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Tiki Install Directory

The Tiki install directory structure is detailed on this page.

In this section



Files

In the root of the Tiki install directory are the core *.php files used by Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware. In addition, there are several other files that you should be aware of:
  • _htaccess — Rename to .htaccess to use the Search Engine Friendly URLs (SEFURL) feature. You can also use the htaccess.sh script to accomplish this within a CRON job. See "Clean URLs" Tiki(external link) in the Tiki documentation for more information.
  • changelog.txt — Lists details of each code change made in the Tiki code repository.
  • setup.sh — Use to automatically set the correct file directory permissions. See "Setting Directory Permissions"(external link) in Tiki for Dummies Smarties(external link) for more information.
  • copyright.txt and license.txt — The Tiki copyright statement and LGPL license.
  • robots.txt — Use to control how search engines and bots "crawl" your Tiki site.
  • web_config — Used for configuration with Windows IIs servers ( web.config ).

Directories/folders

The Tiki install directory also contains the following directories/folders:
  • admin: Contains the *.php files use for the administration pages and functions.
  • backups
  • css: Contains the base CSS stylesheets used for the standard Tiki features and functions. The theme-specific CSS files are located in the styles folder.
  • db: Contains the *.sql files for creating and updating your MySQL database and the local.php file that contains your database connection information.
    NoteNote:
    If you lock the installer, Tiki adds a lock file to this directory. You must manually remove this file to re-run the installer.
  • doc
    • devtools
  • dump
  • files
    • templates
      • listpages
  • images
  • img: Contains many of the default icons and images.
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    NoteNote:
    If you do not store uploaded files and images in the File Gallery, Tiki uses the ../img/wiki_up/ directory.
  • installer: Contains the PHP files and SQL scripts used during the installation and upgrade procedures.
  • lang: Contains a directory for each supported language translation.
  • lib: Contains a directory for each library included and used by Tiki.
  • maps
  • modules
  • pics: Contains many of the default Tiki icons and images.
  • styles: Contains a *.css file (and optional directory) for each installed theme. See Customizing Tiki Themes for more information.
  • temp: Contains directories for temporary and cache storage.
  • templates
  • templates_c: Contains cached versions of templates.
  • tiki_tests
  • whelp: Contains the HTML web help files when generating web help from a Tiki structure. See Create Webhelp from Structure Tiki(external link) for more information.


Contributors to this page: Rick Sapir .
Page last modified on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:16:05am EST by Rick Sapir.
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