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 si...

Appendix C: CSS Listing of CSS class names emitted from Foswiki core code and standard extensions. With Foswiki 2.0 a number of classes have been deprecated. Thes...

Backup Restore Plugin Beta Version Overview This is a solution to backup, restore and upgrade TWiki sites. It can be used via browser and on the command line. ...

BeginnersStartHere This is a short introduction to Foswiki. A short introduction to Foswiki Use the slideshow navigation buttons on the bottom right of the page...

Classic Skin The classic TWiki skin is a bare bone and functional skin, supporting any browser, and has a minimum of graphics This is not really a skin. It is the...

CGI and Command Line Scripts Programs on the server performing actions such as rendering, saving and renaming topics. These scripts are located in the bin and too...

Comment Plugin Comment Plugin lets users quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle. Related topics: CommentPluginTemplates, .CommentPlugi...

Templates for CommentPlugin See CommentPlugin: Customisation for help. While this topic can be viewed as a topic, it is used by the CommentPlugin as a template fi...

CompareRevisionsAddOn Description The CompareRevisionsAddOn compares two revisions of a document, like rdiff does. But in contrast to normal rdiff, the compariso...

Reference Manual () This page contains all documentation topics as one long, complete reference sheet. Related Topics: UserDocumentationCategory, AdminDocumentati...

Foswiki Contribs Extensions to Foswiki that are not .plugins Overview The term "Contrib" is used to refer to any package that is not just a simple plugin. F...

Add Ons Deprecated name for the System.Contribs type of extension. Some older extensions will still be named as an AddOn. Overview An add on runs separately...

Foswiki Site Level Preferences This topic defines site level settings that apply to all users and webs on this site. * Note:* This topic should be regarded as rea...

*Name* Type Size Value Tooltip message Attributes WEBBGCOLOR text 20 #FFD8AA HTML Color S FAVICON text 30 /System/WebPreferences...

Developer Documentation List of documents for application developers as well as developers of skins and extensions. Application Developer Topics Topics for norm...

Developing Plugins The usual way Foswiki is extended is by writing a Plugin. Plugins extend Foswiki by providing functions that 'listen' to events in the Foswiki ...

Documentation Graphics and Filetype icons This is a Foswiki icon library. The graphics can be used in topics and by web applications. Usage Default notation: %I...

These two questions are answered together because often when you think you want to delete a page, more often it makes sense to rename the page to contain more con...

You can move and delete attachments directly from your browser. Moving lets you transfer an attachment from one topic to another. Delete moves an attachment to th...

The same topic revision will be used when you save a topic again within a certain time frame (one hour by default, configurable with the configuration setting {Re...

FamFamFamContrib Usage The icons are attached to the FamFamFamFlagIcons FamFamFamMiniIcons FamFamFamMintIcons FamFamFamSilkIcons FamFamFamSilkCompanion1Icons...

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. Att...

Glossary of Terms Glossary of Foswiki specific terminology. $ Attachment: Any type of file that is uploaded via browser and attached to a topic, where it can b...

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 ...

History Plugin . The output can arbitrarily be formatted. An example for a Wikipedia like history is included. When using PatternSkin enabling the HistoryPlugin c...

IF statements The %IF% macro gives you the ability to test for macro values, URL parameters, access permissions, topic existence and more. Syntax In the example ...

Installation Guide Part 2 Post Installation Configuration and Tuning Once you have Foswiki installed and running, you can perform one or more of the following s...

Installed Plugins This site is running Foswiki version * * "}%, Release , Foswiki API version * Here is a list of the plugins currently installed and enabled ...

Instant Site Enhancements These quick enhancements are aimed at improving and customising your Foswiki as quickly as possible. New site administrators are encoura...

JQueryPlugin Description "jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and a...

JSCalendarContrib Summary of Contents This module packages the Mishoo JSCalendar Javascript in a form suitable for use with Foswiki. Detailed Documentation Read...

Javascript Foswiki will work without Javascript enabled in the browser: * When performing read only actions, Eg. view, rdiff * If {Validation}{Method} is se...

Natural Edit Plugin Description The NatEdit is an wiki editor that helps in learning the TML Language by providing a GUI. By design, this is not a wysiwyg editor...

Documentation Graphics and Filetype icons This is the Foswiki icon library. The graphics can be used in topics and by web applications. Usage Default notation: ...

Pattern skin Select a theme to change the look, or tune the entire appearance with CSS or templates. Browse available themes You may quickly change the appearanc...

