## <a name="TWiki Administration"></a> TWiki Administration

The current implementation of %WIKITOOLNAME% is designed to never forget, that means all topic changes are under revision control and you can't delete or rename topics.

Nevertheless there are cases where you wish to delete topics. %WIKITOOLNAME% requires administrative stuff like that to be done on the shell level, so please ask your %WIKITOOLNAME% administrator to do that for you. A future version will allow administrators to do that on the browser level.

### <a name="How to Rename or Delete a Topic"></a> How to Rename or Delete a Topic

- Go to the topic you want to rename / delete.
- Find out the back-links to this page from _Ref-By_ . Modify other topics if needed.
- Telnet to the %WIKITOOLNAME% installation.
- cd to <code>**twiki/data**</code> and then to the web where the topic is located. Rename / delete the topic ( <code>**name.txt**</code> ) and repository file ( <code>**name.txt,v**</code> ). **_Hint:_** Instead of deleting a topic you could create a <code>**Trash**</code> web and move topics/repositories to this web. (A future version of TWiki might have a Trash web.)
- Edit the <code>**.changes**</code> file and rename / delete all occurrences of the topic. **_Note:_** There might be several lines of the topic.
- cd to <code>**twiki/pub**</code> and then to the web where the topic is located. Rename / delete the topic attachment directory if present.

### <a name="How to add a New Web"></a> How to add a New Web

- See [[TWiki Installation Notes|Main/TWikiDocumentation#TWiki_Installation_Notes]]

### <a name="How to Rename or Delete a Web"></a> How to Rename or Delete a Web

- It is advisable not to rename the %WIKITOOLNAME%.Main web.
- Be aware that other webs might link to the web you want to rename / delete. Search each web for links to this web, i.e. search all webs for `Obsolete.` (include the period, this is to find topics like `Obsolete.SomeTopic` ). Take measures if necessary.
- Edit the [[TWikiPreferences]] topic and rename / delete the web from the `WIKIWEBLIST` variable.
- Edit the [[TWikiWebsTable]] topic and rename / delete the web from the table.
- Telnet to the %WIKITOOLNAME% installation.
- cd to <code>**twiki/data**</code> and rename / delete the web directory.
- cd to <code>**twiki/templates**</code> and rename / delete the web directory if present.
- cd to <code>**twiki/pub**</code> and rename / delete the web directory if present.

-- [[PeterThoeny]] - 03 Mar 2001 <br />