Re: Need unbiased opinion about Tikiwiki.
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm a grad student in a Comp.Sci.Eng department and my Professor wants to upgrade our very basic laboratory website. I've been looking at several CMS systems and have narrowed choice down to Tiki and Drupal. I need some advice on Tiki capabilities and features ?
>
> Basically this is what we want:-
> 1 - Some links/content for unauthenticated users/general public
> 2 - The above + some extra links for internal users such as
> wiki, calendar, file galleries etc.
From what I see, both Tiki and Drupal provide permissions on a group basis. I don't know specifically how Drupal's works, but Tiki handles this with no problem.
> 3 - Each internal user should have their own homepage which they can
> customise to their tastes (with restrictions).
This is a standard feature of Tiki.
> 4- A main feature that we're looking for is a way to store a list of all the Lab's publications. Then each internal user can list their own publications on their
> personal page using some type of query system. Is there any way to do this in Tiki ?
> (This requirement is very important)
I'm not sure exactly how you mean the query system to be used, but it seems this could be done with Tiki. Trackers are a Tiki mechanism to store data and be able to query it, and there is a Tracker plugin to display data in wiki pages. But I don't have much experience myself with Trackers, so maybe someone else can help out on this one.
> 5- A WYSIWYG facility for the internal users would be good. This is so they can
> easily customise their personal pages.
I'm not sure what the status of the WYSIWYG editor (FCKeditor) is for Tiki's wiki pages. The option is ghosted on the latest Tiki version admin page.
> We're also very concerned about security since we will have a public facing website and yet we want to keep a lot of stuff internal only. How does Tiki compare to other CMS systems in terms of security. ?
I think this kind of private/public set-up is pretty standard for Tiki sites, and works well in my experience, as long as the perms are set correctly.
About security in general, my impression is that it is a very high priority for Tiki's developers. Responses to vulnerabilities are quick.
Also try asking on IRC (see the link in the menu here) where more developers are apt to be found.
-- Gary - zukakakina.com
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