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Features

Tiki's Content Creation and Management Tools

Subjective self-evaluation by the Tiki community

  • Setup/admin UI: How easy / intuitive is to setup this feature?
  • UI end user : Once setup, how easy / intuitive is it for the end-user? (was it worth it?)
  • Stability: How many bugs left?
  • Feature-set / power: How does this feature compare to other Open Source apps? This field is the default sort order

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Name Feature name and link Description Dev (Bug reports & Feature requests) Type of feature Setup and admin UI UI end user Stability Feature-set and power Admin icon
Contact

Contact us

Basic form for site visitors to send a message to the site admin.

Section E A A D
Newsletters Newsletters Create and send email newsletters (plain text and HTML) to subscribed site users and other individuals. Section A A B C
Forum Forums Forums are online discussions organized by topic (or thread). Tiki forums feature threaded or flat views, file attachments, moderation and queuing, monitoring (subscription) of particular forums or topics, and full usage of wiki syntax. Section B C B C
File Gallery File Gallery Storage and sharing via download or display in pages, of images, videos, and other file types . Supports check-in and check-out (lock), versions, etc.

Section A B A A
Calendar Calendar Events calendar with public, private and group channels

Section B B B A
File Gallery File Gallery File Galleries enable secure and efficient uploading, storage, downloading and other serving of all types of files including images, videos, podcasts, text and PDF documents and more. Section B C B A
Blog Blogs Multiple blogs can be created with various author and display configurations, etc. Section A A A B
Trackers Trackers Facts and figures storage and retrieval. A forms and database generator, with reporting. Can be used for a bug tracker, item database, issue tracker, etc Section B A B A
Wiki Wiki Collaboratively authored documents with history of changes. Tiki's wiki has all the features you could want from a first-rate wiki. Ex.: attach files, comments, history, images, warn on edit, page locking, powerful wiki syntax, alternative WYSIWYG editor, etc. Section A A A A
Maps Maps Maps can be created and displayed using OpenLayers and OpenStreetMap. Section B B B A
Friendship network Friendship Network Users can designate other users as "friends" using either the "follow" or "like" method. Section C B B D
Live support Live Support One-on-one chat with customer or other individual Section C B C C
HTML page HTML Pages Static and dynamic HTML content. Note: HTML can be used in wiki pages. This is a separate feature. Section B A C
Featured links Featured Links Simple menu system which can optionally add an external web page in an iframe Section B A A B
Task Tasks A site user's to-do list. Tasks can be sent to other users. Also, there can be shared group tasks.

Section B B B B
User Files User Files Users upload files and store them in their Tiki personal space; they can then download the files. Section C C B C
User notepad Notepad Users can write, upload, download and read notes. Notes can be read as raw text files or as wiki pages interpreting the wiki markup syntax. The user-quota that admin can control is used to set the maximum size that user notes can take. Section B B B C
Slideshow Slideshows Turn a wiki page into slideshow (each slide is the wiki content only, without "chrome") by using more than one title bar in the page, or make a multi-page slideshow from a structure. Section C B B B
User Page User Pages This provides each user with a personal wiki page that only he/she can edit. All User Pages have a similar, configurable name that includes the user name. Section A B A C
Kaltura Video Kaltura Video Video management Section C B B A
BigBlueButton Audio/Video/Chat/Screensharing BigBlueButton Open source instruction-focused real-time collaboration tool. (Audio/Video/Screensharing/Chat) Section C A B B
Shopping Cart Shopping Cart A simple shopping cart feature - Information on products or services can be maintained in wiki pages or trackers with display via Pretty Tracker ) and purchases added to Module Cart through the PluginAddToCart and sent to the payment page. Section B B B D
Screencast Screencasts (Feature removed in Tiki 17) This permits capturing the device screen and uploading to Tiki. An image is produced (that you can then draw on), or short video with sound. The jCapture applet is used. Section A A C B
Messages Messages Internal (within the site) messages from one site user to another. Section A A A B
Webmail Webmail Provides a webmail interface for site users' own IMAP or SMTP accounts. The Webmail tool has been massively improved since in Tiki20. Please see Email as a first-class citizen Section C B C B
Wiki Plugin (extends basic syntax) Wiki Plugins Over 100 built-in plugins extend the function of wiki syntax with more specialized commands. It is very easy to create your own plugins with plugin alias or from scratch. Text Area B B B A
External wiki External Wikis Create links easily with other wikis. Text Area B B A C
Table of content Automatic Table of Contents Automatically generate and display a table of contents based on page titles within a structure (toc), or from the headings on a page (maketoc). Text Area A C A C
Cookie Random Taglines Taglines (aka "cookies" or "fortune cookies") drawn randomly and displayed.

Text Area B B A C
Hotwords Hotwords If enabled, wiki pages are parsed and some words are automatically converted to HTML links.

Text Area C
Cache Cache External URLs can be cached inside Tiki - this is possible for links from the Wiki as well as for the User Bookmarks Text Area B B A C
Content Template Content Template Create and select reusable text or layout code when editing a wiki page, article, or newsletter to have a consistent look and feel and/or content.

Text Area B B B C
Wiki Syntax Wiki Syntax Apply formatting and styling to text directly or via editor toolbar buttons; no need for HTML. Strong help feature and usable throughout various features such as blogs and articles, not just in the wiki! Text Area B B B A
Polls Polls Make and manage lists of options to be voted on; polls are displayed in a module (in left or right column or other module zone, in wiki pages, etc.).

Text Area B A C C
Dynamic Variable Dynamic Variable Snippets of text which can be reused throughout Tiki.

Text Area C C
Toolbars Toolbars The edit page toolbar enables styling text, adding an image, Makes using wiki syntax easy. Custom buttons can be added, and toolbars can be customized for the various sections of the site. Text Area C C B A
Plugin Module PluginModule Insert a content or functionality module in any editable-text area of the site, such as a wiki page, article, etc. Text Area B C B B
Copyright Copyright The Copyright Management System (or ©MS) is a way of licensing your content and displaying that license information, such as under an open or free content license. By switching this feature on, you can define a content license for all your wiki content, associate copyright notices with individual pages and display a full license for printing.

Text Area D C
Workflow Workflow Workflow is provided by means of category transitions and other configuration settings.

Transversal C B A
Multilingual i18n i18n (or internationalization) - Tiki is translated in 20 languages. Handles multilingual navigation & content. Can keep track of translation (de)synchronization. http://wiki-translation.com

Transversal C B B A
Compression Compression Transparently compress your pages on-the-fly.

Transversal A A B A
Comments Comments Comment posting available for many features (wiki pages, articles, blogs, forums, etc) Transversal B B B B
Themes Themes Thirty-three visual themes are included and several have theme options (color variants). And, with Bootstrap compatibility, it is straightforward to create your own. Tiki themes are visual layers only and so avoid the possibility of introducing a security vulnerability.

Transversal A A A A
Statistics Statistics Site-wide statistics for many features. Referrer stats and search stats also available. Transversal B B C C
Banners Banners Insert, track, and manage advertising banners. Transversal B A B C
Mobile Mobile Tiki uses the Bootstrap CSS framework by default for responsive web design - pages conform to the display size of all desktop and mobile devices.

Transversal B B B B
Rating Rating Lets users vote on wiki pages & tracker items Transversal D B D C
RSS News Feeds Outgoing RSS feeds can be generated, and external RSS feeds can be subscribed to. Transversal B B B A
Watch Watch Site users can mark a page or other object to be notified by email when it is updated. Transversal B B C B
Search Search Configurable site search engine that indexes content of many features Transversal B B B A