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Tiki Announces 3.5 and 4.2 Releases

By ricks99 - Posted on 08 March 2010

Tiki has released updates for both current release branches: 3.5 and 4.2. Both updates include bug fixes, feature polishing, and security updates. All Tiki sites are strongly encouraged to update to the latest version to take advantage of security fixes and updates. See the download page at TikiWiki.org to determine which branch (3.x or 4.x) best suits your needs.

Coming Soon: Tiki 5

The next major release, Tiki 5, is planned for April 2010 and will include many new features including shopping cart and payment support, improved translation/multilingual support, an advanced rating and scoring system, workspaces, performance improvements, and much more. See the Tiki 5 documentation for additional information on this upcoming release. Early adopters can obtain pre-release versions of Tiki 5 directly from the SVN repository.

TIKI: One of the most active projects on SourceForge

By ricks99 - Posted on 15 February 2010

TikiWiki CMS/Groupware (http://tikiwiki.org), the open source, wiki-based content management system continues to be one of the most active projects on SourceForge, consistently ranking in the top 15 in terms of SVN code commits (http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/ran...).

According to Ohloh.net, Tiki is "one of the largest open-source teams in the world, and is in the top 2% of all project teams on Ohloh." (http://www.ohloh.net/p/tikiwiki/factoids/). This diverse and extensive community effort has fueled more than 800,000 downloads (http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/det...) plus countless one-click installations through control panel applications such as Fantastico.

TikiFests
This activity and growth comes on the heels of the recent TikiFest held in New York, NY, USA (http://tikiwiki.org/tikifest). TikiFests are a tradition of the TikiWiki community in which Tiki contributors who usually collaborate online, get an opportunity to meet in person. Future TikiFests are scheduled in Canada, Poland, Brazil, Germany, and the United States. Over 35 TikiFests have been held.

CMS Report's Ten Additional Stories for 2009

By Bryan - Posted on 30 December 2009

A couple days ago, I posted CMS Report's Top Ten Stories of 2009. The articles listed were ranked by popularity based by how many times viewed and the rate that they were viewed through the year. Popular stories do not always signify well written articles or are always an indication of personal favorites. Each year, I write a number of content management or IT related articles that I love but for various reasons you the people didn't have interest in reading and sharing.

Below are some of my favorite articles written in 2009 that were not a part of the previously posted Top Ten list. If I had a Top 20 Stories list the articles in both of these listings would be included.

CMS Report's Top Ten Stories of 2009

By Bryan - Posted on 28 December 2009

The level of interest in content management systems astounds me. Each year, I continue to see at CMS Report an increase of visitors looking for information on content management. Our stories tend to focus on open source CMS more than proprietary applications and evidently that's the subject matter that our readers want to read.

Below are the top ten stories of 2009 that were posted here at CMSReport.com. As you can see, stories involving Drupal, WordPress, Joomla!, Alfresco, and Nuxeo took center stage. These stories might not have been the ten I would have personally picked for this list, but I'll respect the numbers behind their ranking.

The interest in Nuxeo took me by surprise and I'll be adding the CMS to my top 30 CMS Focus page as time allows. As always, our thanks to all those who continue to return to this site to read the stories, join in on the conversation, and even submit articles. As I've said before, I'm not sure we would be doing this if it wasn't for the interest shown by others visiting the site.

TikiWiki CMS/Groupware 3.3 has been released

By marclaporte - Posted on 30 October 2009

TikiWiki CMS/Groupware is a full-featured, tightly integrated, open source, multilingual, all-in-one Wiki+CMS+Groupware, written in PHP and actively developed by a very large international community. Major features include articles, forums, newsletters, blogs, a file/image gallery, a wiki, bug & issue tracker (form generator), a calendar, RSS feeds, a category system, tags, an advanced user, group and permission system and more.

Further polishing Tiki3, the TikiWiki developers have released version 3.3. This release includes wiki syntax and plugin fixes, strengthened security, and improvements in language translations and visual display, among many others.

For the list of major enhancements since Tiki2, please see: http://doc.tikiwiki.org/Tiki3

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eTouch SamePage Now Available on MYSMBStore.com

By SamePage - Posted on 07 July 2009

Customers can now deploy eTouch SamePage enterprise wiki directly within MYSMBStore.com for improved collaboration and knowledge management

FREMONT, Calif. – July 7, 2009 – eTouch SamePage, a dynamic enterprise wiki, today announced the availability of SamePage version 4.1 at www.mysmbstore.com, a Renovatix Solutions marketplace of name brand, on-demand SaaS applications for everything an SMB needs to start or manage their business, from one location on the Web.

SamePage combines the best of wikis and blogs to effectively support, streamline, and manage collaborative team efforts. The wiki interface is in WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) language, making it easy for team members to quickly learn how to interact with others. It can be used internally and with external customers, clients and partners.

Shortcomings of Enterprise Wiki Deployments

By Bryan - Posted on 02 February 2009

A recent article in ComputerWorld discusses observations made by a Denmark-based analyst regarding wikis in the enterprise. The analyst points out that wiki technology alone won't deliver if the organization cannot overcome obstacles in its own culture as well as the lack of true content management in a wiki.

One issue is the hype surrounding wikis or the blind faith with which they are approached, said Jespersen. "People often look to Wikipedia as a free form where everyone is contributing, and why could we not do the same with our organization?," she said, having observed wikis entering the scene to compensate for an intranet that has fallen to the wayside. But, she said, technology alone won't resolve that issue.

Jespersen lists three myths surrounding wiki implementation that might make some organizations rethink the expectations they've built around their platform.

The three myths given about wikis in the enterprise are:

Myth One: Wikis will motivate employees to contribute content.
Myth Two: Employees know how to contribute.
Myth Three: Wikis will always provide the information employees need.

Myth three is of special interest to me. The analyst points out that although search is a selling point for wikis...the search capability found in wikis are often not as good as those found in content management systems. She goes on to explain that given there is little structure built into wikis, "it is difficult to structure this information to make it findable the next day even."

Make no mistake, Wikis provide an organization with a fantastic tool for employee's in an organization to learn how to collaborate. I believe organizations often underestimate the paradigm shift needed in their own culture for their employees to properly contribute to a centralized knowledge base. Wikis and other social publishing tools have proven to be a valuable tool for the collaboration component needed in information systems. However, eventually wikis fall short of what a more well rounded content management system can provide an organization.