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Modules

Modules in Tikiwiki most simply defined as a box of content (not the content itself). The Modules Admin page explains how modules are created as boxes to the left or right of the main content window in tikiwiki. Once created, they can be restacked in any order, given permissions so they appear only to defined user group, and, if the site settings allow, can be customized to the preferences of individual users.

A common use of modules in Tiki is to add custom menus. Otherwise there is a long (and growing) list of pre-programmed modules which can facilitate navigation, add special features, and provide custom information to individual users.

The distinction between modules and plugins is a little blurry - technically speaking, modules are the containers and plugins are the content, but the set of pre-programmed modules (with plugins already inside) that are native to the tikiwiki are also commonly referred to as modules.

Related pages

Module admin - explains how to create, choose and place modules on the site. User modules - explains how (if the feature is active) users can choose and place their modules. Module Parameters - description of module parameters that are available to all modules .

Immediately below, the modules are organized into categories. Below that is a table of contents of the documentation for each module.

More information,

Please see the following pages:

• Module Admin
• Module Parameters
  • Module adsense : Adds a Google Adsense advertisement to your Tiki
  • Module articles
  • Module article_archives : Displays articles by month
  • Module article_by_rating : Displays articles by sorted by rating
  • Module assistant : Simple welcome module with links to help new admins
  • Module breadcrumb
  • Module calendar
  • Module calendar_new : Displays a small calendar
  • Module categories
  • Module Category_transition
  • Module change_category
  • Module comm_received_objects
  • Module Control
  • Module directory_last_sites
  • Module directory_stats
  • Module directory_top_sites
  • Module events
  • Module featured_links
  • Module forums_best_voted_topics
  • Module forums_last_posts : Forums_last_posts
  • Module forums_last_topics
  • Module forums_most_commented_forums
  • Module forums_most_read_topics
  • Module forums_most_visited_forums
  • Module freetags_morelikethis : Displays a list of pages with tags in common with the page being viewed
  • Module freetags_most_popular : Displays the most popular freetags in a list or cloud
  • Module google : Displays a Google search box for searching the site or the web
  • Module last_actions
  • Module last_articles : Displays and links to most recently submitted articles
  • Module last_blog_posts
  • Module last_category_objects : Displays the most recently updated objects in a category
  • Module last_created_blogs
  • Module last_created_faqs : Displays a list of most recently created FAQs
  • Module last_created_quizzes
  • Module last_files
  • Module last_file_galleries
  • Module last_images
  • Module last_images_th
  • Module last_image_galleries
  • Module last_modified_blogs
  • Module last_modif_events
  • Module last_modif_pages : Displays most recently edited wiki pags
  • Module last_modif_tracker_items
  • Module last_submissions
  • Module last_tracker_comments
  • Module last_tracker_items
  • Module last_validated_faq_questions
  • Module last_visitors : Displays the most recent registered visitors to the site
  • Module live_support
  • Module logged_users
  • Module login_box : Displays a login box
  • module logo
  • Module menupage : Displays the content of a wiki page as a menu
  • Module messages_unread_messages
  • Module minichat
  • module months_links
  • Module num_submissions
  • Module old_articles
  • Module online_users : Description of the online users module
  • Module quick_edit
  • Module random_images
  • Module random_pages
  • Module search_box
  • Module search_new
  • Module search_wiki_page
  • Module semantic_links
  • Module shoutbox
  • Module since_last_visit : Displays the number of new items that have been added since the user's last login
  • Module since_last_visit_new
  • Module switch_lang : Allows visitors to change the language of a Tiki site
  • Module switch_lang2 : Allows visitors to change the language of the site interface
  • Module switch_theme
  • Module tail
  • Module top_active_blogs
  • Module top_articles : Displays and links to most popular articles
  • Module top_files
  • Module top_file_galleries
  • Module top_forum_posters
  • Module top_games
  • Module top_images
  • Module top_images_th
  • Module top_image_galleries
  • Module top_objects
  • Module top_pages
  • Module top_quizzes
  • Module top_visited_blogs
  • Module top_visited_faqs : Displays list of most popular FAQs
  • Module upcoming_events
  • Module user_blogs
  • Module user_bookmarks
  • Module user_image_galleries
  • Module user_pages
  • Module user_tasks
  • Module users_list
  • Module whats_related
  • Module who_is_there : Description of who is there module
  • Module wiki_last_comments
  • Module wikistructure : Use a module to display the part or all of the table of contents from a structure for navigational usages

• ModulesDoc