TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), topic level (the topic being rendered), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

Email and Proxy Server Settings

• TWiki webmaster email address:

• TWiki webmaster name (first name and last name, e.g. Fred Smith):

• Mail host for outgoing mail. This is used for WebChangesAlert if Perl module Net::SMTP is installed. If not, or if SMTPMAILHOST is empty, the external sendmail program is used instead (defined by $mailProgram in TWiki.cfg). Examples: mail.your.company or localhost
  • Set SMTPMAILHOST =

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), topic level (the topic being rendered), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

Email and Proxy Server Settings

• TWiki webmaster email address:

• TWiki webmaster name (first name and last name, e.g. Fred Smith):

• Mail host for outgoing mail. This is used for WebChangesAlert if Perl module Net::SMTP is installed. If not, or if SMTPMAILHOST is empty, the external sendmail program is used instead (defined by $mailProgram in TWiki.cfg). Examples: mail.your.company or localhost

• Mail domain sending mail. SMTP requires that you identify the TWiki server sending mail. If not set, Net::SMTP will guess it for you. Ex: twiki.your.company
  • Set SMTPSENDERHOST =

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), topic level (the topic being rendered), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

• Note: See TWikiSkinBrowser for currently installed skins

PatternSkin

• Using attachments for styles

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), topic level (the topic being rendered), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

Skin Settings

• Skin overriding the default TWiki templates: (can be overwritten by WebPreferences and user preferences)

• Note: See TWikiSkinBrowser for currently installed skins

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), topic level (the topic being rendered), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

TWiki Platform Settings

• TWiki site name:

• Image, URL and alternate tooltip text of TWiki logo: (can be overwritten by web preferences)
  • Set WIKILOGOIMG =

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), topic level (the topic being rendered), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

• • Set WEBTOPICLIST = Changes | Index | Search | Go

• Web specific background color: (is overwritten by web preferences)

• Copyright notice:
  • Set WEBCOPYRIGHT = Copyright © 1999-2009 by the contributing authors. \nAll material on this collaboration platform is the property of the contributing authors.
    \nIdeas, requests, problems regarding TWiki? Send feedback

• • Set TOPICOVERRIDESUSER = off

• Site-level preferences that are not allowed to be overridden by WebPreferences and user preferences:

Creating New Preference Variables

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), topic level (the topic being rendered), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

• Copyright notice:
  • Set WEBCOPYRIGHT = Copyright © 1999-2009 by the contributing authors. \nAll material on this collaboration platform is the property of the contributing authors.
    \nIdeas, requests, problems regarding TWiki? Send feedback

• • Set WEBRSSCOPYRIGHT = Copyright 2009 by contributing authors

• Exclude web from a web="all" search: (Set to on for hidden webs; is overwritten by web preferences)

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), topic level (the topic being rendered), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

• • Set WEBBGCOLOR = #C0C0C0

• Copyright notice:

• Simplified Copyright notice for the WebRss feed (don't use any special characters or xml tags
  • Set WEBRSSCOPYRIGHT = Copyright 2009 by contributing authors

• • #Set BROADCASTMESSAGE =

    NOTE: Edit and Attach will be disabled today between 05:00 PM and 06:00 PM PDT (00:00 to 01:00 GMT) for a scheduled TWiki maintenance.

Search Settings

PatternSkin

• Using attachments for styles

DragonSkin

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), topic level (the topic being rendered), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

• Show tool-tip topic info on mouse-over of WikiWord links. Setting can be on, off, or customized. An empty setting or off setting disables the tool-tips (for better performance). The setting can contain $summary to show the topic summary, $date for the last change date, $rev for the revision, $username for the login name of the last editor, $wikiname for the WikiName, $wikiusername for Main.WikiName, $topic for the topic name, and $web for the web name

• • #Set LINKTOOLTIPINFO = $username - $date - $rev: $summary

• Horizontal size of text edit box: (can be overwritten by user preferences)

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), topic level (the topic being rendered), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

Skin Settings

• Skin overriding the default TWiki templates: (can be overwritten by WebPreferences and user preferences)

• Default TWiki CSS styling topics where layout and style are are defined:
  • #Set TWIKILAYOUTTOPIC = TWikiLayout^?
  • #Set TWIKISTYLETOPIC = TWikiStyle^?

