TWiki Tips TWiki Tips are tips and hints contributed by TWiki users. Use this form to search for tips. You can contribute new tips. See also: TWiki Tips Of The...
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...
Pattern Skin . For use in corporate or perhaps in personal websites it should be fairly easy to tune the looks or even create a PatternSkin based new skin. Screenshot...
JQuery Plugin Description This plugin packages the popular jQuery and jQuery UI JavaScript libraries. jQuery is a fast, small, and feature rich JavaScript...
Inter Wiki Link Rules (or Links to other Sites) This topic is part of the InterwikiPlugin and lists all aliases needed to map Inter Site links to external wikis...
WIKIWEBMASTERNAME name of the administrator % WIKIWEBMASTERNAME% expands to the name of the administrator of . Syntax: % WIKIWEBMASTERNAME% , expands...
FOURCOLUMNS responsive four column page layout Write % FOURCOLUMNS% ...text... % ENDCOLUMNS% to get a page layout with four columns . The layout is responsive...
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...
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 `.....
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::Configure::UIs::EXTEND StaticMethod unpackArchive ($archive ,$dir ) Unpack an archive. The unpacking method is determined from the file extension...
Package TWiki::UI::Search UI functions for searching. StaticMethod search ($session) Perform a search as dictated by CGI parameters: Parameter: Description...
Package TWiki::OopsException Exception used to raise a request to redirect to an Oops URL. An OopsException thrown anywhere in the code will redirect the browser...
Package TWiki::Mdrepo ClassMethod new ($session) Construct a Mdrepo module. It`s a caller`s responsibility to guarantee all of the followings defined: $TWiki...
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...
Instant TWiki Site Enhancements These quick enhancements are aimed at improving and customising your TWiki. New TWiki site administrators are especially encouraged...
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...
`Create New Topic` page has moved Continue to create the new page TWiki admins Please replace all web`s WebTopicCreator topic contents with this text: % `WebTopicCreator...
MDREPO retrieve data from metadata repository Attention: This variable works only if MetadataRepository is in use. Otherwise, it always returns a zero length...
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...
BUBBLESIG show bubble box and user signature with profile picture icon Syntax: % BUBBLESIG{WikiName or % BUBBLESIG{WikiName YYYY MM DD The parameter...
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...
YELLOW start yellow colored text YELLOW is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
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...
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...
COMMENT{ attributes } insert an edit box into the topic to easily add comments. A % COMMENT% without parameters shows a simple text box. A % COMMENT...
Main Features of TWiki Any web browser: Edit existing pages or create new pages by using any web browser. There is no need to upload pages. Edit link...
SpreadSheetPlugin for dynamic content The SpreadSheetPlugin offers 100 functions. Functions are evaluated at page view time. A formula can be placed anywhere in a...
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...
Inline search To embed a search in a topic, use the % SEARCH{ parameters TWiki Variable. The search variable is used by many TWiki applications. Related Topics...
File attachments One can attach files to any topic. The action of attaching a file to a topic is similar to attaching a file to an e mail. The link to attach a file...
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...
Use the `Minor changes, don`t notify` checkbox when saving a page in case you only make a minor change to a topic and you do not want to inform everybody who is on...
FAQ: Why does the topic revision not increase when I edit a topic? Answer: The same topic revision will be used when you save a topic again within a certain time...
The name you log in with A login name is a sequence of alphanumeric characters and underscores. You cannot alter your LoginName: you have to get the administrator...