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
Plugin Image
No image specified. One of the following parameters must be set: fileId, randomGalleryId, fgalId, attId or src.
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) | php 5.6+: featured profile collab community fails: "An error occurred: Column 'user' cannot be null" | Xavi (as xavidp - admin) | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2016-05-05 | 2016-05-05 | 0 | ||
| (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) | R_demo profile doens't get fully aplied in 15.x complaining of some prefs that are defined (Tracker Field Factory Error: Pref "trackerfield_file" required ....) | Xavier de Pedro | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2016-07-27 | 2017-01-09 | 0 | ||
| (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) | YAML: one line preference containing operand characters results in PHP fatal error when applying profile | luciash d' being ? | 25 |
| 2016-10-19 | 2016-10-19 | 0 | ||||
| (0) | Applying Profile thinks line with #foo selector in CSS code is a comment and omits it | luciash d' being ? | 10 high | 50 |
| 2016-10-27 | 2016-10-27 | 3 luci-05 Dec 16 | |||
| (0) | Profiles exporter exports only those custom modules which are assigned to a module zone | luciash d' being ? | 25 |
| 2016-10-28 | 2017-09-06 | 0 | ||||
| (0) | Profiles: $profilerequest ignores user input when applying a profile | luciash d' being ? | 9 | 7 | 63 |
| 2017-06-20 | 2017-06-20 | 1 luci-20 Jun 17 | ||
| (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) | System error when attempting to enable blog comments on a blog created by a profile | Xavier de Pedro | 7 | 4 | 28 |
| 2017-08-05 | 2017-08-05 | 0 | ||
| (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 | ||
| (0) | Tiki release script should indicate what libs were updated since last release | Marc Laporte | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017-08-26 | 2017-08-26 | 0 | ||
| (0) | "Server Fitness" (tiki-check.php) Never Opens | John Morris | 5 | 25 |
| 2018-05-20 | 2018-06-08 | 8 jmorris-16 May 19 | |||
| (0) | Change Admin Password Prompt Does Not Appear | drsassafras | 8 | 7 | 56 |
| 2018-09-13 | 2018-10-04 | 1 Chealer9-08 Jan 19 | ||
| (0) | 18.x svn: Data too long for column 'log' at row 1 | Xavier de Pedro | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 2018-09-23 | 2023-02-05 | 1 chibaguy-15 Oct 18 | ||
| (0) | Fatal error on Tiki 15 to 19 upgrade | Gary Cunningham-Lee | 7 | 9 | 63 |
| 2019-02-03 | 2019-02-03 | 1 jonnybradley-09 Feb 19 | ||
| (0) | 403 Error on installaition | Loïc Yabili | 25 |
| 2019-06-27 | 2019-06-27 | 0 | ||||
| (0) | During Installation Progress Bar runs runs twice | Yves Kipondo | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 2019-06-28 | 2019-06-28 | 0 | ||
| (0) | Profiles wizard doesn't get profiles loaded successfully and no link to click on once in control panel | Xavier de Pedro | 6 | 6 | 36 |
| 2019-07-06 | 2019-07-06 | 1 xavi-08 Jul 19 |
Pending
| Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (0) | Multitiki customizations broken | Gary | 7 | 35 |
| Gary | 2005-04-28 | 2021-09-23 | 2 chibaguy-23 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) | 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) | Make Tiki more robust to open_basedir issues | Marc Laporte | 7 | 35 |
| 2007-11-23 | 2007-11-27 | 0 | |||
| (0) | Getting Things Done (GTD) profile | Marc Laporte | 25 |
| 2008-03-09 | 2018-06-28 | 0 | ||||
| (0) | SMTP Configuration from inside Admin Interface | morrighu | 8 | 40 |
| 2008-04-20 | 2009-04-11 | 7 sbhas2k-01 Aug 09 | |||
| (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) | 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 | |||
| (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) | admin user doesn't have permission to edit structures by default | EricIsGood | 3 | 15 |
