Appendix C: CSS Listing of CSS class names emitted from Foswiki core code and standard extensions. Who should read this document? Skin builders and others who wa...

AutoCompletePlugin This plugin allows you to create an autocomplete input field based on Yahoo's User Interface Library. This plugin originally implemented Arthur...

CalDAVPlugin This plugin provides a link between a remote CalDAV server and the CalendarPlugin. CalDAV is a protocol used by many calendaring applications, two of...

%IF{ "context passwords_modifyable" then="$percentINCLUDE{\"ChangeEmailAddress\" section=\"secretEmailEnabled\"}$percent" else="$percentINCLUDE{\"ChangeEmail...

CGI and Command Line Scripts Programs on the server performing actions such as rendering, saving and renaming topics. These scripts are located in the bin and too...

Comment Plugin Comment Plugin lets users quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle. Related topics: CommentPluginTemplates, .CommentPlugi...

Templates for CommentPlugin See CommentPlugin: Customisation for help. While this topic can be viewed as a topic, it is used by the CommentPlugin as a template fi...

Foswiki Contribs Extensions to Foswiki that are not plugins Overview The term "Contrib" is used to refer to any package that is not just a simple plugin. Foswik...

Add Ons Add functionality with extensions not based on the Foswiki scripts. Overview An add on runs separately from the Foswiki scripts, e.g. for data import, ex...

Foswiki Site Level Preferences This topic defines site level settings that apply to all users and webs on this site. * Note:* This topic should be regarded as rea...

%ADDTOZONE{ "script" id="JavascriptFiles/foswikiString" text="" }% %IF{ "not context registration_enabled" then=" %IF{ "$USERNAME ingroup 'AdminGr...

(just an example illustrating how to create a new topic based on a specific template topic. TemplateTopics has more)

Under normal circumstances, there should be no need to rebuild your .WikiUsers topic. Sometimes, the .WikiUsers topic maintained by .TopicUserMappingContrib may n...

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FilterPlugin Description This plugin allows to substitute and extract information from content by using regular expressions. There are three different types of n...

Formatted Search Customize the display of search results. The default output format of a %SEARCH{...}% is a table consisting of topic names and topic summaries. U...

Collaboration Tips Following you will find a short list of hints and recommendations that are considered basic knowledge when starting to edit existing topics. ...

History Plugin Shows a complete history of a topic. The output can arbitrarily be formatted. An example for a Wikipedia like history is included. When using Patte...

HomePagePlugin Usage This plugin makes the Default frontpage configurable 1 any time a user goes to they will be shown the topic configured by the Foswiki...

IfDefinedPlugin Warning: This plugin is deprecated. Please use %IF instead. The only remaining feature not covered boy foswiki's core means is the sectional condi...

IF statements The %IF% macro gives you the ability to test for macro values, URL parameters, access permissions, topic existence and more. Syntax In the example ...

ImageGalleryPlugin Description This plugin helps you in viewing pictures that are attached to a topic in a nice thumbnail gallery. Clicking on a thumbnail zooms...

Installation Guide Part 1 This guide describes the steps for manually installing Foswiki, with specific steps for installations on Linux with the Apache web serve...

Installation Guide Part 2 Return to or see the Complete Installation Guide on one page Beyond the basic installation Once you have Foswiki installed and run...

Instant Site Enhancements These quick enhancements are aimed at improving and customising your Foswiki as quickly as possible. New site administrators are encoura...

JQDataTablesPlugin Overview This plugin implements a widget to enhance normal HTML tables with extra navigation features such as sorting, filtering and paginatin...

JQueryAjaxHelper This page contains a set of example JQueryPlugin helpers that can be used in wiki applications. The examples demonstrate how you can dynamically ...

JQueryBlockUI %JQPLUGINS{"blockui" format=" Homepage: $homepage Author(s): $author Version: $version " }% The jQuery BlockUI Plugin lets you simu...

JQueryLoader %JQPLUGINS{"loader" format=" Homepage: $homepage Author(s): $author Version: $version " }% This plugin allows to delay rendering par...

JsonRpcContrib Summary This package implements a JSON RPC 2.0 protocol to interface with Foswiki and its plugins. In contrast to the normal REST interface of Fo...

ListyPlugin This plugin implements an interactive list manager. A "Listy" is a collection of text or links that can be maintained easily using modal dialogs, drag...

Macros Special text strings expand on the fly to display user data or system info Macros are text strings in one of two forms: These usually expand into content w...

