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 Installation Guide The following is installation instructions for the TWiki 6.1 production release on an Apache web server on Linux. Visit TWiki:TWiki.InstallingTWiki...
The Smilies Plugin : ) Introduction Smilies are common in e mail messages and bulletin board posts. They are used to convey an emotion, such as a smile :<nop...
Comment Plugin The Comment Plugin lets users quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle. Related topics: CommentPluginTemplates, CommentPluginExamples...
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...
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...
TWiki Variables Special text strings expand on the fly to display dynamic content, such as user data or system info TWikiVariables are text strings % VARIABLE...
TWiki Variables Quickstart TWiki Variables are names enclosed in percent signs that are that are expanded to some other text when the topic is displayed. For example...
Release Notes of TWiki 6.0.2 (Jerusalem), 2015 11 29 Introduction TWiki is an enterprise collaboration platform and application platform. TWiki has been downloaded...
Package TWiki::Form::FieldDefinition Base class of all field definition classes. Type specific classes are derived from this class to define specific per type behaviours...
HEADLINES{`url`} show RSS and ATOM feeds in TWiki pages The % HEADLINES{`url` variable is handled by the HeadlinesPlugin. Syntax: % HEADLINES{ `http:...
WIKIWEBMASTERNAME name of the administrator % WIKIWEBMASTERNAME% expands to the name of the administrator of . Syntax: % WIKIWEBMASTERNAME% , expands...
INCLUDE{`page`} include other topic, attachment, or web page Merges the content of a specified page into the current one before rendering. Syntax: % INCLUDE...
FOURCOLUMNS responsive four column page layout Write % FOURCOLUMNS% ...text... % ENDCOLUMNS% to get a page layout with four columns . The layout is responsive...
COLORPICKER{} color picker for use in HTML forms for TWiki applications The % COLORPICKER{ variable is handled by the ColorPickerPlugin. Syntax: % COLORPICKER...
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...
Package TWiki::LoginManager The package is also a Factory for login managers and also the base class for all login managers. On its own, an object of this class is...
Package TWiki::Configure::UIs::EXTEND StaticMethod unpackArchive ($archive ,$dir ) Unpack an archive. The unpacking method is determined from the file extension...
Package TWiki::OopsException Exception used to raise a request to redirect to an Oops URL. An OopsException thrown anywhere in the code will redirect the browser...
Package TWiki::UI::Search UI functions for searching. StaticMethod search ($session) Perform a search as dictated by CGI parameters: Parameter: Description...
References on Wiki and Collaboration Some useful articles and books around collaboration and the Wiki technology in particular. Wiki Technology and TWiki Presentation...
TWiki Plugins Add functionality to TWiki with readily available plugins; create plugins based on APIs Overview You can add plugins to extend TWiki functionality...
Site Documentation Graphics Site specific documentation graphics are defined in this topic. Add your own graphic images here, they will survive a TWiki system update...
Installed Plugins Plugins are mainly user contributed add ons that enhance and extend TWiki features and capabilities. A limited number of plugins are included in...
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...
PINK start pink colored text PINK is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
ICON{`name`} small documentation graphic or icon of common attachment types Generates the HTML img tag of a small graphic image attached to TWikiDocGraphics....
GRAY start gray colored text GRAY is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
ENDSECTION{`name`} marks the end of a named section within a topic Syntax: % ENDSECTION{`name` Syntax: % ENDSECTION{type `include` Syntax: % ENDSECTION...
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...
Background Image for Preview Preview looks like the real page, but the links lead to an oops dialog warning users of not yet saved topics. In addition, a background...
SlideShowPlugin for presentations Use the SlideShowPlugin to convert a topic with headings and bullets into a slideshow presentation. This plugin is useful for organizations...
Revision control TWiki has `soft security` anyone can change anything, but changes are logged. There is a complete audit trail: Version Date of last revision...
Server side include To include the contents of a web page or TWiki topic, use % INCLUDE{`page` . Examples: % INCLUDE{`http://www.google.com/` % INCLUDE...
Disabling individual WikiWords Prevent a WikiWord from being linked by prefixing it with an exclamation point. Example: To escape SunOs write SunOs to get SunOs...
TWiki Javascripts This topic contains JavasSript files that are included by TWiki templates, and may be used by skin templates and in topics. Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE...