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...
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...
PreferencesPlugin Introduction Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a .TWikiForms. However, the edit fields are inlined in the text, similar...
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...
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...
EDITFORMFIELD{`fieldname` form ``} render an input field specified in a form template topic Use this to create HTML forms that update TWikiForms, such as 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...
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...
WIKIWEBMASTERNAME name of the administrator % WIKIWEBMASTERNAME% expands to the name of the administrator of . Syntax: % WIKIWEBMASTERNAME% , expands...
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::OopsException Exception used to raise a request to redirect to an Oops URL. An OopsException thrown anywhere in the code will redirect the browser...
GROUPS a formatted list of groups Expands to a formatted list of user groups in your TWiki. The variable is intended to be used in .TWikiGroups, to allow a group...
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...
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...
BUBBLESIG show bubble box and user signature with profile picture icon Syntax: % BUBBLESIG{WikiName or % BUBBLESIG{WikiName YYYY MM DD The parameter...
DATEPICKER{} pop up calendar to select a date for use in HTML forms The % DATEPICKER{ variable is handled by the DatePickerPlugin. Syntax: % DATEPICKER...
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...
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...
ORANGE start orange colored text ORANGE is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
BLACK start black colored text BLACK is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
IF Statements The % IF% construct gives TWiki the power to include content in topics based on the value of simple expressions. % IF{`CONDITION` then `THEN` else...
Subweb and topic names conflicts, view URLs, and links If your TWiki installation has the hierarchical webs feature turned on, you face subtle issues about subweb...
Preferences settings TWiki has these levels of preferences settings: 1 System level settings: Site name, proxy settings, access control, skin 1 Site...
Package TWiki::Search This module implements all the search functionality. ClassMethod new ($session) Constructor for the singleton Search engine object. ObjectMethod...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Object Method An ObjectMethod is a method that must be called relative to a previous constructed object of the class type. For example: package Telecoms ClassMethod...