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

• GluePlugin (2.00, $Rev: 15708 (23 Nov 2007) $): Enable markup to span multiple lines
• SpreadSheetPlugin (any TWiki, 2009-11-22 (18211)): Add spreadsheet calculation like "$SUM( $ABOVE() )" to TWiki tables and other topic text
• IfDefinedPlugin (v1.02, $Rev: 16972 (11 Dec 2008) $): Render content conditionally
• AliasPlugin (2.31, $Rev: 16746 (12 Dec 2008) $): Define aliases which will be replaced with arbitrary strings automatically
• ActionTrackerPlugin (21 May 2007, $Rev: 16778 (07 May 2008) $): Adds support for action tags in topics, and automatic notification of action statuses
• BreadCrumbsPlugin (v2.00, $Rev: 16739 (28 Apr 2008) $): A flexible way to display breadcrumbs navigation
• CalendarPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 14775 (11 Dec 2008) $): Show a monthly calendar with highlighted events
• ChartPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 10613 (11 Mar 2007) $): Create PNG or GIF charts to visualize TWiki tables
• ChecklistPlugin (Cairo, Dakar, Edinburgh, ..., $Rev: 15561 (12 Dec 2008) $): Create simple checklists.
• CommentPlugin (TWiki-4, $Rev: 16646 (11 Apr 2008) $): Allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle
• DBCachePlugin (1.80, $Rev: 16348 (05 Feb 2008) $): Lightweighted frontend to the DBCacheContrib
• EditRowPlugin ($Date$, $Rev: 16808 (12 Dec 2008) $): Inline edit for tables
• EditTablePlugin (4.8.2, $Rev: 16617 (07 Apr 2008) $): Edit TWiki tables using edit fields, date pickers and drop down boxes
• ExcelImportExportPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 17475 (12 Dec 2008) $): Renders an attached Excel spreadsheet as TWiki table
• ExtendedSelectPlugin (1.1): Adds options to the select type in forms
• FilterPlugin (1.40, $Rev: 15932 (07 Dec 2007) $): Substitute and extract information from content by using regular expressions
• FindElsewherePlugin ($Date: 2007-09-25 11:16:46 -0700 (Tue, 25 Sep 2007) $, $Rev: 16065 (12 Dec 2008) $):
• FlexWebListPlugin (v1.22, $Rev: 16408 (15 Feb 2008) $): Flexible way to display hierarchical weblists
• FreeMindPlugin (1.0, $Rev: 15942 (11 Aug 2008) $): Plugin to render FreeMind? mindmaps
• HeadlinesPlugin (2.12, $Rev: 14854 (13 Sep 2007) $): Build news portals that show headline news based on RSS news feeds from news sites.
• ImagePlugin (1.20, $Rev: 16981 (12 Dec 2008) $): Control the display and alignment of images using an easy syntax
• 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 (0.80, $Rev: 17031 (12 Dec 2008) $): jQuery JavaScript library for TWiki
• JQueryTwistyPlugin (1.2, $Rev: 16736 (03 Jul 2008) $): Twisty section JavaScript library to open/close content dynamically
• MeetingBingoPlugin (1.1, $Rev: 16308 (30 Jan 2008) $): Meeting Bingo Plugin is a business game to enhance attention at meetings.
• NatSkinPlugin: (disabled)
• PreferencesPlugin (TWiki-4.2, $Rev: 15566 (12 Dec 2008) $): Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form
• QuizPlugin (1.000, $Rev: 12964 (12 Dec 2008) $): Small Quiz generator
• RedDotPlugin (1.40, $Rev: 16137 (03 Jan 2008) $): Renders edit-links as little red dots
• RenderListPlugin (2.0, $Rev: 16235 (25 Jan 2008) $): Render bullet lists in a variety of formats
• SlideShowPlugin (02 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17261 (12 Dec 2008) $): Create web based presentations based on topics with headings.
• SmiliesPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 16049 (06 Dec 2008) $): Render smilies as icons, like for  :-) or for  :eek:
• TablePlugin (1.036, $Rev: 17770 (12 Dec 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
• TimeSincePlugin (1.10, $Rev: 16139 (03 Jan 2008) $):
• TinyMCEPlugin (03 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17303 (12 Dec 2008) $): Integration of TinyMCE? with WysiwygPlugin
• TreeBrowserPlugin (v1.8): Renders a list as a collapsable/expandable tree.
• TreePlugin (1.3): Dynamic generation of TWiki topic trees
• TwistyPlugin (1.4.12, $Rev: 15653 (19 Nov 2007) $): Twisty section JavaScript library to open/close content dynamically
• VotePlugin (1.33, $Rev: 14312 (01 Jul 2007) $): Simple way to count votes
• WorkflowPlugin (28 Jan 2008, $Rev: 16305 (28 Jan 2008) $): Supports work flows associated with topics
• WysiwygPlugin (18 Apr 2009, $Rev: 18020 (18 Apr 2009) $): Translator framework for Wysiwyg editors