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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ENDSECTION{`name`} marks the end of a named section within a topic Syntax: % ENDSECTION{`name` Syntax: % ENDSECTION{type `include` Syntax: % ENDSECTION...
ENDCOLUMNS end a responsive multi column page layout Write % TWOCOLUMNS% ...text... % ENDCOLUMNS% to get a page layout with two columns . See TWOCOLUMNS...
ENDCOLOR end colored text ENDCOLOR is a rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in that topic...
ENDBG end background color section ENDBG is a rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in that...
EDITFORMFIELD{`fieldname` form ``} render an input field specified in a form template topic Use this to create HTML forms that update TWikiForms, such as a...
EDITACTION select an edit template EDITACTION defined in a topic or preference setting will define the use of an editaction template instead of the standard edit...
DISPLAYTIME{`format`} formatted display time Formatted time either GMT or Local server time, depending on {DisplayTimeValues} setting in configure, default...
CONTENTMODE{web `WEB`} content mode Returns the content mode of the specified web. It`s either `local`, `read only`, `master`, or `slave`. Read ReadOnlyAndMirrorWebs...
CHILDREN find children of a topic Find direct children of a topic, as defined by the parent child relationship between topics. To find children recursively...
BULLET bullet sign Bullet sign, useful to create a bullet list in a TWiki table, such as % BULLET% One % BB% Two % BB% Three Type: Preference variable...
BROWN start brown colored text BROWN is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
BLUE start blue colored text BLUE is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
BLACK start black colored text BLACK is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
BASEWEB base web where an INCLUDE started The web name where the includes started, e.g. the web of the first topic of nested includes. Same as % WEB% in case...
BASETOPIC base topic where an INCLUDE started The name of the topic where a single or nested INCLUDE started same as % TOPIC% if there is no INCLUDE....
AUTHREALM authentication realm String defined as {AuthRealm} in configure. This is used in certain password encodings, and in login templates as part of the login...
ATTACHURL full URL for attachments in the current topic Syntax: % ATTACHURL% Expands to: https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/twiki cstc/pub/TWiki/VarATTACHURL...
AQUA start aqua colored text AQUA is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
ALLVARIABLES list of currently defined TWikiVariables Syntax: % ALLVARIABLES% Expands to: a table showing all defined TWikiVariables in the current context...
ADDTOHEAD add HTML to the HTML head section of the current page Useful for TWiki applications to add custom CSS or JavaScript to the HTML head section of a topic...
ACTIVATEDPLUGINS list of currently activated plugins Syntax: % ACTIVATEDPLUGINS% Expands to: Category: AdministrationVariables, DevelopmentVariables...
Using multiple disks for DataDir and PubDir Motivation A TWiki site may reach a point where a single disk drive cannot house all files. Having PubDir on a different...
Using HTML, CSS and JavaScript You can use most HTML tags in TWiki topics without a problem. This is useful where you want to add some content that is formatted in...
User Masquerading Preface This topic describes how to configure your TWiki site for user masquerading. There are cases where it`s handy to access TWiki on behalf...
TWiki Text Formatting These instructions are for contributors who prefer to use the Raw Edit over the default WYSIWYG editor. Working in TWiki is as easy as typing...
Text Formatting FAQ This topics lists frequently asked questions on text formatting. Text formatting applies to people who edit TWiki pages in raw edit mode. TextFormattingRules...
Text Editor A text editor, or text processor, handles plain text only, different from a word processor because it doesn`t do display formatting like bold type, or...
Template Web Purpose Template webs contain a set of default topics and act as templates when creating a new web. Names of template webs begin with an underscore...
TWiki Variables Search TWiki Variables Show all Category Categories: Related Topics: UserDocumentationCategory, TWikiVariables, TWikiVariablesWizard...
TWiki Variables Category Body This is a system topic used by TWikiVariablesSearch categories. TWiki Variables Search Category: Categories: Related Topics...
TWiki User Authentication TWiki site access control and user activity tracking options Overview Authentication, or `logging in`, is the process by which a user...
TWiki Upgrade Guide This guide covers upgrading from a previous version of TWiki (such as TWiki 5.1) to TWiki 6.0 Overview TWiki 6.0.0 is a major release that has...
20 Minute TWiki Tutorial This step by step, hands on tutorial gets you up to speed with all the TWikiSite basics, in mere minutes ... 1. Get set... Open two browser...
TWiki Topics The basic building block of a TWiki site is called a topic , identified by a unique, hopefully descriptive, WikiWord title. It may seem easier just...
TWiki Templates Definition of the templates used to render all HTML pages displayed in TWiki Overview Templates are plain text with embedded template directives...