TWiki User's Guide

Documentation for TWiki users.

• TWiki Quick Start
  • WelcomeGuest: A fast track intro covering all the basics
  • ATasteOfTWiki: A short introduction training course for beginners
  • TWikiRegistration: Sign up so you can edit pages and select options

• One-Page Primers
  • TWikiSite: Ultra-compact, 2-minute TWiki primer
  • TWikiTutorial: A compact, 20-minute TWiki primer

  • TWikiTopics: Customize, rename, move, or delete TWiki topics
  • SearchHelp: Tips and help on search
  • GoodStyle: Working tips for an open collaboration environment
  • TWikiShorthand: All of the TWiki shorthand basics
  • TextFormattingRules: Scan all TWiki text formatting rules on one page
  • TWikiVariables: How to easily embed text, graphics, dynamic content
  • FileAttachments: Browser-upload files for distribution or display
  • WebChangesAlert: Get e-mail alerts linking to the latest page changes
  • TWikiGlossary: A simple glossary of TWiki terms

• TWiki Help FAQs
  • TWikiFAQ: The first things people ask about TWiki
  • TextFormattingFAQ: Common how-to questions about posting in TWiki
  • Frequent users should also browse the full Reference Manual!

• Help on InstalledPlugins

• SpreadSheetPlugin (any TWiki, $Rev: 16273 (22 Jan 2008) $): Add spreadsheet calculation like "$SUM( $ABOVE() )" to TWiki tables and other topic text
• SlideShowPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 8154$): Create web based presentations based on topics with headings.
• BeautifierPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 14024 (03 Jun 2007) $): Highlights and formats code fragments
• BreadCrumbsPlugin (v2.00, $Rev: 16739 (28 Apr 2008) $): A flexible way to display breadcrumbs navigation
• CommentPlugin (TWiki-4, $Rev: 15776 (22 Jan 2008) $): Allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle
• CompareRevisionsAddonPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 15561 (25 Jan 2008) $):
• DBCachePlugin (2.00, $Rev: 16749 (29 Apr 2008) $): Lightweighted frontend to the DBCacheContrib
• DateFieldPlugin (Dakar, 11860): Adds a date type for use in forms
• EditTablePlugin (4.7.10, $Rev: 16239 (22 Jan 2008) $): Edit TWiki tables using edit fields, date pickers and drop down boxes
• ExcelImportExportPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 0$): Renders an attached Excel spreadsheet as TWiki table
• FilterPlugin (1.50, $Rev: 16781 (08 May 2008) $): Substitute and extract information from content by using regular expressions
• FlexWebListPlugin (v1.22, $Rev: 16408 (15 Feb 2008) $): Flexible way to display hierarchical weblists
• ForUserLanguagesPlugin ($Rev: 9813$): used to insert full or partial translations and keep them in original topic.
• FormPlugin (1.2, $Rev: 16490 (08 Mar 2008) $): Lets you create simple and advanced web forms
• FormQueryPlugin (TWiki-4, $Rev: 0 (21 May 2007) $): Provides query capabilities across a database defined using forms and embedded tables in TWiki topics.
• GluePlugin (2.00, $Rev: 15708 (23 Nov 2007) $): Enable markup to span multiple lines
• GoogleAnalyticsPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 11550$): Adds Google Analytics JavaScript code to all pages
• HistoryPlugin (1.3, $Rev: 15952 (10 Dec 2007) $): Shows a complete history of a document
• IfDefinedPlugin (v1.01, $Rev: 15157 (05 Oct 2007) $): Render content conditionally
• ImageGalleryPlugin (3.61, $Rev: 15576 (13 Nov 2007) $): Displays image gallery with auto-generated thumbnails from attachments
• ImagePlugin (1.0, $Rev: 16133 (03 Jan 2008) $): Control the display and alignment of images using an easy syntax
• InterwikiPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 14913 (17 Sep 2007) $): Link ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in a rules topic
• JQueryPlugin (v0.60, $Rev: 16752 (30 Apr 2008) $): jQuery JavaScript library for TWiki
• PodPlugin (0.1, $Rev: 0 (27 Mai 2008) $): Extract Perl Old Documentation (POD) online. (Write TWiki topics in POD!!!)
• PreferencesPlugin (TWiki-4.2, $Rev: 15487 (22 Jan 2008) $): Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form
• RedDotPlugin (1.40, $Rev: 16137 (03 Jan 2008) $): Renders edit-links as little red dots
• RedirectPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 13491 (21 Apr 2007) $): Create a redirect to another topic or website
• RevCommentPlugin (Dakar, 9841): Allows a short summary of changes to be entered for a new revision.
• SignaturePlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 0$): Supports electronic signatures
• SlidyPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 9918$): Create web based presentations based on topics with headings; operate presentation like an ordinary PowerPoint presentation.
• SmiliesPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 16049 (22 Jan 2008) $): Render smilies as icons, like for  :-) or for  :eek:
• SvnPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 0.3$): Improves tracibility of task and comits with suversion repository
• TablePlugin (1.032, $Rev: 16182 (22 Jan 2008) $): Control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns
• TagCloudPlugin (v1.01, $Rev: 16138 (03 Jan 2008) $): Renders a tag cloud given a list of terms
• TagMePlugin (TWiki 4, 1.046): Tag wiki content collectively to find content by keywords
• TopicCreatePlugin (1.000): Automatically create a set of topics and attachments at topic save time
• TreeBrowserPlugin (v1.8): Renders a list as a collapsable/expandable tree.
• TreePlugin (1.6): Dynamic generation of TWiki topic trees
• TwistyPlugin (1.4.9, $Rev: 15653 (19 Nov 2007) $): Twisty section JavaScript library to open/close content dynamically
• WebPermissionsPlugin (1.120, $Rev: 15867 (04 Dec 2007) $): View and edit web permissions
• WysiwygPlugin (TWiki-4.2, $Rev: 16174 (22 Jan 2008) $): Translator framework for Wysiwyg editors