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TWiki User's Guide

• TWiki Quick Start - the fast track approach
  • WelcomeGuest: A fast track intro covering all the basics
  • TWikiRegistration: Sign up so you can edit pages and select options

• One-Page Primers cover TWiki basics
  • TWikiTutorial: A compact, 20-minute TWiki primer
  • TWikiSite: Instant overview - first, there was Wiki
  • TWikiPages: Customize, rename, move, or delete TWiki topics
  • WikiSyntax: All of the TWiki shorthand basics
  • GoodStyle: Working tips for an open collaboration environment
  • TWikiShorthand: Scan all TWiki text formatting rules on one page
  • TWikiVariables: How to easily embed text, graphics, dynamic content
  • FileAttachments: Browser-upload files for distribution or display
  • WebChangesAlert: Get email alerts linking to the latest page changes

• Installed Plugins extending the functionality of TWiki

• SpreadSheetPlugin (2014-09-23, $Rev: 28087 (2014-10-05) $): Add spreadsheet calculation like "$SUM( $ABOVE() )" to TWiki tables or anywhere in topic text
• BackupRestorePlugin (2013-02-16, $Rev: 26767 (2014-10-05) $): Administrator utility to backup, restore and upgrade a TWiki site
• CalendarPlugin (2012-12-03, $Rev: 24315 (2012-12-04) $): Show a monthly calendar with highlighted events
• ColorPickerPlugin (2013-02-15, $Rev: 26769 (2014-10-05) $): Color picker, packaged for use in TWiki forms and TWiki applications
• CommentPlugin (2013-02-10, $Rev: 26771 (2014-10-05) $): Quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle
• DatePickerPlugin (2013-09-04, $Rev: 26773 (2014-10-05) $): Pop-up calendar with date picker, for use in TWiki forms, HTML forms and TWiki plugins
• EditChapterPlugin (1.2, $Rev: 18557 (2010-04-30) $): An easy sectional edit facility
• EditTablePlugin (2013-12-03, $Rev: 26775 (2014-10-05) $): Edit TWiki tables using edit fields, date pickers and drop down boxes
• HeadlinesPlugin (2013-11-18, $Rev: 26779 (2014-10-05) $): Show headline news in TWiki pages based on RSS and ATOM news feeds from external sites
• ImagePlugin (2010-08-01, $Rev: 19301 (2010-08-01) $): Control the display and alignment of images using an easy syntax
• InterwikiPlugin (2014-10-03, $Rev: 28176 (2014-10-05) $): Write ExternalSite:Page to link to a page on an external site based on aliases defined in a rules topic
• JQueryPlugin (2014-09-03, $Rev: 28041 (2014-10-05) $): jQuery JavaScript library for TWiki
• PreferencesPlugin (2014-05-30, $Rev: 27577 (2014-10-05) $): Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form
• SetGetPlugin (2013-01-28, $Rev: 26789 (2014-10-05) $): Set and get variables in topics, optionally persistently across topic views
• SlideShowPlugin (2013-04-07, $Rev: 26791 (2014-10-05) $): Create web based presentations based on topics with headings.
• SmiliesPlugin (2013-01-13, $Rev: 26793 (2014-10-05) $): Render smilies as icons, like  :-)  as or  :eek:  as
• TablePlugin (2014-01-21, $Rev: 26935 (2014-10-05) $): Control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns
• TagMePlugin (2014-05-15, $Rev: 27386 (2014-10-05) $): Tag wiki content collectively or authoritatively to find content by keywords
• TinyMCEPlugin (2013-09-18, $Rev: 26799 (2014-10-05) $): Integration of the Tiny MCE WYSIWYG Editor
• TwistyPlugin (2013-03-22, $Rev: 26803 (2014-10-05) $): Twisty section JavaScript library to open/close content dynamically
• WatchlistPlugin (2014-05-20, $Rev: 27429 (2014-10-05) $): Watch topics of interest and get notified of changes by e-mail
• WysiwygPlugin (2013-09-18, $Rev: 27021 (2014-10-05) $): Translator framework for WYSIWYG editors

• TWiki Help FAQs
  • TWikiFAQ: The first things people ask about TWiki
  • TextFormattingFAQ: Common how-to questions about posting in TWiki

• It should take an hour or less to read through and customize the User's Guide to reflect the features and settings enabled on your own TWiki site.
• Frequent users should also browse the full Reference Manual!