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Major Features Missing In TikiWiki

Tikiwiki 1.9.x has more features out-of-the-box than any other Open Source Web Application (we think, please report if you know of one). Tiki 2.0 has even more! Tiki 3.0 wil have even more!

Even with all the features, there are still over 200 hundred feature requests. But most of these are requests for enhancements to an existing feature. Once a feature is in the code base and is basically usable, it usually evolves naturally/organically. In each Tiki version, most features are refined at least a bit. Some like Webmail need a lot of work. But at least, it's a start.

But when a feature is totally absent, it takes a spark to make it happen and take it to the level where is starts evolving naturally/organically.

What does Tiki not do yet? (please base your answers on latest code)
What's new in Tiki 4.0 (external link)?
What's new in Tiki 3.0 (external link)?
What's new in Tiki 2.0 (external link)?

You can also check out the list of Use Cases for more ideas.


Major features totally missing

 RatingSubjectPriorityReport typeVersionFeatureInvert SortCreated
open2/2USB key version of Tiki4Community projects
Feature request
1.9.x
2.x
Administration
Installer (profiles, upgrades and server-related issues)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
OS independence (Non-Linux, Windows/IIS, Mac, BSD)
2007-07
pending2/4Tiki trackers for issue tracker / help desk -> customer support requests (requests are private)8Documentation (or Advocacy)
Feature request
2.xNew feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Profile Manager
Trackers
2007-08
open2/4Convert PhpGedView software into a Tiki module2Feature request2.xInteraction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
2007-09
open2/2Managing XML in TikiWiki for re-use by external apps3Feature request2.xInteraction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Profile Manager
Wiki Syntax (text area, parser, external wiki, etc)
XML RPC
2007-11
pending2/8Tiki site in a box (Profile Manager)9 highFeature request2.xInstaller (profiles, upgrades and server-related issues)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Profile Manager
2007-11
open2/5Offline TikiWiki: add a way to save/view tikiwiki content offline3Feature request2.xBackup
Communication Center
Interaction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Wiki (history, page rename, etc)
XML RPC
2007-11
open2/5Tiki WikiFarm / Native multi-site / multi-domain handling7Feature request3.xAdministration
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Workspace
2007-12
pending2/6Social Bookmarking any content (ex.: digg this) (add the patch to the main code base)8Feature request3.x
Dogfood on a *.tikiwiki.org site
Bookmark
Interaction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Tell a Friend / Social Bookmarking
2007-12
open2/4Theme Generator: automated production of a custom css style from a photo / logo 7Feature request1.9.x
2.x
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Theme: Look & feel, Styles, CSS, Theme Control Center
2008-02
open2/3Add support for all relevant microformats5Feature request2.xContact (address book)
Interaction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
2008-02
open2/5Timesheet with time tracking (stopwatch)3Feature request2.xDate and Time
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Task
2008-03
open2/5Import/sync from RSS/ical and not just show5Feature request3.xArticle
Calendar
Interaction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
RSS
2008-03
pending2/2Expense reports3Feature request3.xNew feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Profile Manager
Trackers
2008-03
open - In / out board2Feature request2.xNew feature (not an enhancement to a current one)2008-03
open1/1Site Map for visitors and search engines (Sitemap Protocol)8Feature request2.xMenu & PHP Layers Menu System
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Search engine optimization (SEO)
Wiki 3D
Wiki Structure (book & table of content)
2008-03
open2/2Make TikiWiki more viral7Community projects
Feature request
2.x
Dogfood on a *.tikiwiki.org site
Interaction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
2008-03
open2/2Resource Checkout System and rental pool (to reserve rooms, books, cars, etc).9 highFeature request4.xNew feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Trackers
2008-05
open2/5Image Manipulation (image cropping, color changing, etc.)7Feature request2.xImage Gallery
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