| 2008-11-01 | 2008-11-01 | 0 | |||
| (0) | admin user doesn't have permission to edit structures by default | EricIsGood | 6 | 30 |
| 2008-11-01 | 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 | 2008-11-05 | 0 | |||
| (0) | Unknown column 'tweetId' in 'tiki_shoutbox' | Lusserall | 7 | 35 |
| 2011-10-27 | 2012-05-02 | 3 Chealer9-04 May 12 | |||
| (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 | ||
| (0) | Reporting errors (to tiki.org) system (like Firefox Talkback) | Marc Laporte | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 2007-11-26 | 2021-10-31 | 2 Bsfez-31 Oct 21 | ||
| (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) | sh setup.sh does not change directory permissions | Lusserall | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2012-10-07 | 2014-05-12 | 1 fmg-12 May 14 | ||
| (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) | Make Unified Index optional | Marc Laporte | 10 high | 8 | 80 |
| Nelson Ko | 2013-06-09 | 2013-11-04 | 3 marclaporte-22 Nov 13 |
Closed
| Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (0) | Unable to enter a fresh tiki install | Karen Stingel | 9 high | 3 | 27 |
| 2013-01-25 | 2013-01-25 | 1 kstingel-25 Jan 13 | ||
| (0) | Localized Installation with Admin Wizard ends in error 500 | Xavier de Pedro | 8 | 8 | 64 |
| 2013-09-15 | 2013-09-15 | 0 | ||
| (0) | DefaultSettingsChanges in 1.10 | Marc Laporte | 5 | 25 |
| 2005-04-19 | 2010-01-15 | 1 toggg-08 Jul 05 | |||
| (0) | Wiki Ratings doesn't activate upgrading from 1.8.5 | xia | 5 | 25 |
| 2005-05-02 | 2021-09-23 | 1 Bsfez-23 Sep 21 | |||
| (0) | tiki-install.php spits out many "variable undefined" errors | Marc Laporte | 7 | 35 |
| 2005-04-19 | 2005-10-11 | 1 amette-30 Sep 05 | |||
| (0) | tiki-install.php disables itself but gives error about not being able to do so | amette | 8 | 40 |
| 2005-10-31 | 2005-10-31 | 0 | |||
| (0) | Tiki does not install clean on Oracle | 3 | 15 |
| 2005-12-22 | 2009-08-08 | 4 Humphrey-01 Jul 08 | ||||
| (0) | Suggested shell backup procedure using existing scripts | Marc Laporte | 3 | 15 |
| 2006-01-17 | 2009-08-06 | 0 | |||
| (0) | Robots.txt Disallow entries now must have leading slash | John Hadjisky | 5 | 25 |
| 2005-12-21 | 2009-04-14 | 1 fmathias-30 Jan 06 | |||
| (0) | 1.9.1 to 1.9.3.1 upgrade pb on tiki_score table | pwendling | 5 | 25 |
| 2006-05-05 | 2007-06-03 | 0 | |||
| (0) | Make tiki-mods.php report more detailed error | Fabián Rodríguez | 5 | 25 |
| 2006-04-19 | 2021-10-11 | 2 Bsfez-11 Oct 21 | |||
| (0) | Installation to Document Root Issues | 25 |
| 2006-09-10 | 2007-07-11 | 1 marclaporte-11 Sep 06 | |||||
| (0) | tikiwiki calls non-existent pear library without checking that library is installed | Jean-Marc Libs | 25 |
| 2006-11-16 | 2021-10-13 | 2 Bsfez-13 Oct 21 | ||||
| (0) | More graceful error message when database is unavailable or crashed | Marc Laporte | 5 | 25 |
| 2007-01-05 | 2009-08-08 | 0 | |||
| (0) | tiki-mods_admin.php is broken. | Gary | 8 | 40 |
| 2007-01-20 | 2008-01-31 | 0 | |||
| (0) | USB key version of Tiki | Marc Laporte | 4 | 20 |
| 2007-07-11 | 2011-04-06 | 0 | |||
| (0) | MediaWiki import script | Marc Laporte | 7 | 35 |
| 2007-07-16 | 2010-01-15 | 8 marclaporte-15 Jan 10 | |||
| (0) | database mysql 3.23.58 install problems | chun | 9 high | 45 |
| 2007-07-29 | 2008-01-31 | 1 dthacker-24 Dec 07 | |||
| (0) | 1.9to1.10 sql from cvs (August 1st 2007) still produces "too long key/column length" errors | Xavier de Pedro | 5 | 25 |
| 2007-08-01 | 2010-03-31 | 0 | |||
| (0) | output handler 'ob_gzhandler' cannot be used after 'URL-Rewriter' in tiki-setup.php on line 1890 | Marc Laporte | 5 | 25 |
| 2007-08-15 | 2020-02-26 | 1 drsassafras-26 Feb 20 |
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