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            This page documents the result of  ((dev:File and directory structure revamp)) for ((Tiki18)) and on.


|| Path | Usage
_custom/* | For all files that are different from the standard Tiki and not re-generatable. You should back up this directory (along with the database). It is prefixed by underscore so it appears at the top of the list
_custom/lib/setup/custom.php | [https://sourceforge.net/p/tikiwiki/code/64197/|For any custom PHP code]
*.php | File at the root to access the various features %%% Usually corresponds to a file with the same name in templates/*.tpl  %%% Files that don't start with tiki- are usually included in others.
img/ | Images
lang/ | Translations
lib/* | Business logic and database queries
lib/wiki-plugins/* | Over 200 ((Wiki Plugins)). This is a great place to start discovering about Tiki development.
temp/* | For all temporary files which should be generated by content or code elsewhere. Ex.: cache
temp/templates_c/ | ((Smarty cache|Smarty  templates cache))
temp/public/ | 
temp/mail_attach/ | 
temp/unified-index/ | Zend_Lucene_PHP for search index
temp/unified-preference-index-en/ | Zend_Lucene_PHP for ((preferences)) search engine, using 2-letter language code.
temp/example.org/ %%% temp/example.org /templates_c/ %%% temp/example.org/cache/ %%% etc. | For ((MultiTiki))
templates/*.tpl | Defaut ((Smarty Template)) files
themes/* | Everything related to the theme/skin/theme look and feel. Used to be styles/*
themes/themename/ |  there are dozens of bundled themes
themes/themename/css/ | The CSS is typically generated from .less files
themes/themename/img/ | 
themes/themename/js/ | Permits custom JavaScript just for this theme
themes/themename/fonts/ | 
themes/themename/lang/ | ??
themes/themename/less/ (?) | 
themes/themename/options/themeoption/... | Theme options are variants of a theme
themes/themename/templates/ | ((Smarty templates)) that override the defaults which are in templates/
vendor/* | For ((Composer)) dependencies that are installed via the command line or the web interface: ((Packages)). vendor is the standard terminology used by Composer, and developers are familiar with it.
vendor_bundled/* | For ((Composer)) dependencies that are bundled in Tiki.
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See also: ((File Storage))