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
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Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
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(2) | setup.sh: Hardcoded "php" entries | aexoxea | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 2017-10-01 | 2018-04-30 | 1 marclaporte-03 Oct 17 | ||
(0) | (A blocker if confirmed) errors in trunk database upgrade through console.php keys too long and invalid default value | Xavier de Pedro | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| 2018-09-24 | 2018-10-27 | 6 jonnybradley-29 Oct 18 | ||
(0) | On a fresh install, the page title of the Home Page should be hidden | Marc Laporte | 3 | 10 easy | 30 |
| 2018-10-11 | 2022-04-27 | 2 marclaporte-29 Apr 22 |
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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) | Admin links gone....can't access admin | jcyrisse | 8 | 40 |
| jcyrisse | 2005-05-10 | 2005-05-10 | 0 | ||
(0) | tiki-install.php spits out many "variable undefined" errors | Marc Laporte | 7 | 35 |
| 2005-04-19 | 2005-10-11 | 1 amette-30 Sep 05 | |||
(0) | tiki-install.php disables itself but gives error about not being able to do so | amette | 8 | 40 |
| 2005-10-31 | 2005-10-31 | 0 | |||
(0) | fckeditor missing while updating previous 1.10tw | yoni | 7 | 35 |
| nyloth | 2007-05-28 | 2007-05-28 | 1 xavi-29 May 07 | ||
(0) | galleryId property no longer set in list_galleries after 1.9.7 upgrade | big-r | 5 | 25 |
| big-r | 2007-04-13 | 2007-05-29 | 2 andrewthetester-24 Aug 07 | ||
(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) | tiki_install.php does not check php parameter memory_limit properly | dthacker | 8 | 40 |
| bertrand Gugger | 2006-08-31 | 2007-06-04 | 0 | ||
(0) | Installation to Document Root Issues | 25 |
| 2006-09-10 | 2007-07-11 | 1 marclaporte-11 Sep 06 | |||||
(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) | 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) | database mysql 3.23.58 install problems | chun | 9 high | 45 |
| 2007-07-29 | 2008-01-31 | 1 dthacker-24 Dec 07 | |||
(0) | tiki-mods_admin.php is broken. | Gary | 8 | 40 |
| 2007-01-20 | 2008-01-31 | 0 | |||
(0) | DB error with new 1.10 install or upgrade over 1.9.9 | fruman44 | 9 high | 45 |
| 2008-02-02 | 2008-02-06 | 0 | |||
(0) | Native multi-site/multi-domain handling | Marc Laporte | 5 | 25 |
| 2008-02-05 | 2008-02-26 | 0 | |||
(0) | Forum migration script | Marc Laporte | 3 | 15 |
| Mike | 2007-01-05 | 2008-03-20 | 0 | ||
(0) | Installer fails when upgrading a 1.9 tiki | Jonny Bradley | 8 | 40 |
| Louis-Philippe Huberdeau | 2008-08-02 | 2008-08-05 | 0 | ||
(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) | tikiwiki only can install with default database | othman | 9 high | 45 |
| 2008-08-15 | 2008-09-03 | 2 othman-16 Aug 08 | |||
(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) | Robots.txt Disallow entries now must have leading slash | John Hadjisky | 5 | 25 |
| 2005-12-21 | 2009-04-14 | 1 fmathias-30 Jan 06 |