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...
Revision control In Foswiki, assuming appropriate AccessControls, anyone can change anything but those changes are logged. There is a complete audit trail with r...
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...
SpreadSheetPlugin for dynamic content Over 80 formulae are available through the SpreadSheetPlugin. For Example: * $AVERAGE() * $IF() * $REPLACE() * $...
SlideShowPlugin for presentations Use SlideShowPlugin to convert a topic with headings and bullets into a slideshow presentation. This plugin is useful when conte...
Custom rendered bullets RenderListPlugin can render bulleted lists in a variety of different ways. Use %RENDERLIST{ parameters }% before any bulleted list. More ...
Disabling links in large blocks of text You can disable automatic linking of WikiWords by surrounding the text with = noautolink = and = /noautolink = tags. Each ...
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. ...
WikiWords for linking WikiWords are capitalized words, run together, such as WebPreferences and CollaborationPlatform. Using a lot of WikiWords creates a good bro...
Inline search To embed a search in a topic, use the %SEARCH{ parameters }% macro. The search macro is used by many Foswiki based applications. More Information….
SmiliesPlugin emoticons Smilies are common in e mail messages and bulletin board posts. They are used to convey an emotion, such as a smile #058; ) : ) or a frow...
Comment box with CommentPlugin The CommentPlugin allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle. Write %COMMENT{ attributes ...
Keyword search Interactive search is a keyword search by default. For example, to search for all topics that contain "SOAP", "WSDL", a literal "web service", but ...
FlowchartPlugin This plugin allows you to create a flowchart from topic text. Example Stop the mouse above each item and see the tag with the name in a bigger s...
Foswiki is a Wiki Wiki clone and has its root in JOS Wiki via TWiki . * Foswiki's home is at http://foswiki.org/ * Foswiki takes a lot of ideas from Ward Cu...
#EncodeURLsUTF8 Appendix B: Encode URLs With UTF8 Use internationalised characters within WikiWords and attachment names Current Status To simplify use of inte...
Force new revision option Normally, if you make subsequent edits within a one hour period (configuration item ReplaceIfEditedAgainWithin), Foswiki will fold toget...
Use the "Minor changes, don't notify" checkbox in preview in case you only make a minor change to a topic and you do not want to inform everybody who is on the We...
Like Save but does not e mail people on the WebNotify notification list same effect as checking "Minor changes, don't notify". Related Topics: UserDocumentation...
Access Keys What are access keys? Access keys are keyboard shortcuts which allow the user to navigate around a website or a piece of computer software without ha...
Since wabi sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic system, it is difficult to explain precisely in western terms. According to Leonard Ko...
* You are currently in the web. The color code for this web is this background, so you know where you are. * If you are not familiar with the Foswiki collabor...
CssPlugin Usage CSS abstract classes Install that plugin and take a look class.tmpl for the full list of supported CSS abstract classes. Examples Installation...
Hide/Unhide Attachments You can hide/unhide file attachments in normal topic view. * In the FileAttachment table, click on an action link, * enable the Hide...
Shortcuts Easy ways to save some typing Some macros are just shortcuts for longer sequences of characters, to either save typing or to easily allow line breaks in...
Text Formatting Working in Foswiki is as easy as typing in text. You don't need to know HTML, though you can use it if you prefer. Links to topics are created aut...
#VarBB BB bullet with line break * Line break and bullet without indentation. * Current value: BB = * Related: BR, BULLET, BB2, BB3, BB4, CARET, VBAR...