How Do I...

In addition to the general information in this guide and the Troubleshooting Tiki sections, I've tried to collect (and answer!) the most commonly asked, "How do I..." questions.

Have a question or problem that is not addressed in the Smarties guide or these How Do I... pages? See this FAQ for more help.

Remove the Page Name from the Top of Each Wiki Page?

By default, Tiki displays each wiki page's title on the wiki page, as a link.

The wiki page title.

Use the Display page name as page title and Display page name above page options on the General Preferences tab of the Wiki: Administration page to disable (or enable) this feature.

Enable/disable the wiki page title options.

Create Wiki Links and Pages in non-English Languages?

By default, Tiki uses English characters for page names and wiki links. If your site's language is not English and your wiki pages contain non-English letters and characters (such as á, ç, and ü) you will need to change the Wiki Link Format option on the General Preferences tab of the Wiki: Administration page.

Selecting the Wiki link format.

Select one of the following options:

• Complete: Allows any character.
• Strict: Allows letters A-Z and digits 0-9 only.
• Relaxed:

Edit the Default Administration Menu?

You shouldn't edit or delete Tiki's default administration menu. When you upgrade, Tiki will need to update the menu links, as features are added or deprecated in future releases. In order to make your site upgrade as smooth as possible, you should not modify the menu.

Instead you can:

• Make the default Administration menu (and the module that contains it) visible only to the Admin group. This way, other users will not see it.
• Create a custom menu (and module) for your site.

Reset an option to its default value?

You can easily reset most options to their default value by clicking the Reset to default button on most options on the control panels.

Set the home page for my site?

With Tiki, the "home" page for your site can be a specific Tiki feature (such as the wiki or a forum) or any other valid URL.

Use the Home Page area of the Navigation tab on the General control panel.

Specifying the Home page

To use a non-Tiki page as your site's home page, enable the Use URL Index option, then specify the specific URL.

Make the CAPTCHA easier to read?

When using the CAPTCHA option, there are several settings that you can modify to make the CAPTCHA image easier to distinguish.

Specifying CAPTCHA settings

• Word length: Number of characters (numbers or letters) of the CAPTCHA image. More characters will result in a more secure image, but may be more difficult for site visitors.
• Width: The overall width (in pixels of the image.
  

   Tip

  If you set a smaller image width, Tiki does not re-size the actual numbers and letters in the CAPTCHA image — only the overall image. You should reduce the word length accordingly.
• Level of noise: Specifies the distortion level of the image. Higher level is more secure, but more difficult to read.

CAPTCHA SAMPLES

From left to right:

1. Tiki CAPTCHA with 100 noise (default)
2. Tiki CAPTCHA with 50 noise
3. ReCaptcha

Turn on Tiki's error reporting and logging option?

If you're getting blank pages or experiencing other issues, you can tell Tiki to explicitly report and display all PHP and Smaraty errors.

On the General Preferences tab of the Wiki: Force and limit categorization to within subtree of enable the Logging and Reporting options.

Logging and Reporting options

Tiki will display all error messages at the bottom of the page. Click Show PHP Error Messages to toggle the display.

Logging and Reporting options

Require that wiki pages belong to a specific category?

Use the Limit wiki page categories to those under this category option on the Categories control panel to select the categories available for wiki pages.

Use the Force and limit categorization to within subtree of option on the Admin: Wiki page to require that wiki editors select a specific category (and its subcategories) when editing a page.

Requiring a category for wiki pages.

Use the Tiki help system?

Tiki includes an extensive online help system with direct links to the online Tiki documentation.

Enabling the Tiki help system.

When this is enabled (on the General control panel) Tiki will include help icons () with links to the specific documentation page.

Find a specific feature or option?

With more than 1,000 configuration options, it can be difficult to know which option is on which page or tab. To make it easier, Tiki includes a Configuration Search feature: You can use a keyword search to find a specific option. The Configuration Search is available at the top of every administration page.

The Configuration Search field

Simply enter an option search term and click Search. Tiki will display all options that contain the search term.

Finding all 'comment' options

Clear the Tiki caches, if I'm locked out?

Normally, you can clear the Tiki caches by clicking the Clear Tiki Caches button in the Quick Admin area. However, if you have inadvertently disabled your entire site (for example, by enabling the Use HTTPS login option without having a valid security certificate, or by adding invalid syntax to a template (TPL) file) you may be unable to clear the Tiki caches through the Tiki interface. This this case, you'll need to manually clear the caches:

By using FTP or your web host's Control Panel (or some other way to access the files on your sever), manually delete all of the files(except index.php) in the following folders:

• ../templates_c/
• ../temp/public/
• ../lib/test/core/temp/cache/
• ../modules/cache/
• ../temp/cache/

You should now be able to access your Tiki site.