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 (25 Jan 2008) $): Add spreadsheet calculation like "$SUM( $ABOVE() )" to TWiki tables and other topic text
• CaptchaPlugin (Dakar, 1.5-pre3): To prevent automated bots from spamming
• ActionTrackerPlugin (21 May 2007, $Rev: 16778 (07 May 2008) $): Adds support for action tags in topics, and automatic notification of action statuses
• AliasPlugin (2.31, $Rev: 16746 (29 Apr 2008) $): Define aliases which will be replaced with arbitrary strings automatically
• BibtexPlugin (1.5, $Rev: 16333 (12 Dec 2008) $): Embeds BibTeX entries in a TWiki page
• BreadCrumbsPlugin (v2.01, $Rev: 0 (01 Sep 2008) $): A flexible way to display breadcrumbs navigation
• CalendarPlugin (Dakar, 9113): Show a monthly calendar with highlighted events
• CommentPlugin (03 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17302 (11 Aug 2008) $): Allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle
• DBCachePlugin (2.01, $Rev: 16969 (03 Jul 2008) $): Lightweighted frontend to the DBCacheContrib
• EasyTimelinePlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 15561 (12 Dec 2008) $): Generate graphical timeline diagrams from markup text
• EditTablePlugin (4.8.4, $Rev: 17302 (11 Aug 2008) $): Edit TWiki tables using edit fields, date pickers and drop down boxes
• EmptyPlugin (TWiki-4.2, $Rev: 15942 (11 Aug 2008) $): Empty Plugin used as a template for new Plugins
• FilterPlugin (1.51, $Rev: 16970 (03 Jul 2008) $): Substitute and extract information from content by using regular expressions
• FlexWebListPlugin (v1.23, $Rev: 16971 (03 Jul 2008) $): Flexible way to display hierarchical weblists
• FormQueryPlugin (TWiki-4, $Rev: 0 (21 May 2007) $): Provides query capabilities across a database defined using forms and embedded tables in TWiki topics.
• GenPDFLatexPlugin (2.200, $Rev: 16334$): Support functions for the GenPDFLatexAddOn package
• GluePlugin (2.00, $Rev: 15708 (03 Jul 2008) $): Enable markup to span multiple lines
• HeadlinesPlugin (2.12, $Rev: 14854 (13 Sep 2007) $): Build news portals that show headline news based on RSS news feeds from news sites.
• HistoryPlugin (1.3, $Rev: 15952 (10 Dec 2007) $): Shows a complete history of a document
• HolidaylistPlugin ($Rev: 17873 (06 Mar 2009) $): Create a table with a list of people on holidays
• IfDefinedPlugin (v1.02, $Rev: 16972 (03 Jul 2008) $): Render content conditionally
• ImageGalleryPlugin (3.72, $Rev: 17034 (16 Jul 2008) $): Displays image gallery with auto-generated thumbnails from attachments
• InterwikiPlugin (03 Aug 2008, $Rev: 14913 (17 Sep 2007) $): Link ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in a rules topic
• JQueryPlugin (0.90, $Rev: 17031 (16 Jul 2008) $): jQuery JavaScript library for TWiki
• JQueryTwistyPlugin (1.2, $Rev: 16736 (03 Jul 2008) $): Twisty section JavaScript library to open/close content dynamically
• LatexModePlugin (3.73, $Rev: 16332$): Enables LaTeX markup (mathematics and more) in TWiki topics
• MacrosPlugin (Dakar, 6827): Supports parameterised includes.
• MathModePlugin (2.96, $Rev: 15934 (07 Dec 2007) $): Include LaTeX formatted math in your TWiki pages
• NatSkinPlugin (3.00-pre20, $Rev: 16978 (03 Jul 2008) $): Theming engine for NatSkin
• PreferencesPlugin (TWiki-4.2, $Rev: 15487 (11 Aug 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
• RenderListPlugin (2.0, $Rev: 16235 (11 Aug 2008) $): Render bullet lists in a variety of formats
• RequireTURegistrationPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 0001$): Force externally authenticated users to register a WikiName
• RevCommentPlugin (Dakar, 9841): Allows a short summary of changes to be entered for a new revision.
• SlideShowPlugin (02 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17260 (11 Aug 2008) $): Create web based presentations based on topics with headings.
• SmiliesPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 16049 (11 Aug 2008) $): Render smilies as icons, like for  :-) or for  :eek:
• TWikiDrawPlugin (Dakar, 8154): Java Applet based drawing editor
• TablePlugin (1.034, $Rev: 17367 (11 Aug 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, 1.049): Tag wiki content collectively to find content by keywords
• TimeSincePlugin (1.10, $Rev: 16139 (03 Jan 2008) $):
• TimelinePlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 16542 (19 Mar 2008) $): Show a scrolling Timeline from a TWiki SEARCH
• TinyMCEPlugin (03 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17302 (11 Aug 2008) $): Integration of TinyMCE? with WysiwygPlugin
• TreeBrowserPlugin (v1.8): Renders a list as a collapsable/expandable tree.
• TreePlugin (1.7): Dynamic generation of TWiki topic trees
• TwistyPlugin (1.4.10, $Rev: 15653 (19 Nov 2007) $): Twisty section JavaScript library to open/close content dynamically
• UserInfoPlugin (1.53, 10521): Render information about users on your TWikiSite
• WebPermissionsPlugin (1.120, $Rev: 15867 (04 Dec 2007) $): View and edit web permissions
• WysiwygPlugin (03 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17359 (11 Aug 2008) $): Translator framework for Wysiwyg editors