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...
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...
ENCODE{string} encode a string to URL entities, HTML entities, CSV format, and more Encode `special` characters in a string to HTML numeric entities, URL entities...
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...
Backup Restore Plugin Overview This is a solution to backup, restore, and upgrade TWiki sites. It can be used via the browser and on the command line. This plugin...
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...
TWIKISHEET{} enable TWiki Sheet (spreadsheet) and set options The % TWIKISHEET{ variable is handled by the TWikiSheetPlugin Syntax: % TWIKISHEET{ parameters...
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...
Package TWiki TWiki operates by creating a singleton object (known as the Session object) that acts as a point of reference for all the different modules in the system...
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...
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...
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...
TWiki Logos The official TWiki logo is a big `T` in a speech bubble conveying `working together`, and has a `collaborate with TWiki` tag line. TWiki.org Logo Artwork...
Package TWiki::Engine The engine class is a singleton that implements details about TWiki`s execution mode. This is the base class and implements basic behavior....
Bookmarks Application Page This page contains several parts that are used by user bookmark pages. Bookmark pages reside in the web and are named wikiname Bookmarks...
LAQUO left double angle quote This variable is typically used in breadcrumbs. Syntax: % LAQUO% Expands to: Type: Preference variable TWikiRenderingShortcut...
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...
SITESTATISTICSTOPIC name of site statistics topic Note: The site statistics topic is assumed to be in the web. Syntax: % SITESTATISTICSTOPIC% Expands...
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...
PatternSkin Customization Guidelines how to create and customize page templates of the .PatternSkin. For styling your TWiki using stylesheets, see PatternSkinCssCookbook...
Managing Webs Adding, renaming and deleting webs are all web based operations. Overview A TWikiSite is divided into webs; each one represents one workspace, one...
BUBBLESIG show bubble box and user signature with profile picture icon Syntax: % BUBBLESIG{WikiName or % BUBBLESIG{WikiName YYYY MM DD The parameter...
HTTPS get HTTPS headers The same as % HTTP% but operates on the HTTPS environment variables present when the SSL protocol is in effect. Can be used to determine...
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...
TEAL start teal colored text TEAL is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
WIKILOGOALT site logo tooltip message Syntax: % WIKILOGOALT% Expands to: Defined in: TWikiPreferences Category: AdministrationVariables, SystemInformationVar...
USERNAME your login username TWiki makes names available in three formats: USERNAME like jsmith , WIKINAME like JohnSmith and WIKIUSERNAME like .JohnSmith...
SCRIPTNAME name of current script The name of the current script is shown, including script suffix, if any (for example viewauth.cgi ) Syntax: % SCRIPTNAME...
SpreadSheetPlugin for dynamic content The SpreadSheetPlugin offers 100 functions. Functions are evaluated at page view time. A formula can be placed anywhere in a...
InterwikiPlugin links The InterwikiPlugin automatically links ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in the InterWikis topic. This enables...
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...