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related: TRIM

Some ideas to improve the Tiki installer:

add phpinfo as one of the steps (useful for troubleshooting)

Tiki 3 Installer Revamp

Over here

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

Server check

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

~~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.php~~ done

Examples

Why not using the nice Bitweaver Installer as a base or guide for the Tiki installer? http://www.bitweaver.org/photos/gallery/9/32 (16 screenshots here showing the whole process) . Xavi

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

Plugin Image

The "id" parameter is not allowed unless "file_galleries_redirect_from_image_gallery" preference is enabled.

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

Tracker items

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Rating	Subject	Submitted By	Importance	Easy to solve ?	Priority	Category	Volunteered to solve	Created	Modified
(1)	Error in upgrade script (function upgrade_20120429_fix_collation_tiki)	samandiriel	10	10	99	Error		17 Jan 14	17 Jan 14
(0)	The version lifecycle is not being respected	Marc Laporte	10	10	99	Community projects		13 Oct 14	11 Aug 22
(0)	domain redirect from .tikiwiki.org to .tiki.org is not working	Marc Laporte	9	9	81	Regression Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site		11 Jun 13	06 Jul 24
(0)	Bug Updating Imported DB on Upgrade	mstovenour	10	8	80	Error		23 Feb 14	23 Feb 14
(0)	Installation; HomePage not found error after new installation	Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist	10	8	80	Regression		09 Jul 16	19 Dec 22
(0)	automatic rename of _htaccess to .htaccess by tiki-install.php causes issues	Marc Laporte	9	8	72	Conflict of two features (each works well independently)		04 May 09	08 Oct 14
(0)	Add a more graceful error message for unmet dependencies	Marc Laporte	9	8	72	Usability		16 Dec 21	16 Dec 21
(0)	Profile application via wizard or Suggested Profiles quietly fails on Tiki 17+	Xavier de Pedro	9	8	72	Regression	jonnybradley	25 Jun 17	06 Jul 19
(0)	File names should not have tiki	samerafach	10	7	70	Usability		13 Feb 15	18 Feb 15
(0)	Allow searching by categories and TAGS through the Profiles Control Panel in Tiki	Xavier de Pedro	8	8	64	Consistency Usability Community projects Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site Feature request Support request		19 Aug 17	19 Aug 17
(1)	Add a grid / masonry display for the profiles in the Profiles Wizard with filters	Xavier de Pedro	8	8	64	Usability Community projects Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site Feature request		19 Aug 17	19 Aug 17
(0)	Fatal error on Tiki 15 to 19 upgrade	Gary Cunningham-Lee	7	9	63	Support request		03 Feb 19	03 Feb 19
(0)	Profiles: $profilerequest ignores user input when applying a profile	luci	9	7	63	Regression		20 Jun 17	20 Jun 17
(0)	OpenSourceCMS type demo to test/develop and show off profiles	Marc Laporte	8	7	56	Community projects Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site Feature request		29 Jan 08	19 Oct 18
(0)	Change Admin Password Prompt Does Not Appear	drsassafras	8	7	56	Error Usability		13 Sep 18	04 Oct 18
(0)	Windows install	nobody?	7	8	56	Error Less than 30-minutes fix		12 Jul 11	12 Jul 11
(0)	The installation script should end with an automatic (optional) registration to Tiki.org	Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist	7	8	56	Feature request		03 Feb 24	03 Feb 24
(1)	Neihter show_image.php?id=NN nor imageNN work as-is after upgrade from 9.x to 12.x	Xavier de Pedro	7	8	56	Regression		13 Dec 13	13 Dec 13
(0)	Provide a tablesorter-powered list of profiles in the Profiles Wizard bundled in Tiki to filter on features, tags, names and such	Xavier de Pedro	6	9	54	Community projects Feature request Support request		08 Apr 16	06 Jan 17
(0)	Applying Profile thinks line with #foo selector in CSS code is a comment and omits it	luci	10		50	Usability		27 Oct 16	27 Oct 16