Mailer Contrib Allows users to "subscribe" to regularly scheduled emails containing either: * A report on changes to all topics that have changed within a part...

Manage Users Register users on your Foswiki site; change/reset/install passwords; remove user accounts Some of the features below may be disabled, depending on ...

Managing Webs %ADDTOZONE{"head" text=" #createWeb .col1 {float:left; width:30%; margin:0 3% 0 0;} #createWeb .col2 {float:left; width:66%;} #createWeb...

%{}% %{}% %{}% " separator=" "}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% : * Set Email = user@example.com= %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% ...

%{}% %{}% %{}% " separator=" "}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% " ty...

NatSkinConfiguration Theme configuration The different NatSkin styles are controlled using preference variables and can be set * per user (on the user's hom...

The Natural Skin Plugin Description This is the supplemental plugin for the NatSkin. Its main purpose is to supply "skin states" to control different styles and ...

%{}% %{}% %{}% " separator=" "}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% ** %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% : ...

%{}% "}% %{}% %{}% %IF{"$'URLPARAM{group}' = ''" then="$percntTMPL:P{\"displaygroup\" group=\"$percntURLPARAM{group}$percnt\"}$percnt" else="$percntTMPL:P{\"...

NewUserTemplate * :

Pattern skin Pattern skin provides a CSS based default look and feel flexible and W3C compliant. Its layout and color scheme are designed to provide a nice, cle...

CSS elements in PatternSkin This page is a reference for all CSS classes used in PatternSkin. PatternSkin uses 4 stylesheets: * layout.css: positioning of bloc...

System.PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: Left Sidebar Toggle The Sidebar is hidden for screens with width This line loads the extra style definition: * Set USERS...

PatternSkin horizontal navigation example Include main navigation with: Include meta navigation with: Include sections %INCLUDE{ "PatternSkinHorizontalNaviga...

PatternSkin Navigation Include main navigation with: Include sections "}% %IF{"istopic '.LeftBar'" then=" $n$percntINCLUDE{\".LeftBar\"}$percnt" }...

PatternSkin theme: Foswiki "Fat Willy" Site Skin Navigation Include main navigation with: Include meta navigation with: Include sections %INCLUDE{ "Pattern...

#SettingPrefs #PreferencesMacros Preference Settings A preference setting lets you define a simple macro that will be expanded in your output. A preference setti...

PublishPlugin Generates a static view of a web, as HTML files on disc, or as a PDF, or as a zip or tgz archive file, or by uploading directly to an FTP server. Or...

Interface for Plugin and Contrib Developers See .DevelopingPlugins for more information. Package First Published Comment Foswiki::Func 1.1.5 Main AP...

RedDotPlugin This plugin renders a clickable red dot (.) to ease the edit access to a page. The red dot will only be visible if the current wikiuser has write acc...

Appendix A: Foswiki Development Time line Foswiki Release 2.0.3 15 Nov 2015 Foswiki 2.0.3 was built on 15 Nov 2015. It is a release that contains 17 fixes and ...

Foswiki Release 1.0.10 08 Sep 2010 Foswiki The Free and Open Source Wiki Foswiki is an enterprise collaboration and information sharing tool targeted for pro...

Foswiki Release 1.1.10 Foswiki The Free and Open Source Wiki Foswiki is an enterprise collaboration and information sharing tool targeted for professional use ...

Foswiki Release 2.0.3 Foswiki The Free and Open Source Wiki Foswiki is an enterprise collaboration and information sharing tool targeted for professional use i...

Foswiki Release 2.1.6 Foswiki The Free and Open Source Wiki Foswiki is an enterprise collaboration and information sharing tool targeted for professional use i...

%IF{ "context passwords_modifyable" then="$percentINCLUDE{\"ResetPassword\" section=\"resetPassword\"}$percent" else="" }% * * ChangePassword, Chan...

Search Pattern Cookbook The Search function is very powerful. Searches using a RegularExpression play an important part of tapping Foswiki's full potential. Unfor...

%IF{ "defined web AND $web!='all'" then="" else="" }% %SEARCH{ "info.author!='WikiGnome'" type="query" nosearch="on" nototal="on" pagesiz...

SiteMenu Definition of site wide horizontal menu Implementation %IF{"'' ingroup 'AdminGroup'" then="$percntINCLUDE{\".SiteMenu\" section=\"adminme...

