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Tiki 19.0 was released in November 2018.

It was a Standard Term Support (STS) version and was supported until ((Tiki20|Tiki 20.1)) was released, as per ((tw:Versions|the Tiki lifecycle policy))

!! Requirements
See ((Requirements))

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!# New Features and Improvements

!!# Admin panel
 Add warning message in admin control panel when Tiki detects vendor folder issues: http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66408
Top quick admin bar and sticky floating apply buttons for admin forms. Detail at ((Tiki19 Admin Enhancements))

!!# Bootstrap
This is the most far reaching upgrade in Tiki19: Moved from Bootstrap 3 to 4. 
See https://themes.tiki.org/Bootstrap-3-to-4-transition

!!# Browser compatibility
As Tiki transitions from Bootstrap 3 to 4, support for Internet Explorer 8 and 9 is being dropped. Internet Explorer 10  also stops being fully supported officially, but it should mostly work.

!!# Calendar
Moved from [https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66296/tree/trunk/vendor_extra/fullcalendar-resourceviews/changelog.txt|old no-longer supported fork fullcalendar-resourceviews] to latest and greatest official [https://fullcalendar.io|FullCalendar], and [https://fullcalendar.io/scheduler|Scheduler] (GPL) available via ((Packages)) -> https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66298
Also using [https://fullcalendar.io/blog/2018/03/bootstrap-4-support|Bootstrap 4!]
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66816

!!# Elasticsearch
Added support for Elasticsearch 6.x while maintaining support for 2.x and 5.x see ((Elasticsearch)) requirements.

!!# Email threading
Add email threading capabilities for tiki email notifications in Forums and Blog Post comments: http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/65982

!!# Federation
((Sync Dev-Prod Servers)) Tiki instances - admin tool to show differences between configuration, trackers, fields and wiki pages
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67442

!!# Forums
Better URLs: http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66574

!!# File previews
* http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67215
* http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66367

!!# Gantt charts
* http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67619
* ((PluginGanttChart))

!!# H5P improvements
Some improvements were added to ((H5P)). For instance, the ability to directly fetch presentations from the remote H5Phub site:

{img src="display1631" link="display1631" width="400" rel="box[g]" imalign="center" desc="Click to expand" align="center" styleimage="border"}

See: ((H5P))

!!# Links, from absolute to relative
Add preference to convert tiki instance absolute URLs with relative URLs in content: ((URL conversion from absolute to relative))

!!# LDAP / Active Directory support
* Replace [https://pear.php.net/package/Net_LDAP2|PEAR Net_LDAP2] (no longer maintained) with [https://github.com/zendframework/zend-ldap|Zend\Ldap]: http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66965
* https://tiki.org/forumthread69666-External-groups-by-LDAP-distinguishedName-in-Tiki-19
* https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66977

!!# MediaWiki importer
Add support to import information in the MediaWiki format 0.6 to 0.10
https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/65119
((MediaWiki Importer))

!!# Menu revamp
Remove the CSS menu (suckerfish/superfish) menu type, and enhance Bootstrap menus with the [https://www.smartmenus.org|SmartMenus] system, which offers most suckerfish features and also permits "Mega Menus" (enhancement as an admin option) - http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66963 .

!!# Minification
Make the filenames of minified CSS files be based on the contents of all the files, not just the filenames, so that when anything changes within a file, i.e. after an upgrade or bug fix, browsers will automatically get the new version of the code. Since this uses a server-side cache which is not validated, client-side cache will only be forced after the Tiki server's cache is cleared. This had already been done for JavaScript in Tiki 18.x
* http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67650
* http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67651
* http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67652
* http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67653
* http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67654

See ((Minify CSS))

!!# Modules
!!!# Site logo module
Admins can now easily change the site logo by hovering over it, clicking the icon that appears and uploading a new logo directly to file gallery.

!!!# Websearch module
To perform a search by choosing from multiple search engines.

