TWiki Upgrade Guide This guide covers upgrading from a previous version of TWiki (such as TWiki 5.1) to TWiki 6.1 Overview TWiki 6.1.0 is a minor release that brings...
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...
TwistyContrib Introduction This contrib packages in a convenient way the JavaScript library and the CSS file needed to implement Twisty sections. TwistyContrib...
Color Picker Plugin Introduction This TWiki plugin packages the color picker, which is a jQuery plugin developed by Steven Wittens of Acko.net. The package adds a...
CGI Contrib Package Introduction This contrib does not add any features to TWiki. Its purpose is to convert Perl`s CGI module from being an external dependency to...
TWiki Access Control Restricting read and write access to topics and webs, by Users and groups TWiki Access Control allows you restrict access to single topics and...
Managing a Large Site There is no limitation with the number of webs and users a TWiki site can have. But there are several considerationgs needed to run a site having...
TOPICLIST{`format`} topic index of a web List of all topics in a web. The `format` defines the format of one topic item. It may include variables: The $topic...
Slide Show Plugin Introduction There is already a defacto standard for presentations, why this plugin? This plugin makes sense for organizations that do already have...
Search Help Search Pages There are two search pages; WebSearch offers basic search features, while WebSearchAdvanced offers more control over searches. By default...
CHILDREN find children of a topic Find direct children of a topic, as defined by the parent child relationship between topics. To find children recursively...
SESSION VARIABLE get, set or clear a session variable Session variables are stored in a personal `persistent memory space` that is not lost until the web browser...
TOC{`Topic`} table of contents Table of Contents. Shows a TOC that is generated automatically based on headings of a topic. Headings in WikiSyntax ( ` text`...
EDITFORM{} render a TWiki form for edit Show an HTML form to update the TWiki form data of a topic. Syntax to update a TWiki form: % EDITFORM{topic `.....
File Attachments Each topic can have one or more files of any type attached to it by using the Attach screen to upload (or download) files from your local PC. Attachments...
TWiki Site TWiki is a Web based collaboration platform A TWiki site is an easy to use, full featured open communications environment: people anywhere...
Package TWiki::OopsException Exception used to raise a request to redirect to an Oops URL. An OopsException thrown anywhere in the code will redirect the browser...
Package TWiki::Configure::UIs::EXTEND StaticMethod unpackArchive ($archive ,$dir ) Unpack an archive. The unpacking method is determined from the file extension...
LAQUO left double angle quote This variable is typically used in breadcrumbs. Syntax: % LAQUO% Expands to: Type: Preference variable TWikiRenderingShortcut...
ADDTOHEAD add HTML to the HTML head section of the current page Useful for TWiki applications to add custom CSS or JavaScript to the HTML head section of a topic...
TWiki Plugins Add functionality to TWiki with readily available plugins; create plugins based on APIs Overview You can add plugins to extend TWiki functionality...
User Masquerading Preface This topic describes how to configure your TWiki site for user masquerading. There are cases where it`s handy to access TWiki on behalf...
INCLUDE a topic in the raw When a topic is included, normally TWiki variables in the included topic are expanded in the context of the inlcluded topic. But if raw...
LIME start lime colored text LIME is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
YELLOW start yellow colored text YELLOW is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
SESSIONVAR name of CGI and session variable that stores the session ID Syntax: % SESSIONVAR% Expand to: Category: DevelopmentVariables, SystemInformationVariables...
REDBG start red colored background section REDBG is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut...
PINK start pink colored text PINK is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
ALLVARIABLES list of currently defined TWikiVariables Syntax: % ALLVARIABLES% Expands to: a table showing all defined TWikiVariables in the current context...
FAQ: How can I create a simple TWiki Forms based application? Answer: TWiki applications help automate workflows you have at the workplace. TWiki has a built in database...
Control table attributes with TablePlugin The TablePlugin gives extra control over table display: Allows sorting Changing table properties like border width...
SmiliesPlugin emoticons Smilies are common in e mail messages and bulletin board posts. They are used to convey an emotion, such as a smile #058; ) : ) or a frown...
WikiWords for linking WikiWords are capitalized words, run together, such as WebPreferences and CollaborationPlatform. Using a lot of WikiWords creates a good...
Linking to a file attachment One can create a link to a file attachment using one of the following TWikiVariables, % ATTACHURL% or % PUBURL% . % ATTACHURL% is...
Use the `Minor changes, don`t notify` checkbox when saving a page in case you only make a minor change to a topic and you do not want to inform everybody who is on...
FAQ: Everybody can edit any page, this is scary. Doesn`t that lead to chaos? Answer: TWiki is one of many engines, the first one was built by Ward Cunningham. Collaborating...