TikiWiki CMS/Groupware

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A full-featured, Free Source Software (GNU/LGPL), multilingual, Wiki/CMS/Groupware written in PHP and maintained by an active and international community of volunteer contributors.

Major features include articles, forums, newsletters, blogs, a file/image gallery, a Wiki, drawing, trackers, a directory, polls/surveys and quizzes, a FAQ, chat, a banner management system, Webmail, a calendar, maps, charts, Mobile Tiki (PDA and WAP access), RSS feeds, a category system, a theme control center, workflow, live support, Shoutbox, ACLs, and more.

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Updated 15 May 2008 20:01 UTC

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Why I am a developer on Tikiwiki?

  by Franck

I'm a developer on Tikiwiki. I did mainly the Maps part. It is now extended with google maps, ka-map and cartoweb integration.

Why did I choose Tikiwiki? Because the developing community is vribant and very open. It takes 5mn to become a developer and start contribute code.

Sure you are watched by your pairs, and you get comments about your code, but where else can you become part of such project?

You don't need to ... [More] contribute patches, modules, you just start to hack the code base. Never seen something like that.

Also, no foundation, no commercial company is behind tikiwiki, only volunteers from around the world.

While Tikiwiki is a big software, is main advantage is that everything integrates with everything with the same quality level.

It is a little bit the grand daddy of all CMS, but it gets rejuvenated at each development cycle.

Also, the developers takes security seriously, still some improvements are needed on this front, but you rest assure to fast response to security threats.

Finally, Tikiwiki is truly multi-lingual.

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A response to kozuch82 below

  by marclaporte

Hello kozuch82,

I am saddened that you take the time to say only negative things. You are of course entitled to your opinion, but many people will come to this page to evaluate if they want to use TikiWiki. Your comments can IMHO, turn away some potential users that would have been very happy with TikiWiki.

TikiWiki is the collective work of hundreds of people over 5 years, and used for tens of thousands of sites. I have a very ... [More] different outlook than you and will comment the words you used.

"Dead" -> TikiWiki is far from dead. In fact, it's thriving. There is a code commit via CVS every two hours on average.

"Bloated" -> TikiWiki is full-featured. It has most features built-in whereas other on CMS systems, you have to download & install third party add-ons, which may or not be supported.

"not modular" -> Tiki has a tight integration of all its features. That's one of the reasons it's so powerful.

There are various schools of thought about modularity. It is not a magic bullet.

"In later discussions Torvalds explained the reasons for its choice: a fully modular architecture, like the one adopted for HURD, would have posed problems to a degree of complexity that it could have compromised the accomplishment of the project. To avoid such risks and keep the degree of complexity of the project as low as possible, Torvalds decided to design a monolith and he actually wrote all the architectural specs himself, avoiding all the problems related to collective projects (e.g. division of labor, coordination, communication). On the other hand, the HURD micro–kernel, a project in direct competition with the Linux kernel, has paid for the choice of pursuing a fully modular approach from the beginning in terms of the continuous delays that have plagued its development. Nowadays, it is still under active development and still lacks the stability and performance assured by the Linux kernel."

Source:
Modular Design and the Development of Complex Artifacts: Lessons from Free/Open Source Software by A. Narduzzo & A. Rossi
http://oss2005.case.unibz.it/Papers/25.pdf

I would have preferred to read a more balanced judgment. Ex.: TikiWiki can be useful for this type of project or this type of user, but for this other type of user or project, it's better to use Bitweaver.

Of course, TikiWiki is not perfect. Like many tools, it's very useful for some people and not so useful for others.

A response to common questions / concerns about TikiWiki CMS/Groupware
http://marclaporte.com/TikiSucks

Best regards,

M ;-)

Marc Laporte
Project admin
http://TikiWiki.org/marclaporte [Less]

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    __YOU__ can help nominate TikiWiki for the SourceForge.net 2008 Community Choice Awards. ...

    Posted 4 days ago by Rick

    YOU can help nominate TikiWiki for the SourceForge.net 2008 Community Choice Awards. Use this link to nominate TikiWiki (you'll need a SF.net account):

    Read more about the award, here.

    Beta testing of Tiki 1.10 now underway

    Posted 2 months ago by koth

    The next major version of TikiWiki CMS/Groupware is now undergoing beta testing in preparation for release. The current version being tested is Beta 1. If you want to help with beta testing, check out Branch110Beta for more information, or read ... [More] what's new in Tikiwiki 1.10. Thanks to all who helped to test, debug, document, and package and in the days prior to the beta release and thanks in advance to all doing further testing and documentation. This is a real community wide effort. [Less]

    Beta testing of Tiki 1.10 now underway

    Posted 2 months ago by koth

    The next major version of TikiWiki CMS/Groupware is now undergoing beta testing in preparation for release. The current version being tested is Beta 1. If you want to help with beta testing, check out Branch110Beta for more information, or read ... [More] what's new in Tikiwiki 1.10. Thanks to all who helped to test, debug, document, and package and in the days prior to the beta release and thanks in advance to all doing further testing and documentation. This is a real community wide effort. [Less]

    Tiki Listed in EContent Top 100

    Posted 4 months ago by Rick

    TikiWiki has been named to the Seventh Annual EContent 100. The annual list contains the companies "that matter most in the digital content industry."

    The wealth of new features and enhancements contained in the upcoming Release 1.10 will no ... [More] doubt maintain Tiki's position as one of the best digital content and social media platforms.

    Read the complete 2007 EContent 100 List. [Less]

    Tiki Listed in EContent Top 100

    Posted 4 months ago by Rick

    TikiWiki has been named to the Seventh Annual EContent 100. The annual list contains the companies "that matter most in the digital content industry."

    The wealth of new features and enhancements contained in the upcoming Release 1.10 will no ... [More] doubt maintain Tiki's position as one of the best digital content and social media platforms.

    Read the complete 2007 EContent 100 List. [Less]

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