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<ul>
<li><a href="#TWiki Installation Guide"> TWiki Installation Guide</a><ul>
- <li><a href="#Overview"> Overview</a></li>
<li><a href="#Standard Installation"> Standard Installation</a><ul>
- <li><a href="#Step 1: Create Configure the Di"> Step 1: Create & Configure the Directories</a></li>
- <li><a href="#Step 2: Check the Server Directo"> Step 2: Check the Server Directory Settings</a></li>
- <li><a href="#Step 3: Enable Perl File Permiss"> Step 3: Enable Perl File Permissions</a></li>
- <li><a href="#Step 4: Set the Main Configurati"> Step 4: Set the Main Configuration File</a></li>
- <li><a href="#Step 5: Finish Up from Your Brow"> Step 5: Finish Up from Your Browser</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Step 1: Create Configure the Di"> Step 1: Create & Configure the Directories</a><ul>
+ <li><a href="#Step 1 for Non-Root Accounts"> Step 1 for Non-Root Accounts</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li><a href="#Step 2: Set File Permissions"> Step 2: Set File Permissions</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Step 3: Set the Main Configurati"> Step 3: Set the Main Configuration File</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Step 4: Finish Up from Your Brow"> Step 4: Finish Up from Your Browser</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#Additional Server-Level Options"> Additional Server-Level Options</a><ul>
- <li><a href="#Creating a New Web"> Creating a New Web</a></li>
- <li><a href="#Adding Variables Rendering Rule"> Adding Variables & Rendering Rules </a></li>
- <li><a href="#Enabling Basic Authentication (."> Enabling Basic Authentication (.htaccess)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Enabling Authentication of Users"> Enabling Authentication of Users</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Adding a New Web"> Adding a New Web</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#TWiki File System Info"> TWiki File System Info</a></li>
# <a name="TWiki Installation Guide"></a> TWiki Installation Guide
-_Clean install of the current public release (01-Sep-2001)_
-
-## <a name="Overview"></a> Overview
-
-These installation steps use the Apache web server on Linux as an example. TWiki runs on other web servers and Unix systems as well. (TWiki on Windows is possible, but has not been well-documented. More on that at TWiki:Codev/TWikiOnWindows.)
-
-- **_NOTE:_** This Installation Guide assumes the following:
-
-- - **User `nobody` ** is used for all files manipulated by the CGI scripts (executed by the Web server), and user `twiki` for all other files. Replace user `nobody` with another user if your Web server executes scripts under a different name (default for Debian is `www-data`). Also, you can substitute user `twiki` with your own username.
-
-- - **You have control** over the Web server configuraton files. In case you don't - you may be installing on an ISP-hosted server - follow the steps but use these directories instead:
-
-<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
- <tr>
- <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> TWiki dir: </strong></th>
- <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> What it is: </strong></th>
- <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Where to copy: </strong></th>
- <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Example: </strong></th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td><code>twiki/bin</code></td>
- <td> CGI bin </td>
- <td> cgi-bin enabled dir </td>
- <td><code>/home/smith/public_html/cgi-bin</code></td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td><code>twiki/lib</code></td>
- <td> library files </td>
- <td> same level like <code>twiki/bin</code></td>
- <td><code>/home/smith/public_html/lib</code></td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td><code>twiki/pub</code></td>
- <td> public files </td>
- <td> htdoc enabled dir </td>
- <td><code>/home/smith/public_html/pub</code></td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td><code>twiki/data</code></td>
- <td> topic data </td>
- <td> outside of htdoc tree (for security) </td>
- <td><code>/home/smith/twiki/data</code></td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td><code>twiki/templates</code></td>
- <td> web templates </td>
- <td> outside of htdoc tree (for security) </td>
- <td><code>/home/smith/twiki/templates</code></td>
- </tr>
-</table>
-
-Read TWiki:Codev/SourceForgeHowTo in case you want to install TWiki on SourceForge.
+_Installation instructions for the TWiki 01-Dec-2001 production release. Update notes for the new RCS configuration are marked_ **_Dataframework_**.
+
+These installation steps are based on the Apache Web server on Linux. TWiki runs on other Web servers and Unix systems, and should be fine with any OS and server that meet the [[system requirements|Main/TWikiImplementationNotes]]. Documentation for other platforms is currently limited. For Windows, check TWiki:Codev/TWikiOnWindows. Search the TWiki:Codev web for other intallation notes.
