Welcome to TWiki: a flexible, powerful, secure, yet simple web-based collaboration platform. Use TWiki to run a project development space, a document management system, a knowledge base or any other groupware tool on either an intranet or on the Internet. This is the place to learn about TWiki features, find where to download it, and try it out for yourself...

The official TWikiTM site is http://twiki.org/

• Help on Installed Plugins

• DefaultPlugin: This plugin can be used to specify some simple custom rendering rules. It also renders depreciated *_text_* as bold italic text.
• SpreadSheetPlugin: Add spreadsheet calculation like "$SUM( $ABOVE() )" to tables located in TWiki topics.
• BlackListPlugin: Utility to keep malicious users away from a public TWiki site
• CalendarPlugin: This plugin shows a monthly calendar with highlighted events
• EditTablePlugin: Edit TWiki tables using edit fields, date pickers and drop down boxes
• InterwikiPlugin: Link ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in the InterWikis topic
• MailToTWikiPlugin: Inserts emails forwarded to TWiki into a specified Web.Topic.
• RenderListPlugin: Render bullet lists in a variety of formats
• SessionPlugin: Stores persistent information (like logon and skin information) in a session on the server identified transparently by ID passed from browser.
• SlideShowPlugin: Create web based presentations based on topics with headings.
• SmiliesPlugin: Render smilies as icons, like  :-) for or  :cool: for
• TablePlugin: Control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns
• VotePlugin: Simple way to count votes

TWiki Reference Manual

Documentation for webmasters, system administrators, project managers, team leaders, and all other users of the TWiki advanced online collaboration platform.

• All manual sections in one big page:
  • TWiki Documentation (560k)
• Manual sections in separate pages:
  1. TWiki System Requirements
  2. TWiki Installation Guide
  3. Windows Install Cookbook
  4. TWiki Upgrade Guide
  5. TWiki User Authentication
  6. TWiki Access Control
  7. Text Formatting Rules
  8. TWiki Variables
  9. File Attachment
  10. TWiki Forms
  11. TWiki Templates
  12. TWiki Skins
  13. Formatted Search
  14. TWiki MetaData
  15. TWiki Plugins
  16. TWiki::Func Module Documentation
  17. TWiki Site Tools
  18. Managing Topics
  19. Managing Webs
  20. Managing Users
  • Appendices
    • A. TWiki File System
    • B. TWiki CSS
    • C. Encode URLs With UTF8
    • D. TWiki Development Timeline

• ADMINS: In less than an hour, you can read through and customize the User"s Guide to reflect the exact feature set enabled on your own TWiki site. See also other enhancement pages:
  • TWikiAdminCookBook: Some tips that can be applied before installation
  • InstantEnhancements: Simple tips (using just browser, no install needed) and quick (max couple of minutes).
  • AdminTools: Topics an admin typically needs, all in one page

TWikiSiteTools

• TWikiSiteTools include utilities for navigation and for monitoring TWiki web and site-wide activity.

• TWikiPreferences: TWiki site-wide preferences
• InstalledPlugins: currently available TWiki add-on features

• The SiteMap: A color-coded directory of available webs that can be easily included on any page (below)

• You are currently in the TWiki web. The color code for this web is this background, so you know where you are.
• If you are not familiar with the TWiki collaboration platform, please visit WelcomeGuest first.

Web	TWiki Site Map	Use to...
Main	Welcome to TWiki... Users, Groups, Offices - tour this expandable virtual workspace.	...get a first-hand feel for TWiki possibilities.
TWiki	Welcome, Registration, and other StartingPoints; TWiki history & Wiki style; All the docs...	...discover TWiki details, and how to start your own site.
Clusters	SI Clusters	...collaborate on clusters
Diffusion	Information Diffusion	...collaborate on Information Diffusion
DisasterResponse	Briefing materials on decentralized approaches to disaster response	...collaborate on creating briefing materials for the NTEN conference
HealthFACTS	Preliminary version of Health FACTS system (by main.DerekHansen)	create an archive of useful information for an email-list health community
IAR	Information Analysis and Retrieval	...collaborate on IAR curriculum
ICD	This is the Incentive-Centered Design group in the School of Information at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.	...collaborate on
IIDF	SI Intellectual Integration and Direction Finding	...collaborate on SI Intellectual Integration and Direction Finding
Katrina	SI responds to Katrina; help aggregate information, provide info about housing and services available	help SI respond to Katrina
PhDSeminar	Information about the SI PhD Professional Seminar	collaborate on the schedule and annotate the discussions in the seminar.
RIDENOW	The RideNow? Project	...help developers and users of RideNow?
SI504	Discussions about and around readings for SI 504 Fall 2005	...discuss 504 readings and topics
Sandbox	Sandbox test area with all features enabled.	...experiment in an unrestricted hands-on web.
You can use color coding by web for identification and reference. This table is updated automatically based on WebPreferences settings of the individual webs. Contact rwash@umich.edu if you need a separate collaboration web for your team. See also AdminTools.

Legend of icons:

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• TWiki^TM is a trademark of PeterThoeny
  • Note: Twiki (with a lower case "w") is a robot character in the Buck Rogers^TM in the 25th Century TV series. TWiki (with an upper case "W") is not affiliated with the Dillie Family Trust, the registered trademark owner of the Buck Rogers name
• TWiki is developed as Free Software under the GNU/GPL
• This site is running TWiki version 02 Sep 2004 $Rev: 1742 $, Plugin API version 1.025
• Get the current version from TWiki.org Downloads