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    <li><a href="#Appendix D: TWiki Development Ti"> Appendix D: TWiki Development Timeline</a><ul>
        <li><a href="#01-Sep-2004 Release (Cairo)"> 01-Sep-2004 Release (Cairo)</a></li>
        <li><a href="#01-Feb-2003 Release (Beijing)"> 01-Feb-2003 Release (Beijing)</a></li>
        <li><a href="#01-Dec-2001 Release (Athens)"> 01-Dec-2001 Release (Athens)</a></li>
        <li><a href="#01-Sep-2001 Release"> 01-Sep-2001 Release</a></li>
        <li><a href="#01-Dec-2000 Release"> 01-Dec-2000 Release</a></li>
        <li><a href="#01-May-2000 Release"> 01-May-2000 Release</a></li>
        <li><a href="#01-Sep-1999 Release"> 01-Sep-1999 Release</a></li>
        <li><a href="#01-Jul-1999 Release"> 01-Jul-1999 Release</a></li>
        <li><a href="#1998 Releases"> 1998 Releases</a></li>
        <li><a href="#Dev Flow"> Dev Flow</a></li>
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# <a name="Appendix D: TWiki Development Ti"></a> Appendix D: TWiki Development Timeline

## <a name="01-Sep-2004 Release (Cairo)"></a> 01-Sep-2004 Release (Cairo)

(doc pending)

## <a name="01-Feb-2003 Release (Beijing)"></a> 01-Feb-2003 Release (Beijing)

- **18 Jan 2003** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Support for `/bin/view/Web.TopicName` topic view URL (besides the default `/bin/view/Web/TopicName` URL); useful for [[InterwikiPlugin]] links like TWiki:Codev.ReadmeFirst
- **31 Dec 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Enhanced Plugin API to manipulate topic data with new functions in [[TWikiFuncModule]]: `readTopicText`, `saveTopicText`, `setTopicEditLock`, `checkTopicEditLock`
- **31 Dec 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New `%NOAUTOLINK%` setting in the [[TWikiPreferences]] to disable the auto-linking of [[WikiWords]]
- **29 Dec 2002** - TWiki:Main.AndreaSterbini, TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny, TWiki:Main.RichardDonkin, TWiki:Main.SvenDowideit
  - New Plugin hooks `registrationHandler`, `beforeEditHandler`, `afterEditHandler`, `beforeSaveHandler`, `writeHeaderHandler`, `redirectCgiQueryHandler`, `getSessionValueHandler`, `setSessionValueHandler`
- **30 Nov 2002** - TWiki:Main.RichardDonkin
  - Internationalization ('I18N') support for international characters in [[WikiWords]], such as ISO-8859-15, KOI8-R - also supports Chinese, Japanese, etc.
- **25 Nov 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Include previous topic revision with `%INCLUDE{ "OtherTopic" rev="1.2" }%`
- **15 Nov 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - The Go box understands also URLs, useful for special [[TWikiSkins]] handling
- **08 Nov 2002** - TWiki:Main.ColasNahaboo, TWiki:Main.RichardDonkin
  - In [[WebNotify]], if only the [[WikiName]] is specified, the e-mail is taken from the user's home page; if the [[WikiName]] is a group name, a notification is sent to all members of the group
- **30 Oct 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New `%NOP{}%` variable in [[TWikiTemplates]] topic gets removed at topic creation time; useful to write protect template topics