+
+<a name="StandardInstallation"></a>
## <a name="Standard Installation"></a> Standard Installation
-Request and download the TWiki 01-Sep-2001 distribution in Unix ZIP format from <http://TWiki.org/download.html>.
+Request and download the TWiki 01-Dec-2001 distribution in Unix ZIP format from <http://TWiki.org/download.html>. _(To install TWiki on SourceForge, for use on a software development project, read TWiki:Codev/SourceForgeHowTo .)_
### <a name="Step 1: Create Configure the Di"></a> Step 1: Create & Configure the Directories
+%X% **NOTE:** _If you don't have access to your Web server configuration files - for example, if you're installing on an ISP-hosted account - use the [[alternative Step 1|Main/WebHome#StepOneB]] instead._
+
- Create directory `/home/httpd/twiki` and unzip the TWiki distribution into this directory.
- The `twiki/bin` directory of TWiki must be set as a cgi-bin directory. Add `/home/httpd/twiki/bin` to file `/etc/httpd/httpd.conf` with only `ExecCGI` option.
- The `twiki/pub` directory of TWiki must be set so that it is visible as a URL. Add `/home/httpd/twiki` to file `httpd.conf` with normal access options (copy from `/home/httpd/html` ).
-- Now add `ScriptAlias` for `/twiki/bin` and `Alias` for `/twiki` to file `httpd.conf` . <br />**_Note:_** The `ScriptAlias` **must** come before the `Alias` in Apache, otherwise it will fail to correctly set up `/twiki/bin/` , due to the fact that it sees that as being just another subdirectory of the `/twiki/` alias. <br />
+- Now add `ScriptAlias` for `/twiki/bin` and `Alias` for `/twiki` to file `httpd.conf` . <br /> %X% **NOTE:** The `ScriptAlias` **_must_** come before the `Alias`, otherwise, Apache will fail to correctly set up `/twiki/bin/`, by treating it as just another subdirectory of the `/twiki/` alias.
+- The `twiki/data` and `twiki/templates` directories should be set so that they are **not** visible as URLs. Add them to `httpd.conf` with `deny from all`.
> **Example `httpd.conf` entries:**
>
> AllowOverride None
> Allow from all
> </Directory>
-
-### <a name="Step 2: Check the Server Directo"></a> Step 2: Check the Server Directory Settings
+> <Directory "/home/httpd/twiki/data">
+> deny from all
+> </Directory>
+> <Directory "/home/httpd/twiki/templates">
+> deny from all
+> </Directory>
- Restart Apache by `/etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S85httpd restart` .
-- Test if the `twiki/bin` directory is cgi-enabled:
- - Enter the URL of that directory into your browser ( `http://your.domain.com/twiki/bin` ). It is not set correctly as cgi-bin in case you get something like `"Index of /twiki/bin"` . It is OK if you get a message like `"Forbidden. You don't have permission to access /twiki/bin/ on this server."`
- - Execute the `testenv` script from your browser ( `http://your.domain.com/twiki/bin/testenv` ). It shows a table with all CGI environment variables. It also tests the settings in your <code>**twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg**</code> configuration file, which you will set later on.
-
-### <a name="Step 3: Enable Perl File Permiss"></a> Step 3: Enable Perl File Permissions
-
-- Make sure Perl 5 and the Perl CGI library are installed on your system. Default location of Perl executable is `/usr/bin/perl`. In case Perl is installed in a different location, the first line of all Perl scripts in the <code>**twiki/bin**</code> directory must be changed (alternatively you can create a symbolic link from <code>**/usr/bin/perl**</code> ).
- - **IMPORTANT:** On most ISP virtual domain accounts, Perl CGI scripts require a <code>**.cgi**</code> extension to run. Some systems need <code>**.pl**</code>, the regular Perl extension. Change all <code>**twiki/bin**</code> scripts appropriately if necssary.
-- To be able to edit the Perl scripts and <code>**.tmpl**</code> files it is necessary to <code>**chown**</code> and <code>**chgrp -R twiki**</code> so all the files have the owner you want.
-- The CGI scripts execute as <code>**nobody**</code>. Set the file permission of all Perl scripts in the <code>**twiki/bin**</code> directory as executable to <code>**-rwxr-xr-x**</code> (755).
-- Set the permission of all files below `twiki/data` so that they are writable by user `nobody`. A simple way is to <code>**chmod**</code> them to <code>**-rw-rw-r--**</code> (664) and to <code>**chown**</code> them to <code>**nobody**</code>.
-- Set the permission of the <code>**twiki/data**</code> directory and its subdirectories so that files in there are writable by user <code>**nobody**</code>. A simple way is to chmod them to <code>**drwxrwxr-x**</code> (775) and to <code>**chown**</code> them to <code>**nobody**</code>.
-- Set the permission of the `twiki/pub` directory and all its subdirectories so that files in there are writable by user `nobody`. A simple way is to <code>**chmod**</code> them to <code>**drwxrwxr-x**</code> (775) and to <code>**chown**</code> them to <code>**nobody**</code>.
-
-### <a name="Step 4: Set the Main Configurati"></a> Step 4: Set the Main Configuration File
-
-- Edit the file <code>**twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg**</code> and set the variables to your needs.
- - Set the file extension in the `$scriptSuffix` variable to <code>**cgi**</code> or <code>**pl**</code> if required.
- - Make sure RCS is installed. Set `$rcsDir` in `twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg` to mach the location of your RCS binaries.
-- Note in case the CGI scripts are **_not_** running as user `nobody`: The `*,v` RCS repository files delivered with the installation package are locked by user `nobody` . In case the user is different (e.g. `www-data` ), it is not possible to check in files, this has the effect that the topic version number does not increase when saving a topic. In this case you need to unlock all repository files and lock them as user `www-data` (check the rcs man pages), or simply delete all the repository files. A simple way to switch the locker of the RCS files is to use sed: <br />`for f in *,v; do sed 's/nobody\:/www-data\:/' $f > x; mv x $f; done`
-- **Security issue:** Directories `twiki/data` , `twiki/templates` and all its subdirectories should be set so that they are **not** visible as a URL. (Alternatively, move the directries to a place where they are not visible, and change the variables in `twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg` accordingly)
-- Enable email notification of topic changes, [[MonitoringSiteActivity]] has more.
+- Test that the `twiki/bin` directory is CGI-enabled by trying visiting it in your browser:
+ - Enter the URL for the `bin` directory, `http://yourdomain.com/twiki/bin/`.
+ - Your settings are OK if you get a message like `"Forbidden. You don't have permission to access /twiki/bin/ on this server"`.
+ - Settings are NOT correct if you get something like `"Index of /twiki/bin"` - recheck your `httpd.conf` file.
+
+- _Go directly to [[Step 2|Main/WebHome#StepTwo]]..._
+
+<a name="StepOneB"></a>
+
+#### <a name="Step 1 for Non-Root Accounts"></a> Step 1 for Non-Root Accounts
+
+To install TWiki on a system where you don't have server administrator privileges, for example, on a hosted Web account:
+
+- Download and unzip TWiki on your local PC
+- Using the table below, create a directory structure on your host server
+- Upload the TWiki files by FTP (transfer as _text_ except for the image files in `pub`)
+
+> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
+> <tr>
+> <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> TWiki dir: </strong></th>
+> <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> What it is: </strong></th>
+> <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Where to copy: </strong></th>
+> <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Example: </strong></th>
+> </tr>
+> <tr>
+> <td><code>twiki</code></td>
+> <td> start-up pages </td>
+> <td> root TWiki dir </td>
+> <td><code>/home/smith/twiki/</code></td>
+> </tr>
+> <tr>
+> <td><code>twiki/bin</code></td>
+> <td> CGI bin </td>
+> <td> CGI-enabled dir </td>
+> <td><code>/home/smith/twiki/bin</code></td>
+> </tr>
+> <tr>
+> <td><code>twiki/lib</code></td>
+> <td> library files </td>
+> <td> same level as <code>twiki/bin</code></td>
+> <td><code>/home/smith/twiki/lib</code></td>
+> </tr>
+> <tr>
+> <td><code>twiki/pub</code></td>
+> <td> public files </td>
+> <td> htdoc enabled dir </td>
+> <td><code>/home/smith/twiki/pub</code></td>
+> </tr>
+> <tr>
+> <td><code>twiki/data</code></td>
+> <td> topic data </td>
+> <td> dir secure from public access </td>
+> <td><code>/home/smith/twiki/data</code></td>
+> </tr>
+> <tr>
+> <td><code>twiki/templates</code></td>
+> <td> web templates </td>
+> <td> dir secure from public access </td>
+> <td><code>/home/smith/twiki/templates</code></td>
+> </tr>
+> </table>
+
+<a name="StepTwo"></a>
+
+### <a name="Step 2: Set File Permissions"></a> Step 2: Set File Permissions
+
+- Make sure Perl 5 and the Perl CGI library are installed on your system. The default location of Perl is `/usr/bin/perl`. If it's elsewhere, change the path to Perl in the first line of each script in the `twiki/bin` directory, or create a symbolic link from `/usr/bin/perl`.