• • #Set USERLAYOUTURL = ../TWiki/%USERLAYOUTTOPIC%?skin=text&contenttype=text/css
  • #Set USERSTYLEURL = ../TWiki/%USERSTYLETOPIC%?skin=text&contenttype=text/css

Plugins Settings

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), topic level (the topic being rendered), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

TWiki Platform Settings

• • Set WIKITOOLNAME = TWikibeta

• Image, URL and alternate tooltip text of TWiki logo: (can be overwritten by web preferences)

• • Set WIKILOGOALT = TWiki home

• List of TWiki webs - on the first line of the upper toolbar (to add a new web, see ManagingWebs and SiteMap):

• • NOTE: To automatically list all non-hidden webs in alphabetical order, use the %WEBLIST{}% variable instead:
    Arthur <span class=Main <span class=Sandbox <span class=TWiki

• Broadcast message for skins supporting a %BROADCASTMESSAGE% at the top of the page: (IMPORTANT: Set to empty message if not used; #Comment out unused messages)
  • Set BROADCASTMESSAGE =

Search Settings

• http-equiv meta tags for view, rdiff, attach, search* scripts:

• http-equiv meta tags for edit script:

Plugins Settings

• TWikiPlugins configuration: All plugin modules that exist in the lib/TWiki/Plugins directory are activated automatically unless disabled by DISABLEDPLUGINS. You can optionally list the installed plugins in INSTALLEDPLUGINS. This is useful to define the sequence of plugin execution, or to specify other webs then the TWiki web for the plugin topics. Specify plugins as a comma separated list of topics.

• • Set GREEN = looks like this
  • Set OLIVE = looks like this
  • Set MAROON = looks like this

• • Set BLACK = looks like this
  • Set GRAY = looks like this
  • Set SILVER = looks like this

• • Set GREEN =
  • Set OLIVE =
  • Set MAROON =

• • Set BLACK =
  • Set GRAY =
  • Set SILVER =

• • Set TOPICOVERRIDESUSER = off

• Site-level preferences that are not allowed to be overridden by WebPreferences and user preferences:

Creating New Preference Variables

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), topic level (the topic being rendered), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

• • Set WEBBGCOLOR = #C0C0C0

• Copyright notice:

• Simplified Copyright notice for the WebRss feed (don't use any special characters or xml tags
  • Set WEBRSSCOPYRIGHT = Copyright 2009 by contributing authors

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), topic level (the topic being rendered), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

NOTE: They are typically redefined in topics of individual TWikiUsers

• Horizontal size of text edit box: (can be overwritten by user preferences)
  • Set EDITBOXWIDTH = 70

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), topic level (the topic being rendered), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

• • NOTE: Keyword $name gets expanded to filename; $comment to comment; $size to width="..." height="..." attribute of img tag; \t to tab (3 spaces for bullets).

      * Set ATTACHEDIMAGEFORMAT = \t* $comment: <br />

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

• NOTE: You can lock individual settings at the site or web levels using User & Group Access Control - see section below.

• Copyright notice:
  • Set WEBCOPYRIGHT = Copyright © 1999-2009 by the contributing authors. \nAll material on this collaboration platform is the property of the contributing authors.
    \nIdeas, requests, problems regarding TWiki? Send feedback.

