<td> 2 digit year </td>
<td> 99 </td>
</tr>
- </table> Variables can be shortened to 3 characters. Example: <br /><code>%GMTIME{"$day $month, $year - $hour:$min:$sec"}%</code> is <br /><b>29 Jun, 2010 - 15:35:09</b></td>
+ </table> Variables can be shortened to 3 characters. Example: <br /><code>%GMTIME{"$day $month, $year - $hour:$min:$sec"}%</code> is <br /><b>29 Jun, 2010 - 15:35:52</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>%SERVERTIME%</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>"Web.Topic"</code></td>
- <td> A topic in another web, i.e. <code>%INCLUDE{"TWiki.SiteMap"}%</code></td>
+ <td> A topic in another web, i.e. <code>%INCLUDE{"TWiki.TWikiSiteMap"}%</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>"http://..."</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>"text"</code></td>
- <td> Search term. (Is a regular expression or literal, depending on the <code>regex</code> parameter) </td>
+ <td> Search term. (Is a regular expression or literal, depending on the <code>regex</code> parameter) [TWikiAlphaRelease - for regular expressions ";" can be used to mean <em>and</em> e.g. "search;agrep" will find all topic containing search <em>and</em> agrep ] </td>
<td> required </td>
</tr>
<tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>title="Title"</code></td>
- <td> Text the is prepended to any search results </td>
+ <td> Text that is prepended to any search results </td>
<td> required </td>
</tr>
</table> Example: <code><b>%METASEARCH{type="topicmoved" web="%WEB%" topic="%TOPIC%" title="This topic used to exist and was moved to: "}%</b></code>, you may want to use this in [[Main/WebTopicViewTemplate]] and [[Main/WebTopicNonWikiTemplate]]<br /><code><b>%METASEARCH{type="parent" web="%WEB%" topic="%TOPIC%" title="Children: "}%</b></code></td>
</tr>
</table>
+<a name="SettingPrefs"></a>
+
## <a name="Setting Preferences"></a> Setting Preferences
-- The syntax for Preferences variables is the same anywhere in TWiki (on its own TWiki bullet line, including nested bullets): <br />[3 spaces] \* [space] Set [space] VARIABLENAME [space] = [value]<br />**_Examples:_**
+- The syntax for Preferences Bariables is the same anywhere in TWiki (on its own TWiki bullet line, including nested bullets): <br />[3 spaces] \* [space] Set [space] VARIABLENAME [space] = [value]<br />**_Examples:_**
- <code>**Set VARIABLENAME = =value=**</code>
- <code>**Set VARIABLENAME = =value=**</code>
## <a name="Creating Custom Variables"></a> Creating Custom Variables
-- You can add your own preference variables for an entire site, a single web, or a single topic, using the standard syntax. Whatever you include in your variable will be expanded on display, and treated exactly as if it had been written out. So you can place formatted text, page links, image paths.
+- You can add your own Preference Variables for us across an entire site or a single web, using the standard [[Preferences syntax|Main/WebHome#SettingPrefs]]. Whatever you include in your Variable will be expanded on display, exactly as if it had been entered directly. You can place formatted text, page links, image paths.
-> **Example: Create a custom logo variable**
+> **Example: Create a custom logo variable the %WEB% web**
>
> <br />
>
-> - To place a logo anywhere in a web by typing <code>**%MYLOGO%**</code>, simply define the variable on the web's [[WebPreferences]] page. You also have to upload `logo.gif` - this can be done by [[attaching a file|Main/FileAttachment]] to `LogoTopic` (any topic name you choose):
-> - <code>**Set MYLOGO = %PUBURL%/%MAINWEB%/LogoTopic/logo.gif**</code>
+> - To place a logo anywhere in a web by typing <code>**%MYLOGO%**</code>, define the Variable on the web's [[WebPreferences]] page, and upload a logo file, ex: `mylogo.gif`. You can upload by [[attaching the file|Main/FileAttachment]] to [[WebPreferences]], or, to avoid clutter, to any other topic in the same web, ex: `LogoTopic`:
+> - <code>**Set MYLOGO = %PUBURL%/TWiki/LogoTopic/mylogo.gif**</code>
--- [[PeterThoeny]] - 13 Sep 2001 <br /> -- [[MikeMannix]] - 07 Mar 2002
+-- [[PeterThoeny]] - 13 Sep 2001 <br /> -- [[MikeMannix]] - 12 May 2002
<li><strong>TWiki Help FAQs</strong><ul>
<li>[[Main/TWikiFAQ]]: The first things people ask about TWiki </li>
<li>[[Main/TextFormattingFAQ]]: Common how-to questions about posting in TWiki </li>
+ <li> Frequent users should also browse the full [[Main/WebHome#ReferenceManual]]! </li>
</ul>
</li>
- <li> Frequent users should also browse the full [[Main/WebHome#ReferenceManual]]! </li>
</ul>
<p>
</p>
<ul>
- <li> %T% In less than an hour, you can read through and customize the [[Main/WebHome#UsersGuide]] to reflect the exact feature set enabled on your own TWiki site. </li>
+ <li> %T% <strong>ADMINS:</strong> In less than an hour, you can read through and customize the [[Main/WebHome#UsersGuide]] to reflect the exact feature set enabled on your own TWiki site. </li>
</ul>
</td>
<td width="25"> </td>
<a name="ReferenceManual"></a>
-## <a name="TWiki Reference Manual"></a> TWiki Reference Manual
+## <a name="TWiki Configuration Manual"></a> TWiki Configuration Manual
-Documentation for webmasters, system administrators, project managers, team leaders, <br /> and all other users of the TWiki advanced online collaboration tool.
