This is a short introductory training course for TWiki beginners. A Taste of TWiki The basic function of TWiki is a Wiki (if that helps!) A Wiki is like a web site ...
Access Keys What are access keys? Access keys are keyboard shortcuts which allow the user to navigate around a website or a piece of computer software without having ...
AccessStatsPlugin The !AccessStatsPlugin provide statistics by parsing the Apache access log files. It gives the hit count for attachments or topics. One can also ...
Administrator Skills Assumptions For each of these, the requirement is either pre existing knowledge/skill, or the willingness to spend significant time (i.e. from ...
Admin tools Manage whole Twiki4Pula site from one screen. Users: Register, NewUserTemplate, .UserForm, ResetPassword, ChangePassword Site Tools: Configure ...
Ambar Skin A simple but fully functional blue hued skin suitable for beginners as well as stalwarts. This skin provides many features to improve productivity while ...
FAQ: How can I create a simple TWiki Form based application? Answer: 1 Create a TWiki Form and define fields (see TWikiForms for details) 1 Add the form in ...
#EncodeURLsUTF8 # Appendix B: Encode URLs With UTF8 Use internationalised characters within !WikiWords and attachment names This topic addresses implemented UTF ...
#FileSystem # Appendix A: TWiki Filesystem Annotated directory and file listings, for the 01 Feb 2003 TWiki production release. Who and What is This Good For? ...
Batch Upload Plugin Attach multiple files at once by uploading a zip archive. All files in the zip file will be attached to the topic. Usage Enable this ...
My goal was always to find a webpage which can be rendered by all currently available webbrowsers with nearly no rendering problems. But as everybody knows this ...
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 is shown instead ...
BreadCrumbsPlugin Description This plugin has the sole purpose to help you in locating where you are and how you can escape from there using breadcrumbs navigation ...
Bulk Registration The .TWikiAdminGroup can use BulkRegistration to register (i.e. create logins and UserTopics) for a group of people quickly. Create a table in the ...
This skin is an attempt at a clean, css driven layout. I designed it for my vanity website http://www.caboteria.org/. It's entirely text based (except for the watermark ...
Calendar Plugin (version 1.020) The CalendarPlugin handles the tag %CALENDAR% that inserts a monthly calendar in the page. Multiple topics can be specified as the ...
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 object instances ...
Classic Skin The classic TWiki skin is the traditional TWiki skin, as seen in previous TWiki versions. Skin Info Description: Bare bone and functional, for any ...
Comment Plugin Comment Plugin lets users quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle. WARNING: TWiki 4 only. If you want to use this plugin ...
Templates for CommentPlugin See CommentPlugin: Customisation for help. While this topic can be viewed as a TWiki topic, it is used by the CommentPlugin as a template ...
Default TWiki Plugin The default plugin is used for some deprecated rendering of older TWiki versions and of JosWiki. This plugin can also be used to specify some ...
FAQ: How do I delete or rename a topic? Answer: These two questions are answered together because often when you think you want to delete a page, more often it makes ...
FAQ: How do I delete or rename a file attachment? Answer: You can move and delete attachments directly from your browser. Moving lets you transfer an attachment from ...
Use the "Minor changes, don't notify" checkbox in preview in case you only make a minor change to a topic and you do not want to inform everybody who is on the WebNotify ...
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 ...
Edit Table Plugin This plugin allows you to edit TWiki tables using edit fields and drop down boxes. Tables have an Edit table button if preceeded by an %EDITTABLE ...
EmbedFlashPlugin Embeds an Adobe Flash file. Example If this plugin is installed you will see a Flash movie here: General syntax All options: %EMBEDFLASH{ filename ...
Empty TWiki Plugin This is an empty Plugin you can use as a template to build your own .TWikiPlugins. This Plugin does nothing, but is ready to be used. To create ...
# 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 ...
Each FileAttachment in a Topic has an attribute string. At present only the hidden attribute is supported. If the attribute includes h then the attachment is considered ...
