-09-230
(0) Wysiwyg textareas miss the Character Count optionJean-Marc Libs7428
  • Feature request
2018-11-272018-11-270

Pending

RatingSubjectSubmitted byImportanceEasy to solve?PriorityCategoryVolunteered to solveCreatedLastModifComments
(0) Colorbox in mobile 12.x LTS doesn't show up properly (empty black screen)Xavier de Pedro248
  • Error
  • Usability
manivannans2013-11-272014-01-100
(0) Editor wysiwyg in wiki page doesn’t recognize images,to fix it I change manually {…} With <…>azoret9 high872
  • Error
  • Usability
  • Patch
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
2010-03-192011-10-081
arild-08 Oct 11
(0) Reduce occurrrence of lost editsMarc Laporte10 high50
  • Error
  • Usability
  • Feature request
Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties2007-07-112013-06-092
marclaporte-20 Jul 07
(0) It's too difficult to re-use image gallery and file gallery content in wiki pages, trackers, etcMarc Laporte10 high50
  • Usability
  • Feature request
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
2008-01-182013-06-098
SEWilco-12 Feb 09
(0) Wiki Table syntax: WYSIWCA for QuickTagsMarc Laporte1 low5
  • Usability
2007-04-122008-02-031
daniam-27 Nov 12
(0) Tracker plugin to get title and make link to tracker itemMarc Laporte9 high45
  • Feature request
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
2008-05-192009-05-020
(0) Support some of the MediaWiki syntax that doesn't conflict with TikiWiki syntaxMarc Laporte840
  • Feature request
2008-10-272008-10-271
luci-16 Mar 09
(0) reduce losts on forums posts and trackers due to session expired (similar solution as in wiki?)Xavier de Pedro735
  • Feature request
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
2008-01-192008-02-030
(0) Content templates should be part of quicktagsMarc Laporte735
  • Feature request
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Consistency
2008-10-262008-10-260
(0) Category filtering fails in trackermrisch735
  • Error
  • Usability
2009-10-312009-11-011
koth-02 Nov 09
(0) Plugin List GUI minor improvementsXavier de Pedro5735
  • Usability
  • Conflict of two features (each works well independently)
2017-07-102020-10-218
jonnybradley-21 Oct 20
(0) Ajax Error When Switching Between WYSIWYG and Syntax EditorsJohn Morris735
  • Error
2017-07-122017-07-227
jmorris-27 Jul 17
(0) Large File Upload Problems in File Gallerymrisch630
  • Usability
  • Feature request
s-p-s2007-12-252008-03-010
(1) doc.t.o 19.x: I can't upload images to wiki pages (CSRF) with elFinderXavier de Pedro6530
  • Error
  • Community projects
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Regression
2018-11-182019-01-216
lindon-17 Nov 19
(0) Anchor are lost after parsingAMOKANDY525
  • Error
AMOKANDY2008-01-232008-01-315
tpinet-22 Jun 11
(0) Adding images to blog posts is no way as intuitive as it should beMarc Laporte25
  • Usability
2008-01-272008-10-240
(0) Admin user link from user registration validation pagemrisch25
  • Feature request
2008-02-022008-02-020
(0) Wiki markup for iconsMarc Laporte525
  • Feature request
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
2008-02-032008-02-030
(0) wiki "edit by section" doesn't allow concurrent editions of different sections on the same pageXavier de Pedro525
  • Usability
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
2008-06-082008-06-082
xavi-11 Jun 08
(0) [mailto:text|text] doesn't have antispam protectionMarc Laporte525
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Consistency
2008-11-032008-11-030
  • «
  • 1 (current)
  • 2