+ - **IMPORTANT:** On ISP-hosted accounts, Perl CGI scripts usually require a `.cgi` extension to run. Some systems need `.pl`, the regular Perl extension. Modify all `twiki/bin` script filenames if necessary.
+- Set the file permission of all Perl scripts in the `twiki/bin` directory as executable to `-rwxr-xr-x` (755).
+- To be able to edit the Perl scripts and `.tmpl` files it is necessary to `chown` and `chgrp -R twiki` so all the files have the owner you want.
+- %H% This Guide assumes user `nobody` ownership for all files manipulated by the CGI scripts (executed by the Web server), and user `twiki` for all other files. You can:
+ - replace `nobody` with another user if your server executes scripts under a different name (ex: default for Debian is `www-data`).
+ - %T% **HINT:** Run the `testenv` script from your browser: `http://yourdomain.com/twiki/bin/testenv`. It will show you the user name of the CGI scripts, a table listing all CGI environment variables, and a test of your `twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg` configuration file (you'll configure that in a minute).
+ - replace user `twiki` with your own username
+- Set the permission of all files below `twiki/data` so that they are writable by user `nobody`. A simple way is to `chmod` them to `-rw-rw-r--` (664) and to `chown` them to `nobody`.
+- Set the permission of the `twiki/data` directory and its subdirectories so that files in there are writable by user `nobody`. A simple way is to chmod them to `drwxrwxr-x` (775) and to `chown` them to `nobody`.
+- Set the permission of the `twiki/pub` directory and all its subdirectories so that files in there are writable by user `nobody`. A simple way is to `chmod` them to `drwxrwxr-x` (775) and to `chown` them to `nobody`.
+- %H% The `twiki/data/*/*.txt,v` RCS repository files in the installation package are locked by user `nobody`. If your CGI scripts are **_not_** running as user `nobody`, it's not possible to check in files (you'll see that the revision number won't increase after saving a topic). In this case, you need to unlock all repository files (check the RCS man pages) and lock them with a different user, ex `www-data`, or delete them all - new files will be automatically created the first time each topic is edited. A simple way to change ownership is with a search-and-replace in all files; for example, using sed:
+
+> cd twiki/data
+> for f in */*,v; do sed 's/nobody\:/www-data\:/' $f > x; mv -f x $f; done
+
+Note that this is not required if you use the Perl based RCS implementation - see _Dataframework_.
+
+### <a name="Step 3: Set the Main Configurati"></a> Step 3: Set the Main Configuration File
+
+- Edit the file `twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg`, setting the variables to your needs.
+ - Set the file extension in the `$scriptSuffix` variable to `cgi` or `pl` if required.
+ - RCS - revision control system to store revsion of topics and attachments. You can use RCS executables or a version of RCS written in Perl, note that as the time of writing (Apr 2002) the Perl version has not been widely tested, so if you want to put up a live site the RCS executables are recommended. (Dateframework - prior version of TWiki only support the RCS executables and do not have the config setting `$storeTopicImpl`)
+ - Set `$storeTopicImpl = "RcsLite";` for the Perl based RCS
+ - Set `$storeTopicImpl = "RcsWrap";` for the RCS execuatbles and make sure RCS is installed. Set `$rcsDir` in `twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg` to mach the location of your RCS binaries. You can check this by issuing the comand `rcs` at the prompt, it should result in something like `"rcs: no input file"`.
+- **Security issue:** Directories `twiki/data` , `twiki/templates` and all its subdirectories should be set so that they are **_not_** visible as a URL. (Alternatively, move the directories to a place where they are not visible, and change the variables in `twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg` accordingly)
+- Test your settings by running the `testenv` script from your browser: `http://yourdomain.com/twiki/bin/testenv`. Check if your `twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg` configuration file settings are correct.
