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 on the headers...

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

• 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...

• 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 is...

• 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