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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. ...

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...

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...

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...

Custom rendered bullets RenderListPlugin can render bulleted lists in a variety of different ways. Use %RENDERLIST{ parameters }% before any bulleted list. More ...

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...

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: ...

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 Settings preference settings customizable by users Some of the preference settings are explicitly intended to be customized by users, though a default is p...

A List of User Tools List of tools the user may need for setting and resetting passwords, changing email address etc.

ADDTOHEAD deprecated, use ADDTOZONE instead This macro is deprecated. Please use VarADDTOZONE instead. It effecively is a shortcut for %ADDTOZONE{"head" ...}%

ENCODE encode characters in a string Encode character sequences in "string", by mapping characters (or sequences of characters) to an alternative character (or se...

ENDTAB ending marker for a tab of a tabpane This closes a previously opened TAB. Related TAB, TABPANE, ENDTAB, JQueryPlugin, JQueryTabpane

ENDTABPANE ending tag for tabpane widget This closes a previously opened TABPANE. Related TAB, ENDTAB, TABPANE, JQueryPlugin, JQueryTabpane

EXAMPLETAG example macro tag The %EXAMPLETAG% variable is handled by the ExamplePlugin Parameters Parameter Description Default "..." Unnamed p...

FAILEDPLUGINS debugging for plugins that failed to load Also generates a list of handlers defined by plugins Examples * %FAILEDPLUGINS% Related PLUGINDESCRI...

HISTORY control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns The %HISTORY{}% macro is handled by the HistoryPlugin Parameters Parameter ...

ICONURLPATH URL path of small documentation graphic or icon Generates the relative URL path of a image, typically used in an HTML img tag. Specify image na...

INCLUDE include another topic, or subsection of a topic, or a URL, or Foswiki embedded documentation (Including a topic) Parameters Parameter: Des...

METASEARCH special search of meta data METASEARCH is deprecated in favour of the new and much more powerful query type search. See SEARCH and QuerySearch. Param...

NONCE generate a nonce (developers only) DEVELOPERS ONLY This macro is used to generate a 'nonce', a unique key that identifies the source of a request in order t...

SCRIPTSUFFIX script suffix * Some Foswiki installations require a file extension for CGI scripts, such as .pl or .cgi Examples * %SCRIPTSUFFIX% expands to ...

SCRIPTURL URL of script(s) Expands to the URL of a script, or the base URL of all scripts Parameters Parameter Description Default "$script" ...

SEARCH search content Inline search, shows a search result embedded in a topic Parameters Parameter Description Default: "text" search...

SESSIONVAR name of CGI and session variable that stores the session ID Examples * %SESSIONVAR% expands to Related UserAuthentication, AUTHREALM, SESSIONID,...

STARTINCLUDE start position of topic text if included If present in included topic, start to include text from this location up to the next %ENDINCLUDE% macro, or...

STOPINCLUDE Alias for ENDINCLUDE Related INCLUDE, STARTINCLUDE

STOPSECTION Alias for ENDSECTION Related ENDSECTION, STARTSECTION

TAB tab inside a tabpane widget Defines a tab inside a TABPANE area; must be closed using ENDTAB. Parameters Parameter Description Default ...

TWISTYBUTTON Shorthand version for TWISTYSHOW TWISTYHIDE This is useful if both the show and the hide button take the same arguments. Parameters All parameters...

WIKIPREFSTOPIC name of site wide preferences topic Examples * %WIKIPREFSTOPIC% expands to ==, renders as Related HOMETOPIC, WEBPREFSTOPIC

WIKIUSERNAME your Wiki username with web prefix Your %WIKINAME% with web prefix, useful to point to your Foswiki home page This macro is an alias for the USERINF...

WIKIUSERSTOPIC name of topic listing all registered users Examples * %WIKIUSERSTOPIC% expands to == * with prefix renders as . Related WIKIUSERNAME

WIKIWEBMASTER feedback email address for site Examples * %WIKIWEBMASTER% expands to == Related WIKIWEBMASTERNAME

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My links: * My home page * My activities * edit

System Web Preferences Appearance * Set WEBBGCOLOR = #B9DAFF * Set SITEMAPLIST = on * Set WEBSUMMARY = * Set NOAUTOLINK = off TOC settings * ...

Web Site Tools * (More options in WebSearch) * WebChanges: Display recent changes to the web * WebIndex: List all topics in alphabetical order. Se...

Wiki culture, concepts and principles General concept and idea of wikis. General concept and idea of wikis What is a wiki? "A wiki is a page or collection of We...

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...

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JSCalendarContrib Summary of Contents This module packages the Mishoo JSCalendar Javascript in a form suitable for use with Foswiki. Detailed Documentation Read...

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...

Language selection dropdown To be included where a language selection is needed, for instance in the top bar or left bar. Note: this dropdown is only shown if loc...