+
+### <a name="Step 4: Finish Up from Your Brow"></a> Step 4: Finish Up from Your Browser
+
+- Point your Web browser at `http://yourdomain.com/twiki/bin/view` and start TWiki-ing away!
+ - %T% Or, point to `http://yourdomain.com/twiki/` to get the pre-TWiki `index.html` page, with a link to the `view` script. Customize this page if you want a public intro screen with a login link, instead of immediately calling up the .htaccess login dialog by going directly to `view`.
+- Edit the [[TWikiPreferences]] topic in the TWiki:TWiki web to set the `WIKIWEBMASTER` email address, and other preferences.
+- Edit the [[WebPreferences]] topic in each web, if necessary: set individual `WEBCOPYRIGHT` messages, and other preferences.
+- Enable email notification of topic changes, [[TWikiSiteTools]] has more.
+- Edit the [[WebNotify]] topic in all webs and add the users you want to notify.
- Add the TWiki:Main/PoweredByTWikiLogo to your [[WebHome]] topic.
+- You can add new `%VARIABLES%`. Define site-level variables in the [[TWikiPreferences]] topic. See also: [[TWikiVariables]].
-### <a name="Step 5: Finish Up from Your Brow"></a> Step 5: Finish Up from Your Browser
-
-- Point your Web browser at <code>**http://your.domain.com/twiki/bin/view**</code> and start TWiki-ing away!
-- Edit the [[TWikiPreferences]] topic in the TWiki:TWiki web to set the WIKIWEBMASTER email address, the WEBCOPYRIGHT message and other preferences.
-- Edit the [[WebNotify]] topic in all webs and set the users you want to notify.
-
-That's it for the standard virgin installation of TWiki. Read on to learn how to customize TWiki.
+That's it for the standard virgin installation of TWiki. Read on for server-level customization options.
## <a name="Additional Server-Level Options"></a> Additional Server-Level Options
-Complete a Standard Installation and your new TWiki site should be up and running. You can develop and manage most aspects of your site from the browser interface. Core set-up functions require direct access to the server file system, via Telnet or FTP. You can make server-level site changes during installation, or at any time afterwards.
+With your new TWiki installation up and running, you can manage most aspects of your site from the browser interface. Only a few functions require access to the server file system, via Telnet or FTP. You can make these server-level changes during installation, and at any time afterwards.
+
+### <a name="Enabling Authentication of Users"></a> Enabling Authentication of Users
+
+- If TWiki is installed on a non-authenticated server - not using SSL - and you'd like to authenticate users:
+ 1. **Rename** file `.htaccess.txt` in the `twiki/bin` directory to `.htaccess` and change it to your needs. For details, consult the HTTP server documentation (for Apache server: [[1]](http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/directives.html), [[2]](http://www.mcs.kent.edu/system/web_help/htaccess/introduction.html)). In particular, the following <font>red</font> part needs to be configured correctly: <br /><code>Redirect <font>/urlpathto/twiki/index.html</font> http://<font>yourdomain.com/urlpathto/twiki/bin/</font>view</code><br /><code>AuthUserFile <font>/filepathto/twiki/data/</font>.htpasswd</code><br /><code>ErrorDocument 401 <font>/urlpathto/twiki/bin/</font>oops/TWiki/TWikiRegistration?template=oopsauth</code>
+ - %X% **NOTE:** If you had to add a `.cgi` or `.pl` file extension to the `bin` scripts, make sure to do the same for `edit`, `view`, `preview`, and all the other script names in `.htaccess`.
+ - %H% The browser should ask for login name and password when you click on the <u>Edit</u> link. In case `.htaccess` does not have the desired effect, you need to enable it: Add "AllowOverride All" to the Directory [[3]](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#directory) section of `access.conf` for your `twiki/bin` directory.
+ - **This applies only if you have root access:** on hosted accounts, you shouldn't have this problem - otherwise, email tech support.
+ - %X% **NOTE:** In the TWiki distribution package, the `twiki/data/.htpasswd.txt` file contains several TWiki core team user accounts and a guest user account. You probably want to remove those accounts by deleting the entries in `.htpasswd`. Do not remove the guest user if you want to allow guest logins.
+ 2. **Copy** the [[TWikiRegistrationPub]] topic to [[TWikiRegistration]], overwriting old version of TWikiRegistration. Do that by either editing the topics in theTWiki web, or by renaming the `.txt` and `.txt,v` files in the `twiki/data/TWiki` directory.
