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
- 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
Tracker items
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Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
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(0) | Upgrade from 20 to 21: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method Tiki\Command\ProfileExport\ActivityRuleSet::setHidden() in lib/core/Tiki/Command/ConsoleApplicationBuilder.php:543 | Marc Laporte | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| drsassafras, rjsmelo | 2020-02-26 | 2020-02-27 | 12 marclaporte-27 Feb 20 | |
(0) | Tiki install; Database name doesn't accept uppercase (anymore?), requirement are unstated and the error verbose is wrong | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 5 | 7 | 35 |
| 2022-02-15 | 2022-02-15 | 1 mwabo-11 Mar 22 | ||
(0) | Installation; Clarification of the UTF-8 test/message after locking the Tiki | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 5 | 7 | 35 |
| Adrien | 2022-02-20 | 2022-02-20 | 2 John Santos Ndiwayesu-12 Mar 22 | |
(0) | Softaculous: On a fresh install, MyISAM is used instead of InnoDB | Marc Laporte | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 2023-12-21 | 2023-12-21 | 0 | ||
(0) | automatic rename of _htaccess to .htaccess by tiki-install.php causes issues | Marc Laporte | 9 | 8 | 72 |
| 2009-05-04 | 2014-10-08 | 5 jonnybradley-21 Jan 15 | ||
(0) | http_build_query | Demoalt | 1 low | 8 | 8 |
| 2010-05-03 | 2010-05-03 | 1 Demoalt-04 May 10 | ||
(0) | Windows install | 7 | 8 | 56 |
| 2011-07-12 | 2011-07-12 | 0 | |||
(0) | lacking instruction on manual install page | 1 low | 8 | 8 |
| 2011-09-15 | 2011-09-15 | 0 | |||
(1) | Neihter show_image.php?id=NN nor imageNN work as-is after upgrade from 9.x to 12.x | Xavier de Pedro | 7 | 8 | 56 |
| 2013-12-13 | 2013-12-13 | 0 | ||
(0) | Bug Updating Imported DB on Upgrade | mstovenour | 10 high | 8 | 80 |
| 2014-02-23 | 2014-02-23 | 0 | ||
(0) | 15.x: Allow running console.php to apply profiles from behind a proxy (to run new R script to check errors when testing the application on all Profiles on several tiki branches) | Xavier de Pedro | 4 | 8 | 32 |
| 2016-01-25 | 2016-02-20 | 2 xavi-21 Feb 16 | ||
(0) | Installation; HomePage not found error after new installation | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 10 high | 8 | 80 |
| 2016-07-09 | 2022-12-19 | 2 jonnybradley-12 Jan 23 | ||
(0) | sender_email can't be set as $profilerequest:sender_email$YourEmail@example.com$ | Xavier de Pedro | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| 2016-10-14 | 2017-01-09 | 1 luci-19 Oct 16 | ||
(0) | Profile application via wizard or Suggested Profiles quietly fails on Tiki 17+ | Xavier de Pedro | 9 | 8 | 72 |
| Jonny Bradley | 2017-06-25 | 2019-07-06 | 11 xavi-06 Jul 19 | |
(0) | Allow searching by categories and TAGS through the Profiles Control Panel in Tiki | Xavier de Pedro | 8 | 8 | 64 |
| 2017-08-19 | 2017-08-19 | 0 | ||
(1) | Add a grid / masonry display for the profiles in the Profiles Wizard with filters | Xavier de Pedro | 8 | 8 | 64 |
| 2017-08-19 | 2017-08-19 | 1 Torsten-19 Aug 17 | ||
(1) | Error just after profile is applied: Cache file temp/cache/modulexxx is not writable | Xavier de Pedro | 6 | 8 | 48 |
| 2019-07-06 | 2019-07-06 | 0 | ||
(0) | Add a more graceful error message for unmet dependencies | Marc Laporte | 9 | 8 | 72 |
| 2021-12-16 | 2021-12-16 | 1 marclaporte-16 Dec 21 | ||
