Tips Of The Day
These are all tips of the day. They are located in the System web (official distribution tips) and Main web (custom tips).- 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 ...
- WebChanges to see recent activity: Each Foswiki web has a WebChanges topic that lists recent activity from all editors of the web. This ...
- Raw Text link: At the bottom of each page among the action links (assuming use of the default PatternSkin), there is ...
- E-mail alert of topic changes: Subscribing to WebNotify will enable Foswiki to send you details of changes made on topics in a certain ...
- Re-parenting a topic: The breadcrumbs ( Contribs TipsContrib TipsOfTheDay , for example) of any topic is constructed ...
- Creating a Table of Contents: %TOC% automatically creates a table of contents based on the headings present in the topic. To exclude ...
- 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 ...
- Escaping Foswiki 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 Foswiki topic, use %INCLUDE{"page"}%. Examples: This example ...
- WikiWords for linking: WikiWords are capitalized words, run together, such as WebPreferences and CollaborationPlatform. Using ...
- Preference settings: Foswiki has several levels of preferences settings. See PreferenceSettings for a full list and more information ...
- File attachments: Files can be attached 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 ...
- Foswiki Skins : Skins overlay regular templates with alternate layouts (and styles). You can use Skins to change the ...
- Revision control: In Foswiki, assuming appropriate AccessControls, anyone can change anything but those changes are logged ...
- Inline search: To embed a search in a topic, use the %SEARCH{ parameters }% macro. The search macro is used by many ...
- Commenting with hidden text: To hide sections of a Foswiki 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: EditTablePlugin allows you to edit tables using edit fields and drop down boxes. Tables have an button ...
- 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 80 formulae are available through the SpreadSheetPlugin. For Example: * $AVERAGE() * $IF( ...
- SlideShowPlugin for presentations: Use SlideShowPlugin to convert a topic with headings and bullets into a slideshow presentation. This ...
- Custom rendered bullets: 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 Foswiki web. This complements WebChanges ...
See also: Tips Of The Day Administration