Bulk Registration Administrators can use this topic to register (i.e. create logins and user topics) for a group of people in one batch. Unlike normal registration...
Book View BookView is an option available from the advanced search topic. It allows you to display the result in `book view`, that is, the whole content of topics...
Appendix B: Encode URLs With UTF8 Use internationalised characters within WikiWords and attachment names This topic addresses implemented UTF 8 support for URLs...
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...
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...
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WIKIWEBMASTERNAME name of the administrator % WIKIWEBMASTERNAME% expands to the name of the administrator of . Syntax: % WIKIWEBMASTERNAME% , expands...
WHITE start white colored text WHITE is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
SITENAME the current site name Syntax: % SITENAME% Supported parameters: none Returns the current site name defined by {ReadOnlyAndMirrorWebs}{SiteName...
SCRIPTURLPATH{`script`} URL path of TWiki script As % SCRIPTURL{`script` , but doesn`t include the protocol and host part of the URL Like % SCRIPTURL{...
PLUGINVERSION the version of a TWiki Plugin, or the TWiki Plugins API Syntax: % PLUGINVERSION{`name` to get the version of a specific plugin Example:...
JQTABPANE start a JQuery tab pane Create nice looking horizontal tab panes in TWiki topics. Write a sequence of % JQTAB{`...` and % JQENDTAB% pairs, and enclose...
JQTAB start a JQuery tab within a tab pane This variable is handled by the JQueryPlugin. For description see JQTABPANE Syntax: % JQTABPANE% % JQTAB{`Tab...
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...
IF{`condition` ...} simple conditionals Evaluate a condition and show one text or another based on the result. See details in IfStatements Syntax: % IF...
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...
HEADLINES{`url`} show RSS and ATOM feeds in TWiki pages The % HEADLINES{`url` variable is handled by the HeadlinesPlugin. Syntax: % HEADLINES{ `http:...
TWiki Variables Category Body This is a system topic used by TWikiVariablesSearch categories. TWiki Variables Search Category: Categories: Related Topics...
Package TWiki::Users::HtPasswdUser Support for htpasswd and htdigest format password files. Subclass of TWiki::Users::Password . See documentation of that class...
Package TWiki::Users::BaseUserMapping User mapping is the process by which TWiki maps from a username (a login name) to a display name and back. It is also where...
TWiki User Authentication TWiki site access control and user activity tracking options Overview Authentication, or `logging in`, is the process by which a user...
Package TWiki::UI::ChangeForm Service functions used by the UI packages ClassMethod generate ($session,$theWeb,$theTopic,$editaction) Generate the page that supports...
Add New TWiki Tip Of The Day There are Custom Tips maintained on your local TWiki installation, Official TWiki Tips maintained on the TWiki.org web site, and...
SlideShowPlugin for presentations Use the SlideShowPlugin to convert a topic with headings and bullets into a slideshow presentation. This plugin is useful for organizations...
Comment box with CommentPlugin The CommentPlugin allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/save cycle. Write % COMMENT{ attributes or simply...
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...
Escaping TWiki rendering Use the verbatim tag to surround code excerpts and other formatted text with verbatim and /verbatim tags. Example: verbatim Header...
Linking to a file attachment One can create a link to a file attachment using one of the following TWikiVariables, % ATTACHURL% or % PUBURL% . % ATTACHURL% is...
TWiki Skin Browser You can try out the TWikiSkins currently installed on this system: .skinstable td {border top:2px solid #444; padding:0.75em 0.5em;} Tip: Additional...
TWiki Site TWiki is a Web based collaboration platform A TWiki site is an easy to use, full featured open communications environment: people anywhere...
Rendering Shortcuts Easy ways to save some typing Some TWiki preferences variables are just shortcuts for convenience, to either save typing or to easily allow line...
Package TWiki::Prefs::Parser This Prefs internal class is used to parse Set and Local statements from arbitrary text, and extract settings from meta objects....
Package TWiki::Prefs The Prefs class is a singleton that implements management of preferences. It uses a stack of TWiki::Prefs::PrefsCache objects to store the preferences...
Package TWiki::Infix::Node Base class for node types generated by Infix::Parser. You don`t have to use it, but it may be useful. ClassMethod newNode ($o,@p)...
Frequently Asked Questions About TWiki This is a real FAQ, and also a demo of an easily implemented knowledge base solution. To see how it`s done, view the source...
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...
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...
Package TWiki::Configure::Load This module consists of just a single subroutine readConfig . It allows to safely modify configuration variables for one single...
Package TWiki::Configure::ImgTool This class is a singleton that offers URLs for the images (logos, warning, info) used during configuration when neither pub...
TWiki Add Ons Add functionality to TWiki with extensions not based on the TWiki scripts. Overview An add on runs separately from the TWiki scripts, e.g. for data...
Read only and mirror web support Scope This topic describes how to set up read only webs. A read only web can be mirrored from another site. But how to mirror a web...
Peter Thoeny TWiki Enterprise Consultant, Founder and BDFL of TWiki and TWiki.org, inventor of structured wikis, co author of for Dummies book, speaker, HDR Photographer...
Personal Preferences Help Below help text gets included by user profile pages instantiated from NewUserTemplate or .NewUserTemplate (if exists) TWiki has...
PatternSkin Customization Guidelines how to create and customize page templates of the .PatternSkin. For styling your TWiki using stylesheets, see PatternSkinCssCookbook...
PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: Center the page with a border This recipe shows how to put a border around the page, while centering the page horizontally. The example...
.PatternSkin CSS Cookbook Questions and answers on how to customize the default look of TWiki for your own needs, using style sheets. For configuring page elements...
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...
FAQ: TWiki is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). What is GPL? Answer: TWiki is distributed under the GNU General Public License, see TWikiDownload...
Formatting Tokens TWiki defines some standard special tokens that can be used to replace characters in some parameters notably those to FormattedSearch and IfStatements...
Custom User/Group Notations Your TWiki site may be depending on a web user authentication mechanism provided in your environment. And your users are well accustomed...
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...
TWiki Shorthand Basics If you can enter text, you`re ready for TWiki. With a few simple, intuitive TextFormattingRules, you`ll be able to use plain text to create...
Search Attachments in 1 Web .attName { padding left: 38px; text indent: 38px; } .attComment { font size:80%; color:gray; } Attachment name: Show all...
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...
bin/view/~jsmith redirected to bin/view/JaneSmith You can go to a user`s topic by ~loginname instead of /FirstLast. More specifically, if you open http://twiki...
WIKIPREFSTOPIC name of site wide preferences topic Syntax: % WIKIPREFSTOPIC% Expands to: , renders as Category: AdministrationVariables, SystemInformationVari...
USERSWEB name of users web The web containing individual user topics, .TWikiGroups, and customized site wide preferences. Syntax: % USERSWEB% Expands...
USERNAME your login username TWiki makes names available in three formats: USERNAME like jsmith , WIKINAME like JohnSmith and WIKIUSERNAME like .JohnSmith...
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`...
THREECOLUMNS responsive three column page layout Write % THREECOLUMNS% ...text... % ENDCOLUMNS% to get a page layout with three columns . The layout is responsive...
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...
SCRIPTNAME name of current script The name of the current script is shown, including script suffix, if any (for example viewauth.cgi ) Syntax: % SCRIPTNAME...