The Tiki Community is planning a two-week, two-city TikiFest (code sprint) in Canada this spring. All members of the Tiki Community, as well as anyone interested in wikis and content management systems (CMS) are invited to join us!

The Tiki Community is happy to announce the release of Tiki 10.1, 9.4 LTS and 6.10 LTS. The most-advanced stable release, 10.1, received:

• Fix to a security issue during new user validation
• Several fixes in trackers
• Fixes to Lucene search index usage
• Many usability improvements
• Improved translations

Please see http://doc.tiki.org/Tiki10 for complete information about this Tiki version. You can download Tiki 10.1 (and all other releases) from http://tiki.org/download.

Tiki 9.4LTS and 6.10LTS Releases
The Tiki Community also released updates to the two Long Term Support (LTS) versions: Tiki 9.4LTS (31 bug fixes and enhancements) and Tiki 6.10LTS (8 bug fixes). See http://info.tiki.org/Version+lifecycle for details.

The Tiki Community is proud to announce the release of Tiki 10.0, the latest version of Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware. This release, with more than 600 code contributions by nearly a dozen Tiki Community members, includes many new features, some architectural enhancements, and many bug fixes.

Major new features and enhancements include:

• Screencast, with screenshot, audio and video capture
• Security fixes, including issues with serialize/unserialize_calls, first disclosed by Egidio Romano (aka EgiX).
• European Cookie compliance
• Improved support for Kaltura and BigBlueButton integration
• Several new plugins and modules including Facebook and Twitter integration
• New administration features for Tiki Workspaces

Refer to http://doc.tiki.org/Tiki10 for complete information about this release. You can download Tiki 10.0 (and all other releases) from http://tiki.org/download.

As part of our continual "dogfooding" process, the *.tiki.org sites were upgraded to Tiki 10 several weeks before the release, allowing the Tiki Community to obtain "real world" feedback for the upgrade.

Tiki 6.9LTS and 9.3LTS Releases
The Tiki Community also released updates to the two Long Term Support (LTS) versions: Tiki 6.9LTS and Tiki 9.3LTS. These updates include several security patches and fixes. The Tiki Community will continue to support Tiki 6LTS and Tiki 9LTS as Long Term Support version. See http://info.tiki.org/Version+lifecycle for details.

{img fileId=178 alt="BitNami logo" align=right"} Thanks to the support of the Tiki Community, BitNami, a leader in web application automation, has announced that Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware will be included in an upcoming package. As with other BitNami-packaged applications, Tiki will available in a complete, ready-to-run package that you can download as a free native installer, virtual appliance and cloud template for the Amazon cloud. Read the BitNami annoucement here.

About BitNami
The aim of BitNami is to simplify the deployment of web applications, such as wikis or blogs, in order to make them more accessible. A BitNami Stack is an integrated software bundle that includes a web application and all of its required components (web server, database, language runtime), so it is ready to run out of the box. For more information about BitNami, please visit http://www.bitnami.org.

In addition to being downloaded from SouceForge more than 1 million times, Tiki is also available as a one-click install from many popular control panel applications such as Fantastico, script managers such as SimpleScripts, remote installers such as Installatron, and virtual appliances such as JumpBox. In 2010, Tiki was added to the Windows Web App Gallery, giving millions of Windows users easier access to Tiki.

And now, Tiki is in the running to be included an in an upcoming BitNami installer. BitNami provides free, ready to run environments for favorite open source web applications — and Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware could be next!

The first public beta of Tiki 10.0 is now available. The Tiki development team encourages all early-adopters to download and test this version. System administrators should remember that this is a beta, pre-release version and use caution when upgrading or integrating with a live site.

Refer to http://doc.tiki.org/Tiki10 and the Tiki 10.0 Release Notes for information about this release. You can download the Tiki 10.0 beta directly from Sourceforge.

Beta users can report issues or comments to the Tiki development team via the Developer Mailing List (http://tiki.org/Mailing+Lists) or submit a bug on the Tiki Development site (http://dev.tiki.org/Report+a+Bug).

The final release of Tiki 10.0 is planned later this year.

The results are in, and Tiki has won the Best Free CMS People's Choice award in the CMS Critic's awards! A special "Thank You" goes out to all members of the Tiki Community that voted!

For complete information on the awards, including the Critic’s Choice Award, see
http://www.cmscritic.com/peoples-choice-winner-for-best-free-cms-is/

On November 15, the Tiki Community will present its next community webinar. This month's webinar features OpenPGP and integration of encrypted email. For complete details on the webinar, see http://tiki.org/November+2012+Webinar.

The Tiki Software Community Association is proud to announce the immediate availability of the latest releases of the Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Long Term Support (LTS) versions: Tiki 6.8 LTS and 9.2 LTS.

The 9.2 update includes more than 500 code changes, focusing on fixes and improvements such as:

• Introduction of the Tiki Server Check, allowing users to test their server environment.
• Automatic generation of site maps
• Customized formatting for menu labels through wiki syntax and plugins
• Improvements to the user registration process
• Security fixes

On October 18, the Tiki Community will present its next community webinar. This month's webinar features an interview with long-time Tiki contributor Mose. His early work with Tiki provided the groundwork for the application we use today!

Following the interview, 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 10! For complete details on the webinar, see http://tiki.org/October+2012+Webinar.