Tiki: Community Website System

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Tiki is an Apache, MySQL, PHP (AMP) based Open Source solution that offers a nearly unlimited set of features for building a community website. It features a Wiki system, a Blog, a full Content Management System, Forums, Image & File Galleries, Email Newsletters, effective banner ad management, personalized user features, customizable themes and much more.

Tiki is a very active project with a solid support community. Its ease of use both for the administrator and for visitors are its shining point. Tiki’s File Gallery feature can be very compelling for Macintosh users who must distribute files such as PDF proofs. It is a very nice solution to offer your clients the ability to set up their own easy to manage Tiki system that is just as easy for their clients to work with. All elements of Tiki can have individual privileges assigned to them allowing you to fine tune who gets access to what.

For Intranet as well as Client/Vendor relations Tiki can be a reliable and feature rich solution.

Useful Links:

Main site: http://www.tikiwiki.org/

Documentation: http://tikiwiki.org/tikidoc/

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Step One: Download Tiki

Download the source code for Tiki:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64258&release_id=193747

Decompress and move to the location you want to serve the site from.

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Step 2: Prepare Installation

Within the Terminal, move to the Tiki directory and run the following commands:

[code:1:fa862cba7c]$ chmod +x setup.sh
sudo ./setup.sh :www
sudo chown -R <<yourusername>>:www tiki
chmod -R 770 tiki[/code:1:fa862cba7c]

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Step 3: Create Database

Using PHPMyAdmin create a new database named “tiki”

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Step 4: Tiki Configuration

Now load the tiki-install.php for the Tiki system. You will be asked to supply the following information:

host: localhost
user: <<database user name>>
pass: <<database user password>>
database: tiki

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Step 5: Administration

You will then be sent to your Tiki. You can log in with the default administration login:

user: admin
pass: admin

You will be asked to change this immediately. After doing so you can begin configuring your Tiki. Go the the Admin section and click on the first option which is “Features” and turn on or off those features you wish. Explore the other areas of the system and study the manual to get a deeper idea of what can be done with your Tiki.

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