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To check all the commits in this branch, see:
https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/HEAD/tree/branches/9.x/changelog.txt
This is the last version which supports PHP 5.2.x. But really, PHP 5.2.x is no longer supported by PHP itself so you should upgrade to PHP 5.3 See: Version Lifecycle Related links:
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1.1. Articles show similar articles based on common freetags | |
The Articles feature has been enhanced to show links to similar articles at the bottom of one article, based on a number of similar Freetags in common between them. |
1.2. Batch actions | |
Some batch actions have been improved so that they can be run based on a url with a token access. They comprise: See Batch and Token Access |
1.3. Banning spammers from Action Log data | |
There is a new option to allow selection of multiple items shown in the action log interface, and sending that information of their ip's to the banning feature, with the minimum number of clicks to have multiple ip's banned at once:
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1.4. BigBlueButton | |
BigBlueButton (BBB) system for audio/videoconference allows recording the meetings since BBB 0.8. Tiki nowadays can show the recordings to users without the permission to join the meeting, since a new permission tiki_p_bigbluebutton_view_rec has been added. For more information, see: BigBlueButton |
1.5. Calendar | |
1.5.1. Calendar names translatable | |
Calendar names are now translatable (but not individual events).
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1.5.2. New interface "FullCalendar" | |
A new interface called "FullCalendar" in tiki has been added, which allows to edit events through drag and drop edition of items in the calendar. See FullCalendar. |
1.5.3. Calendar: new options | |
New options have been added to set default new events to all day, and another option to put the name of the event on each day. See Calendars. |
1.6. Cron jobs | |
Some webhosts don't allow users to set up cron jobs in shared hosting. To avoid this issue, Tiki9 includes another system to manage cronjob calls in a tiki site, in order to allow launching cron jobs from external servers with a special security token. See Cron jobs. |
1.7. Daily reports | |
Daily reports feature has been internally revamped, and has a few improvements for end users. These include improvements in internationalization of messages sent, footer added to messages, and tracker item comments are also include in the reports. |
1.8. Draw | |
Draw has the ability to edit tracker files (through the tracker 'files' field) and wikiplugin_img.
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1.9. File galleries | |
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1.9.1. Maximum displayed name converted to a preference | |
Maximum displayed name length a pref (default now 40) |
1.9.2. Thumbnails with transparency (png with transparent bg supported) | |
Thumbnails use png image format for thumbnails if the source file is .png. This preserves transparency in thumbnails. |
1.9.3. VCS | |
File Gallery include a simple version control system (VCS), which adds revision information to file versions. (Ref. r38587, r38596 in trunk) |
1.9.4. Wiki Attachments in File Galleries fixed | |
There is a new preference to allow handling attachments in file galleries which is fixed in Tiki9 (r38997).
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1.10. File upload improvements in text areas (and new toolbar icon) | |
New icon and tool in the textarea toolbars allows for faster insertion of file in file galleries for end users, with a reduced number of clicks. |
1.11. HtmlFeeds | |
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1.12. Image directory revamp | |
The 3 directories for image storing (images/, img/, img/) has been consolidated under img/ directory. See details here Important Clear Tiki cache after upgrade, otherwise you get missing icons
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1.13. Map Improvements | |
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1.14. Menu | |
Some enhancements to the menu admin which include some usability improvements, separated sections into tabs, fixed "quick urls" box, added autocompletes for pages, prefs and perms, and improved preview.
From 9.2 you can also use wiki syntax (including plugins) in menu labels to allow customized formatting and special effects.
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1.15. Modules: new and updated | |
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1.15.1. module map_edit_features | |
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1.15.2. module months_links (blog and posts archive) | |
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1.15.3. module users_own_rank | |
New module, which shows the users' own rank and score in the 'My Score' module. |
1.16. Multilingual Articles improved | |
Multilingual articles had some issues fixed and some interface improvements has been added |
1.17. PDF from (jQuery.S5) Slideshow | |
Slideshows using jQuery.S5 allows to print the presentation in a single PDF file, using "dompdf" library, already included in Tiki9. See PluginSlideshow
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1.18. Plugins: new and improved! | |
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1.18.1. Pending approval notification | |
The feature "Plugin pending notification" in "Admin home > Editing and plugins > Plugins (tab)" has been improved since its addition in Tiki7. It currently sends a copy of the plugin pending aproval in the email message to the admin users. See Plugins for more information. |
1.18.2. Plugin AppFrame | |
See PluginAppFrame. |
1.18.3. Plugin Category Transition | |
New plugin that displays controls to trigger Category transitions for any object. See PluginCategoryTransition |
1.18.4. Plugin Contribution Dashboard | |
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1.18.5. Plugin Convene ("Doodle"-like) | |
New plugin that allows a group to indicate their prefferences for the best option to convene a date for a meeting, action, etc. The interface and purpose is very similar to the basic goal that is commonly achieved by using the website "Doodle" (http://doodle.com). See PluginConvene |
1.18.6. Plugin Countdown | |
Many fixes and improvements to PluginCountdown have been implemented.
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1.18.7. Plugin Exercise | |
New plugin. See PluginExercise |
1.18.8. Plugin HTMLfeed | |
New plugin. See PluginHTMLfeed |
1.18.9. Plugin Page Tabs | |
Introduced in Tiki9, it allows the display of content in Tabs, where tabs = wiki pages.