FilterPlugin This plugin allows to substitute and extract information from content by using regular expressions. Syntax Rules SUBST Syntax : %SUBST{topic "... ...
FlexWebListExamples These are some simple examples to show how to use the basic features of the FlexWebListPlugin. Please create some subwebs in the Sandbox web for ...
FlexWebListPlugin Description This is a replacement for TWiki's standard WEBLIST variable. It is extended to improve the display of hierarchical web structures, a ...
Normally, if you make subsequent edits within a one hour period (configuration item ReplaceIfEditedAgainWithin ), Twiki4Pula will fold together your changes. This ...
# TWiki Formatted Search Inline search feature allows flexible formatting of search result The default output format of a %SEARCH{...}% is a table consisting of ...
GluePlugin Description This plugin will help you to write readable TWikiML by allowing tags and arguments to be formatted on multiple lines. This is done by removing ...
FAQ: TWiki has a GPL (GNU General Public License). What is GPL? Answer: TWiki is distributed under the GNU General Public License, see TWikiDownload. GPL is one of ...
Go Box The box at the top or sidebar of each page, also called Jump box. Enter a topic name to quickly jump to the topic, for example: WebNotify to jump to ...
GoodStyle Collaboration Tips TWiki has a very simple text formatting shorthand . In any case, you won't go wrong if you simply: start each line without ...
Hacklab Skin is a Caboteria Skin Hack! Ivica This skin is an attempt at a clean, css driven layout. I designed it for my vanity website http://www.caboteria.org/ ...
Headlines Plugin Description This plugin displays RSS and ATOM feeds from news sites. Use it to build news portals that show headline news. Note: Syndic8.com ...
Hide/Unhide Attachments You can hide/unhide file attachments in normal topic view. In the FileAttachment table, click on an action link, enable the Hide ...
IfDefinedPlugin Description This plugin adds a couple of tags that allow to render content conditionally. There are two different ways to do that: either by using ...
The %IF% construct gives TWiki the power to include content in topics based on the value of simple expressions. %IF{"CONDITION" then "THEN" else "ELSE"}% In the ...
ImageGalleryPlugin Powered by WikiRing Consultants Description This plugin helps you in viewing pictures that are attached to a topic in a nice thumbnail ...
Include Topics and Web Pages Using %INCLUDE{...}% Variable Use the %INCLUDE{...}% variable to embed the content of another topic or web page inside a TWiki topic ...
Install an Encrypted Password This form can be used only by the .TWikiAdminGroup users to install an encrypted password generated by a user with ResetPassword. ...
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 ...
Instant TWiki Site Enhancements These quick enhancements are aimed at improving and customising your TWiki. New TWiki site administrators are especially encouraged ...
Inter Wiki Link Rules (or Links to other Sites) This topic lists all aliases needed to map Inter Site links to external wikis/sites. Whenever you write ExternalSite ...
Interwiki Plugin The InterwikiPlugin links ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in the .InterWikis topic. This plugin is inspired ...
JSCalendarContrib Mishoo JSCalendar, packaged for use by plugins, skins and add ons. Summary of Contents This module packages the Mishoo JSCalendar Javascript in ...
Language selection dropdown To be included where a language selection is needed, for instance in the top bar or left bar. Note: this dropdown is only shown if localization ...
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 ...
MailerContrib Add on to the TWiki kernel that supports e mail notification of changes. WARNING: TWiki 4 only. If you want to use this extension with an earlier version ...
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 ...
# 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 ...
# Manage Users Register users on your TWiki site; change/reset/install passwords; remove user accounts Authentication and Access Control TWikiUserAuthentication ...
# Managing Webs Adding, renaming and deleting webs are all web based operations. Overview A TWikiSite is divided into webs; each one represents one subject, one ...
## Meta Data Rendering Various meta data can be stored in topics MetaDataDefinition This is rendered using the %META% variable. This is mostly used in the view ...
