related: TRIM
Some ideas to improve the Tiki installer:
add phpinfo as one of the steps (useful for troubleshooting)
Tiki 3 Installer Revamp
Bugs
- Tiki 10.0 fresh install
- tiki-install.php email address field doesn't have validation (at least for non-empty value)
- "Experiencing problems with the upgrade? Your administrator account lost its privileges? This may occur if you upgraded from a very old version of Tiki." is offered even if it's a fresh install
- dozens of warnings : PHP (5.3.18-nmm1) ERROR (E_WARNING): File: lib/codemirror_tiki/tiki_codemirror.php Line: 31 Type: Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
- http://www.nabble.com/Installation-interface:-white-screen-after-choosing-the-profile-for-installation-t3821124.html
Pre-install script
Install script
All these setting above should also be checked in tiki-install.php and in the Tiki admin panel, because our host could have changed some settings, moved us to a new server or upgraded the PHP version, etc. so it's better to not just have in the installer. We could put all this info and server-related settings here: tiki-admin.php?page=server For example, the "OS" choice here: tiki-admin.php?page=general All done in tiki-check.php, which is in Tiki and available as standalone.
Nice to have
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Like TRIM, for database creation to be possible via the install script (won't work on most many hosts)Done by Jyhem test if the upgrade script has been run and put a note in tiki-admin.phpdone
related links
http://www.bitweaver.org/photos/gallery/9/32
http://www.lulu.com/browse/preview.php?fCID=1154811 (pages from 6 to 10 of that book preview for WebGUI CMS/Groupware made on perl)
http://www.xaraya.com/index.php/documentation/97
http://ewiki.berlios.de/installer/
Examples
Why not using the nice Bitweaver Installer as a base or guide for the Tiki installer?
http://www.bitweaver.org/photos/gallery/9/32 (16 screenshots here showing the whole process) . Xavi
- Analysis of 12 CMS systems in French
UI Improvements
Here are some ideas ricks99 has been playing with to improve the out-of-the-box experience.
MediaWiki installer
Install with one file
- Investigate a TRIM-like application that works directly on the remote instance. A small php or shell script which fetches the latest version of Tiki and installs it. (Could be impossible because of limited file permissions that php scripts, with Apache rights, that have limited permissions). mods have this issue.
- https://github.com/composer/installers
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4388513/how-i-can-create-installer-for-website-php-mysql
- http://cweiske.de/tagebuch/Generic%20PHP%20application%20installers.htm
- http://wiki.php-unconference.de/index.php?title=PhpUnconf2010SaturdaySessionA4
- http://qafoo.com/talks/11_10_ipc_a_generic_php_application_ionstaller.pdf
- http://tracker.arbitracker.org/arbit/development_wiki/view/Installer
- svn://arbitracker.org/arbit/projects/installer/trunk/buildArbitInstaller
- http://kore-nordmann.de/blog/0097_php_web_installer.html
- http://code.google.com/p/simplegroupware/downloads/detail?name=sgs_installer.php&can=2&q=
- http://www.spip.net/spip-dev/INSTALL/spip_loader.php
- http://code.google.com/p/pwai/
- https://www.ohloh.net/p/jijawi
Related: http://project-builder.org/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Famous%5F5-Minute%5FInstall
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| Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | LastModif | Comments | |
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| (0) | Running upgrade from 1.9.x to 2.x requires being logged into the app before starting process | Steve | 4 | 20 |
| 2008-08-07 | 0 | |||
| (0) | tiki-install.php: SELECT patch_name FROM tiki_schema Table 'tikiwiki3.tiki_schema' doesn't exist | EricIsGood | 25 |
| 2008-11-01 | 1 Chealer9-15 Oct 09 | ||||
| (0) | admin user doesn't have permission to edit structures by default | EricIsGood | 3 | 15 |