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1.18.10. Plugin List | |
New parameters maxRecords and offset added, and use the preference for maximum records if this is not set in plugin parameters. See PluginList. |
1.18.11. Plugin Map | |
Improved plugin, which currently allows to specify layers to load via search. See PluginMap. |
1.18.12. Plugin MemberPayment | |
Improved plugin, which currently allows for giving of free periods on the purchase of at least 1 real full period. Moreover, the plugin shows 2 decimal places even if there is only one. See PluginMemberPayment. |
1.18.13. Plugin Now | |
Display the current date or time -> PluginNow |
1.18.14. Plugin Report | |
New plugin, that builds a Report, stores it in a wiki page, and has the ability to edit it from the wiki page itself. See PluginReport. |
1.18.15. Plugin Slideshow | |
It includes the option to generate a PDF from the presentation itself. See PluginSlideshow |
1.18.16. Plugin Timesheet | |
This plugins allows to use the new feature #Timesheet inside a wiki page. See PluginTimeSheet |
1.18.17. Plugin TrackerFilter | |
It allows filtering for the fields Tags Tracker Field and Auto-Increment Field.
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1.18.18. Plugin WYSIWYG | |
This plugin permits to have a WYSIWYG section for part of a page. For example, you want to use WYSIWYG for a table, but keep most of the page as wiki syntax. See PluginWYSIWYG
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1.19. Profiles | |
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1.20. Reports | |
A new feature for reporting based on other tiki features has been added, deprecating the previous partial "tracker reports". See Reports.
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1.21. Search: shell script added for cron and index maintenance | |
Shell script for use in cron tasks for search index maintenance. See Search and List from Unified Index and Cron. |
1.21.1. Lucene Search | |
When using Lucene Search, now:
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1.22. Security | |
A new preference has been added (trust_input) to allow (or disallow) the tiki_p_trust_input permission in a tiki-wide sense to increase security. It defaults to n for safety. See General Security |
1.23. SEO enhancements | |
You can now automatically generate a site map for SEO performance. See Search Engine Optimization for details. |
1.24. Server Check | |
The "Server check" feature (tiki-check.php) was introduced in Tiki 9.2. and it checks if the server is appropriately configured for Tiki. See: Server Check |
1.25. Smarty updated to 3.1 | |
Smarty, the template engine used in Tiki, has been updated to its version 3.1.
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1.26. Spam protection through multiple ip banning from comments and action log | |
Spam protection as been enhanced by means of adding the ability to send multiple ip information to the Admin Banning directly from either the Comment moderation or from the Action log. |
1.27. Structures | |
See #Wiki_Structure_enhancements below |
1.28. TextBacklink Protocol | |
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1.29. Themes | |
Raspberry theme option added for FiveAlive theme. See Themes |
1.30. Timesheet | |
See TimeSheet |
1.31. Token Access | |
It has been improved with an interface in the admin panels, and another interface to manage created tokens and create new ones. Moreover, tokens can have no limit in time or clicks. See Token Access
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1.32. Trackers | |
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1.32.1. Exporting items improvement | |
New option added to export ItemLink fields by reference instead of displayed value for cases when the purpose is to reimport later. See the new checkbox saying "Export ItemLink type fields as the itemId of the linked item (to facilitate importing)". For more information, see also Item Link. |
1.32.2. Files field allows replacing files instead of just adding them in file galleries | |
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1.32.3. Item link improvements | |
Some new parameters have been added to tracker field "item link", which allows selecting more than one item from Tracker B as linked with that item in Tracker A, and many other improvements. See Tracker Field Item Link. |
1.33. TRIM | |
The Tiki Remote Instance Manager (TRIM) supports to backup wordpress instances. See TRIM and WordPress importer. |
1.34. Wiki Structure enhancements | |
1.34.1. Structure management with drag & drop | |
Nodes from Wiki Structures can be moved around in the tree through drag and drop.
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1.34.2. Structures allows management delegation | |
The permission to edit structures (tiki_p_edit_structures) has now object scope, which allows to delegate it's management to some groups of users, without granting the same permission globally or to the other structures. This management allows to add new pages to the sttucture or to move pages to different positions in the same structure. See Structures |
1.35. WYSIWYG enhancements | |
Tiki9 add a new option, Visual Wiki.
Setting it on add a new toolbar set "Visual Wiki" in conjunction with previous Wiki and WYSIWYG toolbar that stay the same as previous version. |
Upgrading | |
Upgrade from Tiki8 | |
If you had some toolbars with custom icons, you might need to reset them, since there was a general directory revamp of icons in Tiki, and the toolbar admin interface won't work with these "bad" tools in there, if the icon paths are wrong.
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Upgrade from earlier than Tiki8 (Tiki6 LTS, ...) | |
Besides reading the general Upgrade notes, keep in mind also that Tiki7 introduced several major changes from prior versions. If you are upgrading from an earlier version, you are encouraged to read first the pages describing the changes introduced in earlier versions of Tiki, such as:
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Upgrade steps | |
Remember these steps if you are upgrading from a previous version up to 9.
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