!!!# Permissions module

!!!# Module to switch admin language

!!!# Module to enable quick admin bar
((Top Admin Bar)) works on the top position and gives a mini control panel to Tiki Admins. 


!!# Multilingual
*  [https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66270|Add option to display the admin panel in different language], also backported to ((Tiki18))
** http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66314
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66508|Enable translation of preferences. Active for browsertitle, metatag_keywords, metatag_description], also backported to ((Tiki18))

!!# Newsletter
Improvements in wikiplugin_subscribenewsletter on layout and mandatory fields: http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66573

!!# Performance
!!!# Add new console command to generate/warmup caches, and in ((TRIM)) as well
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66590
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66591

!!!# Allow image lazy loading
Using https://github.com/ApoorvSaxena/lozad.js
https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67376

!!# PDF.js
For PDF viewing, we will start using code directly from [https://github.com/mozilla/pdfjs-dist|Mozilla's PDF.js], and installable via ((Packages)) -> ((PDF.js viewer))
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66297
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66207

!!# Permissions
!!!# Module to help site admin to know who has which permission on each object
* ((Module permissions))

!!!# Mini-revamp
{REMARKSBOX(type="warning")}This section needs cleanup.{REMARKSBOX}
* parent/child functionality and tests for: files/file galleries, posts/blogs, threads/forums, events/calendars, articles/topics. It also adds the necessary tests for this functionality. 
* tracker item permission links, so users can set up permissions on individual tracker items 
* extended permission page to show if the permissions you view are global, category based, parent object based or direct. New thing here is parent object permissions - so if you view a child objects permissions and are actually looking at parent's object, it says so and offers a link to go and edit the parent object's permissions (i.e. tracker ones) directly.

Now, almost all of this work will be useless unless we offer Tiki users a way to manage permissions on the child level. I think that's the purpose of this task, right? I mean, up to now, there was no way of setting tracker item individual permissions, blog posts individual permissions, article individual permissions, calendar items individual permissions and so on. There is no such UI. We also don't have ability to set up individual file permissions but all file-related permissions work on the file gallery. This commit makes it possible to use parent-level permissions for all these entities but we still don't have UI to set those permissions. Furthermore, there are numerous places in Tiki where permissions are enforced and they all work on the parent-level - i.e. checking if a file could be downloaded actually checks if you have download permission on the file gallery file resides in. I plan to change this the following way: 
* anywhere a child permission is needed, it is checked first and then the parent one is used (e.g. download a file, view a blog post, edit an article, etc.) 
* anywhere a parent permission is needed, it is still checked on the parent level (e.g. upload a file in a gallery, add a blog post, etc.) 
* add Permission links to all Wrench icon/settings menu items for all the child entries - i.e. allow users to edit individual blog post, file, article, forum thread or calendar event permissions.

* https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66976
* https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67218
* https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67206
* https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67203
* https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67200

!!!# List ordering
At tiki-objectpermissions.php it is now possible to order the ((Permissions)) by modifying the way you want the tiki-objectpermissions_order.yml file.

You can edit db/config/tiki-objectpermissions_order.yml and move the permission in the order you prefer.
This is reserved for power users for now but it may soon help to improve Tiki UX by "better" organising the permissions or an option for several set distributed with the release.

!!# Profiles
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66243 (backported to 18.x)

!!# Scheduler
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/65787|Add a new scheduler tasks to notify admins of Tiki updates]
* [https://profiles.tiki.org/Scheduler_Presets|Supports profiles]
* http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66254 (backported to 18.x)
* http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66255 (backported to 18.x)
* http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66098
* http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66144
* http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66143

!!# Share
https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66939

!!# Slideshow revamped
* [http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66805|Jquery.s5 based tiki-slideshow.php replaced with more advanced Reveal.js library]
* https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js
* PDF export is done via ((mPDF))

!!# Spam protection improvements
* antibot captcha
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66919
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66916
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66503

!!# Stats
Google Analytics and --Piwik-- [https://matomo.org/|Matomo Analytics]: Added a way to include or exclude groups.