CSS elements in PatternSkin This page is a reference for all CSS classes used in PatternSkin. PatternSkin uses 4 stylesheets: * layout.css: positioning of bloc...

.PatternSkin Customization Guidelines how to create and customize page templates. For styling your Foswiki using stylesheets, see PatternSkinCssCookbook. First R...

Plain Skin The plain skin is used to get the rendered topic text without any page decoration such as side, top or bottom bars. The text is shown without any marku...

Foswiki Plugins Extensions that use a simple API to talk to Foswiki Overview You can add plugins to extend Foswiki functionality without altering the core code. ...

Print Skin The print skin, used for printable pages with a small footer. Other skins, such as PatternSkin, may introduce their own print skin. This skin is part o...

Reference Manual Documentation for webmasters, system administrators, project managers, team leaders, and all other users of Foswiki the Free and Open Source Wi...

Appendix A: Foswiki Development Time line The complete timeline of Foswiki Releases. Foswiki was forked from TWiki 4.2.4 and released with significant improvments...

Foswiki Release 1.0.10 08 Sep 2010 Foswiki The Free and Open Source Wiki Foswiki is an enterprise collaboration and information sharing tool targeted for pro...

Foswiki Release 1.1.10 Foswiki The Free and Open Source Wiki Foswiki is an enterprise collaboration and information sharing tool targeted for professional use ...

Foswiki Release 2.0.3 Foswiki The Free and Open Source Wiki Foswiki is an enterprise collaboration and information sharing tool targeted for professional use i...

Foswiki Release 2.1.6 Foswiki The Free and Open Source Wiki Foswiki is an enterprise collaboration and information sharing tool targeted for professional use i...

Skin Browser You can try out the Skins currently installed on this system: %SEARCH{ "1" topic="*Skin" scope="topic" web=",TWiki" type="que...

Skin Template Tokens Placeholders expanded by Foswiki scripts when generating output Overview Template Tokens are written exactly like Foswiki macros, but they a...

Skin Templates The framework used to render output. Overview Skin Templates are plain text with embedded template directives, macros and tokens that are expanded...

Subscribe Plugin Example (only works if plugin is installed, and you are logged in you are: and you are not .WikiGuest): This version is designed for use w...

System Requirements Low client and server base requirements are core features that keep Foswiki widely deployable, particularly across a range of browser platform...

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...

TWiki Contribs Reusable code that may be used over several plugins and add ons. Overview TWiki contribs extend the functionality of TWiki, typically used by plug...

Appendix C: TWiki CSS Listing of CSS class names emitted from TWiki core code and standard plugins. Who should read this document? Most HTML elements generated b...

TWiki Documentation Graphics and File Type Icons This is the TWiki icon library. The graphics can be used in topics and by web applications. Doc graphics are defi...

TWiki Reference Manual () This page contains all documentation topics as one long, complete reference sheet. Related Topics: TWikiSite, TWikiHistory, TWikiEnhance...

Package TWiki::Func Official list of stable TWiki functions for Plugin developers This module defines official functions that TWiki plugins can use to interact wi...

TWiki Glossary Simple glossary of TWiki terms Term Definition Attachment: Any type of file that is uploaded via browser and attached to a topic, where i...

Appendix A: TWiki Development Time line #HelsinkiRelease TWiki Release 5.0 (Helsinki) released on 2010 05 29 2010 10 10 New Features and Enhancements of TWiki ...

TWiki Installation Guide The following is installation instructions for the TWiki 5.0 production release on an Apache web server on Linux. Visit TWiki:TWiki.Insta...

TWiki Javascripts This topic contains JavasSript files that are included by TWiki templates, and may be used by skin templates and in topics. * Set ALLOWTOPICC...

TWikiNetSkin Introduction The TWikiNetSkin is functional and clean and has corporate appeal. It is the default skin provided with Twiki, Inc. products, designed ...

Color scheme settings for TWikiNetSkin * Set SKIN = twikinet,pattern Usage Step 1 Let .TWikiNetSkin point to the custom made colors style sheet. In .TWik...

TWiki Plugins Add functionality to TWiki with readily available plugins; create plugins based on APIs Overview You can add plugins to extend TWiki functionality,...

Foswiki Site Level Preferences This topic defines site level settings that apply to all users and webs on this TWikiSite. _ NOTE:_ Don't edit this topic, changes...

TWiki Preferences Form Name Type Size Value Tooltip message Attributes WEBBGCOLOR text 20 #FFD8AA HTML Color S FAVICON text 30 ...

