RCSStoreContrib Foswiki 2.0 and later only This is the modern implementation of the classic Foswiki RCS based store. It has been moved into a contrib as other sto...
Foswiki 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 rea...
ModPerlEngineContrib Overview This is a runtime engine component from Foswiki Standalone architecture. mod_perl is the Perl API to the Apache web server. It perm...
PatternSkin horizontal navigation example Include main navigation with: This is done automatically in the templates by setting in the .SitePreferences: * #Set ...
PatternSkin theme: Foswiki "Fat Willy" Site Skin Navigation Include main navigation with: This is done automatically in the templates by setting in the .SitePre...
WebCreateNewTopicComponents This topic is meant for developers. It contains INCLUDE sections to build a "create new topic" form. Usage Including the form (simpl...
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 that shows recent changes in a...
Tips Of The Day These are all tips of the day. They are located in the web (official distribution tips) and web (custom tips). Custom (local) tips Total: Cus...
Add New Tip Of The Day There are Custom Tips maintained on your local Foswiki installation, Official Tips distributed with the Tips Contrib, and Plugin Tips maint...
Tips Tips are tips and hints contributed by users. Use this form to search for tips. You can contribute new tips here. Search (perl regular expression): " decode...
Statistics documentation The following section namely the help text and the statistics table headings is included into each topic. If you want to tailor the...
Instant Site Enhancements These quick enhancements are aimed at improving and customising your Foswiki as quickly as possible. New site administrators are encoura...
Site Statistics Introduction Statistics of visits to pages in a web can be generated manually or automatically, on a per web basis. Statistics are compiled as a ...
Topics What are Topics and Webs? #SystemWebFigure Figure: depiction of , ReferenceManual, ManagingTopics, ManagingWebs, MainFeatures topics contained in the web...
HOMEWEB name of default home web * The web containing the default site content and customised site wide preferences. Examples * %HOMEWEB% expands to == Re...
SYSTEMWEB name of documentation web The web containing all documentation and default preference settings Examples * %SYSTEMWEB% expands to == Related HOMEWEB...
Configure Plugin This plugin provides access to all Foswiki configuration data through the webserver, supports running server side checkers and wizards, and allow...
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...
Render List Plugin Syntax Rules RENDERLIST Macro * Place a %RENDERLIST{ parameters }% before any bullet list * The lists can be handcrafted, generate...
CompareRevisionsAddOn Description The CompareRevisionsAddOn compares two revisions of a document, like rdiff does. But in contrast to normal rdiff, the compariso...
Mailer Contrib Allows users to "subscribe" to regularly scheduled emails containing either: * A report on changes to all topics that have changed within a part...
Glossary of Terms Glossary of Foswiki specific terminology. $ Attachment: Any type of file that is uploaded via browser and attached to a topic, where it can b...
PerlDoc See PublishedAPI for packages intended to be used by Plugin and Contrib authors, or browse all packages. See also Developing plugins, Developer's Bible, T...
This answer assumes you have basic knowledge about Data Forms. Using the steps below, you will create: 1 A form definition 1 A topic creation (HTML) form to...
Hierarchical Navigation Navigation block that displays the current topic, its parent and children (if any). This is intended to be included in other topics, for e...
Search Pattern Cookbook The Search function is very powerful. Searches using a RegularExpression play an important part of tapping Foswiki's full potential. Unfor...
SkinTemplateViewTemplate is a Skin Template So should not be viewed directly. Use to see the Template source. ** Skin Templates Set VIEW_TEMPLATE=SkinTemplateVie...
%{ FAQ topic templates This skin template is used to view FAQ questions and answers. It overrides the content portion of the default view template, and removes t...
AutoViewTemplatePlugin Description This plugin sets the VIEW_TEMPLATE and EDIT_TEMPLATE variables according to a corresponding form definition. So when you attac...
Bulk Registration Administrators can use this topic to register (i.e. create logins and user topics) for a group of people in one batch. Unlike normal registratio...
A ClassMethod is a method that must be called relative to the containing class object. This normally only applies to the new method used to create new object inst...
CompareRevisionsAddOn Plugin This is an helper plugin for the CompareRevisionsAddOn on Foswiki It has two purposes: 1 It sets the CompareRevisionAddonPluginEna...
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 ...