Features / Usability

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>I am researching TikiWiki for a company and have a few things that I can't seem to find.
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Have you looked at the Features page?

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>1. Is it able to mark documents as confidential, with different status (complete etc.) and with different priority?
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Yes, through Permissions and Categories.
2. Does it allow importing of external documents to create a new document or to add as a new version to an existing one?

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>3. Does it allow exporting to an external document?
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Yes, depending on what format you need. See Export wiki pages and WebHelp.

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>4. Does it have the ability to specify default values?
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If you mean default wiki pages, then yes. See Content teamplates.

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>5. Does it allow Concurrent edits?
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No

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>6. Does it allow Concurrent views?
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Yes

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>7. Does it have the ability to check-in check out version control?
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Tiki pages are stored in a database. Page history is maintained autoamtically. See page history.

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>8. Does it have the ability to search by title, keyword (can fall in content or title), author, date content, ownner etc.. List all search parameters that can be available?
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Yes, see search.

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>9. Can documents be easily printed?
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Yes

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>10. What type of formating is allowed? Are there any formatting restrictions?
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See Wiki syntax. WYSIWYG is available in 1.10.

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>11. What extensions are supported? Can custom extensions be built?
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See plugins.

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>12. What type of information is maintained/can be maintained for each document?
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Depends on what type of "document" you mean... wiki pages? categories? images? blogs? etc. Please see the description of each feature in docs.

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>13. Does the wiki support team structure?
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I don't know what a "team structure" is.

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>14. Can blogs and chats be stored?
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Yes, see blogs and chat/live support.

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>15. Can blogs be monitored?
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You can assign other users/groups to have admin access to a blog.

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>16. Can blogs be reviewed before being published?
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No. But in 1.10 wiki pages have a staging and approval feature.

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>17. If blogs and discussions are supported then can they be referenced in artlicles?
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Yes.

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>18. Can external documents link to content on our wiki?
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Yes.

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>19. Can the content be exported easily to other content management sites? Sharepoint etc.?
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Tiki content is stored in a database. Your other site would need to access the data from the DB.

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>20. Initial Wiki Set up (level of difficulty)?
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See installation

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>21. Ease of set-up of role-based access?
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See groups.

HTH,

-Rick
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