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Multilingual interface handling has been in in Tiki since the early versions. Therefore, it was possible to use Tiki in any of 30+ languages. Multilingual content handling was added in 1.9.x It makes it possible for a page or an article to have a corresponding page or article in another language.

Tiki is the "reference implementation" for the Cross-lingual Wiki Engine:

Wishlist

Open

RatingSubjectSubmitted byImportanceEasy to solve? PriorityCategoryVolunteered to solveCreatedLastModifComments
(0) Some widely spoken languages missinghman3927
  • Usability
  • Feature request
  • Consistency
2020-10-142020-10-142
hman-17 Oct 20
(0) Modules, Multilingual; Switch language admin shouldn't be available if Multilingual is not enable (like regular switch language)Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist2918
  • Bug
2022-12-132022-12-130
(0) Dialog, Multilingual, CSS; Buttons choice and position are reversed in RTLBernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist3927
  • Consistency
  • Bug
2022-12-132022-12-130
(0) Translation of this page is incomplete - displays in wrong language.Dominic5840
  • Usability
  • Consistency
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
2011-06-172011-06-170
(0) Need advice on escaping nasty stringhman7856
  • Support request
2020-08-142020-08-141
hman-16 Aug 20
(0) Interactive translation: Use a color to indicate untranslated stringsMarc Laporte7749
  • Usability
  • Feature request
Henrique Mukanda2013-11-032018-07-250
(0) Buttons wikiplugins labels are not translatedBernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist7749
  • Usability
2021-07-302021-07-300
(0) Multilingual, Trackers; When multilingual is disable, previously set multilingual fields shouldn't be displayedBernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist7749
  • Consistency
  • Conflict of two features (each works well independently)
  • Developer Training
  • Easy for Newbie Dev
2022-01-242022-01-242
Bsfez-24 Jan 22
(0) Diagram, Multilingual; A Tiki diagram will be look broken if displayed on an RTL wiki pageBernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist5735
  • Conflict of two features (each works well independently)
  • Bug
2023-01-102023-01-100
(0) Language field for menus (multilingual menus)Marc Laporte4520
  • Feature request
2007-01-052021-10-131
Bsfez-13 Oct 21
(0) Language picker should be WYSIWYCAMarc Laporte6530
  • Usability
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
2008-02-052013-10-280
(0) change_language (Users can change site language) is enabled when feature_multilingual is notPhilippe Cloutier5525
  • Regression
  • Consistency
2009-10-082013-11-030
(0) Available languages in mode "Restrict supported languages"Frank Guthausen7535
  • Usability
2012-09-242013-10-282
marclaporte-25 Sep 12
(0) Using Wiki cache can show the wrong language to other usersMarc Laporte5525
  • Conflict of two features (each works well independently)
2012-10-132013-10-280
(0) Use Zend_Currency for currency field type in trackersMarc Laporte3515
  • Feature request
2013-09-302013-10-280
(0) Since upgrade from 12 to 15: weird characters in non-english notification emails (wrong encoding?)Xavier de Pedro5525
  • Error
  • Regression
2016-06-232016-06-230
(0) Interactive Translation produces WSODXavier de Pedro6530
  • Error
  • Regression
2016-07-042016-07-040
(0) Console, translation:getstrings argument basedir not working outside a Tiki (documentation missing ?)Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist5525
  • Feature request
  • Documentation (or Advocacy)
  • Easy for Newbie Dev
2020-05-072020-05-070
(0) console , translation:getstrings with a single language argument create (duplicate) an .old file for all languagesBernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist5525
  • Usability
  • Bug
2020-05-072020-05-070
(0) Possible fundamental flaw in the language system's designhman5525
  • Feature request
2020-07-022020-07-045
hman-04 Jul 20

