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) | OpenSourceCMS type demo to test/develop and show off profiles | Marc Laporte | 8 | 7 | 56 |
| 2008-01-29 | 2018-10-19 | 2 luci-22 Oct 18 | ||
(0) | first login after new install fails after install in subdirectory (tiki-change_password.php not foun | Nelson Ko | 1 low | 5 |
| 2008-03-01 | 2009-04-28 | 2 Chealer9-15 Oct 09 | |||
(0) | Admins /mods failed | othman | 1 low | 5 |
| 2008-08-04 | 2009-04-28 | 1 othman-04 Aug 08 | |||
(0) | Tighter integration with Apache's > .htaccess (error messages, etc.) | Marc Laporte | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| 2008-12-04 | 2018-02-09 | 1 amette-04 Dec 08 | ||
(0) | TikiSheet inoperable on 3.0 beta 4 with Company Intranet Profile | mizraith | 25 |
| 2009-05-02 | 2011-10-09 | 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) | Make it possible to have a message only visible on first run (ex.: u: admin p: admin) | 5 | 25 |
| 2009-05-18 | 2009-05-18 | 0 | ||||
(0) | keep user information as the user selected on tw.o | Xavier de Pedro | 4 | 20 |
| 2009-07-06 | 2009-07-06 | 0 | |||
(0) | database error in image galery after migration from 2.3 to 4.1 | o_kraut | 9 high | 45 |
| 2010-02-12 | 2010-02-12 | 0 | |||
(0) | http_build_query | Demoalt | 1 low | 8 | 8 |
| 2010-05-03 | 2010-05-03 | 1 Demoalt-04 May 10 | ||
(0) | Installer Failes with german language selected | KingBBQ | 25 |
| 2010-05-09 | 2010-05-09 | 0 | ||||
(0) | check_feature fields missing from tables when upgrading fom 2.1 to 5 | wonder_trout | 3 | 15 |
| 2010-06-30 | 2010-12-22 | 0 | |||
(0) | Tiki 5.0 install with import of 4.2 database - invalid database generated | Bernard TREMBLAY | 9 high | 45 |
| 2010-07-08 | 2010-07-08 | 0 | |||
(0) | Theme and Tools for MediaWiki migration | Christophe | 8 | 40 |
| 2010-07-09 | 2011-10-03 | 0 | |||
(0) | Upgrade database gives a blank page | Lusserall | 2 | 10 |
| 2010-11-13 | 2010-11-13 | 1 Chealer9-08 Jun 11 | |||
(0) | Update to Tiki >= 5.3 fails on Windows ("Cannot execute queries while other unbuffered queries are active") | Gregor (gta74) | 7 | 35 |
| 2010-11-15 | 2016-07-10 | 5 Chealer9-10 Jul 16 | |||
(0) | Installer quiets errors in all database queries | Philippe Cloutier | 5 | 25 | 2010-12-16 | 2010-12-16 | 1 LordVan-06 Apr 11 | ||||
(0) | Crash 7.x on leaving install update mode : index error in a | Bernard TREMBLAY | 8 | 40 |
| 2011-01-17 | 2011-01-17 | 0 | |||
(0) | Installation: 6.1 install fails using Mysql 5.5.9 | ravas | 9 high | 45 |
| 2011-02-18 | 2011-02-18 | 0 | |||
(0) | Tiki Installer Disabled | kop | 5 | 25 |
| 2011-02-22 | 2011-02-22 | 1 Chealer9-22 Feb 11 |
Pending
Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
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(0) | Multitiki customizations broken | Gary | 7 | 35 |
| Gary | 2005-04-28 | 2021-09-23 | 2 chibaguy-23 Sep 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | sh setup.sh does not change directory permissions | Lusserall | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2012-10-07 | 2014-05-12 | 1 fmg-12 May 14 | ||
(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) | 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) | 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 |
Closed
Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
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(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 | ||
(0) | templates_c should be part of the .zip (like it was in 1.9.x and before) | Marc Laporte | 9 high | 45 |
| 2009-04-04 | 2009-04-17 | 0 | |||
(0) | tiki-install.php should have a note about how to create db/local.php "manually" | Marc Laporte | 5 | 25 |
| 2008-03-25 | 2010-07-18 | 0 | |||
(0) | When upgrading old version of TikiWiki to 7.2, admin login no longer has admin permissions | Marc Laporte | 7 | 35 | 2011-10-11 | 2012-04-16 | 1 xavi-12 Oct 11 | ||||
(0) | Installation to Document Root Issues | 25 |
| 2006-09-10 | 2007-07-11 | 1 marclaporte-11 Sep 06 | |||||
(0) | Upgrading to 1.10 from 1.9 version prior to 1.9.8 requires tiki_1.8to1.9.sql | Nelson Ko | 6 | 30 | 2008-03-04 | 2010-01-15 | 0 | ||||
(0) | db/tiki.sql has typo on line 1, bad comment formatting | sparr | 3 | 15 |
| 2010-10-18 | 2010-12-15 | 1 marclaporte-15 Dec 10 | |||
(0) | Test if the db upgrade script has been run and put a note in tiki-admin.php | Marc Laporte | 8 | 40 |
| 2007-11-26 | 2009-04-12 | 1 redflo-01 Dec 07 | |||
(0) | End of Installation Pressing Continue to Site Produces "Tiki is not properly set up:" message | butterflyvista | 9 high | 45 |
| Philippe Cloutier | 2010-05-08 | 2010-05-10 | 0 | ||
(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) | Some DB tables are not created on MySQL 5.5 and above during install | hfalk | 6 | 30 |
| Philippe Cloutier | 2008-12-10 | 2011-07-09 | 3 neocles-23 May 11 | ||
(0) | Suggested htaccess file | Marc Laporte | 5 | 25 |
| Luis Henrique Fagundes | 2006-01-17 | 2010-01-15 | 1 artbody-19 May 06 | ||
(0) | templates_c is not included in .zip file | Marc Laporte | 9 high | 45 |
| 2008-11-12 | 2009-05-07 | 0 | |||
(0) | robots.txt should exclude ALL print-friendly pages | John Hadjisky | 5 | 25 |
| Luis Henrique Fagundes | 2005-12-21 | 2009-04-15 | 2 Beestje-15 Apr 09 |