# Appendix B: TWiki Development Timeline
**| \*bold\* |**
cells as table headers, (ii) render space padded cells **| center aligned |**
and **| right aligned |**
, (iii) span multiple columns using **| empty cells |||**
. More in [[TextFormattingRules]].
- **25 Mar 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Security fix Questionable files like PHP scripts (executables) and **.htaccess**
files that are attached to a topic get a **.txt**
suffix appended to the file name. See also TWiki:Codev/FileAttachmentFilterSecurityAlert
- **28 Feb 2001** - [[AndreaSterbini]], [[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** - [[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** - [[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** - [[NicholasLee]], [[PeterThoeny]]
- Use `Net::SMTP` module instead of `sendmail` if installed.
- **01 Feb 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Added `` ... `` tags, it also shows `<`, `>`, `&` characters "as is". - **01 Feb 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] - Fixed TWiki:Codev/CreateLinkToAttachedFileBug. - **21 Jan 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] - Added a "Minor change, don't notify" checkbox in preview. More in [[DontNotify]]. - **21 Jan 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] - Added Bold Fixed formatting using double-equal signs, e.g. write `==Bold Fixed==` to get
**Bold Fixed**
.
- **20 Jan 2001** - [[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** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- [[WebChanges]], [[WebSearch]] and e-mail notification indicate also the revision number of a topic (i.e. 18 Jan 2001 16:43 r1.5), or NEW for a new topic (i.e. i.e. 18 Jan 2001 16:43 **NEW**).
- **16 Jan 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- New variable `%STARTINCLUDE%` and `%STOPINCLUDE%` variables to control what gets included of a topic. More in [[TWikiVariables]].
- **16 Jan 2001** - [[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** - [[StanleyKnutson]]
- Better error handling when saving a topic.
- **05 Jan 2001** - [[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** - [[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** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- New `noheader="on"` switch in `%SEARCH{...}%` to suppress table header. More in [[TWikiVariables]].
## 01-Dec-2000 Release
- **03 Nov 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Flag `$doHidePasswdInRegistration` in `wikicfg.pm` to hide plain text password in registration email.
- **01 Nov 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- New variable `%VAR{"NAME" web="Web"}%` to get web specific preferences. More in [[TWikiVariables]].
- **01 Nov 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Added a "Cancel" link in edit that releases the edit lock.
- **23 Oct 2000** - [[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** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Remember user by IP address so that `view` "knows" the user once authenticated in `edit`. More in [[TWikiUserAuthentication]].
- **26 Sep 2000** - [[AlWilliams]], [[PeterThoeny]]
- Fixed TWiki:Codev/UppercaseAttachments bug and added `png` image support.
- **26 Sep 2000** - [[HaroldGottschalk]], [[AndreaSterbini]], [[PeterThoeny]]
- Allow nesting of variables, i.e. `%INCLUDE{"%TWIKIWEB%.TWikiWebsTable"}%`. More in TWiki:Codev/BetterTWikiTagTemplateProcessing.
- **20 Sep 2000** - [[ManpreetSingh]]
- New -q switch in `mailnotify` to suppress all normal output.
- **19 Sep 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Fixed TWiki:Codev/AttachedNotificationLinksBug.
- **18 Sep 2000** - [[ManpreetSingh]], [[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** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Ref-By link searches all webs (not just the current web.)
- **16 Aug 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- New [[TWikiPreferences]] variables `%HTTP_EQUIV_ON_VIEW%` , `%HTTP_EQUIV_ON_EDIT%` and `%HTTP_EQUIV_ON_PREVIEW%` that define the `` meta tags for the TWiki templates. This can be used for example to set a document expiration time.
- **29 Jul 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- New variables `%GMTIME{"..."}%` and `%SERVERTIME{"..."}%` . More in [[TWikiVariables]].
- **23 Jul 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Changed include syntax from `%INCLUDE{"Web/TopicName.txt"}%` to `%INCLUDE{"Web.TopicName"}%` . Legacy syntax still supported.
- **23 Jul 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- [[BookView]] search allows you show a set of topics for easy printing.
- **22 Jul 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- More forgiving syntax for \*bold\*, _italic_, \_\_bold italic\_\_
and **fixed**
, where it is not necessary anymore to have a trailing space before `.,;:?!` characters.
- **22 Jul 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Split the TWiki.Main web into TWiki.Main (users, company data) and TWiki.TWiki (TWiki related documentation, registration)
- **07 Jul 2000** - [[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** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Fixed problem of losing carriage returns when editing topics with KDE KFM browser or [[W3M]] browser.
- **21 Jun 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Fixed problem that a page redirect on some server environments is not working (host name is needed in URL).
- **21 Jun 2000** - [[CrisBailiff]], [[PeterThoeny]]
- Fixed security issue to prevent a server side `%INCLUDE%` of arbitrary files.
