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History: Welcome to Tiki Profiles

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Tiki has a lot of features and covers a wide range of use cases. Because of this, it is very difficult to pick sensible defaults which are ideal "out of the box" for everyone. Profiles solve this problem by storing and sharing different configurations, feature sets, permissions schemes and pre-made examples of some of the more complicated features. This addresses the The Paradox of Choice.


Watch Marc introduce profiles at TikiFest Portugal 2008





Benefits

Profiles offer the following benefits to Tiki:
  • Managed in wiki pages (collaborative, version history, etc.)
  • Can be used not only on a fresh install of a Tiki, but also on an existing instance.
  • Apply one or many, even if they overlap (the last one applied wins if there are any conflicts)
  • Profiles can include other profiles (several small profiles making a large one)
  • Not just for settings, but also for data
  • Since there is no extra code, can be designed for very specific, long tail uses or Vertical Markets. We can have hundreds of profiles for an out-of-the-box experience, with a single code-base!
  • Permits power users & admins to share their experience
  • Can even be used to support reporting of bugs

How it Works

Each profile is a configuration patch that can be applied on top of any Tiki instance. Profiles will allow to change configurations in a Tiki instance and create various objects. As of now, the most important object types are available and more will be added as needed.

Profiles include Handlers for the following:
  • Any of over 1000 preferences (features, settings and options)
  • Groups & permissions (over 200 permissions)
  • Modules (over 100!)
  • Menus
  • Categories
  • Webservice & Plugin Alias
  • Sample content & additional configurations for
    • Wiki
    • Trackers
    • File Gallery
    • Blogs

Obtaining Profiles

Profiles are stored in repositories on the Internet. Tiki comes with one repository registered for you and you can add more as you like. Profiles are applied directly from the repositories; you simply browse the profiles available at each repository and apply the ones you want.

Profiles can also be seen on Profiles page.

Applying Profiles

Profiles can be (and typically are) applied during the initial installation and configuration of Tiki as shown here: Starting in Tiki4, the interface has been improved and streamlined. No more profiles at install time, but a nicer profile manager anytime :-)

Profiles can also be applied at any time after Tiki is installed by following these steps:
  1. Log into Tiki as an administrator
  2. Open the Administration page (click the "Admin Home" link in the menu)
  3. Click on the Profiles link
  4. Show profiles available in the registered repositories by clicking List. You can filter the list of profiles by name, type and repository if you like.
  5. Click on the name of the profile you want to apply. Details about that profile will be obtained from the repository and displayed for your review.
  6. Click the Apply Now button

Additional Information

These wiki pages contain additional information about creating and using profiles:

Suggestions?

Suggestions and wishes can be added to Profiles Todos




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Fri 17 of Apr, 2009 23:52 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 102
Mon 06 of Apr, 2009 17:18 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 101
Mon 06 of Apr, 2009 18:00 GMT-0000 System Administrator 100
Mon 06 of Apr, 2009 17:18 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 99
Mon 23 of Feb, 2009 17:49 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 98
Tue 10 of Feb, 2009 22:02 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte more info 97
Wed 04 of Feb, 2009 02:22 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 96
Thu 01 of Jan, 2009 23:09 GMT-0000 idealpragmatist 95
Thu 01 of Jan, 2009 23:05 GMT-0000 idealpragmatist 94
Sat 20 of Dec, 2008 23:33 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 93
Sat 20 of Dec, 2008 22:57 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 92
Sat 20 of Dec, 2008 22:39 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 91
Sat 20 of Dec, 2008 22:37 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 90
Sat 20 of Dec, 2008 22:36 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 89
Sat 20 of Dec, 2008 22:32 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 88
Sat 20 of Dec, 2008 11:41 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 87
Mon 17 of Nov, 2008 05:04 GMT-0000 idealpragmatist 86
Mon 17 of Nov, 2008 05:03 GMT-0000 idealpragmatist 85
Mon 17 of Nov, 2008 04:59 GMT-0000 idealpragmatist 84
Mon 17 of Nov, 2008 04:51 GMT-0000 idealpragmatist 83
Mon 27 of Oct, 2008 18:36 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 81
Sun 26 of Oct, 2008 18:29 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 80
Sun 26 of Oct, 2008 18:10 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte 79
Sun 26 of Oct, 2008 00:28 GMT-0000 Marc Laporte *Use ((dev:TRIM)) to deploy profile demo sites 78
Wed 22 of Oct, 2008 06:53 GMT-0000 idealpragmatist 77