draft notes about profile manager feature.
Intro
Installation profiles is a feature that existed in Tiki for many years. It worked well to use but creating a profile was not easy enough as you needed to run a shell script (mk_profile.sh). Thus, we only had a handful of profiles, none of which were pro-actively maintained or very useful. In June 2008, Louis-Philippe Huberdeau took up the challenge and you can follow progress on http://profiles.tiki.org The old mk_profile.sh script will be retired.
Wishlist
Open
| Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (0) | Allow searching by categories and TAGS through the Profiles Control Panel in Tiki | Xavier de Pedro | 8 | 8 | 64 |
| 2017-08-19 | 2017-08-19 | |||
| (0) | Profiles: $profilerequest ignores user input when applying a profile | luciash d' being 🧙 | 9 | 7 | 63 |
| 2017-06-20 | 2017-06-20 | luci-20 Jun 17 | ||
| (0) | OpenSourceCMS type demo to test/develop and show off profiles | Marc Laporte | 8 | 7 | 56 |
| 2008-01-29 | 2018-10-19 | luci-22 Oct 18 | ||
| (0) | Applying Profile thinks line with #foo selector in CSS code is a comment and omits it | luciash d' being 🧙 | 10 high | 50 |
| 2016-10-27 | 2016-10-27 | luci-05 Dec 16 | |||
| (0) | pretty tracker demo cannot be applied | heb | 1 low | 5 |
| 2010-09-29 | 2010-09-29 | ||||
| (0) | Allow profiles to be found by associated freetag in profiles.t.o through the "Control Panel > Profiles" search box | Xavier de Pedro | 8 | 6 | 48 |
| 2017-01-19 | 2017-01-19 | xavi-20 Jan 17 | ||
| (0) | allow_comments or comments from a profile blog definition stopped working | Xavier de Pedro | 6 | 7 | 42 |
| 2014-02-26 | 2014-02-26 | |||
| (0) | Profile Validation | Pascal St-Jean | 8 | 40 |
| 2011-05-10 | 2011-05-10 | ||||
| (0) | Profile soft (UX/UI) revamp proposal | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| 2018-09-09 | 2021-08-05 | Torsten-17 Apr 22 | ||
| (0) | Site customisation should be highlighted and All features enabled by default, empty header.tpl | othman | 7 | 35 |
| 2008-08-03 | 2024-07-06 | nyloth-13 Aug 08 | |||
| (0) | User list/Friend Network reactivation in Tikiwiki 3.2 | wincel | 6 | 30 |
| 2009-10-27 | 2009-10-27 | wincel-28 Oct 09 | |||
| (0) | Adding YAML to GeSHi - Generic Syntax Highlighter for use in profiles | Marc Laporte | 5 | 25 |
| 2009-02-20 | 2009-02-20 | marclaporte-23 Sep 10 | |||
| (0) | wiki_edit_plugin changes the syntax and can't be used for profiles.tikiwiki.org | 5 | 25 |
| 2009-04-10 | 2009-04-10 | |||||
| (0) | Make it possible to have a message only visible on first run (ex.: u: admin p: admin) | 5 | 25 |
| 2009-05-18 | 2009-05-18 | |||||
| (0) | Organic Groups | Greg Wheat | 25 |
| 2011-03-13 | 2011-03-13 | |||||
| (0) | Profiles exporter exports only those custom modules which are assigned to a module zone | luciash d' being 🧙 | 25 |
| 2016-10-28 | 2017-09-06 | |||||
| (0) | Improving Admin => Profile page | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 25 |
| 2017-08-08 | 2022-04-20 | |||||
| (0) | sender_email can't be set as $profilerequest:sender_email$YourEmail@example.com$ | Xavier de Pedro | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| 2016-10-14 | 2017-01-09 | luci-19 Oct 16 | ||
| (0) | Extended support for additional user input controls like checkboxes and dropdowns (single/multi selections) | SiL3NC3 | 2 | 1 difficult | 2 |
| 2019-12-02 | 2019-12-04 |
Pending
| Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (0) | WSoD on profile using array type preferences | Jonny Bradley | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| Jonny Bradley | 2024-05-03 | 2024-05-03 | jonnybradley-03 May 24 | |
| (0) | Getting Things Done (GTD) profile | Marc Laporte | 25 |
| 2008-03-09 | 2018-06-28 |
Closed
| Rating | Subject | Submitted by | Importance | Easy to solve? | Priority | Category | Volunteered to solve | Created | LastModif | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (0) | Company Profile 4.x installation causes duplicate entries. | Kimberly Fink | 9 high | 8 | 72 |
| 2009-12-31 | 2010-01-15 | |||
| (0) | Profiles and Profiles Wizard not working | Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist | 10 high | 6 | 60 |
| Jonny Bradley | 2017-04-20 | 2017-05-07 | Bsfez-02 May 17 | |
| (0) | Profiles don't work | alain_desilets | 10 high | 5 | 50 |
| 2013-12-06 | 2013-12-11 | marclaporte-07 Dec 13 | ||
| (0) | Profile "Preview Changes" button brings up modal with fatal error in some cases | luciash d' being 🧙 | 10 high | 50 |