- **28 Sep 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - The `%URLPARAM{}%` variable in [[TWikiTemplates]] topic gets expanded at topic creation time; useful for dynamic content creation
- **28 Sep 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New `$logDir` introduced in TWiki.cfg to set the log directory
- **13 Sep 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Renamed the **Test** web to **Sandbox**
- **03 Aug 2002** - TWiki:Main.RichardDonkin
  - New `setlib.cfg` file in the bin directory to set the TWiki library path
- **02 Aug 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny, TWiki:Main.RyanFreebern
  - Support for outbound HTTP proxy when including URLs based on new `%PROXYHOST` and `%PROXYPORT%` settings in the [[TWikiPreferences]]
- **12 Jul 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - The page logo is configurable with new `%WIKILOGOIMG%`, `%TWIKILOGOURL%` and `%WIKILOGOALT%` variables in [[TWikiPreferences]]; replacing `$wikiHomeUrl` in TWiki.cfg
- **12 Jun 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New `%WIKITOOLNAME%` variable in [[TWikiPreferences]]; replacing `$wikiToolName` in TWiki.cfg
- **31 May 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New `%EDITBOXSTYLE%` preferences variable which sets the edit box width automatically to the window width
- **17 May 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New `%URLENCODE{}%` variable to encodes a string for using in a URL parameter, e.g. `%URLENCODE{"spaced name"}%` returns `spaced%20name`
- **17 May 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - [[FormattedSearch]] can be nested
- **05 May 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New user home pages are now based on the [[NewUserTemplate]], replacing the `/twiki/templates/register.tmpl` template file
- **26 Apr 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New markup to exclude heading from a `%TOC%` table of content, e.g. `---+!! This heading` is not shown in a TOC
- **13 Apr 2002** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Form and script to create new webs, see [[ManagingWebs]]
- **01 Apr 2002** - TWiki:Main.JohnTalintyre
  - New data storage framework that lets you use external RCS commands for revision control, or a new native Perl implementation that does not depend on the external RCS commands
- **28 Mar 2002** - TWiki:Main.RichardDonkin
  - Fixed IE5/IE6-specific problem whereby going back from preview sometimes removes all edit changes
- **23 Mar 2002** - TWiki:Main.JohnTalintyre
  - New AND search; with regular expression enabled, use the semicolon ";" as the AND operator in `%SEARCH{}%` variable, [[FormattedSearch]] and [[WebSearch]]
- **21 Mar 2002** - TWiki:Main.ColasNahaboo, TWiki:Main.RichardDonkin
  - Fixed cache issue where the edit page showed outdated content
- **06 Mar 2002** - TWiki:Main.RichardDonkin
  - Improved statistics script which uses less memory to process large log files
- **09 Jan 2002** - TWiki:Main.JohnTalintyre
  - Variables inside `<verbatim>` tags are no longer expanded

