3 <td rowspan="2" 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>
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5 <h2><a name="TWiki User's Guide"></a> TWiki User's Guide </h2>
9 <li><strong>TWiki Quick Start</strong> - the fast track approach <ul>
10 <li>[[Main/WelcomeGuest]]: A fast track intro covering all the basics </li>
11 <li>[[Main/TWikiRegistration]]: Sign up so you can edit pages and select options </li>
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17 <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>
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21 <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>
26 - **One-Page Primers** cover TWiki basics
27 - [[TWikiTutorial]]: A compact, 20-minute TWiki primer
28 - [[TWikiSite]]: Instant overview - first, there was Wiki
29 - [[TWikiPages]]: Customize, rename, move, or delete TWiki topics
30 - [[WikiSyntax]]: All of the TWiki shorthand basics
31 - [[GoodStyle]]: Working tips for an open collaboration environment
32 - [[TWikiShorthand]]: Scan all TWiki text formatting rules on one page
33 - [[TWikiVariables]]: How to easily embed text, graphics, dynamic content
34 - [[FileAttachments]]: Browser-upload files for distribution or display
35 - [[WebChangesAlert]]: Get email alerts linking to the latest page changes
37 - **Installed Plugins** extending the functionality of TWiki
40 - [[SpreadSheetPlugin]] <span>(any TWiki, 10197)</span>:
41 - [[CommentPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, 11359)</span>: Allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle
42 - [[EditTablePlugin]] <span>(any TWiki, 11646)</span>:
43 - [[InterwikiPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, $Rev: 11935$)</span>:
44 - [[PreferencesPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, 9839)</span>:
45 - [[SlideShowPlugin]] <span>(Any TWiki, $Rev: 12847$)</span>:
46 - [[SmiliesPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, 8154)</span>:
47 - [[TablePlugin]] <span>(1.020, 12339)</span>:
48 - [[TwistyPlugin]] <span>(1.2.0, $Rev: 12154$)</span>:
51 - [[TWikiFAQ]]: The first things people ask about TWiki
52 - [[TextFormattingFAQ]]: Common how-to questions about posting in TWiki
54 - %T% It should take an hour or less to read through and customize the [[User's Guide|Main/WebHome#UsersGuide]] to reflect the features and settings enabled on your own TWiki site.
55 - Frequent users should also browse the full [[Reference Manual|Main/WebHome#ReferenceManual]]!
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59 ## <a name="TWiki Reference Manual"></a> TWiki Reference Manual
61 Documentation for webmasters, system administrators, project managers, team leaders, <br /> and all other users of the TWiki advanced online collaboration tool.
63 - **[[TWikiDocumentation]]**: Complete current reference...
64 - [[System Requirements|Main/TWikiImplementationNotes]]
65 - [[Installation Guide|Main/TWikiInstallationGuide]]
66 - [[Upgrade Guide|Main/TWikiUpgradeGuide]]
67 - [[User Authentication|Main/TWikiUserAuthentication]]
68 - [[Access Control|Main/TWikiAccessControl]]
69 - [[TWiki Text Formatting|Main/TextFormattingRules]]
71 - [[TWikiAttachments|Main/FileAttachment]]
75 - [[TWiki Search Formatting|Main/FormattedSearch]]
79 - [[Managing Topics|Main/ManagingTopics]]
80 - [[Managing Webs|Main/ManagingWebs]]<br />**Appendices**<br />[[A. TWiki File System|Main/AppendixFileSystem]]<br />[[B. TWiki Dev Timeline|Main/TWikiHistory]]
82 ## <a name="TWiki Site Tools"></a> TWiki Site Tools
84 - [[TWikiSiteTools]] include utilities for navigation and for monitoriing web and site-wide activity.
85 - [[SiteMap]]: A color-coded directory of available webs that can be easily included on any page _(below)_
86 - [[TWikiPreferences]]: %WIKITOOLNAME% site-wide preferences
90 - TWiki<sup>TM</sup> is a trademark of [[PeterThoeny]]
91 - TWiki is developed as Free Software under the [[GNU/GPL|Main/GnuGeneralPublicLicense]]
92 - This site is running TWiki version **TWiki-4.1.2, Sat, 03 Mar 2007, build 13046**
93 - Get the current version from [TWiki.org Downloads](http://TWiki.org/download.html)<br />![twikilogo88x31.gif](http://www.dementia.org/twiki//view/twikilogo88x31.gif)