+ - %T% **HINT:** You can customize the registration form by deleting or adding input tags. The `name=""` parameter of the input tags must start with: `"Twk0..."` (if this is an optional entry), or `"Twk1..."` (if this is a required entry). This ensures that the fields are processed correctly.
+- Register yourself in the [[TWikiRegistration]] topic.
+ - %X% **NOTE:** When a user registers, a new line with the username and encrypted password is added to the `data/.htpasswd` file. The `.htpasswd` file that comes with the TWiki installation includes user accounts for TWiki core team members that are used for testing on TWiki.org. You can edit the file and delete those lines.
+- Create a new topic to check if authentication works.
+- Edit the [[TWikiAdminGroup]] topic in the TWiki:Main web to include users with system administrator status.
+- Edit the [[TWikiPreferences]] topic in the TWiki:TWiki web to set access privileges.
+- Edit the [[WebPreferences]] topic in each web, if necessary: set access priviliges.
<a name="CreateWeb"></a>
-### <a name="Creating a New Web"></a> Creating a New Web
-
-- To create a new web:
- 1. **Create** a new web data directory under `twiki/data` and check the file permission of the directory.
- - Use a name consisting of characters `A..Z` , `a..z` but **_not_** in [[WikiNotation]].
- 2. **Copy** all files from the `twiki/data/_default` directory to the new data directory, preserving the original files' owner, group and permissions (on Unix, use `cp -p`). The data files must be writable by the owner the CGI scripts are running on (usually, `nobody`).
- - **_Hint:_** You can set permissions of `.txt` and `.txt,v` files to `-rw-rw-rw-` (666) and then edit the topic using your browser; RCS will restore the file permissions correctly when saving the topic.
- 3. **Add** the new web to the web list (visible in the upper right corner of each topic) by editing the site-level preferences, [[TWikiPreferences]]:
- - Add the new web to the `%WIKIWEBLIST%` variable.
- 4. **Update** the web settings by editing the WebPreferences topic of the new web:
- - Customize the `%WEBTOPICLIST%` variable to contain the web-specific links you prefer.
- - Set the WEBBGCOLOR variable to a color. The number represents the unique color for the web.
- - Set Plugins, access privileges, custom variables, other web-level options (ex: `%WEBCOPYRIGHT%` can be set for an individual web).
- 5. **Add** the new web to the color-coded web directory table by editing the [[TWikiWebsTable]] topic.
- 6. **Test** the new web: view pages, create a new page.
-
-- That's it for a basic new web set-up. You can also further customize the web:
- - Create customized templates in the new templates directory (otherwise, templates are inherited from `twiki/templates`).
- - **_NOTE:_** For web-specific templates in a `templates` subdirectory, ex: `twiki/templates/someweb`.
- - Create [[TWikiForms]] to add form-based page input that's stored separately from the main free-form topic text.
+### <a name="Adding a New Web"></a> Adding a New Web
-- **_NOTE:_** User home topics are located in the %WIKITOOLNAME%.Main web - don't try to move them or create them in other webs. From any web you can refer to users located in the %WIKITOOLNAME%.Main web with `Main.UserName` or `%MAINWEB%.UserName` - using the `%MAINWEB%` variable is preferable, particularly if you might change the Main web name.
+To create a new web:
-### <a name="Adding Variables Rendering Rule"></a> Adding Variables & Rendering Rules
+1. **Create** a new web data directory under `twiki/data` and check the file permission of the directory.
+ - Use a name consisting of characters `A..Z` , `a..z` but **_not_** in [[WikiNotation]]. (The name should start with one (or more) uppercase letters, but have no uppercase letters after the first group -- if it starts with a lowercase letter or is a [[WikiWord]], some features of TWiki will not work as expected.)
+2. **Copy** all files from the `twiki/data/_default` directory to the new data directory, preserving the original files' owner, group and permissions (on Unix, use `cp -p`). The data files must be writable by the owner the CGI scripts are running on (usually, `nobody`).
+ - %T% **HINT:** You can set permissions of `.txt` and `.txt,v` files to `-rw-rw-rw-` (666) and then edit the topic using your browser; RCS will restore the file permissions correctly when saving the topic.
+3. **Add** the new web to the web list (visible in the upper right corner of each topic) by editing the site-level preferences, [[TWikiPreferences]]:
+ - Add the new web to the `%WIKIWEBLIST%` variable.