| 2008-11-01 | 0 | |||
| (0) | admin user doesn't have permission to edit structures by default | EricIsGood | 6 | 30 |
| 2008-11-01 | 0 | |||
| (0) | Installer: at end of successful install, big red PHP mem warning box can be inconsistent w text abov | cativan | 3 | 15 |
| 2008-11-05 | 0 | |||
| (0) | When system runs out of disk space, Tiki user will not be able to login. | Nelson Ko | 1 low | 5 |
| 2008-02-07 | 3 marclaporte-03 Nov 12 | |||
| (0) | Testing if GD or Imagick works, via Tiki | Marc Laporte | 5 | 8 | 40 |
| 2012-04-29 | 4 ricks99-13 Jan 10 | ||
| (0) | failed to set proper "include_path" in tw 1.9.8.x | bobcatt | 25 |
| 2008-06-02 | 0 | ||||
| (0) | Make Tiki more robust to open_basedir issues | Marc Laporte | 7 | 35 |
| 2007-11-27 | 0 | |||
| (0) | Wiki Ratings doesn't activate upgrading from 1.8.5 | xia | 5 | 25 |
| 2007-06-03 | 0 | |||
| (0) | Getting Things Done (GTD) profile | Marc Laporte | 25 |
| 2018-06-28 | 0 | ||||
| (0) | SMTP Configuration from inside Admin Interface | morrighu | 8 | 40 |
| 2009-04-11 | 7 sbhas2k-01 Aug 09 | |||
| (0) | Unknown column 'tweetId' in 'tiki_shoutbox' | Lusserall | 7 | 35 |
| 2012-05-02 | 3 Chealer9-04 May 12 | |||
| (0) | sh setup.sh does not change directory permissions | Lusserall | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2014-05-12 | 1 fmg-12 May 14 | ||
| (0) | 12.0 fresh install: sh setup.sh tries and fails to install developer tools | Marc Laporte | 10 high | 8 | 80 |
| 2013-11-29 | 1 jonnybradley-04 Mar 14 | ||
| (0) | Make tiki-mods.php report more detailed error | Fabián Rodríguez | 5 | 25 |
| 2007-06-02 | 1 asphaltjesus-25 Apr 08 | |||
| (2) | setup.sh: Hardcoded "php" entries | aexoxea | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 2018-04-30 | 1 marclaporte-03 Oct 17 | ||
| (0) | (A blocker if confirmed) errors in trunk database upgrade through console.php keys too long and invalid default value | Xavier de Pedro | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| 2018-10-27 | 6 jonnybradley-29 Oct 18 | ||
| (0) | tikiwiki calls non-existent pear library without checking that library is installed | Jean-Marc Libs | 25 |
| 2010-10-08 | 1 Chealer9-08 Oct 10 | ||||
| (0) | SEF URL Search Engine Friendly URL | artbody | 8 | 40 |
| artbody | 2009-04-24 | 6 SEWilco-16 Jul 08 | ||
| (0) | setup.sh does not work as documented on Debian | asphaltjesus | 1 low | 5 |
| asphaltjesus | 2008-09-03 | 3 fmg-12 May 14 | ||
| (0) | Detect BOM in a Tiki health check and in release process | Marc Laporte | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| drsassafras | 2020-03-04 | 2 drsassafras-04 Mar 20 | |
| (0) | Multitiki customizations broken | Gary | 7 | 35 |
| Gary | 2005-10-09 | 0 | ||
| (0) | Make Unified Index optional | Marc Laporte | 10 high | 8 | 80 |
| Nelson Ko | 2013-11-04 | 3 marclaporte-22 Nov 13 | |
| (0) | URL Rewriting Revamp: adding to Tiki log or error log so we catch them all through usage | Marc Laporte | 10 high | 8 | 80 |
| Nelson Ko | 2018-02-09 | 1 marclaporte-24 Aug 13 | |
| (0) | Make sure Tiki is offered by all server control panels | Marc Laporte | 5 | 25 |
| Marc Laporte | 2006-01-17 | 0 | ||
| (0) | Username can't have space in it for messageing system Bug | Andriy Podanenko | 9 | 45 |
| sylvieg | 2013-06-05 | 0 |
Closed
| Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | LastModif | Comments | |
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| (0) | output handler 'ob_gzhandler' cannot be used after 'URL-Rewriter' in tiki-setup.php on line 1890 | Marc Laporte | 5 | 25 |
| 2020-02-26 | 1 drsassafras-26 Feb 20 | |||
| (0) | Warning: error | behrendtb | 25 |
| behrendtb | 2020-02-26 | 1 Chealer9-14 Jul 17 | |||
| (0) | Installer fails against Oracle 10 DB | alexkmoch | 25 |
| 2009-08-08 | 1 allgrand33-23 Dec 08 | ||||
| (0) | multitiki cannot be installed with tiki-install.php in trunk | Xavier de Pedro | 25 |
| 2009-09-24 | 0 | ||||
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