3 <td valign="top"> Welcome to TWiki, a flexible, powerful, and simple, secure, Web-based collaboration platform. Use TWiki to run a project development space, a document management system, a knowledge base, or any other groupware tool, on an intranet or on the Web. <p>This is the place to learn about it, download it, and try it out for yourself... </p>
6 <td align="center" valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://TWiki.org/"><img alt="Powered by TWiki" border="0" height="64" src="http://www.dementia.org/twiki//view/twikilogo3.gif" width="131" /></a><br /> The official TWiki<sup>TM</sup><br />site is <a href="http://twiki.org/" target="_top">http://twiki.org/</a></td>
12 <td><a name="UsersGuide"></a><h2><a name="TWiki User's Guide"></a> TWiki User's Guide </h2>
16 <li><strong>TWiki Quick Start</strong> - the fast track approach <ul>
17 <li>[[Main/WelcomeGuest]]: A fast track intro covering all the basics </li>
18 <li>[[Main/TWikiRegistration]]: Sign up so you can edit pages and select options </li>
25 <li><strong>One-Page Primers</strong> cover TWiki basics <ul>
26 <li>[[Main/TWikiTutorial]]: A compact, 20-minute TWiki primer </li>
27 <li>[[Main/TWikiSite]]: Instant overview - first, there was Wiki </li>
28 <li>[[Main/TWikiPages]]: Customize, rename, move, or delete TWiki topics </li>
29 <li>[[Main/WikiSyntax]]: All of the TWiki shorthand basics </li>
30 <li>[[Main/GoodStyle]]: Working tips for an open collaboration environment </li>
31 <li>[[Main/TWikiShorthand]]: Scan all TWiki text formatting rules on one page </li>
32 <li>[[Main/TWikiVariables]]: How to easily embed text, graphics, dynamic content </li>
33 <li>[[Main/FileAttachments]]: Browser-upload files for distribution or display </li>
34 <li>[[Main/WebChangesAlert]]: Get email alerts linking to the latest page changes </li>
41 <li><strong>Installed Plugins</strong> extending the functionality of TWiki <blockquote>
46 <li>[[TWiki/SpreadSheetPlugin]] <span>(any TWiki, 10197)</span>: </li>
47 <li>[[TWiki/CommentPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, 11359)</span>: Allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle</li>
48 <li>[[TWiki/EditTablePlugin]] <span>(any TWiki, 11646)</span>: </li>
49 <li>[[TWiki/InterwikiPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, $Rev: 11935$)</span>: </li>
50 <li>[[TWiki/PreferencesPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, 9839)</span>: </li>
51 <li>[[TWiki/SlideShowPlugin]] <span>(Any TWiki, $Rev: 12847$)</span>: </li>
52 <li>[[TWiki/SmiliesPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, 8154)</span>: </li>
53 <li>[[TWiki/TablePlugin]] <span>(1.020, 12339)</span>: </li>
54 <li>[[TWiki/TwistyPlugin]] <span>(1.2.0, $Rev: 12154$)</span>: </li>
59 <li><strong>TWiki Help FAQs</strong><ul>
60 <li>[[Main/TWikiFAQ]]: The first things people ask about TWiki </li>
61 <li>[[Main/TextFormattingFAQ]]: Common how-to questions about posting in TWiki </li>
68 <li> %T% It should take an hour or less to read through and customize the [[Main/WebHome#UsersGuide]] to reflect the features and settings enabled on your own TWiki site. </li>
69 <li> Frequent users should also browse the full [[Main/WebHome#ReferenceManual]]! </li>
73 <td align="left" valign="top" width="200">
74 <form action="http://www.dementia.org/twiki//search/%WEB%/"><input name="search" size="22" type="text" /><br /><input type="submit" value="Search Docs" /><br /><font size="-2">More options in [[Main/WebSearch]]</font></form>
79 <a name="ReferenceManual"></a>
81 ## <a name="TWiki Reference Manual"></a> TWiki Reference Manual
83 Documentation for webmasters, system administrators, project managers, team leaders, <br /> and all other users of the TWiki advanced online collaboration tool.
85 - **[[TWikiDocumentation]]**: Complete current reference...
86 - [[System Requirements|Main/TWikiImplementationNotes]]
87 - [[Installation Guide|Main/TWikiInstallationGuide]]
88 - [[Upgrade Guide|Main/TWikiUpgradeGuide]]
89 - [[User Authentication|Main/TWikiUserAuthentication]]
90 - [[Access Control|Main/TWikiAccessControl]]
91 - [[TWiki Text Formatting|Main/TextFormattingRules]]
93 - [[TWikiAttachments|Main/FileAttachment]]
97 - [[TWiki Search Formatting|Main/FormattedSearch]]
101 - [[Managing Topics|Main/ManagingTopics]]
102 - [[Managing Webs|Main/ManagingWebs]]<br />**Appendices**<br />[[A. TWiki File System|Main/AppendixFileSystem]]<br />[[B. TWiki Dev Timeline|Main/TWikiHistory]]
104 ## <a name="TWikiSiteTools"></a><a name="_TWikiSiteTools"></a> TWikiSiteTools
106 [[TWikiSiteTools]] include utilities for navigation and for monitoriing web and site-wide activity. [[WebPreferences]] can be individually configured.
108 - You are currently in the **[[%WEB%|WEB/WebHome]]** web.
110 <form action="http://www.dementia.org/twiki//search/%WEB%/">
112 <li>[[Main/WebSearch]]: Full text search of this web<br /><input name="search" size="32" type="text" /> <input type="submit" value="Search" /> (extended options in [[Main/WebSearch]]) </li>
113 <li>[[Main/WebChanges]]: Display recent input on the this web </li>
114 <li>[[Main/WebIndex]]: List all web topics in alphabetical order. See also the faster [[Main/WebTopicList]]</li>
115 <li>[[Main/WebNotify]]: Subscribe to an email alert linking to the most recently changed topics in this web </li>
116 <li>[[Main/WebStatistics]]: View access statistics for this web </li>
120 - [[WebPreferences]]: Preference settings for the this web
121 - [[TWikiPreferences]]: %WIKITOOLNAME% site-wide preferences
122 - The [[SiteMap]]: A color-coded directory of available webs that can be easily included on any page _(below)_
123 - The [[%WEB%|TWiki/WebHome]] web is coded light orange for quick identification.
125 - TWiki<sup>TM</sup> is a trademark of [[PeterThoeny]]
126 - TWiki is developed as Free Software under the [[GNU/GPL|Main/GnuGeneralPublicLicense]]
127 - This site is running TWiki version **TWiki-4.1.2, Sat, 03 Mar 2007, build 13046**
128 - Get the current version from [TWiki.org Downloads](http://TWiki.org/download.html)<br />![twikilogo88x31.gif](http://www.dementia.org/twiki//view/twikilogo88x31.gif)