2008-05
open2/5Bibliography management system (references)2Feature request2.xInteraction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Profile Manager
Trackers
Wiki (history, page rename, etc)
2008-05
open2/4Using desktop mail client (ex.: Thunderbird) to reach Tiki contacts, groups or newsletter5Feature request2.xContact (address book)
Group
Interaction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Newsletters
User Administration (Registration, Login & Banning)
Webmail and groupmail
2008-05
open - Flat Files backend instead of DB (maybe ADOdb could do this?)1 lowFeature request2.xDatabase independence (Non-Mysql, ADOdb Postgres, Oracle, etc)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
2008-05
open2/3Support for the Wiki creole markup (syntax)4Feature request2.xInteraction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Wiki Syntax (text area, parser, external wiki, etc)
2008-05
open2/6Workspaces: add to main Tiki code base8Community projects
Feature request
3.x
Dogfood on a *.tikiwiki.org site
Mods
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Workspace
2008-06
open2/4Community/Customer/Constituent Relationship Management system (CRM)8Feature request2.xContact (address book)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Newsletters
Trackers
User Administration (Registration, Login & Banning)
2008-06
open2/2Social Networking6Community projects
Feature request
2.x
Dogfood on a *.tikiwiki.org site
Friendship network (Community)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
2008-06
open2/2Shopping Cart / ecommerce / online orders / marketplace / classified ads / rental management 8Feature request4.xNew feature (not an enhancement to a current one)2008-06
open2/3Project Management enhancements (ex.: with Gantt chart))6Feature request2.xCalendar
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Task
2008-06
open2/2Interface with SVN (like Trac SVN browser) 7Community projects
Feature request
3.x
Dogfood on a *.tikiwiki.org site
Integrator
Interaction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
2008-08
open2/2Allow a user role or group to automatically generate a personal page, an image gallery, a weblog a9 highFeature request2.x
3.x
Blog
Group
Image Gallery
Installer (profiles, upgrades and server-related issues)
MyTiki
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Profile Manager
User Menu
Workspace
2008-11
open - Classifieds System / Job board5Feature request2.xNew feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Profile Manager
Trackers
2005-06
open - Timeline viewer5Feature request3.xCalendar
Date and Time
Interaction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Trackers
2008-12
open2/2Add status update and support the open microblogging specification7Feature request4.xBlog
Interaction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
2009-01
open2/2Send direct message via tiki-user_information.php9 highCommunity projects
Feature request
3.x
4.x
Dogfood on a *.tikiwiki.org site
Alert
Contact (address book)
Friendship network (Community)
Inter-User messages
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Tell a Friend / Social Bookmarking
User Administration (Registration, Login & Banning)
Webmail and groupmail
2009-02
open1/1RFE: admin interface 4 template message emailed to new users to a group (registered, or others)8Community projects
Feature request
3.x
4.x
Dogfood on a *.tikiwiki.org site
Content template
Group
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Newsletters
User Administration (Registration, Login & Banning)
Workspace
2009-03
open - Mollom spam filtering4Feature request3.x
4.x
Comment
Interaction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Spam protection (Anti-bot CAPTCHA)
2009-04
open2/4Announcements: There should be an easier way for ppl to stay up to date7Feature request3.xArticle
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
2009-06
open1/4TikiBountySystem4Community projects
Feature request
2.xNew feature (not an enhancement to a current one)2005-07
open - Orgchart plugin which works with orgapp2Feature request2.xInteraction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
Wiki 3D
Wiki Plugin (extends basic syntax)
2006-01
open1/5PayPal Shopping Cart Integration6Feature request2.xInteraction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
2006-05
pending1/2Integrating fotonotes or wikigraphe or DOM Image Annotation to the Image gallery2Feature request2.xDrawing
Image Gallery
Interaction (with the outside World)
New feature (not an enhancement to a current one)
2006-10

