Development Stages ⇒ Development Time ⇒ Website Structure ⇒ Why Tiki?
Why Do We Use Tiki Groupware?
www.Tiki.org
✔ 'All-in-One' Program
✔ Business Grade
Strong case for business use...
- Genuine Open Source software
- makes transferring data between programs significantly easier
- Five year LTS versions ('Long Term Support')
- because 99% of end users don't like changes!
- Zero 3rd party plugins
- that could stop development, turn paid, etc.
- over 15 years in development
- active developer community
- uses latest technologies to keep it future-proof
- multi-lingual for global use
✔ Databases (called 'Trackers')
✔ Wiki pages (i.e. webpages)
A 'blank sheet of paper' for doing whatever you like...
- add a web form ('Tracker') to gather data
- or display a report of that data ('Tracker List')
- use it to
- share information
- show a presentation
- create a training manual
- or print-screen help pages
- display a YouTube video or slideshow
- etc.
✔ User Contributions
Users can participate on many levels...
- no programming knowledge necessary
- Tiki is very easy to learn and advance quickly
- BASIC:
- create and edit internal or external wiki pages (web pages)
- contribute to or admin a Calendar
- create or modify existing databases (Trackers)
- create or modify File Galleries folders i.e. file exchange
- INTERMEDIATE:
- modify existing databases ('Trackers')
- create and edit new databases ('Trackers')
- manage users
- ADVANCED:
- Site settings management
- user and group permissions management
- ADMIN. LEVEL:
- site back-up and maintenance
✔ File Galleries
Basically, a copy of DropBox...
- the files you need, anytime, any device, any browser
- for exchanging or archiving files
- eliminates the need to set up your own server to exchange files
✔ Calendar
✔ News Blog
✔ User Management
✔ Permissions Management
Any level you choose...
- from macro 'global' to granular 'object' permissions
- group level
- users level
- object level (i.e. File Gallery folders, Trackers, etc.)
- view, edit, create, delete, upload/download, etc.
✔ So much more