(0) | The installation script should end with an automatic (optional) registration to Tiki.org | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 7 | 8 | 56 |
| 2024-02-03 | 2024-02-03 | 0 | ||
(0) | domain redirect from *.tikiwiki.org to *.tiki.org is not working | Marc Laporte | 9 | 9 | 81 |
| 2013-06-11 | 2014-08-30 | 5 Jyhem-01 Sep 14 |
Pending
Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
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(0) | Make Unified Index optional | Marc Laporte | 10 high | 8 | 80 |
| Nelson Ko | 2013-06-09 | 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 | 2013-06-09 | 2018-02-09 | 1 marclaporte-24 Aug 13 | |
(0) | 12.0 fresh install: sh setup.sh tries and fails to install developer tools | Marc Laporte | 10 high | 8 | 80 |
| 2013-11-29 | 2013-11-29 | 1 jonnybradley-04 Mar 14 | ||
(0) | When system runs out of disk space, Tiki user will not be able to login. | Nelson Ko | 1 low | 5 |
| 2007-07-19 | 2008-02-07 | 3 marclaporte-03 Nov 12 | |||
(0) | setup.sh does not work as documented on Debian | asphaltjesus | 1 low | 5 |
| asphaltjesus | 2008-04-25 | 2008-09-03 | 3 fmg-12 May 14 | ||
(0) | SMTP Configuration from inside Admin Interface | morrighu | 8 | 40 |
| 2008-04-20 | 2009-04-11 | 7 sbhas2k-01 Aug 09 | |||
(0) | Detect BOM in a Tiki health check and in release process | Marc Laporte | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| drsassafras | 2013-11-23 | 2020-03-04 | 2 drsassafras-04 Mar 20 | |
(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 |
| 2018-09-24 | 2018-10-27 | 6 jonnybradley-29 Oct 18 | ||
(0) | Multitiki customizations broken | Gary | 7 | 35 |
| Gary | 2005-04-28 | 2021-09-23 | 2 chibaguy-23 Sep 21 | ||
(0) | Make Tiki more robust to open_basedir issues | Marc Laporte | 7 | 35 |
| 2007-11-23 | 2007-11-27 | 0 | |||
(0) | Unknown column 'tweetId' in 'tiki_shoutbox' | Lusserall | 7 | 35 |
| 2011-10-27 | 2012-05-02 | 3 Chealer9-04 May 12 | |||
(0) | admin user doesn't have permission to edit structures by default | EricIsGood | 6 | 30 |
| 2008-11-01 | 2008-11-01 | 0 | |||
(0) | On a fresh install, the page title of the Home Page should be hidden | Marc Laporte | 3 | 10 easy | 30 |
| 2018-10-11 | 2022-04-27 | 2 marclaporte-29 Apr 22 | ||
(2) | setup.sh: Hardcoded "php" entries | aexoxea | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 2017-10-01 | 2018-04-30 | 1 marclaporte-03 Oct 17 | ||
(0) | Username can't have space in it for messageing system Bug | Andriy Podanenko | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| sylvieg | 2005-06-24 | 2021-09-29 | 4 Jyhem-29 Sep 21 | |
(0) | Make sure Tiki is offered by all server control panels | Marc Laporte | 5 | 25 |
| Marc Laporte | 2006-01-17 | 2021-10-05 | 0 | ||
(0) | Getting Things Done (GTD) profile | Marc Laporte | 25 |
| 2008-03-09 | 2018-06-28 | 0 | ||||
(0) | tiki-install.php: SELECT patch_name FROM tiki_schema Table 'tikiwiki3.tiki_schema' doesn't exist | EricIsGood | 25 |
| 2008-11-01 | 2008-11-01 | 1 Chealer9-15 Oct 09 | ||||
(0) | sh setup.sh does not change directory permissions | Lusserall | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2012-10-07 | 2014-05-12 | 1 fmg-12 May 14 | ||
(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 | 2008-08-07 | 0 |
Closed
Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
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(0) | Tiki-install uncomplete translation | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| 2013-06-20 | 2018-02-07 | 0 | ||
(0) | Browsertitle value wrong on Tik12 db update | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 9 | 10 easy | 90 |