Rating	Subject	Submitted By	Importance	Easy to solve ?	Priority	Category	Volunteered to solve	Created	Modified
(0)	Make Unified Index optional	Marc Laporte	10	8	80	Conflict of two features (each works well independently) Feature request Indexing	koth	09 Jun 13	04 Nov 13
(0)	URL Rewriting Revamp: adding to Tiki log or error log so we catch them all through usage	Marc Laporte	10	8	80	Feature request	koth	09 Jun 13	09 Feb 18
(0)	12.0 fresh install: sh setup.sh tries and fails to install developer tools	Marc Laporte	10	8	80	Release Blocker		29 Nov 13	29 Nov 13
(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	Error Release Blocker		24 Sep 18	27 Oct 18
(0)	Detect BOM in a Tiki health check and in release process	Marc Laporte	8	5	40	Feature request	drsassafras	23 Nov 13	04 Mar 20
(0)	SMTP Configuration from inside Admin Interface	morrighu	8		40			20 Apr 08	11 Apr 09
(0)	Unknown column 'tweetId' in 'tiki_shoutbox'	Lusserall	7		35	Error		27 Oct 11	02 May 12
(0)	Make Tiki more robust to open_basedir issues	Marc Laporte	7		35			23 Nov 07	27 Nov 07
(0)	Multitiki customizations broken	Gary	7		35	Error	gg	28 Apr 05	23 Sep 21
(0)	admin user doesn't have permission to edit structures by default	EricIsGood	6		30			01 Nov 08	01 Nov 08
(0)	On a fresh install, the page title of the Home Page should be hidden	Marc Laporte	3	10	30	Usability Less than 30-minutes fix		11 Oct 18	06 Jul 24
(2)	setup.sh: Hardcoded "php" entries	aexoxea	3	9	27	Consistency		01 Oct 17	30 Apr 18
(0)	Make sure Tiki is offered by all server control panels	Marc Laporte	5		25	Community projects	marclaporte	17 Jan 06	05 Oct 21
(0)	tiki-install.php: SELECT patch_name FROM tiki_schema Table 'tikiwiki3.tiki_schema' doesn't exist	EricIsGood			25			01 Nov 08	01 Nov 08
(0)	Username can't have space in it for messageing system Bug	Andriy Podanenko	5	5	25	Error Usability Feature request	sylvieg	24 Jun 05	29 Sep 21
(0)	Getting Things Done (GTD) profile	Marc Laporte			25	Feature request		09 Mar 08	28 Jun 18
(0)	sh setup.sh does not change directory permissions	Lusserall	5	5	25	Regression		07 Oct 12	12 May 14
(0)	Running upgrade from 1.9.x to 2.x requires being logged into the app before starting process	Steve	4		20			07 Aug 08	07 Aug 08
(0)	admin user doesn't have permission to edit structures by default	EricIsGood	3		15			01 Nov 08	01 Nov 08
(0)	Installer: at end of successful install, big red PHP mem warning box can be inconsistent w text abov	cativan	3		15			05 Nov 08	05 Nov 08

Rating	Subject	Submitted By	Importance	Easy to solve ?	Priority	Category	Volunteered to solve	Created	Modified
(0)	Missing icon on tiki-install.php	Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist	10	10	99	Error Regression Less than 30-minutes fix Release Blocker	drsassafras	11 Jan 17	12 Jan 17
(0)	BrowserTitle is empty after upgrading Tiki	Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist	10	10	99	Regression Community projects Less than 30-minutes fix Release Blocker		30 Jan 17	30 Jan 17
(0)	Installer steps list bad contrast	Jonny Bradley	10	10	99	Upgrade Blocker		12 Feb 20	10 May 20
(0)	Installer encoding issue	Jonny Bradley	10	9	90	Regression Upgrade Blocker		20 Feb 20	04 Mar 20
(0)	Broken images in featured profile and page is generally broken	Marc Laporte	10	9	90	Error Regression	manivannans	03 Nov 13	20 Nov 13
(0)	Update Notifier: many versions are misreporting available upgrades	Marc Laporte	10	9	90	Error	manivannans	12 Aug 13	31 Oct 13
(0)	Browsertitle value wrong on Tik12 db update	Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist	9	10	90	Regression	manivannans	17 Sep 13	30 Jan 17
(0)	Change the release script to stop linking to ReleaseNotesXYZ (Use doc.tiki.org/TikiX instead)	Marc Laporte	9	9	81	Usability Community projects	nkoth	03 Nov 13	16 Nov 13
(0)	Featured profiles missing for 13.x	Marc Laporte	10	8	80	Release Blocker		29 Jul 14	05 Aug 14
(0)	Installer language selection is wrongly changed by TIki	Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist	10	8	80	Consistency Community projects Less than 30-minutes fix Release Blocker	jonnybradley	11 Jan 17	12 Jan 17
(0)	Tiki installer fails with System error after the last step when MyISAM database engine is selected	luci	10	8	80	Error Regression Usability Release Blocker	rjsmelo	08 Oct 18	16 Oct 18
(0)	Error with composer switching branch from 16x to 17x	Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist	8	10	80	Error Release Blocker	jonnybradley	01 May 17	03 May 17
(1)	Icon missing for Plugin File (or to upload a file) in default and upgraded toolbars	Xavier de Pedro	8	9	72	Regression Usability		14 Jun 13	15 Jun 13
(0)	Broken link from the Tiki Installer	luci	8	9	72	Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site Release Blocker	jonnybradley	28 Feb 20	09 Mar 20
(0)	Upgrade from 9.x to 12.x headers & footers missing on nextbranding.tiki.org	Marc Laporte	9	8	72	Regression		30 Jul 14	06 May 18
(0)	unable to connect to DB after upgrade to 4.0	mat-in	9 high	8	72	Error Less than 30-minutes fix		05 Dec 09	14 Jan 10
(0)	_htaccess should know which version of Tiki it is for	Marc Laporte	9 high	8	72	Feature request Less than 30-minutes fix	koth	25 Dec 09	16 Apr 12
(0)	Company Profile 4.x installation causes duplicate entries.	Kimberly Fink	9 high	8	72	Usability Less than 30-minutes fix		31 Dec 09	15 Jan 10
(0)	switch lang in installer does nothing	Xavier de Pedro	9	8	72	Error Regression Usability Release Blocker		08 Jul 19	22 Feb 20
(0)	Installer does not set language on new install	Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties	9 high	8	72	Error Usability Less than 30-minutes fix	chealer	09 Sep 08	16 Jan 10

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