TWiki Tips Of The Day

These are all tips of the day. They are located in the TWiki web (official TWiki tips) and Main web (custom tips).

• The Go Box as a browser:

The go box (also called jump box) is not only a tool to allow you to jump from page to page, you can ...

• WebChanges to see recent activity:

Each TWiki web has a WebChanges topic that lists recent activity from all editors of the web. This page ...

• Raw Text link:

At the bottom of the page next to Edit and Attach , there is a Raw Text link that allows one to ...

• E-mail alert of topic changes:

Subscribing to WebNotify will enable TWiki to send you details of changes made on topics in a certain ...

• Re-parenting a topic:

The breadcrumb displayed with a particular TWiki topic is constructed with a topic's Parent . On the ...

• Creating a Table of Contents:

The TWikiVariables %TOC% will automatically create a table of contents for a topic based off the headers ...

• Linking to a file attachment:

One can create a link to a file attachment using one of the following TWikiVariables, %ATTACHURL% or ...

• Escaping TWiki rendering:

Use the verbatim tag to surround code excerpts and other formatted text with verbatim and /verbatim ...

• Disabling links in large blocks of text:

You can disable automatic linking of WikiWords by surrounding the text with noautolink and /noautolink ...

• Disabling individual WikiWords:

Prevent a WikiWord from being linked by prefixing it with an exclamation point. Example: To escape SunOs ...

• Server side include:

To include the contents of a web page or TWiki topic, use %INCLUDE{"page"}% . Examples: %INCLUDE ...

• WikiWords for linking:

WikiWords are capitalized words, run together, such as WebPreferences and CollaborationPlatform. Using ...

• Preference settings:

TWiki has four levels of preferences settings: 1 Site level settings: Site name, proxy settings ...

• File attachments:

One can attach files to any topic. The action of attaching a file to a topic is similar to attaching ...

• Breadcrumb :

The breadcrumb of a topic shows you page hierarchy. It is constructed using a topic's parent setting ...

• TWiki Skins :

Skins overlay regular templates with alternate header/footer layouts. You can use Skins to change the ...

• Revision control:

TWiki has "Soft security" anyone can change anything, but changes are logged. There is a complete ...

• Inline search:

To embed a search in a topic, use the %SEARCH{ parameters }% TWiki Variable. The search variable ...

• Commenting with hidden text:

To hide sections of a TWiki topic, use HTML comments. Example comment within a sentence: Visible ...

• InterwikiPlugin links:

The InterwikiPlugin automatically links ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined ...

• SmiliesPlugin emoticons:

Smilies are common in e mail messages and bulletin board posts. They are used to convey an emotion, such ...

• Edit tables with EditTablePlugin:

The EditTablePlugin allows you to edit TWiki tables using edit fields and drop down boxes. Tables have ...

• Control table attributes with TablePlugin:

The TablePlugin gives extra control of table display: Allows sorting Changing table properties ...

• Comment box with CommentPlugin :

The CommentPlugin allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle ...

• SpreadSheetPlugin for dynamic content:

Over 60 formulae are available through the SpreadSheetPlugin. For Example: $AVERAGE() $IF() ...

• SlideShowPlugin for presentations:

Use the SlideShowPlugin to convert a topic with headings and bullets into a slideshow presentation. This ...

• Custom rendered bullets:

The RenderListPlugin can render bulleted lists in a variety of different ways. Use %RENDERLIST{ parameters ...

• Keyword search:

Interactive search is a keyword search by default. For example, to search for all topics that contain ...

• RSS news feed of topic changes:

You can use an RSS news reader to find out what is new in a TWiki web. This complements WebChanges that ...

Total: 29 tips

See also: TWiki Tips Of The Day Administration

-- TWiki:Main.PaulineCheung - 06 Jan 2005