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
• CalendarPlugin (Dakar, 9113): Show a monthly calendar with highlighted events
• CommentPlugin (TWiki-4, $Rev: 15776 (22 Jan 2008) $): Allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle
• EditTablePlugin (4.7.10, $Rev: 16239 (22 Jan 2008) $): Edit TWiki tables using edit fields, date pickers and drop down boxes
• FootNotePlugin (2.006): Footnotes are notes placed at the end of a topic.
• HeadlinesPlugin (2.12, $Rev: 14854 (13 Sep 2007) $): Build news portals that show headline news based on RSS news feeds from news sites.
• ImageGalleryPlugin (3.61, $Rev: 15576 (13 Nov 2007) $): Displays image gallery with auto-generated thumbnails from attachments
• InterwikiPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 14913 (17 Sep 2007) $): Link ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in a rules topic
• PodPlugin (0.1, $Rev: 0 (26 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
• 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
• TopicTranslationsPlugin (Dakar, 11565): Manages a topic's translations into several languages.
• TwistyPlugin (1.4.9, $Rev: 15653 (19 Nov 2007) $): Twisty section JavaScript library to open/close content dynamically