Wow... I can't believe I forgot to blog about this.... August marks the 3-year-anniversary of Tiki for Dummies Smarties. See http://twbasics.keycontent.org/article50-Happy-Birthday-to-Me
for full details.
If you've used Smarties, I'd love to hear how it helped (or didn't!).
And speaking of birthdays.... next month Tiki turns 8!
In case you missed my earlier announcement, I've recently been playing with Mobify, a cool way to create a mobile version of a website via CSS. This makes it easy to design a version of your site specific for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, iPad, etc.
It works quite well, and so far I've been pleased with the Tiki conversion for a few of my sites. Take a look and tell me what you think:
Note these are the direct links, although the auto-redirect should work on the regular site.
Of course, Tiki has a native mobile solution (via HawHaw), but I don't think it is being actively developed. If you're developing Tiki-based sites for mobile users, I highly recommend taking a look at Mobify.
I am proud to announce the formal release of Tiki Essentials. This Tiki resource, (which I hope other Tiki-ers will find as useful as Tiki for Dummies Smarties), is full of the "essential" information that "all Smarties need to know" in order to make the fullest use of Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware and become part of the Tiki Community.
With Tiki Essentials, I've attempted to collect and codify the "tribal knowledge"-esqe information that everyone should know, but most folks don't even know where to go to find it! Inside Tiki Essentials you'll learn:
As with Smarties, Tiki Essentials is a wiki... I invite the entire Tiki community to edit, translate, correct, and expand the content.
Here's a trip down memory lane... my first-ever post to the Tiki forum, nearly 6 years ago:
http://tikiwiki.org/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?topics_offset=1&forumId=6&comments_parentId=10796
I'd like to think that both Tiki and I have come a long way since then!
After two years, we've given KeyContent.org a face-lift, courtesy of Tiki5. I'd love to hear what you think...
The Tiki community sites use Google Analytics to learn about visitors to the site. (You can easily add Google Analytics to your Tiki by using the Admin: Look & Feel pages.)
Here are some interesting Tiki stats for May, 2010 from the main Tiki Portal Site:
Two of my Tiki sites were recently awarded an APEX Award of Excellence:
For the Carolina Communique, this is its 3rd year in a row for the honor. Not too shabby....
Essentials Update
Work is progressing for my second Tiki wiki book: Tiki Essentials. It is still in beta as I iron out the remaining issues. I hope to have it live in early July.
I've heard encouraging words from a few folks so far. If you have a moment, I'd love to hear what you think.
It has been nearly three years since I started my TikiWiki for Dummies Smarties project. I hope that I've helped many of the Tiki beginners get their sites up and running. Even Google says that Smarties is the #1 beginner's guide for TikiWiki.
With that in mind, I proudly present the forthcoming... Tiki Essentials: What all Smarties Need to Know about Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware. In it, I'll divulge the tips and tricks that I've accumulated while working with Tiki over the past few years.
Here's a sneak peak...
As before, this will be a wiki-based book and it will take advantage of all that Tiki has to offer (wiki structures, translations, etc.). And, as with Smarties, this will be an open project (published under a Creative Commons license).
Did you know that Tiki allows you four (4) different ways to list page contributors (editors)on a wiki page? You can even override (change) this setting on a page-by-page basis. This feature is available in both 3.x and 4.x releases.
To set the default listing, use the List Authors option on the General Preferences tab of the Admin: Wiki page.
The options are:
This setting will be the default for all wiki pages. However, you can change this, if needed, on specific pages (if you enable the Allow override per page option.
When editing a wiki page, use the List authors option to select the format for the current page.
Another helpful hint from Rick.
Tiki now has a Fan page (in addition to its Group page). If you're on Facebook, why not join & become a Tiki fan.
While you're at it:
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@asllearner, quick answer found under your forum post.
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