UpdatesPlugin Checks Foswiki.org for updates This plugin is used to keep administrators informed of updates to their installed extensions via a pop up message at ...
Subscribe Plugin Example (only works if plugin is installed, and you are logged in you are: and you are not .WikiGuest): This version is designed for use w...
SUBSCRIBE{ attributes } subscribe the current user for notification of changes to the current topic Anywhere in a topic or template: * %SUBSCRIBE{...}% or si...
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...
NatEditHelpText Help text for the NatEditPlugin editor About the editor This edit interface is available in two different modes: (1) WYSIWYG (what you see is what...
Natural Edit Plugin Description The NatEdit is an wiki editor that helps in learning the TML Language by providing a GUI. By design, this is not a wysiwyg editor...
JEditableContrib This add on packages up the jQuery "JEditable" plugin from Miko Tuupala. This excellent little plugin gives you edit in place capability with man...
FastCGI Engine Contrib Permits Foswiki to be executed with FastCGI Overview FastCGI is a technology to deliver dynamic web content. It differs from CGI cause it ...
Inter Wiki Link Rules (or Links to other Sites) This topic lists all aliases needed to map inter wiki links to external wikis/sites. Whenever you write ExternalSi...
Documentation Graphics and Filetype icons This is the Foswiki icon library. The graphics can be used in topics and by web applications. Usage Default notation: ...
TWikiCompatibilityPlugin Usage Automatically maps requests for legacy TWiki web topics to Foswiki free topics as per TopicNameMappingTable. Map TWIKIWEB to SYSTE...
TwistyPlugin A "twisty" is an interface toggle control to show and hide content. TwistyPlugin gives you several options to control the appearance of a twisty: ...
TWISTY generate content block with interactive visibility controls This renders the button as well as the toggled content section contained within this and the cl...
TWISTYBUTTON Shorthand version for TWISTYSHOW TWISTYHIDE This is useful if both the show and the hide button take the same arguments. Parameters All parameters...
Wysiwyg Plugin Support for the integration of WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors. On its own, the only thing this plugin gives you is a stand alone HT...
Settings for WysiwygPlugin that are common to most editor integrations WYSIWYG_EXCLUDE Prevent WYSIWYG editing The global preference setting WYSIWYG_EXCLUDE c...
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...
Under normal circumstances, there should be no need to rebuild your . topic. Sometimes, the . topic maintained by .TopicUserMappingContrib may not reflect the tru...
Manage Users Register users on your Foswiki site; change/reset/install passwords; remove user accounts Some of the features below may be disabled, depending on ...
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 you do not know the entire name of th...
WebChanges to see recent activity Each Foswiki web has a WebChanges topic that lists recent activity from all editors of the web. This can be useful when looking ...
Raw Text link At the bottom of each page among the action links (assuming use of the default PatternSkin), there is a View wiki text link which shows how a topic ...
E mail alert of topic changes Subscribing to WebNotify will enable Foswiki to send you details of changes made on topics in a certain web. You can choose to be no...
Re parenting a topic The breadcrumbs ( Contribs TipsContrib TipsOfTheDay , for example) of any topic is constructed automatically in Foswiki by foll...
Creating a Table of Contents %TOC% automatically creates a table of contents based on the headings present in the topic. To exclude a heading from a %TOC% add !! ...
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 (TinyMCEPlugin), use the attach ...
Escaping Foswiki rendering Use the verbatim tag to surround code excerpts and other formatted text with = verbatim = and = /verbatim = tags. For Example: verbati...
Disabling links in large blocks of text You can disable automatic linking of WikiWords by surrounding the text with = noautolink = and = /noautolink = tags. Each ...
Disabling individual WikiWords Prevent a WikiWord from being linked by prefixing it with an exclamation point. Example: To escape SunOs write SunOs to get SunOs. ...
Server side include To include the contents of a web page or Foswiki topic, use %INCLUDE{"page"}%. Examples: This example requires {INCLUDE}{AllowURLs} enabled in...
WikiWords for linking WikiWords are capitalized words, run together, such as WebPreferences and CollaborationPlatform. Using a lot of WikiWords creates a good bro...
Preference settings Foswiki has several levels of preferences settings. See PreferenceSettings for a full list and more information: 1 Default settings: (nev...
File attachments Files can be attached to any topic. The action of attaching a file to a topic is similar to attaching a file to an e mail use the Attach link i...
Breadcrumb The breadcrumb of a topic shows you page hierarchy. It is constructed using a topic's parent setting; for example, the breadcrumb on this page looks l...
Foswiki Skins Skins overlay regular templates with alternate layouts (and styles). You can use Skins to change the look of a Foswiki topic, for example, the layo...
Revision control In Foswiki, assuming appropriate AccessControls, anyone can change anything but those changes are logged. There is a complete audit trail with r...
