Using Profile Repositories

Profiles are stored in a repository. The Tiki Community maintains a community profile repository. You can also create your own repository.

Accessing the Tiki Repository

To configure your site to access the Tiki repository:

1. On the Advanced tab of the Admin: Profiles page, add http://profiles.tikiwiki.org/profiles as a Repository URL.
   
   

   Adding the Tiki Profile repository.
   
   

   Note: If your site requires a proxy to access the internet, confirm that the settings are correct on the Admin: General page.

2. Click Save.

To confirm that Tiki can access the Tiki repository:

1. Review the Status area of the Apply Profiles tab.
   
   

   Confirm that your Tiki can contact the repository.
2. Click Refresh .
3. Verify that the repository Status is (connected).
   You can now apply profiles from that repository

Creating your own Repository

If you are unable to connect to the Tiki Community repository (for example, if you are behind a corporate firewall) you can easily create your own, local repository. It is as simple as installing a Tiki site and making a few, simple changes:

1. Create a category for the profiles (for example, My Profiles).
   

   Note: For basic information on Tiki Categories, see Using Categories in Tiki for Dummies Smarties.

2. Assign the following permissions to the Anonymous group:
   • tiki_p_view
   • tiki_p_export_wiki
   • tiki_p_view_category
   
   

   Note: For basic information on Tiki Permissions, see Using Permissions in Tiki for Dummies Smarties.

3. Assign the profiles to the category you created in step 1. Now the site can be used as a Profiles Repository for other sites.

See the Tiki Profiles site for additional information.

Tip: You can use the Repository Profile to easily turn your Tiki into a repository.

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