Color scheme settings for .PatternSkin Use this topic to change the color settings of .PatternSkin. When this topic is saved, the attachment theme colors.css will...

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 en...

WebChanges to see recent activity Each TWiki web has a WebChanges topic that lists recent activity from all editors of the web. This page can be useful when looki...

Raw View link At the bottom of the page next to Edit and Attach , there is a Raw View link that allows one to easily see how the TWiki topic looks in its raw...

E mail alert of topic changes Subscribing to WebNotify will enable TWiki to send you details of changes made on topics in a certain web. You can choose to be noti...

Re parenting a topic The breadcrumb displayed with a particular TWiki topic is constructed with a topic's parent. The footer of each page has a link called More ...

Creating a Table of Contents The TWiki variable %TOC% will automatically create a table of contents for a topic based on the headings of the topic. To exclude a h...

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 the ful...

Escaping TWiki rendering Use the verbatim tag to surround code excerpts and other formatted text with = verbatim = and = /verbatim = tags. Example: verbatim H...

Disabling links in large blocks of text You can disable automatic linking of WikiWords by surrounding the text with = noautolink = and = /noautolink = tags. See M...

Disabling individual WikiWords Prevent a WikiWord from being linked by prefixing it with an exclamation point. Example: To escape SunOs write SunOs to get SunOs. ...

Server side include To include the contents of a web page or TWiki topic, use %INCLUDE{"page"}%. Examples: * %INCLUDE{"http://www.google.com/"}% * %INCLUDE{...

WikiWords for linking WikiWords are capitalized words, run together, such as WebPreferences and CollaborationPlatform. Using a lot of WikiWords creates a good bro...

Preferences settings TWiki has these levels of preferences settings: 1 System level settings: * Site name, proxy settings, access control, skin 1 Sit...

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 fi...

Breadcrumb The breadcrumb of a topic shows you the page hierarchy. It is constructed using a topic's parent setting. See More Tips... Contributors: TWiki:Main....

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 ...

Revision control TWiki has "soft security" anyone can change anything, but changes are logged. There is a complete audit trail: * Version * Date of last r...

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 Topic...

Commenting with hidden text To hide some text within a TWiki topic, use HTML comments. Example comment within a sentence: Visible ! and hidden text Example ...

InterwikiPlugin links The InterwikiPlugin automatically links ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in the InterWikis topic. This enab...

SmiliesPlugin emoticons Smilies are common in e mail messages and bulletin board posts. They are used to convey an emotion, such as a smile #058; ) : ) or a frow...

Edit tables with EditTablePlugin The EditTablePlugin allows you to edit TWiki tables using edit fields and drop down boxes. Tables have an Edit button if pr...

Control table attributes with TablePlugin The TablePlugin gives extra control over table display: * Allows sorting * Changing table properties like border w...

Comment box with CommentPlugin The CommentPlugin allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/save cycle. Write %COMMENT{ attributes }% or si...

SpreadSheetPlugin for dynamic content Over 60 formulae are available through the SpreadSheetPlugin. For Example: * $AVERAGE() * $IF() * $REPLACE() * $...

SlideShowPlugin for presentations Use the SlideShowPlugin to convert a topic with headings and bullets into a slideshow presentation. This plugin is useful for or...

Custom rendered bullets The RenderListPlugin can render bullet lists in a variety of different ways, for example to show org charts or a directory tree. Use %REN...

Keyword search Interactive search uses keyword search by default. For example, to search for all topics that contain "SOAP", "WSDL", a literal "web service", but ...

RSS news feed of topic changes You can use an RSS news reader to find out what is new in a TWiki web. This complements WebChanges that shows recent changes in a w...

TWiki Tips TWiki Tips are tips and hints contributed by TWiki users. Use this form to search for tips. You can contribute new tips. " topic="TWiki*Tip*" excludeto...

TWiki Tips Of The Day These are all tips of the day. They are located in the web (official TWiki tips) and web (custom tips). Total: tips See also: TWiki Tips ...

Add New TWiki Tip Of The Day There are Custom Tips maintained on your local Foswiki installation, Official TWiki Tips maintained on the TWiki.org web site, and Pl...

TWiki Tip Of The Day Administration Adminstrative Pages TWikiTipsOfTheDay Aggregated List of All Tips, from and . TWikiTipsOfTheDayAddNew Add A Ne...

TWiki Tips Of the Day Include This Page randomly picks a Tip of the day to display. The includes the part between the horizontal rules. TWiki Tip of the Day ))$...

Heading Quick Summary with link to more information. See More Tips... Contributor:

The Go Box as a browser The go box (also called jump box) allows you to jump from page to page and search for documents. If you do not know the entire name of th...