## <a name="01-Dec-2001 Release (Athens)"></a> 01-Dec-2001 Release (Athens)

- **25 Oct 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Added [[FormattedSearch]] to `%SEARCH{}%` variable for database like reporting.

## <a name="01-Sep-2001 Release"></a> 01-Sep-2001 Release

- **30 Aug 2001** - TWiki:Main.JohnTalintyre
  - Easier install for Windows, including auto detection in `TWiki.cfg`
- **30 Aug 2001** - TWiki:Main.JohnTalintyre
  - Ability to move attachments between topics, see [[FileAttachments]]
- **21 Aug 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Convert to XHTML 1.0 function: first step to XHTML-ifying TWiki
- **26 Jun 2001** - TWiki:Main.JohnTalintyre
  - Category information to forms using the [[TWikiMetaData]] format, see [[TWikiForms]]
- **07 Jun 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New topic templates as topics instead of templates. Customize by editing the topic. Retired `notedited.tmpl`, `notext.tmpl` and `notwiki.tmpl` templates. More in [[TWikiTemplates]].
- **07 Jun 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New `%TOPICLIST{"format"}%` and `%WEBLIST{"format"}%` variables to get a formatted topic index and web index, respectively. More in [[TWikiVariables]].
- **01 Jun 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New `%URLPARAM{"name"}%` variable to query URL parameters. More in [[TWikiVariables]].
- **01 Jun 2001** - TWiki:Main.AndreaSterbini
  - API to extend TWiki, see [[TWikiPluginAPI|Main/TWikiPlugins#PluginAPI]]
- **01 Jun 2001** - TWiki:Main.KlausWriessnegger, TWiki:Main.AndreaSterbini
  - Forms to change/reset/install passwords, see [[ChangePassword]] &amp; [[ResetPassword]]
- **01 May 2001** - TWiki:Main.AndreaSterbini
  - The [[TWikiAdminGroup]] (or other group) can be enabled as a [[SuperAdminGroup|Main/TWikiAccessControl#SuperAdminGroup]]. Members have browser edit access to _all_ locked topics.
- **01 May 2001** - TWiki:Main.JohnTalintyre
  - Meta information format, see [[TWikiMetaData]]
- **01 May 2001** - TWiki:Main.JohnTalintyre
  - Attachment under revision control See [[FileAttachment]]
- **01 May 2001** - TWiki:Main.JohnTalintyre
  - Ability to rename/move topics, [[ManagingTopics]]
- **27 Mar 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - The table syntax has been enhanced to (i) render <code>**| \*bold\* |**</code> cells as table headers, (ii) render space padded cells <code>**|   center aligned   |**</code> and <code>**|   right aligned |**</code>, (iii) span multiple columns using <code>**| empty cells |||**</code>. More in [[TextFormattingRules]].
- **25 Mar 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Security fix Questionable files like PHP scripts (executables) and <code>**.htaccess**</code> files that are attached to a topic get a <code>**.txt**</code> suffix appended to the file name. See also TWiki:Codev/FileAttachmentFilterSecurityAlert
- **28 Feb 2001** - TWiki:Main.AndreaSterbini, TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New Wiki rule for headings, i.e. `---++ My Title`; and new `%TOC%` variable to build a table of content from headings in a topic. More in [[TWikiVariables]].
- **28 Feb 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New Wiki rule to specify arbitrary text for external links (i.e. `[[http://TWki.org][TWiki]]`) and internal links (i.e `[[WikiSyntax][syntax]]`). More in [[TWikiVariables]].
- **28 Feb 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New Wiki rule for named anchors, e.g. links within a topic. Define a named anchor with `#MyAnchor` at the beginning of a line, and link to it with `[[#MyAnchor]]`. More in [[TWikiVariables]].
- **25 Feb 2001** - TWiki:Main.NicholasLee, TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Use `Net::SMTP` module instead of `sendmail` if installed.
- **01 Feb 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Added `<verbatim>` ... `</verbatim>` tags to show source code "as is". Unlike the `<pre>` ... `</pre>` tags, it also shows `<`, `>`, `&` characters "as is".
- **01 Feb 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Fixed TWiki:Codev/CreateLinkToAttachedFileBug.
- **21 Jan 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Added a "Minor change, don't notify" checkbox in preview. More in [[DontNotify]].
- **21 Jan 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Added Bold Fixed formatting using double-equal signs, e.g. write `==Bold Fixed==` to get <code>**Bold Fixed**</code>.
- **20 Jan 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Format changed of `%GMTIME{"..."}%` and `%SERVERTIME{"..."}%` variables. Format is now `"$hour:$min"` instead of `"hour:min"`. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. **_Attention:_** Check your existing topics when you upgrade TWiki!
- **18 Jan 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - [[WebChanges]], [[WebSearch]] and e-mail notification indicate also the revision number of a topic (i.e. <u>18 Jan 2001 16:43 r1.5</u>), or NEW for a new topic (i.e. i.e. <u>18 Jan 2001 16:43 **NEW**</u>).
- **16 Jan 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New variable `%STARTINCLUDE%` and `%STOPINCLUDE%` variables to control what gets included of a topic. More in [[TWikiVariables]].
- **16 Jan 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - TWiki skins Define a different page layout with a customized header and footer layout, i.e. a `print` skin for a printable view of a topic. More in [[TWikiSkins]] and TWiki:Codev/TWikiSkins.
- **07 Jan 2001** - TWiki:Main.StanleyKnutson
  - Better error handling when saving a topic.
- **05 Jan 2001** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - View authorization based on groups. Define who is allowed to see a TWiki web. More in [[TWikiAccessControl]] and TWiki:Codev/AuthenticationBasedOnGroups.
- **05 Dec 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Improved include handling. Infinite recursion of includes are prevented; new variables `%BASEWEB%`, `%INCLUDINGWEB%`, `%BASETOPIC%` and `%INCLUDINGTOPIC%` to have more control over include handling. More in [[TWikiVariables]] and TWiki:Codev/IncludeHandlingImprovements.
- **03 Dec 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New `noheader="on"` switch in `%SEARCH{...}%` to suppress table header. More in [[TWikiVariables]].

