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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 |
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Chat
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MiniChat
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Real-time group text chatting
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Section
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A
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C
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B
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C
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Edit CSS
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Edit CSS
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Existing stylesheets can be edited (via the browser), with the new stylesheet suffixed with the editor's user name.
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Administration
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B
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B
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E
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C
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Bookmarks
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Bookmarks
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User bookmarks let users bookmark internal or external pages, create folders and organize their personal bookmarks in folders. Bookmarks can be cached if that option is enabled. A module is provided to let the users see their bookmarks, navigate through them, and add new bookmarks.
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Navigation
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C
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C
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C
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C
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Communication Center
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Communication Center
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Send/receive objects to and from other Tiki-powered sites
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Administration
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B
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A
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A
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B
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Permission
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Permissions
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Different rights can be assigned to groups. (ACLs)
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Administration
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C
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A
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A
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We eat our own Dogfood
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We eat our own DogFood
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Tiki is a community. Tiki is a software. The Tiki community is recursively using and improving the Tiki software, which is used to support the community as well as to make available to the general public.
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Other
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Open development
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Open Development
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Written and maintained by an active and international community of volunteer contributors. While many developers offer consulting services, no company controls the development.
Think of Tiki as applying the wiki way not just to content but also to software development. YOU are invited to participate!"
Please read more about the Tiki Model
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Other
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Open standards & protocols
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Open standards and protocols
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Tiki developers are Tiki users too and prefer open protocols and standards -
http://tiki.org/TikiStandards.
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Other
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My Account Inter-User Messages
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Inter-User Messages
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Enable users to send internal messages to each other (like email but internal to the Tiki site). A message can be broadcast to multiple users in a Tiki group or to all site users if the appropriate permissions are granted.
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Section
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B
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B
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A
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C
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Workflow
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Workflow
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Workflow is provided by means of category transitions and other configuration settings.
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Transversal
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C
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B
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A
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Platform independence
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Platform independence
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Tiki runs wherever PHP runs, on Linux, Mac, Windows and many more other operating systems.
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Other
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Survey
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Surveys
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Create questionnaires with multiple-choice or open-ended questions.
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Section
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A
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A
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B
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B
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Quiz
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Quizzes
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Create timed quizzes with recorded scores.
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Section
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D
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C
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C
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B
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Shoutbox
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Shoutbox
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Quick comment (graffiti) box. Like a group chat, but not in real time.
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Section
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A
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A
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A
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D
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Contact
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Contact us
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Basic form for site visitors to send a message to the site admin.
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Section
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E
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A
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A
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D
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Newsletters
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Newsletters
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Create and send email newsletters (plain text and HTML) to subscribed site users and other individuals.
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Section
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A
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A
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B
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C
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Wiki Plugin (extends basic syntax)
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Wiki Plugins
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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.
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Text Area
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B
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B
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B
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A
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Menu
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Menus
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Menu items are filtered by permission, by group or activation of relevant feature. Both Bootstrap and Superfish CSS/jQuery menus are supported.
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Navigation
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C
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A
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B
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A
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Theme Control
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Theme Control
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Visual themes can be flexibly assigned per user group, site section, content category, and so on.
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Administration
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A
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A
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A
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A
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Friendship network
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Friendship Network
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Users can designate other users as "friends" using either the "follow" or "like" method.
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Section
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C
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B
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B
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D
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External wiki
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External Wikis
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Create links easily with other wikis.
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Text Area
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B
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B
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A
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C
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Compression
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Compression
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Transparently compress your pages on-the-fly.
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Transversal
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A
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A
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B
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A
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Caching
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Cache
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Tiki uses the built-in cache of the Smarty template engine.
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Administration
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A
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A
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B
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A
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Table of content
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Automatic Table of Contents
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Automatically generate and display a table of contents based on page titles within a structure (toc), or from the headings on a page (maketoc).
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Text Area
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A
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C
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A
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C
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Cookie
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Random Taglines
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Taglines (aka "cookies" or "fortune cookies") drawn randomly and displayed.
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Text Area
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B
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B
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A
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C
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Featured links
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Featured Links
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Simple menu system which can optionally add an external web page in an iframe
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Section
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B
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A
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A
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B
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Integrator
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Integrator
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Automatically import external HTML pages into Tiki.
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Programmers
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D
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B
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B
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B
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Custom Home
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Custom Home
(Removed in Tiki 15)
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This feature was made redundant by the ability, via PluginLayout, etc., to fully customize a standard wiki page to use as the Homepage.
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Navigation
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B
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A
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C
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Hotwords
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Hotwords
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If enabled, wiki pages are parsed and some words are automatically converted to HTML links.
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Text Area
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C
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Cache
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Cache
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External URLs can be cached inside Tiki - this is possible for links from the Wiki as well as for the User Bookmarks
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Text Area
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B
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B
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A
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C
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ZZZ Other features
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All the features, modules and activities enabled by permissions that don't fit into other categories.
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E
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Content Template
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Content Template
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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.
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Text Area
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B
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B
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B
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C
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Structure
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Structure
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In Tiki terminology, a structure is a hierarchy for wiki pages. Structures have navigational features such as breadcrumb links and menus; also enabled is printing all pages in the structure and in order.
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Navigation
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B
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B
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A
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A
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Wiki Syntax
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Wiki Syntax
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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!
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Text Area
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B
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B
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B
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A
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Mobile
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Mobile
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Tiki uses the Bootstrap CSS framework by default for responsive web design - pages conform to the display size of all desktop and mobile devices.
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Transversal
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B
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B
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B
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B
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Dynamic Variable
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Dynamic Variable
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Snippets of text which can be reused throughout Tiki.
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Text Area
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C
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C
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Contribution
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Contribution
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Allow selecting, reporting and exporting the type of contributions made by site users.
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Transversal
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A
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A
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B
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C
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Mail-In
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Mail-In
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Submit wiki pages or articles via e-mail.
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Transversal
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C
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C
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C
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B
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User Menu
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User Menu
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Add personal items to the User Menu section in the application menu.
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Navigation
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unrated
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Action log
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Action Log
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Track user activity on the basis of a single user or multiple users, groups or categories.
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Administration
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B
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B
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B
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C
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Banning
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Banning
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Block access from individual IPs or ranges of IPs.
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Administration
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A
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A
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A
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B
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Edit template
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Edit Template
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Edit the Smarty template files that Tiki is built with via the admin control panel.
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Administration
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B
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C
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B
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Toolbars
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Toolbars
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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.
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Text Area
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C
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C
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B
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A
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Task
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Tasks
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A site user's to-do list. Tasks can be sent to other users. Also, there can be shared group tasks.
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Section
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B
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B
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B
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B
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User Files
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User Files
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Users upload files and store them in their Tiki personal space; they can then download the files.
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Section
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C
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C
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B
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C
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User notepad
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Notepad
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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.
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Section
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B
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B
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B
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C
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Plugin Module
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PluginModule
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Insert a content or functionality module in any editable-text area of the site, such as a wiki page, article, etc.
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Text Area
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B
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C
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B
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B
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Slideshow
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Slideshows
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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.
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Section
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C
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B
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B
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B
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Accessibility
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Accessibility
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Not so much a feature as a value, web accessibility is prioritized in Tiki.
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Transversal
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C
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External Authentication
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External Authentication
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Can use LDAP (Active Directory), PAM, Auth, Http web server, CAS or Shibboleth.
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Administration
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B
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A
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B
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A
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