| Jonny Bradley | 2018-12-06 | 2020-10-28 | jonnybradley-29 Oct 20 | ||
| (0) | Profile preview fails with ugly CSRF error | luciash d' being 🧙 | 8 | 6 | 48 |
| rjsmelo, Jorge Sá Pereira, lindon | 2018-08-23 | 2024-07-06 | luci-22 Jan 19 | |
| (0) | Custom CSS values which overrides chosen CSS (and are kept in database to be future-proof) | Marc Laporte | 9 high | 45 |
| Jonny Bradley | 2007-08-19 | 2010-05-02 | chibaguy-25 May 09 | ||
| (0) | Tiki site in a box (Profile Manager) | alain_desilets | 9 high | 45 |
| Louis-Philippe Huberdeau | 2007-11-23 | 2013-06-05 | |||
| (0) | Allow a user role or group to automatically generate a personal page, an image gallery, a weblog a | dweade | 9 high | 45 |
| Louis-Philippe Huberdeau | 2008-11-06 | 2010-02-06 | marclaporte-06 Feb 10 | ||
| (0) | Tiki trackers for issue tracker / help desk -> customer support requests (requests are private) | Marc Laporte | 8 | 40 |
| 2007-08-12 | 2021-10-28 | Bsfez-28 Oct 21 | |||
| (0) | Profile 'Dynamic items list' doesn't load in the admin panel & error shown through 'profile tester' | Xavier de Pedro | 5 | 8 | 40 |
| 2013-11-12 | 2013-11-20 | |||
| (0) | 15.x Regression: Some Profiles (including featured) can't create some objects (wiki pages, tracker ids or fields, ...) | Xavier de Pedro | 9 | 4 | 36 |
| 2016-01-19 | 2016-01-23 | xavi-25 Jan 16 | ||
| (0) | Tracker templates (import/export tracker definitions/structure) | Xavier de Pedro | 7 | 35 |
| Louis-Philippe Huberdeau | 2007-06-10 | 2013-11-29 | xavi-12 Dec 07 | ||
| (0) | Apostrophe in Username breaks Tiki | CrayzeeIvan | 7 | 35 |
| Philippe Cloutier | 2009-09-30 | 2016-07-10 | CrayzeeIvan-08 Nov 10 | ||
| (0) | Setting User Tracker id login and registration fields from Profile fails | Xavier de Pedro | 5 | 7 | 35 |
| Xavier de Pedro | 2014-03-01 | 2014-08-15 | ||
| (0) | Can't find any profiles | Circuitsoft | 7 | 5 | 35 |
| Marc Laporte | 2020-09-03 | 2020-09-04 | ||
| (0) | DefaultSettingsChanges in 1.10 | Marc Laporte | 5 | 25 |
| 2005-04-19 | 2010-01-15 | toggg-08 Jul 05 | |||
| (1) | Classifieds System / Job board | doubledoh | 5 | 25 |
| 2005-06-06 | 2021-09-24 | Bsfez-24 Sep 21 | |||
| (0) | 5 RC1 HomePage Incorrectly lists Profile Features | Kent Barrett | 25 |
| 2010-05-15 | 2010-05-19 | |||||
| (0) | Need a Save As Profile feature to create YAML from existing site | Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties | 5 | 25 |
| 2010-11-10 | 2016-12-01 | ||||
| (0) | Managing XML in TikiWiki for re-use by external apps | Marc Laporte | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 2007-11-10 | 2017-07-16 | marclaporte-16 Jul 17 |
Export current configuration via GUI(to make it easy to create some)
- Settings
- Groups but not users
- Permissions
- Default home page
- Default settings for new forums, image galleries, etc
What about?
- Custom menus (ML: very good idea because some profiles (ex.: corporate site, events) have consistent base menu
- Forums, etc. pre-created
- Help data (like in wiki page)
- Tracker definitions and some wiki pages to use
- Workflows?
More ideas
- dthacker was suggesting a "Profile Snapshot tool"
- Maybe use TikiTests as a Wizard to setup features? (and have built-in test!)
- Reset to defaults (ex: after upgrade). So everything should be in lib/pref (vs sql)
- Content of default home page.
- split plugin and modules in a wiki page
- directly tiki articles as home page
- etc.
- Potential issues
How to combine 2 profiles? Need to cumulate settings but what if in contradiction?
Related
- Create a Profile and Using profiles will need a cleanup as mk_profile.sh will be retired.
- TikiProfilesDev & ContentPacksDev (old dev notes, with wishes of the ideal system)
- OpenSourceCMS type demo to test/develop and show off profiles
- Tiki site in a box
- TRIM
- TikiTests
- Managing XML in Tiki for re-use by external apps as profiles will be managed in www.yaml.org (in wiki pages)
- Tiki Use Cases which would make good profiles.
- http://buytaert.net/drupal-distributions and Drupal profiles
For information about how to develop Tiki Profiles go to http://profiles.tiki.org/Profile+Developer+Documentation
This page is intended to collect related pages with development notes, ideas and discussion for individual profile development wile not "polluting" the actual Profile installation pages being developed on http://profiles.tiki.org
Developed Profiles
- Barter Market Profile
- SNiPTT Profile
- ... (add yours ?)
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