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 Formatted Search Inline search feature allows flexible formatting of search result The default output format of a % SEARCH{... is a table consisting of topic...
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...
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...
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...
TinyMCE FAQs Frequently Asked Questions of the TinyMCEPlugin integration. Q: How can I disable the WYSIWYG editor? A: There are several ways to disable the WYSIWYG...
Search Help Search Pages There are two search pages; WebSearch offers basic search features, while WebSearchAdvanced offers more control over searches. By default...
Notes: Do not edit this topic, it is updated automatically. TWikiSiteTools explains how to enable automatic updates of the statistics pages. Related...
SPACEOUT{`string`} renders string with spaces inserted in sensible places Inserts spaces between word components. Word component boundaries are transitions from...
COLORPICKER{} color picker for use in HTML forms for TWiki applications The % COLORPICKER{ variable is handled by the ColorPickerPlugin. Syntax: % COLORPICKER...
WIKIPREFSTOPIC name of site wide preferences topic Syntax: % WIKIPREFSTOPIC% Expands to: , renders as Category: AdministrationVariables, SystemInformationVari...
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...
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 `.....
FORM{} render a TWiki form for view Show a table containing data of a TWiki form attached to a topic Syntax: % FORM{topic `...` formfields `...` ......
LAQUO left double angle quote This variable is typically used in breadcrumbs. Syntax: % LAQUO% Expands to: Type: Preference variable TWikiRenderingShortcut...
SITESTATISTICSTOPIC name of site statistics topic Note: The site statistics topic is assumed to be in the web. Syntax: % SITESTATISTICSTOPIC% Expands...
TWiki Reference Manual () This page contains all documentation topics as one long, complete reference sheet. Related Topics: TWikiSite, TWikiHistory, TWikiEnhancementRequests...
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...
MDREPO retrieve data from metadata repository Attention: This variable works only if MetadataRepository is in use. Otherwise, it always returns a zero length...
Note: This topic does not exist The topic 1 you are trying to access does not exist, yet. Do you wish to navigate quickly to a similar topic? Similar topics...
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...
Using multiple disks for DataDir and PubDir Motivation A TWiki site may reach a point where a single disk drive cannot house all files. Having PubDir on a different...
SCRIPTURLPATH{`script`} URL path of TWiki script As % SCRIPTURL{`script` , but doesn`t include the protocol and host part of the URL Like % SCRIPTURL{...
SESSIONID unique ID for this session Syntax: % SESSIONID% Expand to: Category: DevelopmentVariables, SystemInformationVariables, UsersAndAuthenticationVariables...
PLUGINVERSION the version of a TWiki Plugin, or the TWiki Plugins API Syntax: % PLUGINVERSION{`name` to get the version of a specific plugin Example:...
GRAY start gray colored text GRAY is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
ENDCOLOR end colored text ENDCOLOR is a rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in that topic...
DASHBOARD build a dashboard with banner and boxes Use this variable to quickly create dashboards for intranet home, team homepages, project homepages and knowledge...
Wiki Name Your name, usually your first and last name connected without a space. For example, Tim Berners Lee`s WikiName is TimBernersLee. Your name is also...
Web Notification This is a subscription service to be automatically notified by e mail when topics change in this TWiki web. This is a convenient service, so...
WikiWords for linking WikiWords are capitalized words, run together, such as WebPreferences and CollaborationPlatform. Using a lot of WikiWords creates a good...
Book View BookView is an option available from the advanced search topic. It allows you to display the result in `book view`, that is, the whole content of topics...
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...
Wabi Sabi Since wabi sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic system, it is difficult to explain precisely in western terms. According to Leonard...