# Managing Webs
_Adding, renaming and deleting webs are manual operations done directly on the server_
## Overview
Managing TWiki webs requires direct access to the installation files on the host server. There are currently no browser-based equivalents of the Rename/move/delete topic tools for working with webs.
## Adding a New Web
Adding new webs is quick and easy - you can have a basic web up and running in a couple of minutes:
1. **Create** a new directory under `twiki/data/`, ex: `twiki/data/Newweb`
- the name has to start with a capital and _cannot_ be a [[WikiWord]]
2. **Copy** in the contents of `twiki/data/_default`.
For detailed instructions, see [[TWiki Installation Guide: Adding a New Web|Main/TWikiInstallationGuide#CreateWeb]].
## Renaming or Deleting a Web
**NOTE:** If you plan to rename the %WIKITOOLNAME%.Main web, remember that TWiki stores user and group topics in %MAINWEB%, default named `Main`. That means, every [[WikiName]] signature - `Main.SomeUserName` - points to it and would need updating (unless the variable, `%MAINWEB%.SomeUserName`, is used throughout).
1. Prepare your site: Search each web for links to the target web, searching topic text for `Oldwebname.`, including the dot so you'll find references like `Oldwebname.SomeTopic`.
- Make changes as required, to `Newwebname.SomeTopic` or better yet, to `%MAINWEB%.SomeTopic`.
2. Edit the [[TWikiPreferences]] topic: Rename or delete the web from the `WIKIWEBLIST` variable.
3. Edit the [[TWikiWebsTable]] topic: Rename or delete the web from the table.
4. Login to the %WIKITOOLNAME% server, via Telnet or FTP.
5. Go to `twiki/data` and rename or remove the web directory.
6. Go to `twiki/templates` and rename or remove the web directory if present.
7. Go to `twiki/pub` and rename or remove the web directory if present.
-- [[MikeMannix]] - 14 Sep 2001