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) | .phar support is needed for Composer | Marc Laporte | 3 | 10 easy | 30 |
| Frank Guthausen | 2013-11-21 | 2013-11-24 | 1 koth-24 Nov 13 | |
(0) | "Server Fitness" (tiki-check.php) Never Opens | John Morris | 5 | 25 |
| 2018-05-20 | 2018-06-08 | 8 jmorris-16 May 19 | |||
(0) | 13.1 and 14.0 installer keeps asking for validating my db credentials | Gergely | 7 | 6 | 42 |
| 2014-12-23 | 2015-09-21 | 5 benoitg-12 Jul 23 | ||
(0) | 13.x next.tiki.org -> Database Version Problem | Marc Laporte | 10 high | 50 |
| 2014-07-14 | 2014-07-14 | 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) | 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) | 403 Error on installaition | Loïc Yabili | 25 |
| 2019-06-27 | 2019-06-27 | 0 | ||||
(0) | 6.7 LTS: Possible security threat: Logging into Wiki A as admin may raise your privilege level in Wiki B | hman | 7 | 6 | 42 |
| 2012-05-21 | 2012-06-01 | 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) | 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) | Add json support check in tiki-check.php | Marc Laporte | 5 | 9 | 45 |
| Frank Guthausen | 2013-11-21 | 2013-11-27 | 1 pascalstjean-21 Nov 13 | |
(0) | Admins /mods failed | othman | 1 low | 5 |
| 2008-08-04 | 2009-04-28 | 1 othman-04 Aug 08 | |||
(0) | After an install with upgrade, tiki-admin displays the error "invalid database" ad-vitam | Bernard TREMBLAY | 9 high | 45 |
| 2011-12-03 | 2011-12-07 | 0 | |||
(1) | after upgrade from 9.x to 12.x wiki pages with html code are reopened wrongly with wysiywg editor and no way to switch to normal through UI | Xavier de Pedro | 7 | 4 | 28 |
| 2014-04-24 | 2014-04-24 | 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 | ||
(0) | allow_comments or comments from a profile blog definition stopped working | Xavier de Pedro | 6 | 7 | 42 |
| 2014-02-26 | 2014-02-26 | 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) | At the end of installer from 4.x to now 8.1, the run of session crashes with an exception "session start" | Bernard TREMBLAY | 8 | 40 | 2011-11-20 | 2011-11-20 | 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) | Bug Updating Imported DB on Upgrade | mstovenour | 10 high | 8 | 80 |
| 2014-02-23 | 2014-02-23 | 0 |
Pending
Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
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(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) | admin user doesn't have permission to edit structures by default | EricIsGood | 3 | 15 |
| 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 |
Closed
Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
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(0) | Remove www automatically | Marc Laporte | 7 | 35 |
| 2010-03-30 | 2010-04-05 | 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) | new tikitrunk install (Nov29, 2008) shows sql errors on mysql 5.0.51a | Xavier de Pedro | 6 | 30 |
| 2008-11-29 | 2010-02-01 | 1 Chealer9-31 Jan 10 | |||
(0) | Installer fails numerous sql creates with Incorrect sub part key or Specified key was too long error | Mike | 9 high | 45 |
| Mike | 2007-08-30 | 2007-08-30 | 0 | ||
(0) | Tiki Installer Security Precaution on Windows installing in document root | sipiptel | 8 | 40 |
| Philippe Cloutier | 2010-01-30 | 2010-07-09 | 6 Chealer9-09 Mar 10 | ||
(0) | Increase size of article title from 80 to 255 char | Marc Laporte | 7 | 35 |
| Luis Henrique Fagundes | 2006-01-17 | 2009-05-07 | 0 | ||
(0) | Allow a user role or group to automatically generate a personal page, an image gallery, a weblog a | dweade | 9 high | 45 |
| Louis-Philippe Huberdeau | 2008-11-06 | 2010-02-06 | 2 marclaporte-06 Feb 10 | ||
(0) | Tiki does not install clean on Oracle | 3 | 15 |
| 2005-12-22 | 2009-08-08 | 4 Humphrey-01 Jul 08 | ||||
(0) | Incorrect base path detected when installing on IIS (Directory does not exist errors) | wondertrout | 6 | 30 |
| Philippe Cloutier | 2008-09-25 | 2011-09-23 | 1 heer2351-02 Apr 09 | ||
(0) | Problem with duplicate menus when running tiki_1.8to1.9.sql multiple times. | Marc Laporte | 6 | 30 |
| Louis-Philippe Huberdeau | 2007-08-11 | 2009-04-20 | 0 | ||
(0) | installation issues with v2.0 and MSSQL backend | GrayMatter | 7 | 35 |
| 2008-09-08 | 2009-08-08 | 1 ragnvald-24 Sep 08 | |||
(0) | Access denied for user 'tikiwiki'@'localhost' (using password: YES) | BiG_NoBoDy | 9 high | 45 |
| BiG_NoBoDy | 2007-07-26 | 2007-07-27 | 0 | ||
(0) | can't install tiki 4.0, whereas tiki 3.3 ok with no problem. what's missing at the server side? | 9 high | 45 |
| 2009-11-20 | 2009-11-20 | 1 luci-03 Dec 09 | ||||
(0) | tiki 2.0: db password should be hidden at typing time on upgrade through tiki-install.php | Xavier de Pedro | 5 | 25 |
| Xavier de Pedro | 2008-08-13 | 2008-08-13 | 0 | ||
(0) | multitiki in subdirs broken in tiki3 proposed branch due to deleting templates_c at install time | Xavier de Pedro | 8 | 40 |
| 2009-09-08 | 2009-10-15 | 2 xavi-15 Oct 09 | |||
(0) | Test for PHP5 and provide graceful error message | Marc Laporte | 9 high | 45 |
| 2008-06-03 | 2009-04-20 | 0 | |||
(0) | Announcements: There should be an easier way for ppl to stay up to date | tobi_h | 7 | 35 |
| 2009-06-10 | 2010-12-07 | 2 marclaporte-15 Apr 10 | |||
(0) | tiki-mods_admin.php is broken. | Gary | 8 | 40 |
| 2007-01-20 | 2008-01-31 | 0 | |||
(0) | SQL-Script for PostgreSQL failed | Swissbite | 7 | 35 |
| Kissaki | 2009-05-19 | 2010-02-10 | 2 Kissaki-08 Aug 09 | ||
(0) | Old password is not maintained in the Change PW screen | Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties | 5 | 25 |
| Jean-Marc Libs | 2008-04-04 | 2010-07-18 | 6 marclaporte-05 Apr 08 |