Site Statistics Introduction Statistics of visits to pages in a web can be generated manually or automatically, on a per web basis. Statistics are compiled as a ...

Site Tools Utilities for searching, navigation, and monitoring site activity Site Tools include utilities for navigating, searching and keeping up with site activ...

Foswiki Skins Skins overlay regular templates to give different looks and feels to Foswiki screens. Overview Foswiki uses skin templates as the basis of all ...

Tag me Plugin AJAX helper This topic contains INCLUDE sections. See TagMePlugin for instructions. %FORMATLIST{ "" format="$1$n" split="\s*,\s*" header=" " fo...

Tag me Plugin Plugin to tag wiki content collectively in order to find content by tags and to get a meaningful page ranking. Introduction The larger a wiki gets,...

#TemplateTopics Template topics Template topics are topics that define the default text for new topics. Overview There are four types of template topics: Topi...

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

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

Topic Data helper plugin Helper plugin for collecting, filtering and sorting data objects, to be used by other plugins. This plugin is used by Foswiki:Extensions/...

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

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...

Foswiki Upgrade Guide This guide covers upgrading from a previous version of Foswiki or TWiki (such as Cairo or TWiki4.0) to Foswiki 1.1 (References to Cairo are...

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. Auth...

User Registration components This topic contains the pieces that are assembled into the UserRegistration page. There is no need to modify this topic. If a sectio...

%{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% %{}% .jqGeneratePassword { text decoration:none; padding left:1em; } .foswikiFormStep h3...

#VarFORMAT FORMAT{"list" format="" header="" footer="" separator=""} format a list of objects * Syntax: %FORMAT{"list"}% * Supported parameters: P...

#VarGROUPINFO GROUPINFO{"name"} retrieve details about a group * Syntax: %GROUPINFO% * Expands to: comma separated list of all groups * Syntax: %GR...

#VarGROUPS GROUPS a formatted list of groups Deprecated do not use. Use VarGROUPINFO instead * Expands to a formatted list of user groups in your Foswiki….

HISTORY control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns The %HISTORY{}% macro is handled by the HistoryPlugin Parameters Parameter ...

#VarMAKETEXT MAKETEXT creates text using Foswiki's I18N infrastructure Strings captured in the MAKETEXT macro are automatically mapped to the current user's se...

#VarREMOTEUSER REMOTE_USER environment variable * Syntax: %REMOTE_USER% * Expands to: * Related: ENV, HTTP_HOST, REMOTE_ADDR, REMOTE_PORT, USERNAME, ...

#VarREVINFO REVINFO revision information of current topic * Syntax: %REVINFO% * %REVINFO% is equivalent to %REVINFO{format="r1.$rev $date $wikiuserna...

#VarUSERINFO USERINFO{"name"} retrieve details about a user * Syntax: %USERINFO% * Expands to: (comma separated list of the username, wikiusername, and ...

#VarUSERNAME USERNAME your login username * Foswiki makes names available in three formats: USERNAME like jsmith, WIKINAME like JohnSmith and WIKIUSERNAME l...

#VarWIKINAME WIKINAME your Wiki username * The WikiName is the same as %USERNAME% if not defined in the . topic * Syntax: %WIKINAME% * Expands to: == ...

#VarWIKIUSERNAME WIKIUSERNAME your Wiki username with web prefix * Your %WIKINAME% with web prefix, useful to point to your Foswiki home page * Syntax: ...

#VarWIKIUSERSTOPIC WIKIUSERSTOPIC name of topic listing all registered users * Syntax: %WIKIUSERSTOPIC% * Expands to: ==, with prefix renders as . * ...

%IF{ "context authenticated" then=" "}%" }%%IF{ "$ LOGOUT = ''" then="$percntLOGOUT$percnt" }%%IF{ "$ LOGIN = ” and not context authenticated" t...

My links: * My home page * My activities * edit

RSS News Feeds Find out What's New There are several ways to find out what's new in each web: 1. Visit WebChanges to see recent changes 1. Subscribe in Web...

Welcome to Foswiki Welcome to Foswiki! This site is a meeting place to work on common interests. Anyone can contribute using any web browser. Foswiki looks like a...

Wiki name Your name, usually your first and last name connected without a space. For example, Tim Berners Lee's WikiName is TimBernersLee. Your name is also a po...

Shorthand Basics If you can enter text, you're ready for Foswiki. With a few simple rules, you'll be able to use plain text to create well styled postings, instan...