## <a name="01-Dec-2000 Release"></a> 01-Dec-2000 Release

- **03 Nov 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Flag `$doHidePasswdInRegistration` in `wikicfg.pm` to hide plain text password in registration email.
- **01 Nov 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New variable `%VAR{"NAME" web="Web"}%` to get web specific preferences. More in [[TWikiVariables]].
- **01 Nov 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Added a "Cancel" link in edit that releases the edit lock.
- **23 Oct 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Authorization based on groups. Define fine graned control who is allowed to change or create topics. More in [[TWikiAccessControl]] and TWiki:Codev/AuthenticationBasedOnGroups.
- **05 Oct 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Remember user by IP address so that `view` "knows" the user once authenticated in `edit`. More in [[TWikiUserAuthentication]].
- **26 Sep 2000** - TWiki:Main.AlWilliams, TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Fixed TWiki:Codev/UppercaseAttachments bug and added `png` image support.
- **26 Sep 2000** - TWiki:Main.HaroldGottschalk, TWiki:Main.AndreaSterbini, TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Allow nesting of variables, i.e. `%INCLUDE{"%TWIKIWEB%.TWikiWebsTable"}%`. More in TWiki:Codev/BetterTWikiTagTemplateProcessing.
- **20 Sep 2000** - TWiki:Main.ManpreetSingh
  - New -q switch in `mailnotify` to suppress all normal output.
- **19 Sep 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Fixed TWiki:Codev/AttachedNotificationLinksBug.
- **18 Sep 2000** - TWiki:Main.ManpreetSingh, TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Added forced internal links. Write `[[text formatting FAQ]]` to get the link [[text formatting FAQ|Main/TextFormattingFAQ]] that points to topic [[TextFormattingFAQ]].
- **19 Aug 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Ref-By link searches all webs (not just the current web.)
- **16 Aug 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New [[TWikiPreferences]] variables `%HTTP_EQUIV_ON_VIEW%` , `%HTTP_EQUIV_ON_EDIT%` and `%HTTP_EQUIV_ON_PREVIEW%` that define the `<meta http-equiv="...">` meta tags for the TWiki templates. This can be used for example to set a document expiration time.
- **29 Jul 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New variables `%GMTIME{"..."}%` and `%SERVERTIME{"..."}%` . More in [[TWikiVariables]].
- **23 Jul 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Changed include syntax from `%INCLUDE{"Web/TopicName.txt"}%` to `%INCLUDE{"Web.TopicName"}%` . Legacy syntax still supported.
- **23 Jul 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - [[BookView]] search allows you show a set of topics for easy printing.
- **22 Jul 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - More forgiving syntax for <code>\*bold\*, _italic_, \_\_bold italic\_\_</code> and <code>**fixed**</code> , where it is not necessary anymore to have a trailing space before `.,;:?!` characters.
- **22 Jul 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Split the TWiki.Main web into TWiki.Main (users, company data) and TWiki.TWiki (TWiki related documentation, registration)
- **07 Jul 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Added an "Release edit lock" checkbox in preview to let other people edit the topic immediately without the one hour lock.
- **07 Jul 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Fixed problem of losing carriage returns when editing topics with KDE KFM browser or [[W3M]] browser.
- **21 Jun 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Fixed problem that a page redirect on some server environments is not working (host name is needed in URL).
- **21 Jun 2000** - TWiki:Main.CrisBailiff, TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Fixed security issue to prevent a server side `%INCLUDE%` of arbitrary files.
- **29 May 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New `%GMTIME%` variable that shows the current GM time.
- **28 May 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Lock warning shows remaining lock time in minutes.
- **15 May 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterFokkinga
  - Each topic can have its own template file. [[TWikiTemplates]] has more.
- **02 May 2000** - TWiki:Main.KevinKinnell, TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Advanced search features like search multiple webs; sort by topic name / modified time / author; limit the number of results returned. More in [[TWikiVariables]].

