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Whilst enjoying the company in the community Chat, you may see some unfamiliar terms:
- branch21,branch22,trunk/master/main
- Different branches of Tiki versions.
- branch, commit, merge request, pull request or checkout
- Terms used by developers in reference to the repository of files
- cms
- content management system.
- dev or dev.t.o or dev.tw.o
- http://dev.tiki.org - Developer site
- doc or doc.t.o or doc.tw.o
- http://doc.tiki.org - Documentation site
- DogFood or Dogfooding
- it's a metaphor to use Tiki's features to manage our own development, processes and to solve problems
- gitter
- This is our chat solution and main support channel.
- info.to or info.tw.o
- http://info.tiki.org - General information site, which is a Perspective of tiki.org
- irc
- Internet Relay Chat. This was our chat solution and main support channel before Gitter.
- Long Term Support or LTS
- Some Tiki versions receive updates for an extended period. See Versions.
- module
- right- and left-column boxes in Tiki (also can be displayed in a wiki page by use of a plugin). Not the same meaning as in other CMSs.
- plugin or wikiplugin
- extensions of the wiki syntax. Not the same meaning as in other CMSs. In Tiki, it is to plug something into a page.
- polom
- See polom
- RFE or wish
- Request for enhancement that you should submit to dev.t.o
- sf
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/tikiwiki/ is what we used for source control before Git. Still used for downloads and Mailing Lists
- svn
- Subversion is our previous way to manage source control (before Git)
- themes or themes.t.o or themes.tw.o
- http://themes.tiki.org - Themes site
- t.o or tw.o
- http://tiki.org (You are here 😊 - the Tiki Community site)
- trunk (or master/main)
- the latest in-development version of Tiki (in Git)
- WYSIWTSN
- What You See Is What (You Want) To See Now. Common pronunciation: "WizzyWatson" 😊 Unlike WYSIWYCA, WYSIWTSN is driven by user motivation. It's meant to allow for larger Tiki installations broken down into workspaces using Perspectives.
- WYSIWYCA
- What You See is What You Can Access (do not show options that you are not supposed to see). In other words, list and menu items aren't displayed for pages or features, etc, that the visitor doesn't have permission to see.
- WYSIWYG
- What You See Is What You Get - it means while you edit the page you see it directly (as closely as possible) as it will appear after save (shows text layout and styling, etc. in the edit window). In latest Tiki versions we have integrated CKeditor to achieve that.