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! What's new in TikiWiki 2.0
^Please see very important [http://tikiwiki.org/ReleaseNotes20|Release Notes] for more information. Please also see the [https://tiki.org/article221-TikiWiki-CMS-Groupware-2-0-is-released|article about 2.0 release]^
!!A quick introduction video to version 2.0
::{YOUTUBE(movie=>"9RBIYSstlFg",width=>425,height=>350,quality=>high)}{YOUTUBE}::
!! Full list of changes
To see the full list of changes introduced in version 2.0, see the [http://tikiwiki.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/tikiwiki/branches/2.0/changelog.txt|changelog with the 6894 commits (code changes)]. Below is the executive summary. If you feel there is something missing, please update it. It's a wiki!
!! New & improved features
::''(alphabetically sorted)''::
!!!# Accessibility
*HTML ((Purifier)) (Content is cleaned to XHTML 1.1 Strict on each save)
!!!# Action log
((Logs)) allows an admin or any user with the necessary permission granted to view reports of actions made by him/herself or by other users of the same site.
^{SPLIT()}::{img src="img/wiki_up/actionlog_userprefs_03.png" desc="Etc..."} ::
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::{img src="img/wiki_up/actionlog_userprefs_02_amb_contribution.png" desc="Reporting filters for any user, through My Tiki -> Action log (when contribution feature is enabled)" }::{SPLIT}^
^::{img src="img/wiki_up/Admin_action_logs_statistics_.png" width=95% link=http://doc.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/doc.tiki.org/Admin_action_logs_statistics_.png desc=http://doc.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/doc.tiki.org/Admin_action_logs_statistics.png}::^
!!!# Admin improvements
# Admin interface, with nicer icons
# Site identity, with more option
-= Admin show the release of tikiwiki=-
::{img src="http://fr.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/fr.tiki.org/1.10-release.png" }::
-=Menu up and down arrow=-
::{img src="http://fr.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/fr.tiki.org/1.10-Menu.png" }::
-= One click for multi check in many pages =-
::{img src="http://fr.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/fr.tiki.org/1.10-multiclick.png" }::
-= Reminder ask user name or address now =-
::{img src="http://fr.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/fr.tiki.org/remind.png" }::
!!!# Ajax & Flash enhancements
((Ajax)) So far, asynchronous Wiki edit page display and submit, and ))MyTiki(( info and preferences display (information displayed in context without total page refresh being necessary).
((Mootools)) Activating Mootools loads mootools.js in HTML head. Full implementation pending.
!!!# Authentication
Authentication has received a major enhancement.
Some new options
* Use login as email
* Crypt passwords method
* User trackers at registration
!!!!# OpenID
You can test OpenID at [http://wiki-translation.com]
!!!!# Shibboleth
((Shibboleth Authentication)) has been added.
!!!# Banners
((Banners)) Now handle Flash
!!!# Calendar
__Calendar__ feature has been split into two: (1) ((Action calendar)) and (2) events ((Calendar)), with a redesigned user interface and many more features, including ((Feeds)) feeds, among others.
!!!# Category
* Mandatory category in the category tree
* Watch category (receive email notification of change for that category)
* Improved permission system for categories: See ((Categories Details)) %%% %%%
{INCLUDE(page=>Categories Details,start=>!!Permissions,stop=>!!Preferences)}{INCLUDE}
!!!# Contacts (in MyTiki)
* tiki-contacts.php has been re-written. Contacts used to be only in webmail before (tiki-webmail.php?locSection=contacts)
* Contacts can now be shared with other groups.
* In addition to 1.9 fields (First Name, Last Name, Email, Nickname), many more fields (City, Company, Country, Department, Division, Job Title, Organization, Personal Fax, Personal Mobile, Personal Phone, State, Street Address, Work Fax, Work Mobile, Work Phone, Zip Code) have been added and you can now add custom fields.
!!!# Contribution
((Contribution)) feature allows to let users (or force them to) choose one or many of the contribution types offered at the edit form of several tiki features (wiki, forum, comments, sheets, blogs, ...) before sending the edition/post/data. This is specially useful in educational scenarios where users can be reminded each time to chose the type of contribution they are doing; and later on, teachers can easily review a summary of contributions recorded by ((Action log)) feature, shown as numbers of type and amount of information added or deleted by each student, or groups of students, in a given time frame, in objects related to one or many tiki ((Categories)).
^::{img src="img/wiki_up/admin_actionlog_contribution_graph_01.png" }::^
^{SPLIT()} ::{img src="img/wiki_up/actionlog_user_report_contrib_01.png" desc="Text reports in tables"}::
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::{img src="img/wiki_up/actionlog_graph_report_00.png" desc="Graphical reports"}::{SPLIT}^
!!!# Copyright management
((Copyright)) management has been added on blogs, articles and faq
::{img src="http://fr.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/fr.tiki.org/1.10-admincopyright.png" }::
!!!# File Galleries
*Check-in, check-out, versioning for each file, which adds the wiki way to the ((File Gallery))!
*Now with subgalleries
*Podcasts
!!!# Free tags
((Tags)) can now be used in addition to categories.
::{img src="img/wiki_up/freetags_01.png" }::
!!!# Forums
The ((forums)) went trough a redesign of the user interface and administrators have more control over the way forums are handled. Moreover, when you start a new thread you have the option to select monitoring that thread just at posting time (and selected by default):
^::{img src="img/wiki_up/110_forum_watch_replies_at_post_time_.png" }::^
!!!# Fullscreen mode
((Fullscreen)) When activated on the Admin Features page, a __Fullscreen__ link enables the site user to see the center part of the page -- without the top and bottom bars or side columns -- displayed full window size. This is useful for viewing large images, wide tables, etc.
