Appendix A: TWiki Development Time line TWiki Release 6.1 (Kampala) released on 2018 07 16 New Features and Enhancements of TWiki Release 6.1 Bug Fixes...
TWiki System Requirements Server and client requirements Low client and server base requirements are core features that keep TWiki widely deployable, particularly...
TWiki Editing Shorthand These instructions are for contributors who prefer to use the Raw Edit over the default WYSIWYG editor. / Item7507: to avoid Chrome/Safari...
Headlines Plugin Description This plugin displays RSS and ATOM feeds from news sites. Use it to build news portals that show headline news. Notes: RSS (Rich...
Tag me Plugin Plugin to tag wiki content collectively or authoritatively in order to make it easier to find content and to get a meaningful page ranking. Introduction...
WIKIWEBMASTERNAME name of the administrator % WIKIWEBMASTERNAME% expands to the name of the administrator of . Syntax: % WIKIWEBMASTERNAME% , expands...
Search Help Search Pages There are two search pages; WebSearch offers basic search features, while WebSearchAdvanced offers more control over searches. By default...
File Attachments Each topic can have one or more files of any type attached to it by using the Attach screen to upload (or download) files from your local PC. Attachments...
NOP template text not to be expanded in instantiated topics Syntax: % NOP% In normal topic text, expands to nop , which prevents expansion of adjacent...
Package TWiki::OopsException Exception used to raise a request to redirect to an Oops URL. An OopsException thrown anywhere in the code will redirect the browser...
USERSWEB name of users web The web containing individual user topics, .TWikiGroups, and customized site wide preferences. Syntax: % USERSWEB% Expands...
References on Wiki and Collaboration Some useful articles and books around collaboration and the Wiki technology in particular. Wiki Technology and TWiki Presentation...
NOTIFYTOPIC name of the notify topic Note: Each web has a notify topic Syntax: % NOTIFYTOPIC% Expands to: , renders as Category: SystemInformationVariabl...
`Create New Topic` page has moved Continue to create the new page TWiki admins Please replace all web`s WebTopicCreator topic contents with this text: % `WebTopicCreator...
MDREPO retrieve data from metadata repository Attention: This variable works only if MetadataRepository is in use. Otherwise, it always returns a zero length...
CALC{`formula`} add spreadsheet calculations to tables The % CALC{formula variable is handled by the SpreadSheetPlugin. Over 100 functions are available, such...
HTTP get HTTP headers Called with the name of an HTTP header field, returns its value. Capitalization and the use of hyphens versus underscores are not significant...
Making webs autonomous Motivation On a large TWiki site having thousands of webs, each web should be as self service as possible so that TWiki administrators` work...
TWiki Skin Browser You can try out the TWikiSkins currently installed on this system: .skinstable td {border top:2px solid #444; padding:0.75em 0.5em;} Tip: Additional...
LIME start lime colored text LIME is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
WIKILOGOURL site logo home URL Syntax: % WIKILOGOURL% Expands to: Defined in: TWikiPreferences, default % SCRIPTURLPATH{`view`/% USERSWEB%/% HOMETOPIC...
WIKILOGOALT site logo tooltip message Syntax: % WIKILOGOALT% Expands to: Defined in: TWikiPreferences Category: AdministrationVariables, SystemInformationVar...
SCRIPTNAME name of current script The name of the current script is shown, including script suffix, if any (for example viewauth.cgi ) Syntax: % SCRIPTNAME...
PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS list of plugin descriptions Syntax: % PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS% Expands to: Category: AdministrationVariables, SystemInformationVariables...
EDITACTION select an edit template EDITACTION defined in a topic or preference setting will define the use of an editaction template instead of the standard edit...
DASHBOARD build a dashboard with banner and boxes Use this variable to quickly create dashboards for intranet home, team homepages, project homepages and knowledge...
ALLVARIABLES list of currently defined TWikiVariables Syntax: % ALLVARIABLES% Expands to: a table showing all defined TWikiVariables in the current context...
SpreadSheetPlugin for dynamic content The SpreadSheetPlugin offers 100 functions. Functions are evaluated at page view time. A formula can be placed anywhere in a...
Change E mail Address This form is used to change your registered e mail addresses. Your registered e mails are used by TWiki for sending you e mails, including notifications...
Default Web Top Menu of TopMenuSkin This topic defines the default menu structure of a web. It is used by the TopMenuSkin in case the WebTopMenu topic is missing in...
Keyword search Interactive search uses keyword search by default. For example, to search for all topics that contain `SOAP`, `WSDL`, a literal `web service`, but not...
SlideShowPlugin for presentations Use the SlideShowPlugin to convert a topic with headings and bullets into a slideshow presentation. This plugin is useful for organizations...
Inline search To embed a search in a topic, use the % SEARCH{ parameters TWiki Variable. The search variable is used by many TWiki applications. Related Topics...
TWiki Skins Skins overlay regular templates with alternate header/footer layouts. You can use Skins to change the look of a TWiki topic, for example, the layout of...
Escaping TWiki rendering Use the verbatim tag to surround code excerpts and other formatted text with verbatim and /verbatim tags. Example: verbatim Header...
FAQ: I would like to install TWiki on my server. Can I get the source? Answer: TWiki is distributed under the GnuGeneralPublicLicense. You can get the source from...