The Tiki Community is proud to announce the release of Tiki 6.7 LTS (Long Term support Version). This release includes bug fixes and updates only -- there are no new features in this release.

Tiki Administrators using the LTS version are encouraged to upgrade to this latest release. The Tiki 6.x branch will remain the Long Term Support version until the release of Tiki 10, planned for October 2012.

And stay tuned for the first public beta of Tiki 9.0, the next generation of Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware, that is expected to be available shortly. This new version contains a host of improvements in multiple areas and several new features. Refer to http://dev.tiki.org/Tiki9 for details.

For information on these releases and future Tiki plans, see the Tiki Roadmap. You can obtain Tiki 6.7 LTS and Tiki 9.0 beta (as well as all other Tiki releases) from http://tiki.org/download .

Members of the Tiki Community and Kaltura Team met just before Kaltura DevConnect 2012 to work on the Kaltura integration with Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware. This co-event, the second for the Tiki and Kaltura communities, was a great success.

Over two days of work, team members completed more than 40 updates to the Tiki codebase. These improvements will be included as part of Tiki 10.0. Some of the improvements include:

• An improved Tiki plugin for embedding Kaltura media
• Improved Kaltura administration, via Tiki
• Configuration the Kaltura Configuration Wizard (KCW) interface

This video from Kaltura DevConnect highlights the conference: http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget... . Be sure to look for Marc Laporte, Tiki Project Admin, as he talks about the Tiki + Kaltura partnership. For complete information, see http://tiki.org/TikiFestKaltura2012 .

On February 16, the Tiki Community will present the second in  the year-long webinar series. Long-time Tiki Community members and contributors from Citadel Rock Online Communities Inc. will show a newly developed Tiki site that takes advantage of several features introduced in Tiki 8 including the Unified Search and advanced Tracker techniques.

Following the demo, a developer-led discussion will explore several new features planned for upcoming Tiki releases. This is your chance for a sneak-preview of what's coming in Tiki 9! For complete details on the February webinar, see http://tiki.org/February+2012+Webinar .

The latest version of Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware, Tiki 8.1, is now available for immediate download. This release includes many new features and improved functionality, including more than 3,200 code updates by 43 Tiki Community members. Review the Tiki 8 Release Notes and change log for complete information.

Some key highlights of Tiki 8 include:

• Improved internationalization (i18n), including better support for non-English characters in page names and complete translation of German interface items.
• Improved (AJAX) interface for comments and support for Akismet spam protection
• Integration with WebODF to support Open Document Format (ODF) in Tiki Docs.
• Multiple enhancements to site search, such as indexing improvements, caching, and the ability to export search results as an RSS feed
• Several new Tiki plugins
• Update of the template engine from Smarty 2 to 3
• Security fix, first identified by Stefan Schurtz (http://www.infoserve.de/)

This is just a small sample of what's included in Tiki 8.1. Refer to http://doc.tiki.org/Tiki8 for a full list of what's new.

You can obtain Tiki 8.1 (as well as all other Tiki releases) from http://tiki.org/download. The release of Tiki 8 marks the end-of-life for the Tiki 7.x branch. All Tiki Administrators running 7.x are highly encouraged to upgrade to Tiki 8.1.

Tiki 6.x remains the LTS (Long Term Support) version. For information on this and future Tiki plans, see http://dev.tiki.org/Roadmap.

The Tiki Community is proud to announce the release candidate of Tiki 8.0, the next generation of Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware. For complete details on this release, see the Release Notes and Tiki 8.0 documentation.

Tiki Community members are encouraged to download and explore this new release. Issues and suggestions should be reported on the Tiki Developer site. Tiki Administrators are reminded that this is a pre-release version and should not be used in production environments.

You can download Tiki 8.0 RC directly from http://sourceforge.net/projects/tikiwiki.... You can obtain all other Tiki releases from http://tiki.org/download.

For information on this and future Tiki plans, see http://dev.tiki.org/Roadmap.