Tiki 5.1 Release Notes | |
Quick links: Changelog | Tiki5 (doc) | Tiki5 (dev) | Upgrade | Roadmap |
Table of contents | |
Introduction to upgraders from earlier versions | |
If you are migrating to Tiki5 from Tiki versions earlier than Tiki4, you are encouraged to read first the pages describing the changes introduced in earlier versions of Tiki, such as:
If this is your first installation ever of Tiki, welcome to Tiki Community! You'll find details about the installation here:
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New features | |
This is a bugfix release, there are no new features compared to Tiki5 |
Database Encoding | |
By default, Tiki uses UTF-8 database encoding. If your database uses different encoding, the Tiki Installer will display a warning message. The Tiki Installer includes an option that will attempt to fix your database and change the encoding to UTF-8.
If you are upgrading from previous tiki versions, please follow once the 3 steps documented here:
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Category Permissions | |
Category permissions have been dramatically revamped and improved since version 3. When upgrading to version 5.1 from version 3.x (or earlier), your permissions may not migrate properly. You should review the category permissions and reconfigure them, if necessary. Refer to http://dev.tiki.org/Permission+Cleanup for information on these changes, and http://doc.tiki.org/permission for complete information on Tiki permissions.
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Known Issues | |
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"Upgrade" Warning on New Installs | |
When performing a new Tiki 5.1 installation on a new database, the Tiki Installer may display the following warning: Upgrading and running into encoding issues? The warning erroneously says "upgrading" even though you are running a brand new installation.
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Installation Fails on PHP 5.3.0 | |
When installing Tiki5 on PHP 5.3.0, installation may fail with the following message:
This is due to a known bug with PHP 5.3.0. To install Tiki 5.1, use a newer PHP version. |
Loss of Admin Privileges | |
When upgrading to version 5.1 from some Tiki versions older than 3.0, you may experience Permission Denied messages for some features, even when logged in as the administrator (Admin) user. If your Admin account has lost permissions, you can easily recover them.
Tiki will:
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Characters replaced by question marks e.g. in wiki pages when running on UTF-8 | |
Further reading: Understanding encoding, UTF8
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