WebChanges to see recent activity Each Foswiki web has a WebChanges topic that lists recent activity from all editors of the web. This can be useful when looking ...

Raw Text link At the bottom of each page among the action links (assuming use of the default PatternSkin), there is a View wiki text link which shows how a topic ...

E mail alert of topic changes Subscribing to WebNotify will enable Foswiki to send you details of changes made on topics in a certain web. You can choose to be no...

Re parenting a topic The breadcrumbs ( Contribs TipsContrib TipsOfTheDay , for example) of any topic is constructed automatically in Foswiki by foll...

Creating a Table of Contents %TOC% automatically creates a table of contents based on the headings present in the topic. To exclude a heading from a %TOC% add !! ...

Linking to a file attachment A link to a file attachment may be created in a few different ways: 1 If using the WYSIWYG editor (TinyMCEPlugin), use the attach ...

Escaping Foswiki rendering Use the verbatim tag to surround code excerpts and other formatted text with = verbatim = and = /verbatim = tags. For Example: verbati...

Disabling links in large blocks of text You can disable automatic linking of WikiWords by surrounding the text with = noautolink = and = /noautolink = tags. Each ...

Disabling individual WikiWords Prevent a WikiWord from being linked by prefixing it with an exclamation point. Example: To escape SunOs write SunOs to get SunOs. ...

Server side include To include the contents of a web page or Foswiki topic, use %INCLUDE{"page"}%. Examples: This example requires {INCLUDE}{AllowURLs} enabled in...

WikiWords for linking WikiWords are capitalized words, run together, such as WebPreferences and CollaborationPlatform. Using a lot of WikiWords creates a good bro...

Preference settings Foswiki has several levels of preferences settings. See PreferenceSettings for a full list and more information: 1 Default settings: (nev...

File attachments Files can be attached to any topic. The action of attaching a file to a topic is similar to attaching a file to an e mail use the Attach link i...

Breadcrumb The breadcrumb of a topic shows you page hierarchy. It is constructed using a topic's parent setting; for example, the breadcrumb on this page looks l...

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...

Revision control In Foswiki, assuming appropriate AccessControls, anyone can change anything but those changes are logged. There is a complete audit trail with r...

Inline search To embed a search in a topic, use the %SEARCH{ parameters }% macro. The search macro is used by many Foswiki based applications. More Information....

Commenting with hidden text To hide sections of a Foswiki topic, use HTML comments. Example comment within a sentence: Visible ! and hidden text Example spa...

InterwikiPlugin links The InterwikiPlugin automatically links ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in the InterWikis topic. This enab...

SmiliesPlugin emoticons Smilies are common in e mail messages and bulletin board posts. They are used to convey an emotion, such as a smile #058; ) : ) or a frow...

Edit tables with EditRowPlugin EditRowPlugin allows you to edit tables using edit fields and drop down boxes. Tables have an button if preceeded by an %EDITTAB...

Control table attributes with TablePlugin The TablePlugin gives extra control of table display: * Allows sorting * Changing table properties like border wid...

Comment box with CommentPlugin The CommentPlugin allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle. Write %COMMENT{ attributes ...

SpreadSheetPlugin for dynamic content Over 80 formulae are available through the SpreadSheetPlugin. For Example: * $AVERAGE() * $IF() * $REPLACE() * $...

SlideShowPlugin for presentations Use SlideShowPlugin to convert a topic with headings and bullets into a slideshow presentation. This plugin is useful when conte...

Custom rendered bullets RenderListPlugin can render bulleted lists in a variety of different ways. Use %RENDERLIST{ parameters }% before any bulleted list. More ...

Keyword search Interactive search is a keyword search by default. For example, to search for all topics that contain "SOAP", "WSDL", a literal "web service", but ...

RSS news feed of topic changes You can use an RSS news reader to find out what is new in a Foswiki web. This complements WebChanges that shows recent changes in a...

Tips Contrib Package Displays a rotating "Tip of the Day" to help familiarize new users with Foswiki features. Includes an application for creating custom tips fo...

Add New Tip Of The Day There are Custom Tips maintained on your local Foswiki installation, Official Tips distributed with the Tips Contrib, and Plugin Tips maint...

Tip Of The Day Administration Adminstrative Pages TipsOfTheDay Aggregated List of All Tips, from and . TipsOfTheDayAddNew Add A New Tip Tips...

Tips Of the Day Include This Page randomly picks a Tip of the day to display. The includes the part between the horizontal rules. Tip of the Day ...

Heading Quick Summary with link to more information. See More Tips...

Tips Tips are tips and hints contributed by users. Use this form to search for tips. You can contribute new tips here. Search (perl regular expression): " decode...

This is where Foswiki keeps system documentation, including documentation that is included with optional extensions. For most people, the web is read only; even ...