FAQ: What does the `T` in TWiki stand for? Answer: TWiki is short for TakeFive Wiki, the name of the company where its founder Peter Thoeny worked. Peter first...
WebLeftBar Cookbook Instructions and tips how to use WebLeftBarPersonalTemplate . WebLeftBarPersonalTemplate is a topic template to create a personal left bar block...
FAQ: So what is this WikiWiki thing exactly? Answer: A set of pages of information that are open and free for anyone to edit as they wish. They are stored in...
You are currently in the web. The color code for this web is this background, so you know where you are. If you are not familiar with the TWiki collaboration...
SESSION VARIABLE get, set or clear a session variable Session variables are stored in a personal `persistent memory space` that is not lost until the web browser...
SESSIONVAR name of CGI and session variable that stores the session ID Syntax: % SESSIONVAR% Expand to: Category: DevelopmentVariables, SystemInformationVariables...
SESSIONID unique ID for this session Syntax: % SESSIONID% Expand to: Category: DevelopmentVariables, SystemInformationVariables, UsersAndAuthenticationVariables...
SCRIPTURLPATH{`script`} URL path of TWiki script As % SCRIPTURL{`script` , but doesn`t include the protocol and host part of the URL Like % SCRIPTURL{...
SCRIPTNAME name of current script The name of the current script is shown, including script suffix, if any (for example viewauth.cgi ) Syntax: % SCRIPTNAME...
REDBG start red colored background section REDBG is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut...
RED start red colored text RED is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in that...
RAQUO right double angle quote This variable is typically used in breadcrumbs. Syntax: % RAQUO% Expands to: Type: Preference variable TWikiRenderingShortcut...
QUERYSTRING full, unprocessed string of parameters to this URL String of all the URL parameters that were on the URL used to get to the current page. For example...
QUERYPARAMS show paramaters to the query Expands the parameters to the query that was used to display the page. Syntax: % QUERYPARAMS{... Parameters...
PURPLE start purple colored text PURPLE is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
PLUGINVERSION the version of a TWiki Plugin, or the TWiki Plugins API Syntax: % PLUGINVERSION{`name` to get the version of a specific plugin Example:...
PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS list of plugin descriptions Syntax: % PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS% Expands to: Category: AdministrationVariables, SystemInformationVariables...
PINK start pink colored text PINK is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
PARENTBC parent breadcrumbs for headings Add % PARENTBC% to a heading of a topic to show the breadcrumb of its parents. Parent topics are linked, topic names...
ORANGE start orange colored text ORANGE is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
OLIVE start olive green colored text OLIVE is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
NOTIFYTOPIC name of the notify topic Note: Each web has a notify topic Syntax: % NOTIFYTOPIC% Expands to: , renders as Category: SystemInformationVariabl...
NOP template text not to be expanded in instantiated topics Syntax: % NOP% In normal topic text, expands to nop , which prevents expansion of adjacent...
NBSP non breaking space The WYSIWYG editor tends to change nbsp; into normal space. Use this variable where non breaking space needs to be retained, such as...
NAVY start navy blue colored text NAVY is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
META displays meta data Provided mainly for use in templates, this variable generates the parts of the topic view that relate to meta data (attachments, forms...
MDREPO retrieve data from metadata repository Attention: This variable works only if MetadataRepository is in use. Otherwise, it always returns a zero length...
MAROON start maroon colored text MAROON is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
MAKETEXT translate text using TWiki`s I18N infrastructure Text in MAKETEXT is translated into another language at page view time if the user activates a...
LOGOUTURL present a logout link Present a logout link, regardless of the state of login Syntax: % LOGOUTURL% Expand to: Category: LinkingAndNavigationVariables...
LOGINURL present a login link Present a login link, regardless of the state of login Syntax: % LOGINURL% Expand to: Category: LinkingAndNavigationVariables...
LOCALSITEPREFS web.topicname of site preferences topic The full name of the local site preferences topic. These local site preferences overload the system level...
