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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | "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) | During Installation Progress Bar runs runs twice | Yves Kipondo | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 2019-06-28 | 2019-06-28 | 0 | ||
(0) | buttons to enter tiki with or without locking it overlap | Xavier de Pedro | 1 low | 10 easy | 10 |
| Benoit Roy | 2019-07-08 | 2019-11-25 | 4 benoit.roy-26 Nov 19 | |
(0) | installation bug | Alex | 6 | 30 |
| 2019-07-15 | 2019-07-15 | 0 | |||
(0) | Upgrade from 20 to 21: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method Tiki\Command\ProfileExport\ActivityRuleSet::setHidden() in lib/core/Tiki/Command/ConsoleApplicationBuilder.php:543 | Marc Laporte | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| drsassafras, rjsmelo | 2020-02-26 | 2020-02-27 | 12 marclaporte-27 Feb 20 | |
(0) | Installer destroys admin PW | hman | 10 high | 5 | 50 |
| 2021-10-31 | 2021-11-02 | 5 hman-01 Nov 21 | ||
(0) | User should know maintenance is coming before losing their work (Tiki Manager, php console.php or vcs:update included) | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 7 | 5 | 35 |
| 2021-11-12 | 2022-12-10 | 14 Bsfez-11 Dec 22 | ||
(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) | Tiki install; Database name doesn't accept uppercase (anymore?), requirement are unstated and the error verbose is wrong | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 5 | 7 | 35 |
| 2022-02-15 | 2022-02-15 | 1 mwabo-11 Mar 22 | ||
(0) | Installation; Clarification of the UTF-8 test/message after locking the Tiki | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 5 | 7 | 35 |
| Adrien | 2022-02-20 | 2022-02-20 | 2 John Santos Ndiwayesu-12 Mar 22 | |
(0) | Tiki does not create tables uniformly with collation utf8_unicode_ci | hman | 10 high | 5 | 50 |
| 2022-05-27 | 2022-05-27 | 6 hman-06 Jun 22 | ||
(0) | Installation script; The process locked itself and using a different browser with incognito window is required | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 2022-11-12 | 2023-07-12 | 5 benoitg-12 Jul 23 |
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) | Missing icon on tiki-install.php | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 10 high | 10 easy | 99 |
| drsassafras | 2017-01-11 | 2017-01-12 | 0 | |
(0) | BrowserTitle is empty after upgrading Tiki | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 10 high | 10 easy | 99 |
| 2017-01-30 | 2017-01-30 | 0 | ||
(0) | Installer steps list bad contrast | Jonny Bradley | 10 high | 10 easy | 99 |
| 2020-02-12 | 2020-05-10 | 0 | ||
(0) | Update Notifier: many versions are misreporting available upgrades | Marc Laporte | 10 high | 9 | 90 |
| manivannans | 2013-08-12 | 2013-10-31 | 6 marclaporte-31 Oct 13 | |
(0) | Browsertitle value wrong on Tik12 db update | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 9 | 10 easy | 90 |
| manivannans | 2013-09-17 | 2017-01-30 | 1 koth-31 Oct 13 | |
(0) | Broken images in featured profile and page is generally broken | Marc Laporte | 10 high | 9 | 90 |
| manivannans | 2013-11-03 | 2013-11-20 | 0 | |
(0) | Installer encoding issue | Jonny Bradley | 10 high | 9 | 90 |
| 2020-02-20 | 2020-03-04 | 13 jonnybradley-04 Mar 20 | ||
(0) | Change the release script to stop linking to ReleaseNotesXYZ (Use doc.tiki.org/TikiX instead) | Marc Laporte | 9 | 9 | 81 |
| nkoth | 2013-11-03 | 2013-11-16 | 0 | |
(0) | Featured profiles missing for 13.x | Marc Laporte | 10 high | 8 | 80 |
| 2014-07-29 | 2014-08-05 | 3 marclaporte-05 Aug 14 | ||
(0) | Installer language selection is wrongly changed by TIki | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 10 high | 8 | 80 |
| Jonny Bradley | 2017-01-11 | 2017-01-12 | 1 Bsfez-12 Jan 17 | |
(0) | Error with composer switching branch from 16x to 17x | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 8 | 10 easy | 80 |
| Jonny Bradley | 2017-05-01 | 2017-05-03 | 7 Bsfez-03 May 17 | |
(0) | Tiki installer fails with System error after the last step when MyISAM database engine is selected | luciash d' being 🧙 | 10 high | 8 | 80 |
| rjsmelo | 2018-10-08 | 2018-10-16 | 2 luci-16 Oct 18 | |
(0) | setup.sh enters endless loop | Jean-Marc Libs | 1 low | 8 | 8 |
| 2013-11-17 | 2013-11-25 | 3 koth-21 Nov 13 | ||
(0) | Installer does not set language on new install | Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties | 9 high | 8 | 72 |
| chealer | 2008-09-09 | 2010-01-16 | 0 | |
(0) | unable to connect to DB after upgrade to 4.0 | mat-in | 9 high | 8 | 72 |
| 2009-12-05 | 2010-01-14 | 1 kimberlyf-14 Jan 10 | ||
(0) | _htaccess should know which version of Tiki it is for | Marc Laporte | 9 high | 8 | 72 |
| Nelson Ko | 2009-12-25 | 2012-04-16 | 0 | |
(0) | Company Profile 4.x installation causes duplicate entries. | Kimberly Fink | 9 high | 8 | 72 |
| 2009-12-31 | 2010-01-15 | 0 | ||
(1) | Icon missing for Plugin File (or to upload a file) in default and upgraded toolbars | Xavier de Pedro | 8 | 9 | 72 |
| 2013-06-14 | 2013-06-15 | 0 | ||
(0) | Upgrade from 9.x to 12.x headers & footers missing on nextbranding.tiki.org | Marc Laporte | 9 | 8 | 72 |
| 2014-07-30 | 2018-05-06 | 1 marclaporte-06 May 18 | ||
(0) | switch lang in installer does nothing | Xavier de Pedro | 9 | 8 | 72 |
| 2019-07-08 | 2020-02-22 | 3 benoit.roy-27 Nov 19 |