Detailed topic list for System Web

The Go Box as a browser The go box (also called jump box) allows you to jump from page to page and search for documents. If you do not know the entire name of th...

WebChanges to see recent activity Each Foswiki web has a WebChanges topic that lists recent activity from all editors of the web. This can be useful when looking ...

Raw Text link At the bottom of each page among the action links (assuming use of the default PatternSkin), there is a View wiki text link which shows how a topic ...

E mail alert of topic changes Subscribing to WebNotify will enable Foswiki to send you details of changes made on topics in a certain web. You can choose to be no...

Re parenting a topic The breadcrumbs ( Contribs TipsContrib TipsOfTheDay , for example) of any topic is constructed automatically in Foswiki by foll...

Creating a Table of Contents %TOC% automatically creates a table of contents based on the headings present in the topic. To exclude a heading from a %TOC% add !! ...

Linking to a file attachment A link to a file attachment may be created in a few different ways: 1 If using the WYSIWYG editor (TinyMCEPlugin), use the attach ...

Escaping Foswiki rendering Use the verbatim tag to surround code excerpts and other formatted text with = verbatim = and = /verbatim = tags. For Example: verbati...

Disabling links in large blocks of text You can disable automatic linking of WikiWords by surrounding the text with = noautolink = and = /noautolink = tags. Each ...

Disabling individual WikiWords Prevent a WikiWord from being linked by prefixing it with an exclamation point. Example: To escape SunOs write SunOs to get SunOs. ...

Server side include To include the contents of a web page or Foswiki topic, use %INCLUDE{"page"}%. Examples: This example requires {INCLUDE}{AllowURLs} enabled in...

WikiWords for linking WikiWords are capitalized words, run together, such as WebPreferences and CollaborationPlatform. Using a lot of WikiWords creates a good bro...

Preference settings Foswiki has several levels of preferences settings. See PreferenceSettings for a full list and more information: 1 Default settings: (nev...

File attachments Files can be attached to any topic. The action of attaching a file to a topic is similar to attaching a file to an e mail use the Attach link i...

Breadcrumb The breadcrumb of a topic shows you page hierarchy. It is constructed using a topic's parent setting; for example, the breadcrumb on this page looks l...

Foswiki Skins Skins overlay regular templates with alternate layouts (and styles). You can use Skins to change the look of a Foswiki topic, for example, the layo...

Revision control In Foswiki, assuming appropriate AccessControls, anyone can change anything but those changes are logged. There is a complete audit trail with r...

Inline search To embed a search in a topic, use the %SEARCH{ parameters }% macro. The search macro is used by many Foswiki based applications. More Information....

Commenting with hidden text To hide sections of a Foswiki topic, use HTML comments. Example comment within a sentence: Visible ! and hidden text Example spa...

InterwikiPlugin links The InterwikiPlugin automatically links ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in the InterWikis topic. This enab...

SmiliesPlugin emoticons Smilies are common in e mail messages and bulletin board posts. They are used to convey an emotion, such as a smile #058; ) : ) or a frow...

Edit tables with EditRowPlugin EditRowPlugin allows you to edit tables using edit fields and drop down boxes. Tables have an button if preceeded by an %EDITTAB...

Control table attributes with TablePlugin The TablePlugin gives extra control of table display: * Allows sorting * Changing table properties like border wid...

Comment box with CommentPlugin The CommentPlugin allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle. Write %COMMENT{ attributes ...

SpreadSheetPlugin for dynamic content Over 80 formulae are available through the SpreadSheetPlugin. For Example: * $AVERAGE() * $IF() * $REPLACE() * $...

SlideShowPlugin for presentations Use SlideShowPlugin to convert a topic with headings and bullets into a slideshow presentation. This plugin is useful when conte...

Custom rendered bullets RenderListPlugin can render bulleted lists in a variety of different ways. Use %RENDERLIST{ parameters }% before any bulleted list. More ...

Keyword search Interactive search is a keyword search by default. For example, to search for all topics that contain "SOAP", "WSDL", a literal "web service", but ...

RSS news feed of topic changes You can use an RSS news reader to find out what is new in a Foswiki web. This complements WebChanges that shows recent changes in a...

Tips Contrib Package Displays a rotating "Tip of the Day" to help familiarize new users with Foswiki features. Includes an application for creating custom tips fo...

Tips Of The Day These are all tips of the day. They are located in the web (official distribution tips) and web (custom tips). Custom (local) tips Total: Cus...

Add New Tip Of The Day There are Custom Tips maintained on your local Foswiki installation, Official Tips distributed with the Tips Contrib, and Plugin Tips maint...

Tip Of The Day Administration Adminstrative Pages TipsOfTheDay Aggregated List of All Tips, from and . TipsOfTheDayAddNew Add A New Tip Tips...

Tips Of the Day Include This Page randomly picks a Tip of the day to display. The includes the part between the horizontal rules. Tip of the Day ...

Heading Quick Summary with link to more information. See More Tips...

Tips Tips are tips and hints contributed by users. Use this form to search for tips. You can contribute new tips here. Search (perl regular expression): " decode...

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What is Topic Markup Language (TML)? The special text format used in Foswiki topics to simplify topic text. Foswiki lets you work using a WYSIWYG editor, which fo...

TopicUserMappingContrib The User Mapping Manager interface provides services for mapping between a 'user identity' as used when talking to an external authenticat...

Topics What are Topics and Webs? #SystemWebFigure Figure: depiction of , ReferenceManual, ManagingTopics, ManagingWebs, MainFeatures topics contained in the web...

20 Minute Tutorial This step by step, hands on tutorial gets you up to speed with all the Foswiki basics... 1. Get set... Open two browser windows, so that you...

TwistyPlugin A "twisty" is an interface toggle control to show and hide content. TwistyPlugin gives you several options to control the appearance of a twisty: ...

UpdatesPlugin Checks Foswiki.org for updates This plugin is used to keep administrators informed of updates to their installed extensions via a pop up message at ...

Foswiki Upgrade Guide This guide covers upgrading from a previous version of Foswiki to Foswiki 2.x. This upgrade procedure is used to upgrade a to a new major v...

User Authentication Controlling who can access your site Overview Authentication, or "login", is the process by which a user lets Foswiki know who they are. Know...

A List of User Documentation Documentation mainly useful to end users

User Form This is a maintenance topic, used by the Wiki administrator. Data form definition of user topics Name Type Size Values *Tooltip messag...

User Form Help %IF{"$ BASEWEB=''" then="%IF{"istopic '.UserFormHelp'" then="This is the default user form. You have also created a customized copy at .UserForm ...

%MAKETEXT{"Your username is a sequence of alphanumeric characters and underscores that uniquely identifies you to the system. The exact format of the username dep...