ManagingTopics can be used to move a topic from one Web to another. One specialised use of this is DeleteWeb. Related Topics: UserDocumentationCategory
NatSearch Search facility for the NatSkin. NatSearch unifies the Seach and the Jump box known from the standard TWiki. You can use one input field to either jump ...
The Natural Skin Description NatSkin is a skin driven by cascading stylesheets shipping 12 predefined styles (themes) and 11 variations that can be applied to each ...
NatSkinConfiguration Theme configuration The different NatSkin styles (themes) are controlled using TWiki preference variables and can be set per user (on the ...
NatSkinCss This is a reference guide to all css classes used by NatSkin. These are all classes and not ids , that is all classes below are applied to the html markup ...
NatSkinFAQ The documentation of NatSkin is crap. I'm lost! If you need help there are a couple of options: Create a support request on TWiki:Support/WebHome ...
The Natural Skin Plugin Description This is the supplemental plugin for the NatSkin. Its main purpose is to supply "skin states" to control different styles and variations ...
NatSkinTemplates The template setup of the NatSkin differes completely from the standard templates that come with the TWiki folowing its own inner logic compared to ...
NewsPlugin v1.5 The News plugin implements a simple "Headlines" view, or summary, of a list of news or a weblog. Add a %NEWS% variable in a news topic named Xxx ...
An ObjectMethod is a method that must be called relative to a previous constructed object of the class type. For example: package Telecoms ClassMethod new() ObjectMethod ...
Pattern skin PatternSkin is developed to provide a CSS based default look and feel for TWiki flexible and W3C compliant. Its layout and color scheme are designed ...
Css elements in !PatternSkin This page is a reference for all CSS classes used in PatternSkin. The !PatternSkin stylesheet is divided in two files: layout.css ...
.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 ...
PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: Center the page This recipe shows how center the page horizontally and vertically. This line loads the extra style definition: ...
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 ...
PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: EditTable style Cookbook example to illustrate control over !EditTable edit styles. 1 !EditTable uses a monospace font in edit ...
PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: Font variation Cookbook example with other fonts and font colors. This line loads the extra style definition: Set USERSTYLEURL ...
PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: Hide the left bar This line loads the extra style definition: Set USERSTYLEURL /hideleftbar.css You can write this line in .TWikiPreferences ...
PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: Hide the top bar This recipe shows how to hide the top bar and to put the logo in the left bar. This line loads the extra style definition ...
Customization of !PatternSkin This page describes ways to change the layout, fonts and colors of PatternSkin. Your own TWiki look You can easily create your own TWiki ...
PatternSkin Javascripts This topic contains javascript files that are included by PatternSkin templates and !PatternSkin topics (.WebLeftBar, .WebTopBar). Related ...
Plain Skin The plain skin is used to get the rendered topic text without any page decoration such as side, top or bottom bars. For example, TWiki uses this skin for ...
PreferencesPlugin Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a .TWikiForms. However, the edit fields are inlined in the text, similar to how tables are ...
Background Image for Preview Preview looks like the real page, but the links lead to an oops dialog warning users of not yet saved topics. In addition, a background ...
Print Skin The print skin, useful to print pages with a small header and footer. Other skins, such as PatternSkin, may introduce their own print skin. This skin is ...
Like Save but does not e mail people on the WebNotify notification list same effect as checking "Minor changes, don't notify". Related Topics: UserDocumentationCategory ...
RedDotPlugin This plugin renders a clickable red dot (.) to ease the edit access to a page. The red dot will only be visible if the current wikiuser has write access ...
Regular Expressions Introduction Regular expressions (REs), unlike simple queries, allow you to search for text which matches a particular pattern. REs are similar ...
Render List Plugin Render bullet lists in a variety of formats Syntax Rules RENDERLIST Variable Place a %RENDERLIST{ parameters }% before any bullet list ...
Round Edge Skin A very simple skin similar to the classic TWiki look but with rounded edges. Provide feedback in TWiki:Plugins/RoundEdgeSkinDev Screen Shot Installation ...