Use case: when a Tiki instance has a combined use case of a public website and a restricted Intranet, it's nice to have --Piwik-- Matomo and / or Google Analytics for anonymous visitors to see most popular pages, time on site, etc. But for logged in users, it's not so interesting and it skews the stats.
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/65976

!!# Themes
Converted from Bootstrap 3 to 4

!!!# Theme Customizer
"Style Guide Tool" renamed to "Theme Customizer" and converted to Bootstrap 4

!!!# Theme installer
Experimental: https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67603

!!!# Tikipedia theme - new
{DIV(class=row)}
{DIV(class=col-md-6)}
The [http://demo.zukathemes.com/Tikipedia|Tikipedia] theme was added to the package following user requests. It was evaluated that there is no license incompatibility issue.
{DIV}
{DIV(class=col-md-6)}
{img type="fileId" fileId="1455" thumb="box" width="320px"}
{DIV}
{DIV}

!!!# FiveAlive theme - revamp
The code of the FiveAliveHS ("Happy Scroll") that was added earlier replaced the FiveAlive theme code, so in effect the FiveAlive theme was revamped. The two-color site header background style is now implemented as child theme options. Alternative child themes for each color have solid-color (gradient) backgrounds for easier handling of color contrast between the site logo/title color and background.  

!!!# Removal of outdated themes
Several themes were removed from the package because of dated or quirky appearance or close similarity to other themes. These themes may be provided as aftermarket installs on request. 

!!# Trackers
!!!# Multi-currency
* ((Currency Amount Tracker Field)) now supports multi-currency and exchange rates.

!!!# Fix tracker change email notification to translate the status content to watcher language
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66325 (also backported to 18.x)

!!!# Create a tracker and tabular format from csv file import
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66772

!!!# Save and comment
This feature can be enabled per tracker and permits to add a comment when saving an edit for a tracker item.

See ((Save and Comment))

!!!# PluginTrackerlist can be converted to PluginList
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/65790
See: ((PluginTrackerList To PluginList Converter))

!!# URL Shortener
* ((URL Shortener))

!!# URL conversion from absolute to relative
((URL conversion from absolute to relative))

!!# utf8mb4
* https://tiki.org/forumthread66854 has been addressed in https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67620

!!# Wiki Syntax

!!!# Page Alias
Display "Error" (warning) alert on wiki pages with duplicate alias wiki links (e.g. -+~np~(alias(FooBar))~/np~+-). When the same alias is used in 2 or more wiki pages, links using that alias do not work properly.

Related commit(s):
* http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67296

!!# Wiki Plugins
New or enhanced.

!!!# Plugin Button
Enhanced. See ((PluginButton|Button)). You can now display an icon without label (text).

!!!# Plugin Diagram
New. See ((PluginDiagram)). PluginDiagram integrates mxGraph (An open source JavaScript diagramming component, started in 2005, that works on all major browsers, including touch devices), to provide a service like draw.io but that you can install on your own server.

!!!# Plugin Gantt Chart
New. It allows to produce and easily edit Gantt chart diagrams based on data in a ((tracker)). 

See ((PluginGanttChart)) 

!!!# Plugin Layout
New. Enables page layout configuration such as removing the page footer, having full-width page section backgrounds, etc. Useful for making a splash page that looks radically different from the other site pages.

See ((PluginLayout))

!!!# Plugin Multilike
The plugin Multilike as two new parameter to change the icon used (selected and non-selected) for the plugin.

See ((Multilike)) and ((PluginMultilike))

!!!# Plugin PivotTable
Enhanced. Added ((PluginActivityStream)) as a data source.

See ((PluginPivotTable))

!!!# Plugin Slideshow
Enhanced. Part of 1.9 above.

See  ((PluginSlideshow))

!!!# Plugin SlideshowSlide
New. Advanced plugin to add a slide in a slideshow with different background colors, background video, transition and other settings.

See ((PluginSlideshowSlide))

!!!# Plugin Swiper
New. A carousel/rotator/slideshow that supports images and other content. Basically a replacement for other similar plugins that are no longer supported or are less advanced.