## <a name="01-May-2000 Release"></a> 01-May-2000 Release

- **21 Apr 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New [[TWikiVariables]] `%HTTP_HOST%` , `%REMOTE_ADDR%` , `%REMOTE_PORT%` and `%REMOTE_USER%` .
- **21 Apr 2000** - TWiki:Main.JohnAltstadt, TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - [[TWikiRegistration]] is done separately for Intranet use (depends on remote\_user) or Internet use (depends on .htpasswd file).
- **20 Mar 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Uploading a file (topic file attachment) will optionally create a link to the uploaded file at the end of the topic. The preference variable `%ATTACHLINKBOX%` controls the default state of the **_link_** check box in the attach file page.
- **11 Mar 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Better security with taint checking ( `Perl -T` option )
- **25 Feb 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New preference variables `%EDITBOXWIDTH%` and `%EDITBOXHEIGHT%` to specify the edit box size.
- **25 Feb 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Edit preferences topics to set TWiki variables. There are three level of preferences Site-level ([[TWikiPreferences]]), web-level ([[WebPreferences]] in each web) and user-level preferences (for each of the [[TWikiUsers]]). With this, discontinue use of server side include of `wikiwebs.inc` , `wikiwebtable.inc` , `weblist.inc` , `webcopyright.inc` and `webcolors.inc` files.
- **11 Feb 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New variable `%SCRIPTSUFFIX%` / $scriptSuffix containing an optional file extension of the TWiki Perl script. Templates have been changed to use this variable. This allows you to rename the Perl script files to have a file extension like for example ".cgi".
- **11 Feb 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New variable `%SCRIPTURLPATH%` / $scriptUrlPath containing the script URL without the domain name. Templates have been changed to use this variable instead of `%SCRIPTURL%` . This is for performance reasons.
- **07 Feb 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Changed the syntax for server side include variable from `%INCLUDE:"filename.ext"%` to `%INCLUDE{"filename.ext"}%` . (Previous syntax still supported. Change was done because of inline search syntax)
- **07 Feb 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Inline search. New variable `%SEARCH{"str" ...}%` to show a search result embedded in a topic text. [[TWikiVariables]] has more on the syntax. Inline search combined with the category table feature can be used for example to create a simple bug tracking system.
- **04 Feb 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Access statistics. Each web has a [[WebStatistics]] topic that shows monthy statistics with number of topic views and changes, most popular topics, and top contributors. (It needs to be enabled, [[TWikiDocumentation]] has more.)
- **29 Jan 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Fixed bug where TWiki would not initialize correctly under certain circumstances, i.e. when running it under mod\_perl. Sub `initialize` in `wiki.pm` did not handle `$thePathInfo` correctly.
- **24 Jan 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Fixed bug where an email address starting with a [[WikiName]] was rendered as an internal Wiki link instead of an email address, i.e. <SomeWikiName@somewhere.test> .
- **10 Jan 2000** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - No more escaping for '%' percent characters. (Number of consecutive '%' entered and displayed is identical.)
- **03 Oct 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Limit the number of revisions shown at the bottom of the topic. Example <br /> Topic %TOPIC% . \{ ..... [Diffs](../../rdiff/%WEB%/%TOPIC%) r1.10 [&gt;](../../rdiff/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev1=1.10&rev2=1.9) [r1.9](../../view/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev=1.9) [&gt;](../../rdiff/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev1=1.9&rev2=1.8) [r1.8](../../view/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev=1.8) [&gt;](../../rdiff/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev1=1.8&rev2=1.7) [r1.7](../../view/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev=1.7) [&gt;...](../../oops/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?template=oopsrev&param1=1.10) \} <br /> Additional revisions can be selected by pressing the `>...` link.