LIME start lime colored text LIME is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
LAQUO left double angle quote This variable is typically used in breadcrumbs. Syntax: % LAQUO% Expands to: Type: Preference variable TWikiRenderingShortcut...
LANGUAGES list available TWiki languages List the languages available (as PO files) to TWiki. Those are the languages in which TWiki`s user interface is...
LANGUAGE current user`s language Returns the language code for the language used as the current user. This is the language actually used by TWiki Internationalization...
JQTABPANE start a JQuery tab pane Create nice looking horizontal tab panes in TWiki topics. Write a sequence of % JQTAB{`...` and % JQENDTAB% pairs, and enclose...
JQTAB start a JQuery tab within a tab pane This variable is handled by the JQueryPlugin. For description see JQTABPANE Syntax: % JQTABPANE% % JQTAB{`Tab...
JQENDTABPANE end a JQuery tab pane This variable is handled by the JQueryPlugin. For description see JQTABPANE Syntax: % JQTABPANE% % JQTAB{`Tab 1` ......
JQENDTAB end a JQuery tab within a tab pane This variable is handled by the JQueryPlugin. For description see JQTABPANE Syntax: % JQTABPANE% % JQTAB{`Tab...
INCLUDINGWEB web that includes current topic The web name of the topic that includes the current topic same as % WEB% if there is no INCLUDE. Syntax...
INCLUDINGTOPIC name of topic that includes current topic The name of the topic that includes the current topic same as % TOPIC% in case there is no include...
INCLUDE{`page`} include other topic, attachment, or web page Merges the content of a specified page into the current one before rendering. Syntax: % INCLUDE...
IF{`condition` ...} simple conditionals Evaluate a condition and show one text or another based on the result. See details in IfStatements Syntax: % IF...
ICONURLPATH{`name`} URL path of small documentation graphic or icon Generates the URL path of a TWikiDocGraphics image, typically used in an HTML img tag. Specify...
ICONURL{`name`} URL of small documentation graphic or icon Generates the full URL of a TWikiDocGraphics image, which TWiki renders as an image. The related...
ICON{`name`} small documentation graphic or icon of common attachment types Generates the HTML img tag of a small graphic image attached to TWikiDocGraphics....
HTTPS get HTTPS headers The same as % HTTP% but operates on the HTTPS environment variables present when the SSL protocol is in effect. Can be used to determine...
HTTP get HTTP headers Called with the name of an HTTP header field, returns its value. Capitalization and the use of hyphens versus underscores are not significant...
HIDE{text} hide content in topic view Text inside the HIDE is removed when viewing the topic. This can be used to remove large amounts of text from being sent...
HEADLINES{`url`} show RSS and ATOM feeds in TWiki pages The % HEADLINES{`url` variable is handled by the HeadlinesPlugin. Syntax: % HEADLINES{ `http:...
GROUPS a formatted list of groups Expands to a formatted list of user groups in your TWiki. The variable is intended to be used in .TWikiGroups, to allow a group...
GREEN start green colored text GREEN is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
GRAY start gray colored text GRAY is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
FOURCOLUMNS responsive four column page layout Write % FOURCOLUMNS% ...text... % ENDCOLUMNS% to get a page layout with four columns . The layout is responsive...
FORMFIELD{`fieldname`} render a field in the form attached to some topic Syntax: % FORMFIELD{`fieldname` Supported parameters: Parameter: Description...
FAILEDPLUGINS debugging for plugins that failed to load, and handler list Syntax: % FAILEDPLUGINS% Expands to: See TWikiPlugins#FAILEDPLUGINS Category...
ENV{`varname`} inspect the value of an environment variable Returns the current value of the environment variable in the CGI (Common Gateway Interface) environment...
ENTITY{string} encode a string to HTML entities Encode `special` characters to HTML entities. Useful to encode text properly for HTML input fields. Encoded...