See ((PluginSwiper))

!!!# Plugin Together
Enhanced. Some usability improvements have been made to facilitate new users to join the edition of a page currently being editted by another user which started the collaborative session.

https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67120
https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67701
https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/67025
https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66840

See ((PluginTogether))

!!!# Plugin Tracker Calendar
Refactored to use an updated library.

See ((PluginTrackerCalendar))

!!!# Plugin XMPP
New. Enables embedding an XMPP chatroom in a wiki page.

See ((PluginXMPP)). 

!!# XMPP
Upgraded to ((Converse)) 4.x which now uses Bootstrap 4 like Tiki, and thus, it will be easier to provide a consistent user experience. See also ((PluginXMPP))

!# Upgrade
Specific upgrade notes regarding using this Tiki version compared to using the previous one ((Tiki18)).

__Note__ Tiki 19.x uses [#utf8mb4|utf8mb4] storage and there is an upgrade script built in which will do this automatically for you when the database it updated. However if, for some reason, your database (as opposed ot the tables within it) is set to use utf8mb4 already, many of the old upgrade patches will fail. To avoid this make sure the database is set to use utf8 only.

See also the generic information about ((Upgrade|Upgrades))

!# Dependencies
* Most dependencies were upgraded to latest version: ((Composer)). Some notable ones:
* Smarty was upgraded. We had been stuck on v3.1.21 for a long time due to template inheritance issues, but the current release is v3.1.32 and we need this for php7.1+ support: done in https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66842/
* [https://github.com/mpdf/mpdf/releases/tag/v7.1.0|mPDF 7.1]

!# Cleanups
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66206

!!# Convert tracker attachments to files script
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/65966 (also backported to 18.x)

!# Regressions
!!# Removals
Exact search with ElasticSearch ([https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/68378|added] in Tiki 18.3) was [https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/68599|removed].

!!!# Jison
This experiment never got to viability
http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66804

!!!# jQuery.s5
[https://github.com/robertleeplummerjr/jQuery.s5|jQuery.s5] is no longer updated, so it was replaced by the [http://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/66805|Reveal.js library] (which is pretty awesome!)

!!!# Mods
As of Tiki 19, ((Mods)) are completely obsolete. All mods-related code has been removed from Tiki. Details: https://tiki.org/forumthread67983-About-Tiki-Packages-in-Tiki-18-0-LTS-and-why-I-support-this-project-And-mods-tiki-org-can-now-be-scheduled-for-retirement

!!!# Report system (experimental)
* This never worked, and was duplicating another feature. One of Tiki's strengths is that we converge all energies on a common functionality. This experiment had some interesting aspects but it was not viable. All the details here: https://tiki.org/forumthread67333

!!!# WebODF and ViewerJS
As of Tiki19, ((ViewerJS)), which includes ((WebODF)), will no longer be supported because no significant work has been done since 2015
* https://github.com/kogmbh/ViewerJS/commits/master
* https://github.com/kogmbh/WebODF/commits/master

PDF viewing will now be done with ((PDF.js viewer)) instead

!!!# Removed WikiPlugins

!!!!# Plugin Jabber
* ((PluginXMPP)) replaces it

!!!!# Plugin PastLink

!!!!# Plugin Report
Was part of the Report System described above.

!!!# Removed layout templates
In the Look and Feel admin options, two layout templates ("Wider side columns" and "Fixed top navbar 1") were removed because they were very similar to other layout templates.  


!!# Known Bugs
*--Mail notifications when wiki pages are edited are mostly broken in Tiki 19.0. ~tc~r65651 regression, reported 2018-11-27~/tc~-- (fixed for 19.1)
*Bootstrap Tour broken, needs library update. See ((dev:item6677))
* LDAP authentication to the AD is broken in Tiki 19. See [https://dev.tiki.org/item7050-LDAP-authentication-to-AD-broken]
See also: https://dev.tiki.org/Tiki19

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