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...
TwistyContrib Introduction This contrib packages in a convenient way the JavaScript library and the CSS file needed to implement Twisty sections. TwistyContrib...
TWiki Dashboard Add On Introduction A dashboard comes into play when users need to get an overview of their work and want to navigate quickly to relevant places....
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...
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...
TWIKISHEET{} enable TWiki Sheet (spreadsheet) and set options The % TWIKISHEET{ variable is handled by the TWikiSheetPlugin Syntax: % TWIKISHEET{ parameters...
WEB name of current web % WEB% expands to the name of the web where the topic is located. If you are looking at the text of an included topic, it is the web...
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...
THREECOLUMNS responsive three column page layout Write % THREECOLUMNS% ...text... % ENDCOLUMNS% to get a page layout with three 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...
NOP template text not to be expanded in instantiated topics Syntax: % NOP% In normal topic text, expands to nop , which prevents expansion of adjacent...
META displays meta data Provided mainly for use in templates, this variable generates the parts of the topic view that relate to meta data (attachments, forms...
Package TWiki::Access A singleton object of this class manages the access control database. Dynamic access control and permission caching As TWiki:Codev/DynamicAccessControl...
Package TWiki::Configure::UIs::EXTEND StaticMethod unpackArchive ($archive ,$dir ) Unpack an archive. The unpacking method is determined from the file extension...
Static Method A StaticMethod is a method in a package that can be called without reference to an object of the package type. For example, package Telecoms StaticMethod...
NOTIFYTOPIC name of the notify topic Note: Each web has a notify topic Syntax: % NOTIFYTOPIC% Expands to: , renders as Category: SystemInformationVariabl...
TWiki Plugins Add functionality to TWiki with readily available plugins; create plugins based on APIs Overview You can add plugins to extend TWiki functionality...
TWikiDashboardAddOn #187; TWiki Dashboard Banner Images You can use these banner images for your own dashboards. If you use your own image, attach it directly to your...
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...
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...
LIME start lime colored text LIME is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
WIKIVERSION the version of the installed TWiki engine Syntax: % WIKIVERSION% Expands to: Category: AdministrationVariables, SystemInformationVariables...
WIKITOOLNAME name of your TWiki site Syntax: % WIKITOOLNAME% Expands to: TWiki Category: SystemInformationVariables Related: WIKILOGOURL, WIKIVERSION...
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...
STOPINCLUDE end position of topic text if included If present in included topic, stop to include text at this location and ignore the remaining text. A normal...
SESSIONVAR name of CGI and session variable that stores the session ID Syntax: % SESSIONVAR% Expand to: Category: DevelopmentVariables, SystemInformationVariables...
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...
PINK start pink colored text PINK is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
ORANGE start orange colored text ORANGE is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
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...
TWiki Release 4.2.4 (Freetown), 2008 12 06 Note: This is the release note for the previous major release version 4.2.X. This note, TWikiReleaseNotes04x00 and...
What is a WikiWord? A WikiWord consists of two or more words with initial capitals, run together. WikiWords are topic names. A TWiki topic name always has a fixed...
Package TWiki::UI::Edit Edit command handler StaticMethod edit ($session) Edit command handler. This method is designed to be invoked via the UI::run method...
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...
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...
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...
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...
TWiki Contributor On a personal note, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation and thanks to all who contributed ideas, code, fixes...