Wiki Help

• Each wiki consists of some number of topics (ie, pages), organized as webs (and possibly, sub-webs).

• A "topic" is a single page within a web. All content is stored in topics. You are currently viewing the WebHome topic.

• A web is a collaboration area, analogous to a folder on your desktop computer. You are currently in the Help web.

• This wiki is supported by a wiki platform (eg, Foswiki, TWiki), an installed suite of programs that is run by a web server (eg, Apache) on the host computer (wiki.cfcl.com).

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Best Practices Recommendations

• Web Best Practices
• Topic Guidelines
• Content Guidelines
• Search Guidelines

Tutorials, Guides, and Tips

• Creating Topics and How To Create New Pages

• Wiki Tut - Tutorial and Example topics

Docs That Ship with Wiki

• A Taste Of TWiki

• System.Managing Topics

• System.Managing Webs

• System.Managing Users

Training

Self-study

• Wiki Essentials

• Intermediate Wiki: Variables and Plugins

• Advanced Wiki: Applications

Questions and Answers

FAQ

• TWiki FAQ

Intermediate/Advanced Documentation

Webs (Collaboration Areas)

A web is a collaboration section of the twiki, containing dozens or even hundreds of individual pages, or "topics". Think of webs as folders and topics as documents.

Teams and projects generally have their own webs. Use the form below if you need a new web created for your team or project.

Request a New Web

Do you need a new web for your content? Request one using this form:

• Web Request Form?

Topics

Creating and Editing Topics

• Creating Topics If you need to create a single topic page *Wiki.TextFormattingFAQ Most frequently asked questions on text formatting *Wiki.TextFormattingRules Your complete guide to formatting text on Wiki *Wiki.WikiSyntax Shorthand basics *Wiki.GoodStyle Recommendations for edits *Wiki.WikiCulture Everybody can edit any page

Parent Topics (Virtual Hierarchy)

• Wiki Tut Parent Topic

Deprecating Topics

• How To Deprecate Pages

Advanced Wiki Use

• TWiki Plugins? - installed plugins
• TWiki Variables - built-in variables

*Wiki.TWikiDocGraphics - Library of common icons. i.e. ,

• SEARCH - How to use %SEARCH%
  • Formatted Search - additional search functionality

• INCLUDE - How to use %INCLUDE%

• TWiki Tut Access? - basic guide to access control
  • TWiki Access Control in-depth discussion of access control (more detail than most people need)
  • View Access Denied? - What to do if access is denied

• TWiki Applications tutorial - Form-based input
  • TWiki Forms - Form-based input

• External Editor? - Non-web-based editors for Wiki pages

• TWiki web -Wiki User's Guide and Reference Manual (as distributed with Wiki_

• TWiki Site Tools - Utilities for navigating, searching and monitoring site activity

Experimenting

• Sandbox Testing area (please create a new page)

• Feel free to add experiments to your Wiki Guest home page.
  However, please avoid creating new pages in Main.

Feedback and Resources

Official (external)Wiki Documentation

• Twiki.org More about TWiki from the official site
• Foswiki.org More about Foswiki from the official site

Articles

*Wiki.WikiReferences Articles and books around collaboration technology