## <a name="01-Sep-1999 Release"></a> 01-Sep-1999 Release

- **31 Aug 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Fixed [[Y2K]] bug. (Date in year 2000 had wrong format.)
- **08 Aug 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New text formatting rule for creating tables. Text gets rendered as a table if enclosed in " " vertical bars. Example line as it is written and how it shows up
- **03 Aug 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Online registration of new user using web form in [[TWikiRegistration]]. Authentication of users.
- **22 Jul 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Flags `$doLogTopic*` in wikicfg.pm to selectively log topic view, edit, save, rdiff, attach, search and changes to monthly log file.
- **21 Jul 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Flag `$doRemovePortNumber` in wikicfg.pm to optionally remove the port number from the TWiki URL. Example `www.some.domain:1234/twiki` gets `www.some.domain/twiki` .
- **15 Jul 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Search path for include files in `%INCLUDE:"file.inc"%` variable. Search first in the current web, then in parent data directory. Useful to overload default include text in the data directory by web-specific text, like for example `webcopyright.inc` text.
- **07 Jul 1999** - TWiki:Main.ChristopheVermeulen
  - Link a plural topic to a singular topic in case the plural topic does not exist. Example `TestVersion` / `TestVersions` , `TestPolicy` / `TestPolicies` , `TestAddress` / `TestAddresses` , `TestBox` / `TestBoxes` .

## <a name="01-Jul-1999 Release"></a> 01-Jul-1999 Release

- **23 Jun 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New [[TextFormattingRules]] to write **_bold italic_** text by enclosing words with double underline characters.
- **23 Jun 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Separate wiki.pm into configuration (wikicfg.pm) and TWiki core (wiki.pm) . This is to ease the upgrade of TWiki installations, it also allows customized extensions to TWiki without affecting the TWiki core.
- **21 May 1999** - TWiki:Main.DavidWarman
  - Externalize copyright text at the bottom of every page into a web-specific `webcopyright.inc` file. This is to easily customize the copyright text.
- **20 May 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Added meta tag so that robots index only /view/ of topics, not /edit/, /attach/ e.t.c. Tag &lt;META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX"&gt;
- **20 May 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New variables `%WIKIHOMEURL%` (link when pressing the icon on the upper left corner) and `%WIKITOOLNAME%` (the name of the wiki tool `%WIKITOOLNAME%` ).
- **15 Apr 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Topic locking Warn user if a topic has been edited by an _other_ person within _one_ hour. This is to prevent contention, e.g. simultaneous topic updates.
- **26 Mar 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - File attachments Upload and download any file as a topic attachment by using the browser. [[FileAttachment]] has more.
- **26 Mar 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New variables `%PUBURL%` (Public directory URL) and `%ATTACHURL%` (URL of topic file attachment).
- **09 Feb 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - New text formatting rule for creating `fixed font text` . Words get showns in `fixed font` by enclosing them in "=" equal signs. Example Writing =fixed font= will show up as `fixed font` .
- **09 Feb 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - No new topic revision is created if the _same_ person saves a topic again within _one_ hour.
- **03 Feb 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Possible to view complete revision history of a topic on one page. Access at the linked date in the Changes page, or the `Diffs` link at the bottom of each topic, e.g. <br /><code> Topic TWikiHistory . \{ Edit Ref-By Diffs r1.3 &gt; r1.2 &gt; r1.1 \} <br /> Revision r1.3 1998/11/10 01:34 by PeterThoeny </code>
- **04 Jan 1999** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Fixed bug when viewing differences between topic revisions that include HTML table tags like &lt;table&gt;, &lt;tr&gt;, &lt;td&gt;.