| manivannans | 2013-09-17 | 2017-01-30 | 1 koth-31 Oct 13 | |
(0) | Missing icon on tiki-install.php | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 10 high | 10 easy | 99 |
| drsassafras | 2017-01-11 | 2017-01-12 | 0 | |
(0) | Installer language selection is wrongly changed by TIki | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 10 high | 8 | 80 |
| Jonny Bradley | 2017-01-11 | 2017-01-12 | 1 Bsfez-12 Jan 17 | |
(0) | BrowserTitle is empty after upgrading Tiki | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 10 high | 10 easy | 99 |
| 2017-01-30 | 2017-01-30 | 0 | ||
(0) | Profiles and Profiles Wizard not working | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 10 high | 6 | 60 |
| Jonny Bradley | 2017-04-20 | 2017-05-07 | 2 Bsfez-02 May 17 | |
(0) | Error with composer switching branch from 16x to 17x | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 8 | 10 easy | 80 |
| Jonny Bradley | 2017-05-01 | 2017-05-03 | 7 Bsfez-03 May 17 | |
(0) | Undefined index on trunk (innoDB) new install | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 1 low | 5 | 5 |
| 2017-09-24 | 2017-12-05 | 1 luci-25 Sep 17 | ||
(0) | Kaltura-related SQL errors {installing/upgrading to} Tiki 18 alpha populating tiki_secdb | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| 2017-12-06 | 2018-09-25 | 2 Bsfez-08 Dec 17 | ||
(0) | UTF-8 warning when upgrading Tiki18 to Tiki19 | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| rjsmelo | 2018-10-18 | 2018-11-08 | 3 Bsfez-22 Oct 18 | |
(0) | Not happy change in the installer background | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 5 | 9 | 45 |
| Jonny Bradley | 2020-02-23 | 2020-02-23 | 0 | |
(0) | Setup.sh verbose need to be clarified and updated (php7.4) | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| Jonny Bradley | 2020-09-10 | 2021-07-04 | 0 | |
(0) | Wrong feedback on database creation using tiki-install where the user exist already | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2020-10-10 | 2022-12-16 | 1 Bsfez-16 Dec 22 | ||
(0) | Composer; warning when installing Tiki from git master | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2022-01-07 | 2022-08-23 | 0 | ||
(0) | Tiki Version, 24 Alpha; Was good installing is wrong on update | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 5 | 7 | 35 |
| 2022-01-25 | 2022-12-16 | 0 | ||
(0) | Tiki install; The installer was able to detect previous database but unable to see it was populate and it reset existing data | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 10 high | 5 | 50 |
| Victor Emanouilov | 2022-02-15 | 2022-02-20 | 5 Bsfez-21 Feb 22 | |
(0) | Installation, Composer: Removing abandoned packages and folder than can't be scanned (cleanup) | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 5 | 7 | 35 |
| 2022-02-20 | 2022-08-23 | 0 | ||
(0) | Installation; Upgrading and using a git version, the database connection is lost and installation is stuck on the Tiki Installer Security Precaution | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 7 | 5 | 35 |
| 2022-08-14 | 2022-11-22 | 0 | ||
(0) | Installation script, Database update; Error when updating the database (from the install script) | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2022-11-12 | 2022-11-18 | 2 Bsfez-14 Nov 22 | ||
(0) | Installation script; locking the Tiki installer is now taking a lot of time | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 5 | 7 | 35 |
| 2022-11-12 | 2022-11-22 | 1 Bsfez-22 Nov 22 |