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 (12 Dec 2008) $): Enable markup to span multiple lines
• SpreadSheetPlugin (any TWiki, $Rev: 16274 (12 Dec 2008) $): Add spreadsheet calculation like "$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: 16787 (12 Dec 2008) $): Adds support for action tags in topics, and automatic notification of action statuses
• BlackListPlugin (any TWiki, $Rev: 15754 (12 Dec 2008) $): Utility to keep malicious users away from a public TWiki site
• BlogPlugin (0.99, $Rev: 15560 (12 Dec 2008) $): Basic blogging features used to implement the BlogUp TWikiApplication
• BreadCrumbsPlugin (v2.01, $Rev: 17469 (12 Dec 2008) $): A flexible way to display breadcrumbs navigation
• CalendarPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 14775 (11 Dec 2008) $): Show a monthly calendar with highlighted events
• ChecklistPlugin (Cairo, Dakar, Edinburgh, ..., $Rev: 15561 (12 Dec 2008) $): Create simple checklists.
• CommentPlugin (03 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17303 (12 Dec 2008) $): Allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle
• 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 (1.70, $Rev: 421 (04 Nov 2008) $): Substitute and extract information from content by using regular expressions
• FlexWebListPlugin (v1.23, $Rev: 16971 (12 Dec 2008) $): Flexible way to display hierarchical weblists
• HeadlinesPlugin (2.21, $Rev: 17818 (13 Feb 2009) $): Show headline news in TWiki pages based on RSS and ATOM news feeds from external sites
• HistoryPlugin (1.3, $Rev: 15952 (12 Dec 2008) $): Shows a complete history of a document
• 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
• MathModePlugin (2.96, $Rev: 15934 (12 Dec 2008) $): Include LaTeX formatted math in your TWiki pages
• MediaWikiTablePlugin (v1.01, $Rev: 17041 (12 Dec 2008) $): Format tables the MediaWiki way
• NatSkinPlugin (3.00-pre20, $Rev: 16978 (12 Dec 2008) $): Theming engine for NatSkin
• OpenOffice2TWikiAddOn: (disabled)
• PloticusPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 1.0$): Allows users to plot data and functions using Ploticus
• PreferencesPlugin (TWiki-4.2, $Rev: 15487 (11 Aug 2008) $): Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form
• ProjectPlannerPlugin: (disabled)
• RedDotPlugin (1.40, $Rev: 16137 (12 Dec 2008) $): Renders edit-links as little red dots
• RenderListPlugin (2.0, $Rev: 16235 (11 Aug 2008) $): Render bullet lists in a variety of formats
• SlideShowPlugin (02 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17260 (11 Aug 2008) $): Create web based presentations based on topics with headings.
• SmiliesPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 16048 (12 Dec 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 (12 Dec 2008) $): Renders a tag cloud given a list of terms
• TimeSincePlugin (1.10, $Rev: 16139 (12 Dec 2008) $):
• TinyMCEPlugin (03 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17302 (11 Aug 2008) $): Integration of TinyMCE? with WysiwygPlugin
• TwistyPlugin (1.4.12, $Rev: 15653 (19 Nov 2007) $): Twisty section JavaScript library to open/close content dynamically
• UserInfoPlugin (1.53, $Rev: 15570 (12 Dec 2008) $): Render information about users on your TWikiSite
• WorkflowPlugin (28 Jan 2008, $Rev: 16724 (12 Dec 2008) $): Supports work flows associated with topics
• WysiwygPlugin (03 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17359 (11 Aug 2008) $): Translator framework for Wysiwyg editors