The TikiFest, a tradition of the Tiki community, is a meeting between Tiki contributors (that usually only meet online). This is an opportunity to socialize, code wildly in group sessions, discuss wiki technology and culture, and plan the future of Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware. It is also a great opportunity for Tiki users to meet Tiki developers, and for each group to learn from the other.

The following TikiFests are being planned

• June 11-12, 2010 in Montréal, Canada
  See http://tikiwiki.org/TikiFestMontreal5 for details.
• July 19-25, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain
  See http://tikiwiki.org/TikiFestBarcelona2 for details.
• August, 2010 in Ottawa, Canada (Dates to be determined)
  See http://tikiwiki.org/TikiFestBigBlueButton for details.
• October 3-6, 2010 in New York City, USA
  See http://tikiwiki.org/TikiFestNewYork6 for details.
• November, 2010 in Europe (Location and dates to be determined)

This is your chance to get involved with the Tiki Community.

Several Tiki community members will be active participants at the upcoming Make Web Not War 2010 (MWNW), a Canadian cross-platform web conference that takes place May 27, 2010 in Montréal, Canada.

Tiki is a Community Partner of the event and will be featured as one of six web application demos during the Ignite Presentations (http://www.webnotwar.ca/schedule/).

In addition the wealth of new features in Tiki5, this release also marks the start of a new branding and marketing strategy. You can learn more about the plan on the Tiki Branding web site (http://branding.tikiwiki.org). From the Branding website:

The purpose of this guide is to give you an overview of the key elements of the new design and a few examples of how to apply it.

A brand is more than just a logo. A brand communicates everything people think of (such as quality, value for money and trustworthiness) ... Thus the Tiki brand represents a set of values and principles that define us and should guide the way we all behave.

Please take a look through the Branding website. Be sure to post your comments, suggestions, and ideas. We're always looking for input from Tiki community members. If you have ideas, please consider joining a Tiki Team.

While beta testing of the upcoming Tiki 5.0 release is well underway, the Tiki community continues to grow with two exciting new features: Video and Online Collaboration. The community is actively "dogfooding" these features -- all community members are invited to join and learn more.

Video Collaboration Kaltura (http://www.kaltura.org/) is an open source, community supported online video and rich-media solution. Support for Kaltura was begun in Tiki 4 with the ability to configure your Kaltura registration information within Tiki, and a Tiki wiki plugin to embed Kaltura media in a wiki page.

In the future, Tiki developers are adding the ability to remix videos, specify specific user access and permissions, and tight integration with Tiki file galleries.

See http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Video for details on this integration.

Online Collaboration BigBlueButton (http://bigbluebutton.org/) is an open source, real-time collaboration tool that includes audio, video, screensharing, and chat components. Initial development includes single sign on from Tiki and an extension of Tiki permissions to create, join, and invite users to meetings.

Long-term plans include tight integration with many Tiki features such as scheduling events with the Tiki calendar, saving chats and video recordings to Tiki file galleries, and using Tiki payment system for paid events.

See http://dev.tikiwiki.org/BigBlueButton for details on this integration.

The Second Beta release of the latest generation of Tiki CMS/Groupware is now available. This 5.0 Beta 2 incorporates fixes and feedback from the ongoing Beta.

For full information on the Tiki 5 release, see http://doc.tikiwiki.org/tiki5. For information on this and future Tiki plans, see http://dev.tikiwiki.org/roadmap.

Tiki Community members are encouraged to download and explore this new release. You can obtain the Beta (as well as all other Tiki releases) from http://tikiwiki.org/download.

The Beta release of the latest generation of Tiki CMS/Groupware is now available. This 5.0 Beta includes many new features and functionality, including:

• New themes (skins)
• Many fixes and updates
• Beta release of Tiki workspaces
• Beta release of shopping cart and payments

Tiki Community members are encouraged to download and explore this new release. You can obtain the Beta (as well as all other Tiki releases) from http://tikiwiki.org/download. For information on this and future Tiki plans, see http://dev.tikiwiki.org/roadmap.

TikiWiki CMS/Groupware has released the first public build of the next-generation release of Tiki. Labeled as Tiki 5.0 Alpha, this latest release includes updates, fixes, and a host of brand new features including:

• Tiki workspaces
• Shopping cart and payments
• WebDAV connectivity
• New themes and skins

Tiki Community members, testers, and early adopters can download the 5.0 Alpha release from SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tikiwiki/files/. Please note that this Alpha release is for testing only and should not be used for production sites. Daily builds are also available from http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Daily+Build.

With a code commit (change) every two hours 1 it can be difficult to keep up with all the new features, fixes, and changes in Tiki. It is important to stay "in the loop" of these changes, whether you are an "early adopter" getting updates directly from the SVN repository or simply a member of the Tiki Community interested ins seeing what's coming in future releases.

Now, in addition to the commit mailing list, we've created a Twitter stream that contains this information. You can follow all the code updates at @tiki_code.

Be sure to follow the other Tiki Twitter accounts too!

• @TikiWiki — The official Tiki Twitter account
• @tiki_search — Automated Twitter search of all things Tiki-related.
• Tikifest — Channel to follow Tiki meetings (known as Tikifests)

1. http://cia.vc/stats/project/tikiwiki

With a code commit (change) every two hours 1 it can be difficult to keep up with all the new features, fixes, and changes in Tiki. It is important to stay "in the loop" of these changes, whether you are an "early adopter" getting updates directly from the SVN repository or simply a member of the Tiki Community interested ins seeing what's coming in future releases.

Now, in addition to the commit mailing list, we've created a Twitter stream that contains this information. You can follow all the code updates at @tikiwiki_code.

Be sure to follow the other Tiki Twitter accounts too!

• @TikiWiki — The official Tiki Twitter account
• @TikiWikiSearch — Automated Twitter search of all things Tiki-related.
• Tikifest — Channel to follow Tiki meetings (known as Tikifests)

1. http://cia.vc/stats/project/tikiwiki

Tiki has released updates for both current release branches: 3.5 and 4.2. Both updates include bug fixes, feature polishing, and security updates1 All Tiki sites are strongly encouraged to update to the latest version to take advantage of security fixes and updates. See http://tikiwiki.org/download to determine which branch (3.x or 4.x) best suits your needs.