FAQ: I've problems with the WebSearch. There is no Search Result on any inquiry. By clicking the Index topic it's the same problem. Answer: That is an indication ...
Search Help Search Pages There are two search pages; WebSearch offers basic search features, while WebSearchAdvanced offers more control over searches. By default ...
Search Pattern Cookbook The Search function in TWiki is very powerful. Especially searches using a RegularExpression play an important part of tapping TWiki's full ...
FAQ: What happens if two of us try to edit the same topic simultaneously? Answer: TWiki allows multiple simultaneous edits of the same topic, and then merges the ...
most recent topic changes in webs Last Modified Web.Topic Last Editor %SEARCH{ "." regex "on" nosearch "on" nototal "on" limit "" web "" excludetopic ...
## Site Usage Statistics You can automatically generate usage statistics for all webs. To enable this: Make sure variable $doLogTopicView, $doLogTopicSave ...
Slide Show Plugin This Plugin converts a topic with headings into a slide show. Introduction There is already a defacto standard for presentations, why this Plugin ...
The Smilies Plugin : ) Smilies are common in e mail messages and bulletin board posts. They are used to convey an emotion, such as a smile : ) or a frown : ( . This ...
TWiki Source Code Packages This documentation is automatically generated from the pod , so it always matches the running code TWiki::AccessControlException Exception ...
TWiki Spreadsheet Plugin This Plugin adds spreadsheet capabilities to Twiki4Pula topics. Formulae like %CALC{"$INT(7/3)"}% are evaluated at page view time. They ...
The 216 Standard Colors This table can be used to choose a color in of each web. #000000 #000033 #000066 #000099 #0000CC #0000FF #003300 #003333 #003366 ...
Welcome to Twiki4Pula. This page assumes that you are a new user to Twiki4Pula, and that you've never heard of Wiki before. Here are the most important pages you should ...
A StaticMethod is a method in a package that can be called without reference to an object of the package type. For example, package Telecoms StaticMethod defaultColour ...
# TWiki Access Control Restricting read and write access to topics and webs, by Users and groups TWiki Access Control allows you restrict access to single topics ...
Package TWiki::AccessControlException extends Error Exception used raise an access control violation. ClassMethod new ($mode,$user,$web,$topic,$reason) ...
Package TWiki::Access A singleton object of this class manages the access control database. ClassMethod new () Construct a new singleton object to manage the permissions ...
TWiki Admin Cook Book This page has many tips and tricks, particularly useful when you're installing TWiki for the first time. This guide is most useful before or ...
Package TWiki::Attach A singleton object of this class is used to deal with attachments to topics. ClassMethod new ($session) Constructor ObjectMethod renderMetaData ...
Package TWiki::Attrs Class of attribute sets, designed for parsing and storing attribute values from a TWiki tag e.g. An attribute set is a map containing an entry ...
Package TWiki::Client::ApacheLogin extends TWiki::Client This is login manager that you can specify in the security setup section of configure. It instructs TWiki ...
Package TWiki::Client The package is also a Factory for login managers and also the base class for all login managers. On it's own, an object of this class is used ...
Package TWiki::Client::TemplateLogin This is a login manager that you can specify in the security setup section of configure. It provides users with a template based ...
Package TWiki::Compatibility Support for compatibility with old TWiki versions. Packaged separately because 99.999999% of the time this won't be needed. end sub ...
TWiki Contributor On a personal note, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation and thanks to all who contributed ideas, code, fixes ...
# Appendix C: TWiki CSS Listing of CSS class names emitted from TWiki core code and standard plugins, for the Dakar release. Who should read this document? Most ...
TWiki Documentation Graphics and Filetype icons This is the TWiki icon library. The graphics can be used in topics and by web applications. Usage There are several ...
TWiki Reference Manual () This page contains all documentation topics as one long, complete reference sheet. Doubleclick anywhere to return to the top of the page ...
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 ...
FAQ: I would like to install TWiki on my server. Can I get the source? Answer: TWiki is distributed under the GnuGeneralPublicLicense. You can get the source from ...