Fixed

RatingSubjectSubmitted byImportanceEasy to solve?PriorityCategoryVolunteered to solveCreatedLastModifComments
(0) Add preview button to tracker item submissions (useful for wiki syntax)Xavi (as xavidp - admin)339
  • Feature request
2005-05-152021-09-231
Bsfez-23 Sep 21
(1) Minor bug report in 15betawewe1 low99
  • Conflict of two features (each works well independently)
Jonny Bradley2016-04-122016-04-142
Bsfez-14 Apr 16
(0) can't upload an image to a file gallery in doc.t.o with elfinder (default UI) since 16.xXavier de Pedro9981
  • Community projects
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Regression
  • Release Blocker
Jonny Bradley2016-11-182017-01-121
jonnybradley-12 Jan 17
(0) Action buttons missing in 3 themes (Coalesce, Strasa, Ohia) when translating wiki pagesOlaf-Michael Stefanov10 high880
  • Error
  • Regression
Jonny Bradley2013-10-122013-11-211
jonnybradley-01 Nov 13
(0) Fullscreen Edit : Wiki & Plugins Help are missingMarc Laporte9 high872
  • Feature request
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Consistency
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
2008-10-192010-01-180
(0) Freetags apostrophes are escapedJean-Marc Libs9 high8722012-03-192012-05-020
(0) Allow for styling of the page name in a link to a non-existent pageDavidBright8972
  • Feature request
2013-04-132016-12-296
DavidBright-29 Dec 16
(0) 12.x: Countries list is not alphabetically sorted any moreXavier de Pedro7963
  • Usability
  • Regression
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
manivannans2013-11-202013-11-291
pascalstjean-23 Nov 13
(0) 13.x: dev.t.o fivealive-lite.css: images can't be uploaded or selected throught the toolbar icon from tracker textareaXavier de Pedro8756
  • Usability
  • Community projects
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Regression
  • Conflict of two features (each works well independently)
Jonny Bradley2014-07-132015-11-140
(0) 13.x: Default feature 'Contact us' (used in featured profiles) has broken display (too narrow fields and below right column) Xavier de Pedro8756
  • Usability
  • Regression
Gary Cunningham-Lee2014-07-262014-07-290
(0) Modals in 20.x show tracker item edit fields narrower than in 18.x which were full width when tracker section format is set to tabsXavier de Pedro7856
  • Usability
  • Regression
2019-07-092019-07-214
xavi-21 Jul 19
(0) Plugin edit help in wiki is brokenGary Cunningham-Lee8756
  • Regression
  • Upgrade Blocker
2024-02-162024-03-192
josaphatim-12 Mar 24
(1) PluginTogether should replace the url associated with the Edit page button so that co-editors are automagically offered to go to the session with collaborative edition instead of the warning of edition conflictXavier de Pedro9654
  • Usability
  • Feature request
  • Community projects
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
2016-11-022020-09-289
jonnybradley-27 Jul 20
(0) Plugin dialog is hidden when full-screen is onBernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist510 easy50
  • Usability
Jonny Bradley2013-07-162013-08-151
pascalstjean-14 Aug 13
(0) 11.x: issues with greenvalley theme style Xavier de Pedro510 easy50
  • Usability
2013-09-032013-09-060
(0) Can not edit Wiki Pages in Tiki 13.0 using Chrome or Netscape Browser. IE10 is working finefrank-schulte10 high50
  • Error
  • Regression
  • Release Blocker
2014-09-282017-06-181
chibaguy-29 Sep 14
(1) Unable to insert a wiki pluginluciash d' being 🧙10 high50
  • Regression
  • Release Blocker
Jonny Bradley2015-04-012015-04-021
luci-02 Apr 15
(0) dev.t.o: Some edits to tracker items are silently LOST! (feature_jquery_validation)Xavier de Pedro10 high550
  • Usability
  • Community projects
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Regression
  • Bug
Victor Emanouilov, Jonny Bradley2018-09-102018-11-2012
Chealer9-20 Nov 18
(0) The "Edit the included page" icon is still in the oldish png format instead of the FA iconluciash d' being 🧙10 easy50
  • Consistency
  • Easy for Newbie Dev
Benoit Roy2018-11-122018-11-162
luci-16 Nov 18
(0) Syntax coloring in edit modeedwinbennink1 low5
  • Feature request
2012-05-092012-06-202
edwinbennink-11 May 12


Resources

alias

Keywords

The following is a list of keywords that should serve as hubs for navigation within the Tiki development and should correspond to documentation keywords.

Each feature in Tiki has a wiki page which regroups all the bugs, requests for enhancements, etc. It is somewhat a form of wiki-based project management. You can also express your interest in a feature by adding it to your profile. You can also try out the Dynamic filter.

Accessibility (WAI & 508)
Accounting
Administration
Ajax
Articles & Submissions
Backlinks
Banner
Batch
BigBlueButton audio/video/chat/screensharing
Blog
Bookmark
Browser Compatibility
Calendar
Category
Chat
Comment
Communication Center
Consistency
Contacts Address book
Contact us
Content template
Contribution
Cookie
Copyright
Credits
Custom Home (and Group Home Page)
Database MySQL - MyISAM
Database MySQL - InnoDB
Date and Time
Debugger Console
Diagram
Directory (of hyperlinks)
Documentation link from Tiki to doc.tiki.org (Help System)
Docs
DogFood
Draw -superseded by Diagram
Dynamic Content
Preferences
Dynamic Variable
External Authentication
FAQ
Featured links
Feeds (RSS)
File Gallery
Forum
Friendship Network (Community)
Gantt
Group
Groupmail
Help
History
Hotword
HTML Page
i18n (Multilingual, l10n, Babelfish)
Image Gallery
Import-Export
Install
Integrator
Interoperability
Inter-User Messages
InterTiki
jQuery
Kaltura video management
Kanban
Karma
Live Support
Logs (system & action)
Lost edit protection
Mail-in
Map
Menu
Meta Tag
Missing features
Visual Mapping
Mobile
Mods
Modules
MultiTiki
MyTiki
Newsletter
Notepad
OS independence (Non-Linux, Windows/IIS, Mac, BSD)
Organic Groups (Self-managed Teams)
Packages
Payment
PDF
Performance Speed / Load / Compression / Cache
Permission
Poll
Profiles
Quiz
Rating
Realname
Report
Revision Approval
Scheduler
Score
Search engine optimization (SEO)
Search
Security
Semantic links
Share
Shopping Cart
Shoutbox
Site Identity
Slideshow
Smarty Template
Social Networking
Spam protection (Anti-bot CATPCHA)
Spellcheck
Spreadsheet
Staging and Approval
Stats
Survey
Syntax Highlighter (Codemirror)
Tablesorter
Tags
Task
Tell a Friend
Terms and Conditions
Theme
TikiTests
Federated Timesheets
Token Access
Toolbar (Quicktags)
Tours
Trackers
TRIM
User Administration
User Files
User Menu
Watch
Webmail and Groupmail
WebServices
Wiki History, page rename, etc
Wiki plugins extends basic syntax
Wiki syntax text area, parser, etc
Wiki structure (book and table of content)
Workspace and perspectives
WYSIWTSN
WYSIWYCA
WYSIWYG
XMLRPC
XMPP




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