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USERSWEB name of users web * The web containing individual user topics, .WikiGroups, and customised site wide preferences. Examples * %USERSWEB% expands to...

VAR get a preference value from another web Parameters Parameter Description "name" name of preference to retrieve web name of web to r...

WEB name of current web * %WEB% expands to the name of the web where the topic is located. If you are looking at the text of an included topic, it is the web w...

WEBPREFSTOPIC name of web preferences topic Examples * %WEBPREFSTOPIC% expands to ==, renders as Related HOMETOPIC, WIKIPREFSTOPIC, VAR

WIKIHOMEURL site home URL Examples * %WIKIHOMEURL%= expands to = * Normally by default set to %SCRIPTURLPATH{"view"}% For the top bar logo URL use %WIK...

WIKIPREFSTOPIC name of site wide preferences topic Examples * %WIKIPREFSTOPIC% expands to ==, renders as Related HOMETOPIC, WEBPREFSTOPIC

WIKITOOLNAME name of your site Examples * %WIKITOOLNAME% expands to Foswiki Related WIKIHOMEURL, WIKIVERSION

WIKIUSERSTOPIC name of topic listing all registered users Examples * %WIKIUSERSTOPIC% expands to == * with prefix renders as . Related WIKIUSERNAME

WIKIVERSION the version of the installed Foswiki engine Examples * %WIKIVERSION% expands to == Related PLUGINVERSION, WIKITOOLNAME

WIKIWEBMASTER feedback email address for site Examples * %WIKIWEBMASTER% expands to == Related WIKIWEBMASTERNAME

WIKIWEBMASTERNAME Name of the administrator for the site Examples * %WIKIWEBMASTERNAME% expands to == Related WIKIWEBMASTER

ADDTOHEAD deprecated, use ADDTOZONE instead This macro is deprecated. Please use VarADDTOZONE instead. It effecively is a shortcut for %ADDTOZONE{"head" ...}%

ALLVARIABLES list of currently defined macros Expands to a table showing all defined macros in the current context Deprecated 2009 04 29 in favour of SHOWPREF...

CALCULATE add spreadsheet formulae calls using standard Macro evaluation order. The %CALCULATE{"formula"}% macro is handled by the SpreadSheetPlugin. There are ar...

LANG the language specified by the server locale This macro is used to generate the lang (and xml:lang) attribute in generated HTML pages. If {UseLocale} is enabl...

LOCALSITEPREFS web.topicname of site preferences topic * The full name of the local site preferences topic. These local site preferences overload the system le...

MAINWEB deprecated synonym for USERSWEB Deprecated. Please use %USERSWEB% instead.

SUBSCRIBE{ attributes } subscribe the current user for notification of changes to the current topic Anywhere in a topic or template: * %SUBSCRIBE{...}% or si...

%SEARCH{"parent.name=''" web="" type="query" nonoise="on" format=" $dollar $topic : $pattern(.*? ^\n \n ( ^\n ).)"}% Related Topics %SEARCH{"parent.nam...

System Web Preferences Appearance * Set WEBBGCOLOR = #B9DAFF * Set SITEMAPLIST = on * Set WEBSUMMARY = * Set NOAUTOLINK = off TOC settings * ...

A List of Wiki Administrator Documentation List of documents relevant for the installer and administrator of the Foswiki installation

Collaboration Tips A short list of hints and recommendations that are considered basic knowledge when starting to edit existing topics. #SignAndDate * If a dis...

Regular Expressions Regular expressions (REs), unlike simple text queries, allow you to search for text which matches a particular pattern. Introduction REs are ...

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Text Editor A text editor is different from a WYSIWYG editor because it doesn't do display formatting like bold type, or mixed font styles, sizes and colors. ...

Time Specifications Date/time formats recognised and generated by Foswiki. For all strings the time is optional. * 31 Dec 2001 23:59 * 2001/12/31 23:59:59...

20 Minute Tutorial This step by step, hands on tutorial gets you up to speed with all the Foswiki basics... 1. Get set... Open two browser windows, so that you...

A List of User Documentation Documentation mainly useful to end users

A List of User Tools List of tools the user may need for setting and resetting passwords, changing email address etc.

