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
-
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
No image specified. One of the following parameters must be set: fileId, randomGalleryId, fgalId, attId, id, 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
[+]Open
| Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (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 | 4 Gergely-23 Sep 15 | ||
| (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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (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) | Make sure Tiki is offered by all server control panels | Marc Laporte | 5 | 25 |
| Marc Laporte | 2006-01-17 | 2021-10-05 | 0 | ||
| (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 |
Closed
| Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (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 |
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}