  • Animated Banner Generator
  • While Tiki is very good at managing multilingual websites, it can't yet be used as a full-fledged Translation Management Systemm. Please see the www.wiki-translation.com (external link) project.
  • TAGS! The category system in tikiwiki is outdated and clumsy. When in edit mode for a page, directory forum or blog, article, file upload, etc., just have a field for tags. Already in 2.0. Please see documentation freetags or in production at support.mozilla.com (external link)
  • A well-defined API for building applications on top of, or integrating application into Tiki. marclaporte: People often say this but without a specific exemple, it's difficult to follow-up upon. On one hand, the Galaxia Workflow Engine (external link) can be used for this. Current plugins structure is very efficient to interface with 3rd party services. Can you give 2-3 specific examples of applications or types of applications you have in mind? Thanks!


Major features missing from main code base, but available with 3rd party mods or workarounds

  • workspace needs to be added to main Tiki code base
  • Learning Management (external link) features like Moodle (gradebook, class management, etc.) though Tiki does have some 3rd party mods (external link) for this
  • Accounting
  • E-democracy system (external link) (we have polls and such but it's not the same as a full-fledged voting/election system)
  • Online Help (not d.tw.o)-dthacker / marclaporte: can you explain a little more?
  • Event Management system : while most of this can be done by using the wiki, calendar and user trackers, it's too difficult for someone new to Tiki. Added to Use Cases



Incomplete features

Please Add to Wishlist instead
  • Alternative DB full support other than MySQL (e.g. PostgreSQL, SQLite or Firebird) Database+ ndependance?
  • External Authentication
    • Interface with SiteMinder (http://www.ca.com (external link)) (similar to InterTiki, except yield to SiteMinder for authentication as an enterprise-wide intranet authenticator)
  • Interface with monitoring tools: Nagios, Zabbix- etc. Would be part of TRIM
  • Debian and Ubuntu Packaging
  • VMware and Xen virtual appliances
  • Recipe Based Documentation -> Can now be done with http://profiles.tikiwiki.org (external link)
  • Math and image base captcha's in addition to current basic number captcha (Can be done with Zend)
  • Trackbacks in blogs?
  • Comment approval process - comments go to queue and admin or moderator approves Done in 3.0
  • Boolean Search
  • WebDav (external link) access to Tikiwiki resources: Wiki pages, Blogs, Spreadsheets.
    • Initial version was working with OpenOffice 1.x through Webdav once TikiDav (external link) Mod was installed. However, Tikidav mod is not updated to work with Open Office 2 (odf), and spreadsheets are not accessible through Tikidav.

Related links:
http://wikifeatures.wiki.taoriver.net/FeatureSummaries (external link)


Contributors to this page: marclaporte21264 points  , mrisch67 points  , xavi613 points  , gmartin79 points  , kenneth1ny11 points  , dthacker246 points  , kerrnel22507 points  and luci1182 points  .
Page last modified on Thursday 25 June, 2009 16:52:51 UTC by marclaporte21264 points .

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  1. more information from sylvie
  2. can not reproduce
  3. i could repeat it
  4. fixed in 2.4 thanks!
  5. seems to work for me

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The following is a list of keywords that should serve as hubs for navigation within the Tiki development and should correspond to documentation keywords.

Each feature in Tiki has a wiki page which regroups all the bugs, requests for enhancements, etc. It is somewhat a form of wiki-based project management. You can also express your interest in a feature by adding it to your profile. You can also try out the Dynamic filter.

Accessibility (WAI – 508)
Action log 2.x
Administration
Ajax 2.x
Alert 3.x
Articles & Submissions
Backlinks
Backup
Banner
Blog
Bookmark
Browser Compatibility
Cache
Calendar
Category
Charts
Chat
Comment
Communication Center
Compression (gzip)
Consistency
Contacts Address book
Contact us
Content template
Contribution 2.x
Cookie
Copyright
Custom Home (and Group Home Page)
Database independence
Database MySQL
Date and Time
Debugger Console
Directory (of hyperlinks)
Documentation link from Tiki to doc.tikiwiki.org (Help System)
DogFood
Drawing
Dynamic Content
Dynamic Variable
Ephemeride
External Authentication
FAQ
Featured links
File Gallery
Forum
Friendship Network (Community)
Game
Gmap Google maps
Group
Help System
Hotword
HTML Page
i18n (Multilingual, l10n, Babelfish)
Image Gallery
Import-Export
Install
Integrator
Interaction
Inter-User Messages
InterTiki
JS Calendar
Karma
Live Support
Lost edit protection
Magic 3.x
Mail-in
Map with Mapserver
Menu
Meta Tag
Missing features
MindMap 3.x
Mobile Tiki and Voice Tiki
Mods
Module
Mootools 2.x
Multimedia 2.x
MultiTiki
MyTiki
Newsletter
Newsreader
Notepad
OS independence (Non-Linux, Windows/IIS, Mac, BSD)
PDF
Performance Speed / Load
Permission
Poll
Profile Manager
Quicktags
Quiz
Rating
Registration
RSS
Score
Search engine optimization (SEO)
Search
Security
Semantic links
Shoutbox
Site Identity
Slideshow
Smarty Template
Smiley
Spam protection (Anti-bot CATPCHA)
Spellcheck
Spreadsheet
Staging and Approval
Stats
Survey
System log
Tags 2.x
Task
Tell a Friend + Social Bookmarking 2.x
TikiTests 2.x
Theme
Trackers
Trackers (Mirror)
TRIM
User Administration
User Files
User Menu
Watch
WebHelp
Webmail and Groupmail
WebServices 3.x
Wiki 3D
Wiki History, page rename, etc
Wiki plugins extends basic syntax
Wiki syntax text area, parser, etc
Wiki structure (book and table of content)
Workflow (Galaxia Workflow engine)
Workspace
WYSIWYCA
WYSIWYG 2.x
XMLRPC