!!!# Image Galleries
"Eye candy" image browsing with ((Shadowbox)) has been implemented.
-= Size and scale of galleries can be global in admin image gal =-
::{img src="http://fr.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/fr.tiki.org/1.10-imagepref.png" }::
!!!# Menus
*Can now handle more than one Phplayersmenu menu at a time
*New [http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns/|Suckerfish] menus
*Highlighting in menu of current location
*Split level menu (level 1 can be horizontal on top and level 2 vertical on the left
!!!# Microformats
You can test microformats at [http://wiki-translation.com] and get more information on dev:((dev:microformats)).
!!!# Modules
-= New links in module what is new =-
::{img src="http://fr.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/fr.tiki.org/1.10-linklastvisit.png" }::
!!!# Multimedia support
Tikiwiki more fully supports MP3 and .flv Flash files and provide an open source player.
::{img src="http://fr.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/fr.tiki.org/multimedia.png" }::
Multimedia can be inserted in trackers or in wiki pages.
((Multimedia))
!!!# Newsletters
* Can now have distinct HTML vs text content.
!!!# Notepad enhanced
''(add some short info, screenshot/s, and link to full documentation of the new feature here)''
!!!# PDF generation
{TAG(tag=>strike)}With new library (should be more reliable than previous library){TAG} pulled out because of unreliability
!!!# Protect email against spam
A new option to protect all emails in all wiki pages. For more information, see ((Spam Protection))
!!!# Section Edit (in wiki)
You can edit wiki pages by sections limited between headers of equal level. See ((Edit by Section)) for more information.
^:: {img src="img/wiki_up/110_edit_by_section_00.png" } ::^
!!!# Shoutbox enhanced
User can modify their messages in shoutbox. Shoutbox can use CAPTCHA to reduce spamming by scripts.
(module and main page)
::{img src="http://fr.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/fr.tiki.org/1.10-shoutbox.png" }::
!!!# Tell a Friend
((Tell a Friend)) A link is displayed on each Tiki page that can be used to email the page (actually its link) to someone.
!!!# Tests
This feature allows the user to record a web session and to replay it. On replay the pages will be compare to see if some changes occurred in between. See ((TikiTests)) for more information.
^::{img src="img/wiki_up/20_tikitests_trial_00_shadow.png" link=TikiTests }::^
!!!# Time Zone handling
The time zone handling has been revamped.
!!!# Translation
!!!!# Interactive Translation of Tiki interface
Any user can translate any missing string on the fly through clicking to a sign next to that string. See ((Interactive Translation)) for more information.
!!!!# Easily keep translated wiki pages syncronized
Tikiwiki allows users in a community to keep translated wiki pages updated and synchronized, without the need to define a master language where all pages shoulb be translated from.
Take 5 minutes to watch the interactive tutorial at ((Multilingual Wiki)), and see it live at [http://wiki-translation.com] while we update doc.tiki.org to 2.0 to let you use this unique feature with our own documentation. (:wink:) Used in production at support.mozilla.com
!!!# Trackers significantly enhanced
!!!!# Full control over layout
Forms & reports can now have any layout (codename: pretty trackers)
!!!!# new field types
*computed fields
*google maps
*user subscription
*Auto-increment
*multimedia
*dynamic items list
!!!!# new tracker plugins
*TRACKERSTAT
*VOTE
*MINIQUIZ
-= Google Map in trackers =-
::{img src="http://fr.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/fr.tiki.org/googlemap.png" }::
-= Tracker subscription =-
::{img src="http://fr.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/fr.tiki.org/trackersubsciption.png" }::
-= User tracker come in user information =-
::{img src="http://fr.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/fr.tiki.org/1.10-userinformation.png" }::
::{img src="http://fr.tiki.org/img/wiki_up/fr.tiki.org/1.10-usertrackerpref.png" }::
!!!!# Exporting data improved
The capability to export data from a tracker has been improved, allowing to select fields, set filters, etc.
{img fileId="199" imalign="center" }
{img fileId="198" imalign="center" class="reflect"}
!!!# Wiki Auto Save a Draft
There is a page draft feature in 2.0 which autosaves the wiki page content periodically, using AJAX
::''([http://dev.tiki.org/tiki-view_tracker_item.php?trackerId=5&itemId=1714|information taken from a comment to this Wish report])''::
!!!# Wiki page permissions
''(add some short info, screenshot/s, and link to full documentation of the new feature here)''
!!!# Wiki Page Staging and Approval
((Wiki Page Staging and Approval)) (where edits can be approved before they go live)
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::Screencast: http://marclaporte.com/staging_approval/staging_launch.htm::
::{img src="img/wiki_up/screencast_staging_approval_intro.png" link="http://tikiwiki.org/tiki-download_wiki_attachment.php?attId=661&page=UserPagericks99" rel="shadowbox;title=Wiki Page Staging and Approval;type=swf;width=800;height=616" }::
^
!!!# Universal Wiki edit button
http://universaleditbutton.org
!!!# Wysiwyg in Wiki pages
^::{img src=img/wiki_up/wysiwyg_editor_user_02.jpg link=WYSIWYG }::^
With FCK Editor: ((WYSIWYG))
!! Known issues
* Edit CSS administration functionality is now currently broken after a security fix. Will be solved as part of the next release.
!! Version 3.0
Work has already started on ((Tiki3)), which will be released in April 2009. The main focus of version 3.0 will be further enhancements to the user interface, the admin interface, the theme system and built-in themes.
!Alias
*(alias(Tiki2.0))
*(alias(Tiki 2.0))
*(alias(Tiki 2))
*(alias(TikiWiki2))
*(alias(TikiWiki2.0))
*(alias(TikiWiki 2.0))
*(alias(TikiWiki 2))