TWiki Reference Manual Documentation for webmasters, system administrators, project managers, team leaders, and all other users of the TWiki Enterprise Collaborat...

TWiki Release 4.0 (Dakar) Note: This is the release note for the previous major release version 4.0.X. It is included with 4.1.X because it contains valuable info...

TWiki Release 4.1.2 (Edinburgh), 2007 03 03 Note: This is the release note for the previous major release version 4.1.X. This note and the TWikiReleaseNotes04x00 ...

TWiki Release 4.2.4 (Freetown), 2008 12 06 Note: This is the release note for the previous major release version 4.2.X. This note, TWikiReleaseNotes04x00 and TWik...

Release Notes of TWiki 4.3.2 (Georgetown), 2009 09 02 Note: This is the release note for the previous major release version 4.3.X. This note, TWikiReleaseNotes04x...

Release Notes of TWiki 5.0.1 (Helsinki), 2010 10 10 Introduction TWiki 5.0.0 released on 2010 05 29 is a major release introducing usability enhancements, featur...

TWiki CGI and Command Line Scripts Programs on the TWiki server performing actions such as rendering, saving and renaming topics. The TWiki scripts are located in...

TWiki Skin Browser You can try out the TWikiSkins currently installed on this system: /System/TWikiSkinBrowser?skin=$pattern(.*\ Base Name\: ^\ \ *(\w).) pr...

TWiki Skins Skins overlay regular templates to give different looks and feels to TWiki screens. Overview TWiki uses TWikiTemplates files as the basis of all the ...

TWiki System Requirements Server and client requirements Low client and server base requirements are core features that keep TWiki widely deployable, particularly...

TWiki Templates Definition of the templates used to render all HTML pages displayed in TWiki Overview Templates are plain text with embedded template directives...

Package TWiki::Templates Support for the TWiki template language. The following tokens are supported by this language: %TMPL:P% Instantiates a previously defi...

TWiki Skins Skins overlay regular templates with alternate header/footer layouts. You can use Skins to change the look of a TWiki topic, for example, the layout ...

TWiki Topics The basic building block of a TWiki site is called a topic, identified by a unique, hopefully descriptive, WikiWord title. It may seem easier just to...

20 Minute TWiki Tutorial This step by step, hands on tutorial gets you up to speed with all the TWikiSite basics, in mere minutes... 1. Get set... Open two brows...

TWiki Upgrade Guide This guide covers upgrading from a previous version of TWiki (such as TWiki 4.3) to TWiki 5.0 Overview TWiki 5.0.0 is a major release introdu...

Tag me Plugin Plugin to tag wiki content collectively in order to find content by tags and to get a meaningful page ranking. Introduction The larger a wiki gets,...

TinyMCEPlugin This is an integration of the fast and highly functional TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor. It supports a wide range of browsers, including Firefox, IE, Safari...

Foswiki Skins Skins overlay regular templates with alternate layouts (and styles). You can use Skins to change the look of a Foswiki topic, for example, the layo...

TopMenuSkin The TopMenuSkin adds pulldown menus to the PatternSkin. Screen Shot Tob Bar and Menu Structure This skin is sponsored by: * TopMenuSkinTopBar t...

TopicUserMappingContrib The User Mapping Manager interface provides services for mapping between a 'user identity' as used when talking to an external authenticat...

20 Minute Tutorial This step by step, hands on tutorial gets you up to speed with all the Foswiki basics... 1. Get set... Open two browser windows, so that you...

TwistyContrib Introduction This contrib packages in a convenient way the JavaScript library and the CSS file needed to implement Twisty sections. TwistyContrib i...

Foswiki Upgrade Guide This guide covers upgrading from a previous version of Foswiki to Foswiki 2.x. This upgrade procedure is used to upgrade a to a new major v...

User's Guide Some documentation topics selected specially for users * Quick Start * User Registration: Sign up so you can edit pages and select options ...

COVER current skin cover Extends the skin search path. For instance, if SKIN is set to catskin, bearskin, and COVER is set to ruskin, the skin search path becomes...

JQTHEME switch jQuery UI theme Foswiki's default UI theme is configured in $Foswiki::cfg{JQueryPlugin}{JQueryTheme} and defaults to foswiki. Use configure to cha...

SKIN current skin %SKIN% expands the skin search path. For instance, SKIN can be set to catskin, bearskin. The SKIN setting can be overridden using the URL parame...

Wysiwyg Plugin Support for the integration of WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors. On its own, the only thing this plugin gives you is a stand alone HT...