Inline search To embed a search in a topic, use the %SEARCH{ parameters }% macro. The search macro is used by many Foswiki based applications. More Information....
Commenting with hidden text To hide sections of a Foswiki topic, use HTML comments. Example comment within a sentence: Visible ! and hidden text Example spa...
InterwikiPlugin links The InterwikiPlugin automatically links ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in the InterWikis topic. This enab...
SmiliesPlugin emoticons Smilies are common in e mail messages and bulletin board posts. They are used to convey an emotion, such as a smile #058; ) : ) or a frow...
Edit tables with EditRowPlugin EditRowPlugin allows you to edit tables using edit fields and drop down boxes. Tables have an button if preceeded by an %EDITTAB...
Control table attributes with TablePlugin The TablePlugin gives extra control of table display: * Allows sorting * Changing table properties like border wid...
Comment box with CommentPlugin The CommentPlugin allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle. Write %COMMENT{ attributes ...
SpreadSheetPlugin for dynamic content Over 80 formulae are available through the SpreadSheetPlugin. For Example: * $AVERAGE() * $IF() * $REPLACE() * $...
SlideShowPlugin for presentations Use SlideShowPlugin to convert a topic with headings and bullets into a slideshow presentation. This plugin is useful when conte...
Custom rendered bullets RenderListPlugin can render bulleted lists in a variety of different ways. Use %RENDERLIST{ parameters }% before any bulleted list. More ...
Keyword search Interactive search is a keyword search by default. For example, to search for all topics that contain "SOAP", "WSDL", a literal "web service", but ...
RSS news feed of topic changes You can use an RSS news reader to find out what is new in a Foswiki web. This complements WebChanges that shows recent changes in a...
Tips Contrib Package Displays a rotating "Tip of the Day" to help familiarize new users with Foswiki features. Includes an application for creating custom tips fo...
Tips Of The Day These are all tips of the day. They are located in the web (official distribution tips) and web (custom tips). Custom (local) tips Total: Cus...
Add New Tip Of The Day There are Custom Tips maintained on your local UTSA Research Support Group installation, Official Tips distributed with the Tips Contrib, a...
Tips Tips are tips and hints contributed by users. Use this form to search for tips. You can contribute new tips here. Search (perl regular expression): " decode...
TopicUserMappingContrib The User Mapping Manager interface provides services for mapping between a 'user identity' as used when talking to an external authenticat...
User Form Help %IF{"$ BASEWEB=''" then="%IF{"istopic '.UserFormHelp'" then="This is the default user form. You have also created a customized copy at .UserForm ...
User Registration components This topic contains the pieces that are assembled into the UserRegistration page. There is no need to modify this topic. If a sectio...
User Settings preference settings customizable by users Some of the preference settings are explicitly intended to be customized by users, though a default is p...
List of UTSA Research Support Group users Below is a list of users with accounts. If you want to edit topics or see protected areas of the site then you can get a...
Foswiki Spreadsheet Plugin This Plugin adds spreadsheet capabilities to UTSA Research Support Group topics. Formulae like %CALC{"$INT(7/3)"}% are evaluated at pag...
Table Plugin Gives extra control of table display: * Sorting * Setting visual table properties like border width, cell spacing and cell padding * Setting...
TinyMCE FAQs Frequently Asked Questions of the TinyMCEPlugin integration. Q: The editor takes over the standard edit screen. That's OK, but how do I get access t...
TinyMCEPlugin This is an integration of the fast and highly functional TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor. It supports a wide range of browsers, including Firefox, IE, Safari...
CALC add spreadsheet calculations to tables and outside tables The %CALC{"formula"}% macro is handled by the SpreadSheetPlugin. There are around 90 formulae, such...
CALCULATE add spreadsheet formulae calls using standard Macro evaluation order. The %CALCULATE{"formula"}% macro is handled by the SpreadSheetPlugin. There are ar...
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...
Render List Plugin Syntax Rules RENDERLIST Macro * Place a %RENDERLIST{ parameters }% before any bullet list * The lists can be handcrafted, generate...
Slide Show Plugin Introduction There is already a de facto standard for presentations, so why this plugin? This plugin makes sense for organizations that already...
The Smilies Plugin : ) Smilies are common in e mail messages and bulletin board posts. They are used to convey an emotion, such as a smile : ) or a frown : ( . Th...
SLIDESHOWEND end slideshow The %SLIDESHOWEND% macro is handled by the SlideShowPlugin Examples See SLIDESHOWSTART Related SLIDESHOWSTART, SlideShowPlugin
Pattern skin Select a theme to change the look, or tune the entire appearance with CSS or templates. Browse available themes You may quickly change the appearanc...
CSS elements in PatternSkin This page is a reference for all CSS classes used in PatternSkin. PatternSkin uses 4 stylesheets: * layout.css: positioning of bloc...
