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, $Rev: 1776 (2009-01-06) $): add TWiki personality to Foswiki
• SpreadSheetPlugin (20 Sep 2009, $Rev: 5049 (2009-09-20) $): Add spreadsheet calculations like "$SUM($ABOVE())" to Foswiki tables and other topic text
• BlackListPlugin (20 Mar 2009, $Rev: 3279 (2009-03-26) $): Utility to keep malicious users away from a public Foswiki site
• CommentPlugin (12 Sep 2009, $Rev: 4843 (2009-09-11) $): Quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle
• EditTablePlugin (4.33, $Rev: 4950 (2009-09-16) $): Edit tables using edit fields, date pickers and drop down boxes
• ExplicitNumberingPlugin ($Foswiki 1.0 beta $, $Rev: 4054 (2009-06-08) $): Use the ##., ##.. etc. notation to insert outline numbering sequences (1, 1.1, 2, 2.1) in topic's text. Also support numbered headings.
• ImagePlugin (2.12, 4910): Control the display and alignment of images using an easy syntax
• 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 (2.04, $Rev: 20090710 (2009-07-10) $): jQuery JavaScript library for Foswiki
• MediaPlugin (1.3.3, 4882): Embed multimedia objects such as Flash or QuickTime in topics
• PreferencesPlugin (20 Sep 2009, $Rev: 5037 (2009-09-20) $): Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form
• 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
• TablePlugin (1.042, $Rev: 4847 (2009-09-12) $): Control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns
• TinyMCEPlugin (20 Sep 2009, $Rev: 5054 (2009-09-20) $): Integration of the Tiny MCE WYSIWYG Editor
• TwistyPlugin (1.5.3, $Rev: 4751 (2009-09-02) $): Twisty section Javascript library to open/close content dynamically
• WysiwygPlugin (18 Sep 2009, $Rev: 4981 (2009-09-18) $): Translator framework for Wysiwyg editors