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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

RatingSubject Submitted byImportanceEasy to solve?PriorityCategoryVolunteered to solveCreatedLastModifComments
(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) php option "...&bl" does not work with "structure"nuhets25
  • Usability
nuhets2008-01-302008-02-212
nuhets-21 Feb 08
(0) Problem in adodb when using Chinese characters in browser titleoutcrop9 high45
  • Usability
2009-06-032011-10-081
arild-08 Oct 11
(0) Reporting spelling corrections as a non-developerademoor1 low52008-11-242008-11-241
marclaporte-29 Aug 09
(0) tiki export trackers with accented charactersMarc Laporte25
  • Error
2006-07-122021-10-111
Bsfez-11 Oct 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) Translated pages should not be orphansMarc Laporte210
  • Usability
2005-06-282021-09-303
Bsfez-30 Sep 21
(0) translation to portuguese (PT)myoli25
  • Patch
myoli2007-07-162007-07-161
CriaCAC-11 May 11
(0) Using "best language" breaks links when generating webhelpRick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties735
  • Error
2008-05-212008-05-210
(0) wiki: automatic description of changesMarc Laporte315
  • Feature request
2008-04-162008-04-160

Closed

RatingSubjectSubmitted byImportanceEasy to solve?PriorityCategory Volunteered to solveCreatedLastModifComments
(0) 8.x & 6LTS: machine translation brokenXavier de Pedro525
  • Error
  • Support request
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
2011-10-222013-11-223
lphuberdeau-25 Oct 11
(0) smarty_tiki/modifier.duration*.php are not internationalizedmstef420
  • Error
2006-08-182021-10-121
Bsfez-12 Oct 21
(0) Adding a topic to articles conflicts with language switchingMarc Laporte525
  • Error
Marc Laporte2006-03-012021-10-051
Bsfez-05 Oct 21
(0) Tracker field creation failed as special characters are omitted (and not replaced as previously)Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist5735
  • Error
  • Regression
2018-01-072018-10-134
Bsfez-07 Feb 18
(0) last_insert_id() is mysql-specific - need to replace with ADODB equivalentMichael Davey525
  • Error
Michael Davey2005-10-022017-06-180
(0) Wrong encoding at main app menu in side column with non-English langXavier de Pedro9654
  • Error
  • Regression
luciash d' being 🧙2022-02-162022-03-171
luci-17 Mar 22
(0) When restricting available languages in admin->i18n, wiki edit page still shows all languages Michel Van Eeckhout315
  • Error
2007-04-192021-10-251
Bsfez-25 Oct 21
(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) i18n.t.o unusable: Fatal error Class Table_Plugin not found (plugin fancytable)Xavier de Pedro8648
  • Error
  • Community projects
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Regression
2013-09-032013-11-172
marclaporte-23 Sep 13
(0) Installer does not set language on new installRick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties9 high872
  • Error
  • Usability
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
chealer2008-09-092010-01-160
(0) jQuery-UI Chosen Select Boxes not working when using RTL languageBernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist5525
  • Error
2020-10-092021-07-041
Bsfez-18 Oct 20
(0) spellcheck should get lang from wiki page lang, not from users' Xavi (as xavidp - admin)630
  • Error
  • Usability
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
2005-12-132021-09-301
Bsfez-30 Sep 21
(0) i18n forumsMarc Laporte210
  • Feature request
2007-03-082021-10-191
Bsfez-19 Oct 21
(0) Recaptcha V2 should be displayed in the same language than the Tiki selected languageBernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist10 high880
  • Feature request
2016-11-282016-12-131
marclaporte-12 Dec 16
(0) i18n: "Best language" feature applied to short list of 2 or more preferred languages (user profile)Marc Laporte525
  • Feature request
Louis-Philippe Huberdeau2007-07-082013-11-290
(0) Multilingual Meta Keywords and Meta Description (and increase 255 characters limit)Marc Laporte3824
  • Feature request
manivannans2005-06-292021-09-302
Bsfez-30 Sep 21
(0) Make preferences i18n-awareMarc Laporte630
  • Feature request
2010-02-092018-04-261
marclaporte-26 Apr 18
(0) Spellcheck dictionary should be install via mods, in many languages.Marc Laporte630
  • Feature request
Marc Laporte2007-08-132021-11-011
Bsfez-01 Nov 21
(0) change the table definitions to support the new utf8mb4 characterwaterglass7214
  • Feature request
Louis-Philippe Huberdeau2013-11-062018-10-299
pascalstjean-27 Nov 13
(0) Update country list and flag listMarc Laporte210
  • Feature request
sylvieg2007-01-132012-08-170

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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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