+Documentation for webmasters, system administrators, project managers, team <br /> leaders, and all other users of the TWiki advanced online collaboration tool.
-- **[[TWikiDocumentation]]**: Complete current reference...
- - [[System Requirements|Main/TWikiImplementationNotes]]
- - [[Installation Guide|Main/TWikiInstallationGuide]]
- - [[Upgrade Guide|Main/TWikiUpgradeGuide]]
- - [[User Authentication|Main/TWikiUserAuthentication]]
- - [[Access Control|Main/TWikiAccessControl]]
- - [[TWiki Text Formatting|Main/TextFormattingRules]]
- - [[TWikiVariables]]
- - [[TWikiAttachments|Main/FileAttachment]]
- - [[TWikiForms]]
- - [[TWikiTemplates]]
- - [[TWikiSkins]]
- - [[TWiki Search Formatting|Main/FormattedSearch]]
- - [[TWikiMetaData]]
- - [[TWikiPlugins]]
- - [[TWikiSiteTools]]
- - [[Managing Topics|Main/ManagingTopics]]
- - [[Managing Webs|Main/ManagingWebs]]<br />**Appendices**<br />[[A. TWiki File System|Main/AppendixFileSystem]]<br />[[B. TWiki Development Timeline|Main/TWikiHistory]]
+- **[[TWikiDocumentation]]**: All manual sections in one file...
+ 1. [[System Requirements|Main/TWikiImplementationNotes]]
+ 2. [[Installation Guide|Main/TWikiInstallationGuide]]
+ 3. [[Upgrade Guide|Main/TWikiUpgradeGuide]]
+ 4. [[User Authentication|Main/TWikiUserAuthentication]]
+ 5. [[Access Control|Main/TWikiAccessControl]]
+ 6. [[TWiki Text Formatting|Main/TextFormattingRules]]
+ 7. [[TWikiVariables]]
+ 8. [[TWikiAttachments|Main/FileAttachment]]
+ 9. [[TWikiForms]]
+ 10. [[TWikiTemplates]]
+ 11. [[TWikiSkins]]
+ 12. [[TWiki Search Formatting|Main/FormattedSearch]]
+ 13. [[TWikiMetaData]]
+ 14. [[TWikiPlugins]]
+ 15. [[TWikiSiteTools]]
+ 16. [[Managing Topics|Main/ManagingTopics]]
+ 17. [[Managing Webs|Main/ManagingWebs]]<br />**Appendices**<br />[[A. TWiki File System|Main/AppendixFileSystem]]<br />[[B. TWiki Development Timeline|Main/TWikiHistory]]
+
+## <a name="TWiki Reference"></a> TWiki Reference
+
+- [[Demonstrating TWiki|Main/TWikiCourseOutlineExample]]
## <a name="TWikiSiteTools"></a><a name="_TWikiSiteTools"></a> TWikiSiteTools
-[[TWikiSiteTools]] include utilities for navigation and for monitoring web and site-wide activity.
+[[TWikiSiteTools]] include utilities for navigation and for monitoring TWiki web and site-wide activity.
- [[TWikiPreferences]]: %WIKITOOLNAME% site-wide preferences
-- **Installed Plugins** extending the functionality of TWiki
- - [[SpreadSheetPlugin]] <span>(any TWiki, 10197)</span>:
- - [[CommentPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, 11359)</span>: Allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle
- - [[EditTablePlugin]] <span>(any TWiki, 11646)</span>:
- - [[InterwikiPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, $Rev: 11935$)</span>:
- - [[PreferencesPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, 9839)</span>:
- - [[SlideShowPlugin]] <span>(Any TWiki, $Rev: 12847$)</span>:
- - [[SmiliesPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, 8154)</span>:
- - [[TablePlugin]] <span>(1.020, 12339)</span>:
- - [[TwistyPlugin]] <span>(1.2.0, $Rev: 12154$)</span>:
+- [[InstalledPlugins]]: currently available TWiki add-on features
- The [[SiteMap]]: A color-coded directory of available webs that can be easily included on any page _(below)_