User's Guide

Documentation for users.

• Quick Start
  • WelcomeGuest: A fast track intro covering all the basics
  • BeginnersStartHere: A short introduction training course for beginners
  • UserRegistration: Sign up so you can edit pages and select options

• One-Page Primers
  • BeginnersStartHere: Ultra-compact, 2-minute primer
  • TwentyMinuteTutorial: A compact, 20-minute primer

  • SearchHelp: Tips and help on search
  • GoodStyle: Working tips for an open collaboration environment
  • ShortHand: All of the shorthand basics
  • TextFormattingRules: Scan all text formatting rules on one page
  • Macros: How to easily embed text, graphics, dynamic content
  • FileAttachments: Browser-upload files for distribution or display
  • WebChangesAlert: Get e-mail alerts linking to the latest page changes
  • GlossaryOfTerms: A simple glossary of terms
  • FrequentlyAskedQuestions: The first things people ask

  • Frequent users should also browse the full Reference Manual!

• Help on Plugins

• TWikiCompatibilityPlugin (Foswiki-1.0.9, $Rev: 6017 (2010-01-11) $): add TWiki personality to Foswiki
• SpreadSheetPlugin (10 Nov 2009, $Rev: 5484 (2009-11-10) $): Add spreadsheet calculations like "$SUM($ABOVE())" to Foswiki tables and other topic text
• ApprovalPlugin (1.0, $Rev: 3923 (2009-05-16) $): Defines a set of states for one more or topics, with each state requiring approval by one or more users.
• BreadCrumbsPlugin (v2.42, $Rev: 4694 (2009-08-20) $): A flexible way to display breadcrumbs navigation
• CalendarPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 2934 (2009-03-09) $): Show a monthly calendar with highlighted events
• CommentPlugin (12 Sep 2009, $Rev: 4843 (2009-09-11) $): Quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle
• CompareRevisionsAddonPlugin (18 Sep 2009, $Rev: 4995 (2009-09-19) $):
• DatabasePlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 0 (28 nov. 2008) $): Provide access to data in a SQL database
• EditTablePlugin (4.34, $Rev: 5854 (2009-12-23) $): Edit tables using edit fields, date pickers and drop down boxes
• ExcelImportExportPlugin (Foswiki, $Rev: 0$): Renders an attached Excel spreadsheet as Foswiki table
• FilterPlugin (1.80, $Rev: 3491 (2009-04-17) $): Substitute and extract information from content by using regular expressions
• FlexWebListPlugin (v1.30, $Rev: 3493 (2009-04-17) $): Flexible way to display hierarchical weblists
• GluePlugin (2.20, $Rev: 3494 (2009-04-17) $): Enable markup to span multiple lines
• HistoryPlugin (1.4, $Rev: 1340 1401 (17 Dec 2008) $): Shows a complete history of a document
• IfDefinedPlugin (v2.00, $Rev: 3637 (2009-04-23) $): Render content conditionally
• ImageGalleryPlugin (5.01, $Rev: 4425 (2009-07-03) $): Displays image gallery with auto-generated thumbnails from attachments
• InterwikiPlugin (20 Sep 2009, $Rev: 5022 (2009-09-20) $): Link ExternalSite?:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in a rules topic
• JQueryPlugin (1.15, $Rev: 1988 (15 Jan 2009) $): jQuery JavaScript library for Foswiki
• MenuListPlugin ($Date: 2009-03-20 03:32:09 +1100 (Fri, 20 Mar 2009) $, 3193): dynamic Folding menu list
• NatEditPlugin (v3.32, $Rev: 1993 (15 Jan 2009) $): A Wikiwyg Editor
• NatSkinPlugin (3.00-pre36, $Rev: 1995 (15 Jan 2009) $): Theming engine for NatSkin
• PreferencesPlugin (20 Sep 2009, $Rev: 5037 (2009-09-20) $): Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form
• RenderListPlugin (2.2, $Rev: 5042 (2009-09-20) $): Render bullet lists in a variety of formats
• SlideShowPlugin (02 Aug 2008, $Rev: 2742 (2009-02-26) $): Create web based presentations based on topics with headings.
• SmiliesPlugin (20 Sep 2009, $Rev: 5046 (2009-09-20) $): Render smilies like as icons
• SubscribePlugin (03 Dec 2008, $Rev: 13787 (18 May 2007) $): Subscribe to web notification
• TablePlugin (1.045, $Rev: 6110 (2010-01-21) $): Control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns
• TagMePlugin (11 Jun 2009, $Rev: 4104 (2009-06-11) $): Tag wiki content collectively to find content by keywords
• TinyMCEPlugin (29 Dec 2009, $Rev: 5860 (2009-12-28) $): Integration of the Tiny MCE WYSIWYG Editor
• TocPlugin (2.0, $Rev: 5851 (2009-12-22) $): Sophisticated table of contents generation
• TreeBrowserPlugin (v2.0, $Rev: 5479 (2009-11-10) $): Renders a list as a collapsable/expandable tree.
• TreePlugin (1.9.1, $Rev: 6156 (2010-01-27) $): Renders topics' parent-child relationships as hierarchical tree view. Useful for dynamic site maps and threads.
• TwistyPlugin (1.5.4, $Rev: 6281 (2010-02-12) $): Twisty section Javascript library to open/close content dynamically
• UploadPlugin (1.11, $Rev: 4414 (2009-07-03) $): Attach multiple files to a topic in one go
• VotePlugin (1.33, $Rev: 5560 (2009-11-17) $): Simple way to count votes
• WysiwygPlugin (17 Jan 2010, $Rev: 6068 (2010-01-17) $): Translator framework for Wysiwyg editors