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 (using 'Raw edit' mode)
  • 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
• ChartPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 10613 (11 Mar 2007) $): Create PNG or GIF charts to visualize TWiki tables
• 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) $):
• ContributorsPlugin (1.0): This plugin gives a variable %CONTRIBUTORS% which gives information on all revisions of a given topic.
• EditTablePlugin (4.7.10, $Rev: 16239 (22 Jan 2008) $): Edit TWiki tables using edit fields, date pickers and drop down boxes
• FootNotePlugin (2.003): Footnotes are notes placed at the end of a topic.
• HistoryPlugin (1.3, $Rev: 15952 (10 Dec 2007) $): Shows a complete history of a document
• InterwikiPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 14913 (17 Sep 2007) $): Link ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in a rules topic
• LightboxPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 13273$): TWiki hooks to the Lightbox Javascript package for better thumbnail clickthrough
• PreferencesPlugin (TWiki-4.2, $Rev: 15487 (22 Jan 2008) $): Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form
• SlideShowPlugin (Any TWiki, $Rev: 15091 (22 Jan 2008) $): Create web based presentations based on topics with headings.
• SmiliesPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 16049 (22 Jan 2008) $): Render smilies as icons, like for  :-) or for  :eek:
• TablePlugin (1.032, $Rev: 16182 (22 Jan 2008) $): Control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns
• TinyMCEPlugin (TWiki-4, $Rev: 16268 (22 Jan 2008) $): Integration of TinyMCE? with WysiwygPlugin
• TopicCreatePlugin (1.000): Automatically create a set of topics and attachments at topic save time
• 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
• WysiwygPlugin (TWiki-4.2, $Rev: 16174 (22 Jan 2008) $): Translator framework for Wysiwyg editors