What is an ACRONYM? An acronym is an abbreviation that is typically made up of the first letter or letters of a phrase. A very familiar example would be WWW standing ...

Access Control Restricting read and write access to topics and webs, by users and groups Access Control allows you restrict access to single topics and entire webs ...

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 tools ...

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

Petr Malát 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 read ...

Developing Plugins The usual way Foswiki is extended is by writing a Plugin. Plugins extend Foswiki by providing functions that 'listen' to events in the Foswiki core ...

Use the "Minor changes, don't notify" checkbox in preview in case you only make a minor change to a topic and you do not want to inform everybody who is on the WebNotify ...

Edit Table Plugin Simply add an Edit table button to an existing table by writing %EDITTABLE{}% directly above the table. This can be added to tables that are ...

Editing Shorthand Formatting Command: You write: You get: Paragraphs: Blank lines will create new paragraphs. 1st paragraph 2nd paragraph 1st paragraph 2nd paragraph ...

Empty Plugin Learn how to create your own plugin in .DevelopingPlugins. Plugin Preferences Plugin preferences should be set using configure, as described in .DevelopingPlugins ...

File Attachments Each topic can have one or more files of any type attached to it by using the Attach screen to upload (or download) files from your local PC. Attachments ...

Force new revision option Normally, if you make subsequent edits within a one hour period (configuration item ReplaceIfEditedAgainWithin), Petr Malát will fold together ...

Glossary of Terms Term Definition Attachment Any type of file that is uploaded via browser and attached to a topic, where it can be viewed and downloaded ...

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 above ...

This site is running Foswiki version * * "}%, Release , Foswiki API version * Installed Plugins Here is a list of the plugins currently installed and enabled ...

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

Interwiki Plugin The InterwikiPlugin links ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in the .InterWikis topic. This plugin is inspired by UseMod ...

JQueryCodingStandards Follow Drupal #8217;s JavaScript coding standards See also Foswiki:Development/UsingJQueryWithFoswiki for more information, tips and tricks. ...

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 when ...

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

#MetaData Meta data Additional data, Foswiki generated or from forms, may be embedded in the topic text using META: macros Overview The default store engines store ...

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, clean ...

Color scheme settings for .PatternSkin Use this topic to change the color settings of .PatternSkin. When this topic is saved, the attachment my_colors.css will be ...

.PatternSkin CSS Cookbook Questions and answers on how to customize the default look of Foswiki for your own needs, using style sheets. For configuring page elements ...

.PatternSkin Customization Guidelines how to create and customize page templates. For styling your Foswiki using stylesheets, see PatternSkinCssCookbook. First Read ...

Foswiki Plugins Extensions that use a simple API to talk to Foswiki Overview You can add plugins to extend Foswiki functionality without altering the core code. A ...

PreferencesPlugin Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a .DataForms. However, the edit fields are inlined in the text, similar to how tables are ...

Logos The official Foswiki logo is attached to this page. Logo Artwork Logo Customization The logo can be changed by redefining the WIKILOGOIMG preference setting ...

Query Search Query searches help you search the contents of forms attached to your topics, as well as the values of other meta data attached to the topic. Using query ...

Appendix A: Foswiki Development Time line Foswiki Release 1.1.7 01 Feb 2013 Foswiki 1.1.7 was built 01 Feb 2013. It is a release that fixes CVE 2012 6329 and CVE ...

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 professional ...

Foswiki Release 1.1.7 Foswiki The Free and Open Source Wiki Foswiki is an enterprise collaboration and information sharing tool targeted for professional use in ...

Render List Plugin Syntax Rules RENDERLIST Macro * Place a %RENDERLIST{ parameters }% before any bullet list * The lists can be handcrafted, generated ...

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

Skin Templates The framework used to render output. Overview Skin Templates are plain text with embedded template directives, macros and tokens that are expanded ...

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 the ...

Slide Show Plugin Introduction There is already a de facto standard for presentations, so why this plugin? This plugin makes sense for organizations that already ...

The Smilies Plugin : ) Smilies are common in e mail messages and bulletin board posts. They are used to convey an emotion, such as a smile : ) or a frown : ( . This ...

Foswiki Spreadsheet Plugin This Plugin adds spreadsheet capabilities to Petr Malát topics. Formulae like %CALC{"$INT(7/3)"}% are evaluated at page view time. They ...

Table Plugin Gives extra control of table display: * Sorting * Setting visual table properties like border width, cell spacing and cell padding * Setting ...

Text Formatting Working in Foswiki is as easy as typing in text. You don't need to know HTML, though you can use it if you prefer. Links to topics are created automatically ...

TinyMCEPlugin This is an integration of the fast and highly functional TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor. It supports a wide range of browsers, including Firefox, IE, Safari ...

TinyMCE Editor Help Summary * Normal Normal text style * Heading 1 6 Headings; 1 is largest * On save, content in this HTML editor is automatically ...

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

Topics #SystemWebFigure Figure: depiction of WebHome, ReferenceManual, ManagingTopics, ManagingWebs, MainFeatures topics contained in the System web #TopicDefinition ...

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: ...

A List of User Documentation $ AccessKeys : Access keys are keyboard shortcuts which allow the user to navigate around a website or a piece of computer software ...

User Settings preference settings customizable by users Some of the preference settings are explicitly intended to be customized by users, though a default is provided ...

#VarEDITACTION EDITACTION Selects an edit template * The EDITACTION preference setting lets you define the use of an editaction template instead of the standard ...

#VarSYSTEMWEB SYSTEMWEB name of documentation web * The web containing all documentation and default preference settings * Syntax: %SYSTEMWEB% * Expands ...

#VarWEBLIST WEBLIST{"format"} index of all webs * List of all webs. Obfuscated webs are excluded, e.g. webs with a NOSEARCHALL = on preference setting. The ...

Tools " hidelink="$percntICON{help}$percnt "}% Related Topics * . , site level preferences * list of user topics. User topics can have optional ...

What is a WikiWord? A WikiWord consists of two or more words with initial capitals, run together. WikiWords are topic names. A Foswiki topic name always has a fixed ...

Settings for WysiwygPlugin that are common to most editor integrations WYSIWYG_EXCLUDE Prevent WYSIWYG editing The global preference setting WYSIWYG_EXCLUDE can ...