List of Foswiki users Below is a list of users with accounts. If you want to edit topics or see protected areas of the site then you can get added to the list by ...

Using HTML When, and how, to use HTML in topics. You can use most HTML tags in topics without a problem. This is useful where you want to add some content that is...

What is WYSIWYG? WYSIWYG is an acronym for for "What You See Is What You Get". Foswiki allows you to edit content using a WYSIWYG editor. This editor lets you edi...

Online help for new users of Foswiki when editing a page. If there's some formatting that your contributors use often, you can customize this for your site's part...

%MAKETEXT{"Your username is a sequence of alphanumeric characters and underscores that uniquely identifies you to the system. The exact format of the username dep...

MailerContribPlugin This is a 'mini' plugin that provides a rest handler for invoking the mail notification process via an HTTP request (e.g. from the browser). I...

Nr Project State Progress Timestamp 1 Sliced yoghourt completed : ) 26 Jun 2002 2 Cubical turkeys not started : ( 27 Oct 2007 3 ...

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Group Member Toggle This topic implements a button that will turn Admin status on or off for the current user (!), by adding or removing the user from the AdminGr...

BookView is an option available for the SEARCH macro. It allows you to display the result in "book view", that is, the whole content of topics is shown instead of...

" hidelink=" #9660; " linkclass="foswikiButton" remember="on"}% About the Web changes notification service Each Foswiki web has an automatic e mail notification ...

"}% ** "}% %SEARCH{ "'1'" type="query" topic="*Template" excludetopic="WebTopicEditTemplate,*WebCreateNewTopicTemplate,*ViewTemplate" scope="topic" ...

. %MAKETEXT{"Your name is also a potentially valid _1 .WikiWord WikiWord when used within a topic. However the home pages of registered users on this site ...

Raw Text link At the bottom of each page among the action links (assuming use of the default PatternSkin), there is a View wiki text link which shows how a topic ...

WebLeftBar Cookbook Instructions and tips how to use WebLeftBarPersonalTemplate. WebLeftBarPersonalTemplate is a topic template to create a personal left bar bloc...

Control table attributes with TablePlugin The TablePlugin gives extra control of table display: * Allows sorting * Changing table properties like border wid...

RSS news feed of topic changes You can use an RSS news reader to find out what is new in a Foswiki web. This complements WebChanges that shows recent changes in a...

Statistics documentation The following section namely the help text and the statistics table headings is included into each topic. If you want to tailor the...

Site Statistics Introduction Statistics of visits to pages in a web can be generated manually or automatically, on a per web basis. Statistics are compiled as a ...

Foswiki Sitemap This table is updated automatically based on WebPreferences settings of the individual webs. %SEARCH{ "1" topic="" web="all" type="query" not...

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User Form Help %IF{"$ BASEWEB=''" then="%IF{"istopic '.UserFormHelp'" then="This is the default user form. You have also created a customized copy at .UserForm ...

Formatting Tokens Foswiki defines some standard special tokens that can be used to replace characters in some parameters notably those to FormattedSearch and If...

Template Web Purpose Template webs were created to act as templates in creating webs. It is now possible to create webs via the .ManagingWebs topic. In the not...

Foswiki's System web

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Web Site Tools * (More options in WebSearch) * WebChanges: Display recent changes to the web * WebIndex: List all topics in alphabetical order. Se...

%IF{ "istopic '.Default'" then="$percentINCLUDE{$quot.Default$quot}$percent" else="$percentINCLUDE{$quot.Default$quot}$percent" }%

** Wiki admins Please replace all web's WebTopicCreator topic contents with this text: All WebTopicCreator topics on this site: %SEARCH{ "WebTopicCreator" ...

Skin Browser You can try out the Skins currently installed on this system: %SEARCH{ "1" topic="*Skin" scope="topic" web=",TWiki" type="que...

A StaticMethod is a method in a package that can be called without reference to an object of the package type. For example, package Telecoms StaticMethod defaul...

Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web while working at CERN in 1989. See his biography at http://www.w3.org/People/Berners Lee/

Name SupportQuestion FrequentlyAskedQuestion SupplementalDoc AdminTopic

* Please bring your enhancement requests to Foswiki:Development.FeatureProposals Related Topics: * ReleaseHistory has a list of added features in Foswiki. *...

(just an example illustrating how to create a new topic based on a specific template topic. TemplateTopics has more)

%{ Include the default edit templates from your current SKIN and COVER paths }%%{ Define the formtop container to display the form }%%{ Define the formbot...

Both users and groups can be hidden from common view and made visible only to the admin or to selected users and groups. You do this the same way as you access co...

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Each FileAttachment in a Topic can have additional attributes. At present only the H (hidden) attribute is supported. If this attribute is set then the attachme...

Go Box The box at the top or sidebar of each page, also called Jump box. Enter a topic name to quickly jump to the topic, for example: * WebNotify to jump to ...

Example child topic for HierarchicalNavigation.

An ObjectMethod is a method that must be called relative to a previous constructed object of the class type. For example: package Telecoms ClassMethod new() Ob...

IfDefinedPlugin Warning: This plugin is deprecated. Please use %IF instead. The only remaining feature not covered boy foswiki's core means is the sectional condi...

My links: * My home page * My activities * edit

TinyMCE FAQs Frequently Asked Questions of the TinyMCEPlugin integration. Q: The editor takes over the standard edit screen. That's OK, but how do I get access t...

The Go Box as a browser The go box (also called jump box) allows you to jump from page to page and search for documents. If you do not know the entire name of th...

WebChanges to see recent activity Each Foswiki web has a WebChanges topic that lists recent activity from all editors of the web. This can be useful when looking ...

E mail alert of topic changes Subscribing to WebNotify will enable Foswiki to send you details of changes made on topics in a certain web. You can choose to be no...

Creating a Table of Contents %TOC% automatically creates a table of contents based on the headings present in the topic. To exclude a heading from a %TOC% add !! ...

File attachments Files can be attached to any topic. The action of attaching a file to a topic is similar to attaching a file to an e mail use the Attach link i...

Breadcrumb The breadcrumb of a topic shows you page hierarchy. It is constructed using a topic's parent setting; for example, the breadcrumb on this page looks l...

Foswiki Skins Skins overlay regular templates with alternate layouts (and styles). You can use Skins to change the look of a Foswiki topic, for example, the layo...

Revision control In Foswiki, assuming appropriate AccessControls, anyone can change anything but those changes are logged. There is a complete audit trail with r...

InterwikiPlugin links The InterwikiPlugin automatically links ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in the InterWikis topic. This enab...

SlideShowPlugin for presentations Use SlideShowPlugin to convert a topic with headings and bullets into a slideshow presentation. This plugin is useful when conte...

Custom rendered bullets RenderListPlugin can render bulleted lists in a variety of different ways. Use %RENDERLIST{ parameters }% before any bulleted list. More ...

Disabling links in large blocks of text You can disable automatic linking of WikiWords by surrounding the text with = noautolink = and = /noautolink = tags. Each ...

Disabling individual WikiWords Prevent a WikiWord from being linked by prefixing it with an exclamation point. Example: To escape SunOs write SunOs to get SunOs. ...

WikiWords for linking WikiWords are capitalized words, run together, such as WebPreferences and CollaborationPlatform. Using a lot of WikiWords creates a good bro...

Inline search To embed a search in a topic, use the %SEARCH{ parameters }% macro. The search macro is used by many Foswiki based applications. More Information....

SmiliesPlugin emoticons Smilies are common in e mail messages and bulletin board posts. They are used to convey an emotion, such as a smile #058; ) : ) or a frow...

Comment box with CommentPlugin The CommentPlugin allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle. Write %COMMENT{ attributes ...

Keyword search Interactive search is a keyword search by default. For example, to search for all topics that contain "SOAP", "WSDL", a literal "web service", but ...

Heading Quick Summary with link to more information. See More Tips...

* You are currently in the web. The color code for this web is this background, so you know where you are. * If you are not familiar with the Foswiki collabor...

PatternSkin Graphics This topic contains original Photoshop files of the graphics used in PatternSkin.