Pending

RatingSubjectSubmitted byImportanceEasy to solve?PriorityCategoryVolunteered to solveCreatedLastModif Comments
(0) translation to portuguese (PT)myoli25
  • Patch
myoli2007-07-162007-07-161
CriaCAC-11 May 11
(0) php option "...&bl" does not work with "structure"nuhets25
  • Usability
nuhets2008-01-302008-02-212
nuhets-21 Feb 08
(0) wiki: automatic description of changesMarc Laporte315
  • Feature request
2008-04-162008-04-160
(0) Using "best language" breaks links when generating webhelpRick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties735
  • Error
2008-05-212008-05-210
(0) Reporting spelling corrections as a non-developerademoor1 low52008-11-242008-11-241
marclaporte-29 Aug 09
(0) Problem in adodb when using Chinese characters in browser titleoutcrop9 high45
  • Usability
2009-06-032011-10-081
arild-08 Oct 11
(0) Editing a wiki page: Footnotes and Comment are unclear labelsMarc Laporte420
  • Usability
  • Consistency
  • Easy for Newbie Dev
Luis Henrique Fagundes2005-06-222021-09-292
Bsfez-29 Sep 21
(0) Translated pages should not be orphansMarc Laporte210
  • Usability
2005-06-282021-09-303
Bsfez-30 Sep 21
(0) tiki-integrator is not aware of character set: remote pages with iso-8859-1 are not properly shownXavi (as xavidp - admin)525
  • Usability
  • Feature request
sylvieg2005-08-112021-09-301
Bsfez-30 Sep 21
(0) tiki export trackers with accented charactersMarc Laporte25
  • Error
2006-07-122021-10-111
Bsfez-11 Oct 21

Closed

RatingSubjectSubmitted byImportanceEasy to solve?PriorityCategory Volunteered to solveCreatedLastModifComments
(0) profiles wiki handler: translations param doesn't work. To reproduce, see and apply profile: 'Consensus Forums'Xavier de Pedro4520
  • Error
  • Community projects
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Conflict of two features (each works well independently)
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
2014-07-262014-08-150
(0) Discussion: Should we change from language.php to native .po files?Marc Laporte9 high45
  • Feature request
  • Community projects
2009-09-072013-06-050
(0) Ease contributions of translations for people that don't use SVNMarc Laporte5525
  • Community projects
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
2008-08-042013-10-280
(0) Can't change language on homepageJean-Marc Libs315
  • Bug
Jean-Marc Libs2018-02-152018-03-273
Jyhem-20 Feb 18
(1) Missing "array_merge" when the custom.php file is created by Tiki (admin, I18n)Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist710 easy70
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
  • Bug
  • Easy for Newbie Dev
2020-06-222021-06-048
hman-04 Jun 21
(0) updates to lang/hu/language.phpmstef1 low5
  • Patch
mstef2006-08-182008-10-050
(0) multitiki not working if adding "?lang=ca" to tiki-install.php script => multitiki not i18n readyXavier de Pedro210
  • Error
2008-05-122009-09-240
(0) get_strings.php populate language.php file with invalid stringsRodrigo Primo25
  • Error
2011-05-122011-07-050
(0) Insert special characters : move to main template and make localized versionsMarc Laporte525
  • Feature request
Louis-Philippe Huberdeau2006-01-172009-09-110
(0) Article translation doesn't work.soulhunter735
  • Error
  • Usability
  • Consistency
Philippe Cloutier2010-08-292010-11-230
(0) tiki-edit_translation + tiki ticketsDamian Parker9 high45
  • Error
2005-10-192007-01-061
sylvie-02 Nov 05
(0) DB error with new 1.10 install or upgrade over 1.9.9fruman449 high45
  • Error
2008-02-022008-02-060
(0) Duplicate entire structure for translationRick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties525
  • Feature request
Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties2007-08-132008-12-164
marclaporte-10 Mar 08
(0) Watches appear in foreign languagesDamian Parker315
  • Error
Philippe Cloutier2005-07-012010-12-312
Chealer9-31 Dec 10
(0) Multilingual structures do not allow users to change language using the drop down box.centsi630
  • Usability
Jonny Bradley2009-06-172011-01-160
(0) Switch lang module for anonymous yields blank page + critical error with registeredXavier de Pedro9 high45
  • Error
sylvieg2007-04-032007-04-090
(0) Tanzania missing in country tracker listRagnvald Larsen210
  • Consistency
Jean-Marc Libs2008-10-052008-10-060
(0) Search results: option to show only results in my languagesMarc Laporte420
  • Feature request
2007-01-162010-02-162
marclaporte-12 Jun 08
(0) tiki-listpages.php: add Language & Description & categoriesMarc Laporte735
  • Feature request
sylvieg2007-01-052007-11-260
(0) Articles plugin: filter by languageMarc Laporte9 high45
  • Feature request
sylvieg2007-01-052010-01-130

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Old discussion pages

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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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