+4. **Update** the web settings by editing the WebPreferences topic of the new web:
+ - Customize the `%WEBTOPICLIST%` variable to contain the web-specific links you prefer.
+ - Set the WEBBGCOLOR variable to a color. The number represents the unique color for the web.
+ - Set Plugins, access privileges, custom variables, other web-level options (ex: `%WEBCOPYRIGHT%` can be set for an individual web).
+5. **Test** the new web: view pages, create a new page.
-- You can add new `%VARIABLES%`. Define site-level variables in the [[TWikiPreferences]] topic. See also [[TWikiVariables]].
-- You can add new rendering rules or add new functionality to TWiki. To insure an easy upgrade of TWiki, it is recommended to do this sort of customization with [[TWikiPlugins]] and the Plugins API.
+That's it for a basic new web set-up!
-### <a name="Enabling Basic Authentication (."></a> Enabling Basic Authentication (.htaccess)
+Optionally, you can also:
-- If you are on a non-authenticated server - not using SSL - and you would like to authenticate users:
- 1. **Rename** file `.htaccess.txt` in the `twiki/bin` directory to `.htaccess` and change it to your needs. For details, consult the HTTP server documentation (for Apache server: [[1]](http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/directives.html), [[2]](http://www.mcs.kent.edu/system/web_help/htaccess/introduction.html)). In particular, the following <font>red</font> part needs to be configured correctly: <br /><code>Redirect <font>/urlpath/to/TWiki/index.html</font> http://<font>your.domain.com/urlpath/to/TWiki/bin/</font>view</code><br /><code>AuthUserFile <font>/filepath/to/TWiki/data/</font>.htpasswd</code><br /><code>ErrorDocument 401 <font>/urlpath/to/TWiki/bin/</font>oops/TWiki/TWikiRegistration?template=oopsauth</code>
- - **_NOTE:_** In case you renamed the CGI script files to have a file extension you need to reflect that in the `edit`, `view`, `preview`, etc entries in `.htaccess`.
- - **_NOTE:_** The browser should ask for login name and password when you click on the <u>Edit</u> link. In case `.htaccess` does not have the desired effect you need to enable it: Add "AllowOverride All" to the Directory section of `access.conf` for your `twiki/bin` directory.
- 2. **Copy** the [[TWikiRegistrationPub]] topic to [[TWikiRegistration]]. Do that by either editing the topics in theTWiki web, or by renaming the `.txt` and `.txt,v` files in the `twiki/data/TWiki` directory.
- - **_NOTE:_** You can customize the registration form if needed, like deleting or adding input tags. The `name=""` parameter of the input tags must start with: `"Twk0..."` (if this is an optional entry), or `"Twk1..."` (if this is a required entry). This will ensure that the fields are processed correctly.
+- Create custom web-specific templates in a new `twiki/templates/Someweb` directory (otherwise, templates are inherited from `twiki/templates`).
+- Add [[TWikiForms]] for form-based page input that's stored separately from the main free-form topic text.
-- - A new line containing user name and encrypted password gets added to the `data/.htpasswd` file when a users registers. The file that comes with the TWiki installation contains a few user accounts of TWiki core team members (needed for testing). You can edit the file and delete those lines.
+%X% **NOTE:** User home topics are located in the %WIKITOOLNAME%.Main web - don't try to move them or create them in other webs. From any other web, user signatures have to point to %WIKITOOLNAME%.Main web, using a `Main.UserName` or `%MAINWEB%.UserName` format. (The `%MAINWEB%` variable is an advantage if you ever change the Main web name, but the standard `Main.UserName` is easier for users to enter, which is the bottom line!
## <a name="TWiki File System Info"></a> TWiki File System Info
-See [[A: TWiki File System|Main/TWikiDocumentation#FileSystem]] for an installed system snapshot and descriptions of all files in the TWiki 01-Sep-2001 distribution.
+See [[Appendix A: TWiki File System|Main/AppendixFileSystem]] for an installed system snapshot and descriptions of all files in the TWiki 01-Dec-2001 distribution.
--- [[MikeMannix]] - 07 Sep 2001 <br /> -- [[PeterThoeny]] - 13 Sep 2001 <br />
+-- [[PeterThoeny]] - 13 Sep 2001 <br /> -- [[MikeMannix]] - 16 May 2002
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