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 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...
Date Picker Plugin Introduction The DatePickerPlugin handles an input field with a pop up calendar to select a date for use in TWiki forms and TWiki applications...
Comment Plugin The Comment Plugin lets users quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle. Related topics: CommentPluginTemplates, CommentPluginExamples...
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...
HEADLINES{`url`} show RSS and ATOM feeds in TWiki pages The % HEADLINES{`url` variable is handled by the HeadlinesPlugin. Syntax: % HEADLINES{ `http:...
SPACEOUT{`string`} renders string with spaces inserted in sensible places Inserts spaces between word components. Word component boundaries are transitions from...
NOP template text not to be expanded in instantiated topics Syntax: % NOP% In normal topic text, expands to nop , which prevents expansion of adjacent...
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::UI::Copy UI delegate for copy function StaticMethod copy ($session) copy command handler. This method is designed to be invoked via the UI::run...
Package TWiki::LoginManager The package is also a Factory for login managers and also the base class for all login managers. On its own, an object of this class is...
LAQUO left double angle quote This variable is typically used in breadcrumbs. Syntax: % LAQUO% Expands to: Type: Preference variable TWikiRenderingShortcut...
NBSP non breaking space The WYSIWYG editor tends to change nbsp; into normal space. Use this variable where non breaking space needs to be retained, such as...
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...
TWiki Reference Manual Documentation for webmasters, system administrators, project managers, team leaders, and all other users of the TWiki Enterprise Collaboration...
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...
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...
Installed Plugins Plugins are mainly user contributed add ons that enhance and extend TWiki features and capabilities. A limited number of plugins are included in...
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...
YELLOW start yellow colored text YELLOW is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
LOCALSITEPREFS web.topicname of site preferences topic The full name of the local site preferences topic. These local site preferences overload the system level...
ICON{`name`} small documentation graphic or icon of common attachment types Generates the HTML img tag of a small graphic image attached to TWikiDocGraphics....
ICONURLPATH{`name`} URL path of small documentation graphic or icon Generates the URL path of a TWikiDocGraphics image, typically used in an HTML img tag. Specify...
DASHBOARD build a dashboard with banner and boxes Use this variable to quickly create dashboards for intranet home, team homepages, project homepages and knowledge...
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...
SpreadSheetPlugin for dynamic content The SpreadSheetPlugin offers 100 functions. Functions are evaluated at page view time. A formula can be placed anywhere in a...
Package TWiki::Users::HtPasswdUser Support for htpasswd and htdigest format password files. Subclass of TWiki::Users::Password . See documentation of that class...
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...
Preferences settings TWiki has these levels of preferences settings: 1 System level settings: Site name, proxy settings, access control, skin 1 Site...
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...
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...
Managing Topics Browser based rename, move, and delete for individual topics Overview You can use browser based controls to change a topic`s name, move it to another...
SlideShowPlugin for presentations Use the SlideShowPlugin to convert a topic with headings and bullets into a slideshow presentation. This plugin is useful for organizations...
InterwikiPlugin links The InterwikiPlugin automatically links ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in the InterWikis topic. This enables...
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...
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...