- **29 May 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- New `%GMTIME%` variable that shows the current GM time.
- **28 May 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Lock warning shows remaining lock time in minutes.
- **15 May 2000** - [[PeterFokkinga]]
- Each topic can have its own template file. [[TWikiTemplates]] has more.
- **02 May 2000** - [[KevinKinnell]], [[PeterThoeny]]
- Advanced search features like search multiple webs; sort by topic name / modified time / author; limit the number of results returned. More in [[TWikiVariables]].
## 01-May-2000 Release
- **21 Apr 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- New [[TWikiVariables]] `%HTTP_HOST%` , `%REMOTE_ADDR%` , `%REMOTE_PORT%` and `%REMOTE_USER%` .
- **21 Apr 2000** - [[JohnAltstadt]], [[PeterThoeny]]
- [[TWikiRegistration]] is done separately for Intranet use (depends on remote\_user) or Internet use (depends on .htpasswd file).
- **20 Mar 2000** - [[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** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Better security with taint checking ( `Perl -T` option )
- **25 Feb 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- New preference variables `%EDITBOXWIDTH%` and `%EDITBOXHEIGHT%` to specify the edit box size.
- **25 Feb 2000** - [[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** - [[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** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- New variable `%SCRIPTURLPATH%` / $scriptUrlPath containing the script URL without the domain name. Templates have been changed to use this variable instead of `%SCRIPTURL%` . This is for performance reasons.
- **07 Feb 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Changed the syntax for server side include variable from `%INCLUDE:"filename.ext"%` to `%INCLUDE{"filename.ext"}%` . (Previous syntax still supported. Change was done because of inline search syntax)
- **07 Feb 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Inline search. New variable `%SEARCH{"str" ...}%` to show a search result embedded in a topic text. [[TWikiVariables]] has more on the syntax. Inline search combined with the category table feature can be used for example to create a simple bug tracking system.
- **04 Feb 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Access statistics. Each web has a [[WebStatistics]] topic that shows monthy statistics with number of topic views and changes, most popular topics, and top contributors. (It needs to be enabled, [[TWikiDocumentation]] has more.)
- **29 Jan 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Fixed bug where TWiki would not initialize correctly under certain circumstances, i.e. when running it under mod\_perl. Sub `initialize` in `wiki.pm` did not handle `$thePathInfo` correctly.
- **24 Jan 2000** - [[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. Topic TWikiHistory . \{ Edit Ref-By Diffs r1.3 > r1.2 > r1.1 \}
Revision r1.3 1998/11/10 01:34 by PeterThoeny
- **04 Jan 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Fixed bug when viewing differences between topic revisions that include HTML table tags like <table>, <tr>, <td>.
## 1998 Releases
- **08 Dec 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Signature is shown below the text area when editing a topic. Use this to easily copy & paste your signature into the text.
- **07 Dec 1998** - [[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** - [[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** - [[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** - [[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 Topic TWikiHistory . \{ Edit Ref-By r1.3 > r1.2 > r1.1 \}
Revision r1.3 1998/11/10 01:34 by [[PeterThoeny]]
- **26 Oct 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Added preview of topic changes before saving the topic. This was necessary to prevent unneeded revisions.
- **26 Oct 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Added revision control using RCS. Each topic has now a list of revisions at the bottom and a revision info, e.g. Topic TWikiHistory . \{ Edit Ref-By r1.3 r1.2 r1.1 \}
Revision r1.3 1998/10/26 01:34:00 by [[PeterThoeny]]
- **14 Oct 1998** - [[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** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Alphabetical topic index in [[WebSearch]].
- **24 Sep 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Corrected templates for automatic email notification so that MS Outlook can display attachment as an HTML file.
- **13 Aug 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- [[WikiNotation]] allows also numbers after the `AaA` sequence, e.g. `AaA1` is a valid [[WikiTopic]] name, but not `Aa1`.
- **07 Aug 1998** - [[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** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Added server side include of files. Syntax is `%INCLUDE:"filename.ext"%`
- **05 Aug 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Signature and date is inserted automatically when creating a new topic.
- **04 Aug 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Separate templates for text of non existing topic and default text of new topic. (template file templates/Web/notedited.tmpl)
- **04 Aug 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Warn user if new topic name is not a valid Wiki name. (template file templates/Web/notwiki.tmpl)
- **31 Jul 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Support for quoted text with a '>' at the beginning of the line.
- **28 Jul 1998** - [[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** - [[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** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Topic index. (Technically speaking a simple '.\*' search on topic names.)
- **28 Jul 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Topic [[WebSearch]] allows full text search and and topic search with/without regular expressions.
- **27 Jul 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Added automatic links to topics in other TWiki webs by specifying <web name>.<topic name>, e.g. `Know.WebSeach` .
- **23 Jul 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]]
- Installed initial version, based on the JOS Wiki. See [[WikiWikiClones]] for details.
## 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