.PatternSkin CSS Cookbook Questions and answers on how to customize the default look of Foswiki for your own needs, using style sheets. For configuring page eleme...
PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: Center the page This recipe shows how center the page horizontally and vertically. This line loads the extra style definition: *...
PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: Center the page with a border This recipe shows how to put a border around the page, while centering the page horizontally. The exa...
PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: EditTable style Cookbook example to illustrate control over EditTable edit styles. 1 EditTable uses a monospace font in edit mod...
PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: Font variation Cookbook example with other fonts and font colors. This line loads the extra style definition: * Set USERSTYLEURL...
PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: Hide action buttons This recipe shows how to hide the action buttons for unauthorised and/or guest users: (Edit, Attach ...) Note t...
PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: Hide the left bar This line loads the extra style definition: * Set USERSTYLEURL = //PatternSkinCssCookbookNoLeftBar/hideleftbar...
PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: Hide the top bar This recipe shows how to hide the top bar. This line loads the extra style definition: * Set USERSTYLEURL=/noto...
PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: Sidebar background color To see if the background color really extends beyond the body, we make the body contents longer than the s...
System.PatternSkinCssCookbook Recipe: Left Sidebar Toggle The Sidebar is hidden for screens with width This line loads the extra style definition: * Set USERS...
.PatternSkin Customization Guidelines how to create and customize page templates. For styling your Foswiki using stylesheets, see PatternSkinCssCookbook. First R...
Pattern Skin Elements Some intro text. Text. Heading 1 text Heading 2 text Heading 3 text Heading 4 text Heading 5 text Heading 6 text A very very very ver...
PatternSkin horizontal navigation example Include main navigation with: This is done automatically in the templates by setting in the .SitePreferences: * #Set ...
PatternSkin theme: Foswiki release 1.1.5 Use this theme if you have created a theme or sub skin that relies on the styling of PatternSkin around release 1.1.5 or ...
PatternSkin theme: 2009 Test this theme Choose column ' selected='selected' "}% Column left (default) Column right No column Small left column Choose v...
PatternSkin theme: Foswiki "Fat Willy" Site Skin Test this theme Choose column ' selected='selected' "}% Column right No column Hide theme Store theme...
PatternSkin theme: Foswiki "Fat Willy" Site Skin Navigation Include main navigation with: This is done automatically in the templates by setting in the .SitePre...
PlainFileStoreContrib This is a full implementation of a Foswiki store that uses nothing more sophisticated than plain files and directories In the Foswiki spirit...
PreferencesPlugin Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a .DataForms. However, the edit fields are inlined in the text, similar to how tables a...
Pub Link Fixup Plugin This plugin performs pub link fixup of the generated HTML page. If Foswiki is configured with a non utf 8 {Store}{Encoding}, then links to ...
WebCreateNewTopicComponents This topic is meant for developers. It contains INCLUDE sections to build a "create new topic" form. Usage Including the form (simpl...
%{ ========================================= Create new topic template This template uses parts from .WebCreateNewTopicComponents. =====================...
WebLeftBar Cookbook Instructions and tips how to use WebLeftBarPersonalTemplate. WebLeftBarPersonalTemplate is a topic template to create a personal left bar bloc...
This topic is included from the WebLeftBarExample and other WebLeftBar topics, to provide a dynamic list of webs accessible to the current user. Webs meeting the ...
JsonRpcContrib Summary This package implements a JSON RPC 2.0 protocol to interface with Foswiki and its plugins. In contrast to the normal REST interface of Fo...
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...
MailerContribPlugin This is a 'mini' plugin that provides a rest handler for invoking the mail notification process via an HTTP request (e.g. from the browser). I...
IconService The IconService functions as a central definition and delivery method for all sorts of icons: image icons as well as font icons. Different kinds of i...
JQueryAjaxHelper This page contains a set of example JQueryPlugin helpers that can be used in wiki applications. The examples demonstrate how you can dynamically ...
JQueryCodingStandards Follow Drupal #8217;s JavaScript coding standards See also Foswiki:Development/UsingJQueryWithFoswiki for more information, tips and tricks....
JQueryPlugin Description "jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and a...
JQICONPATH render the url path to an image icon This is a shortcut for: Note that this macro only makes sense for image icons, those that refer to a single image ...
JQREQUIRE enable a plugin on the current page This macro will load a list of plugins to be added to the current page. Use JQPLUGINS to display the list of av...
JQTHEME switch jQuery UI theme Foswiki's default UI theme is configured in $Foswiki::cfg{JQueryPlugin}{JQueryTheme} and defaults to foswiki. Use configure to cha...
TABPANE tabpane widget This macro starts the tabpane, containing a series of TAB...ENDTABs and ends with ENDTABPANE. A complete tabpane normally looks like this: ...