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...
Tag me Plugin Plugin to tag wiki content collectively or authoritatively in order to make it easier to find content and to get a meaningful page ranking. Introduction...
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...
Comment Plugin The Comment Plugin lets users quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle. Related topics: CommentPluginTemplates, CommentPluginExamples...
CGI Contrib Package Introduction This contrib does not add any features to TWiki. Its purpose is to convert Perl`s CGI module from being an external dependency to...
WEBLIST{`format`} index of all webs List of all webs. Obfusticated webs are excluded, e.g. webs with a NOSEARCHALL on preference variable. The `format`...
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...
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...
WIKIWEBMASTER email address of the administrator % WIKIWEBMASTER% expands to the email address of the administrator of . Syntax: % WIKIWEBMASTER% , expands...
Search Results Pagination When a % SEARCH{... returns many results, you may want to paginate the results. Overview You can achieve search results pagination by...
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...
TOC{`Topic`} table of contents Table of Contents. Shows a TOC that is generated automatically based on headings of a topic. Headings in WikiSyntax ( ` text`...
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...
CALC{`formula`} add spreadsheet calculations to tables The % CALC{formula variable is handled by the SpreadSheetPlugin. Over 100 functions are available, such...
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...
DATEPICKER{} pop up calendar to select a date for use in HTML forms The % DATEPICKER{ variable is handled by the DatePickerPlugin. Syntax: % DATEPICKER...
INCLUDINGTOPIC name of topic that includes current topic The name of the topic that includes the current topic same as % TOPIC% in case there is no include...
BASETOPIC base topic where an INCLUDE started The name of the topic where a single or nested INCLUDE started same as % TOPIC% if there is no INCLUDE....
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...
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...
ENDCOLOR end colored text ENDCOLOR is a rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in that topic...
COMMENT{ attributes } insert an edit box into the topic to easily add comments. A % COMMENT% without parameters shows a simple text box. A % COMMENT...
Release Notes of TWiki 5.0.2 rc1 (Helsinki), 2011 04 21 Introduction TWiki 5.0.0 released on 2010 05 29 is a major release introducing usability enhancements, feature...
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...
Server side include To include the contents of a web page or TWiki topic, use % INCLUDE{`page` . Examples: % INCLUDE{`http://www.google.com/` % INCLUDE...
The Jump Box as a browser The JumpBox is not only a tool to allow you to jump from page to page, you can use it to search for documents. If you do not know the entire...
Class Method A ClassMethod is a method that must be called relative to the containing class object. This normally only applies to the new method used to create new...
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...
TWiki Enhancement Requests The TWiki community is looking forward to getting feedback from the actual TWiki user base. You can help make TWiki a better product by...