## <a name="1998 Releases"></a> 1998 Releases

- **08 Dec 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Signature is shown below the text area when editing a topic. Use this to easily copy &amp; paste your signature into the text.
- **07 Dec 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Possible to add a category table to a TWiki topic. This permits storing and searching for more structured information. Editing a topic shows a HTML form with the usual text area and a table with selectors, checkboxes, radio buttons and text fields. [[TWikiDocumentation]] has more on setup. The TWiki.Know web uses this category table to set classification, platform and OS version.
- **18 Nov 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Internal log of topic save actions to the file `data/logYYYYMM.txt`, where `YYYYMM` the year and month in numeric format is. Intended for auditing only, not accessible from the web.
- **10 Nov 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - The email notification and the Changes topic have now a topic date that is linked. Clicking on the link will show the difference between the two most recent topic revisions.
- **10 Nov 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - View differences between topic revisions. Each topic has a list of revisions (e.g. `r1.3`) and differences thereof (e.g. `>`) at the bottom <br /><code> Topic TWikiHistory . \{ Edit Ref-By r1.3 &gt; r1.2 &gt; r1.1 \} <br /> Revision r1.3 1998/11/10 01:34 by TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny </code>
- **26 Oct 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Added preview of topic changes before saving the topic. This was necessary to prevent unneeded revisions.
- **26 Oct 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Added revision control using RCS. Each topic has now a list of revisions at the bottom and a revision info, e.g. <br /><code> Topic TWikiHistory . \{ Edit Ref-By r1.3 r1.2 r1.1 \} <br /> Revision r1.3 1998/10/26 01:34:00 by TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny </code>
- **14 Oct 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Refered-By Find out which topics have a link to the current topic. Each topic has a Ref-By link for that. Note Only references from the current web are shown, not references from other webs.
- **13 Oct 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Alphabetical topic index in [[WebSearch]].
- **24 Sep 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Corrected templates for automatic email notification so that MS Outlook can display attachment as an HTML file.
- **13 Aug 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - [[WikiNotation]] allows also numbers after the `AaA` sequence, e.g. `AaA1` is a valid [[WikiTopic]] name, but not `Aa1`.
- **07 Aug 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Automatic email notification when something has changed in a TWiki web. Each web has a topic [[WebNotify]] where one can subscribe and unsubscribe.
- **06 Aug 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Added server side include of files. Syntax is `%INCLUDE:"filename.ext"%`
- **05 Aug 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Signature and date is inserted automatically when creating a new topic.
- **04 Aug 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Separate templates for text of non existing topic and default text of new topic. (template file templates/Web/notedited.tmpl)
- **04 Aug 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Warn user if new topic name is not a valid Wiki name. (template file templates/Web/notwiki.tmpl)
- **31 Jul 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Support for quoted text with a '&gt;' at the beginning of the line.
- **28 Jul 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Added TWiki variables, enclosed in % signs `%TOPIC%` (Topic name), `%WEB%` (web name), `%SCRIPTURL%` (script URL), `%DATE%` (current date), `%WIKIWEBMASTER%` (Wiki webmaster address), `%WIKIVERSION%` (Wiki version), `%USERNAME%` (user name), `%WIKIUSERNAME%` (Wiki user name).
- **28 Jul 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Topic [[WebChanges]] shows Wiki username instead of Intranet username, e.g. `PeterThoeny` instead of `thoeny` in case the Wiki username exists. Implementation Automatic lookup of Wiki username in topic [[TWikiUsers]].
- **28 Jul 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Topic index. (Technically speaking a simple '.\*' search on topic names.)
- **28 Jul 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Topic [[WebSearch]] allows full text search and and topic search with/without regular expressions.
- **27 Jul 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Added automatic links to topics in other TWiki webs by specifying &lt;web name&gt;.&lt;topic name&gt;, e.g. `Know.WebSeach` .
- **23 Jul 1998** - TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
  - Installed initial version, based on the JOS Wiki. See [[WikiWikiClones]] for details.

## <a name="Dev Flow"></a> Dev Flow

The typical TWiki development flow...

- TWiki:Codev.FeatureBrainstorming: open forum for new ideas
- TWiki:Codev.FeatureEnhancementRequest: specific detailed request
- TWiki:Codev.FeatureToDo: prioritized to up-next dev status
- TWiki:Codev.FeatureUnderConstruction: currently in development
- TWiki:Codev.FeatureDone: completed and implemented
- TWiki:Codev.DocRequest: request for documentation
- TWiki:Codev.DocsToDo: feature documentation pending
- TWiki:Codev.FeatureDocumented: documented feature
- [[TWikiDocumentation]]: reference manual for the latest TWiki