• Exclude web from a web="all" search: (Set to on for hidden webs; is overwritten by web preferences)
  • Set NOSEARCHALL =

• Users or groups allowed to create new webs: (ex: TWikiAdminGroup)
  • Set ALLOWWEBMANAGE = TWikiAdminGroup

• Site-level preferences that are not allowed to be overridden by WebPreferences and user preferences:

Creating New Preference Variables

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

• • Set WIKIWEBMASTER = webmaster@your.company

• TWiki webmaster name (first name and last name, e.g. Fred Smith):

• Mail host for outgoing mail. This is used for WebChangesAlert if Perl module Net::SMTP is installed. If not, or if SMTPMAILHOST is empty, the external sendmail program is used instead (defined by $mailProgram in TWiki.cfg). Examples: mail.your.company or localhost
  • Set SMTPMAILHOST = mail

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

• • Set WEBBGCOLOR = #C0C0C0

• Copyright notice:

• Exclude web from a web="all" search: (Set to on for hidden webs; is overwritten by web preferences)
  • Set NOSEARCHALL =

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

NOTE: They are typically redefined in individual WebPreferences topics

• • Set INCLUDEWARNING = Note: Included topic $topic^? does not exist yet

NOTE: They are typically redefined in topics of individual TWikiUsers

• Maximum size of FileAttachments in KB, 0 for no limit:
  • Set ATTACHFILESIZELIMIT = 10000

• TWiki webmaster email address:
  • Set WIKIWEBMASTER = webmaster@your.company

• • Set TOPICURL = http://arthur.van-dam.net/twiki/bin/view/TWiki/TWikiPreferences

• NOTE: Changing cache behaviour with these settings should not be necessary and may cause cache-related problems (e.g. TWiki:Codev/BackFromPreviewLosesText or TWiki:Codev/RefreshEditPage). These settings do not affect proxy caches.

Miscellaneous Settings

• Line break:

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

Email and Proxy Server Settings

• TWiki webmaster email address:

• • Set ALLOWWEBMANAGE = TWikiAdminGroup

• Site-level preferences that are not allowed to be overridden by WebPreferences and user preferences:

Creating New Preference Variables

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

• Users or groups allowed to change or rename this TWikiPreferences topic: (ex: TWikiAdminGroup)
  • Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE =

• Users or groups allowed to create new webs: (ex: TWikiAdminGroup)
  • Set ALLOWWEBMANAGE = TWikiAdminGroup

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

• • Set SKIN =

• Broadcast message for skins supporting a %BROADCASTMESSAGE% at the top of the page: (IMPORTANT: Set to empty message if not used; #Comment out unused messages)

HTTP-EQUIV Settings

• http-equiv meta tags for view, rdiff, attach, search* scripts:

      * Set HTTP_EQUIV_ON_VIEW = 

      * Set HTTP_EQUIV_ON_EDIT = 

• Bullet sign:
  • Set BULLET = •

• • Set BB =
    •

• Colored text: (see more StandardColors)

  You type:	%RED% red text %ENDCOLOR% and %GREEN% green text %ENDCOLOR%
  You get:	red text and green text

  • Note: %<color>% text must end with %ENDCOLOR% . If you want to switch from one color to another one you first need to end the active color with %ENDCOLOR%, e.g. write %RED% some text %ENDCOLOR% %GREEN% more text %ENDCOLOR%.

• • Set YELLOW =

• • Set ORANGE =

• • Set RED =

• • Set PINK =

• • Set PURPLE =

• • Set TEAL =

• • Set NAVY =

• • Set BLUE =

• • Set AQUA =

• • Set LIME =

• • Set GREEN =

• • Set OLIVE =

• • Set MAROON =

• • Set BLACK =

• • Set GRAY =

• • Set SILVER =

• • Set WHITE =

• • Set ENDCOLOR =

• Graphics used in TWiki documentation - view all images in TWikiDocGraphics. (There are various ways to set up common icons as text variables. This is simply one quick approach.):

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

Plugins Settings

• TWikiPlugins configuration: All plugin modules that exist in the lib/TWiki/Plugins directory are activated automatically unless disabled by DISABLEDPLUGINS. You can optionally list the installed plugins in INSTALLEDPLUGINS. This is useful to define the sequence of plugin execution, or to specify other webs then the TWiki web for the plugin topics. Specify plugins as a comma separated list of topics.

• • Set DISABLEDPLUGINS = EmptyPlugin
  • Currently activated plugins: DefaultPlugin, SpreadSheetPlugin, BibServicePlugin, CommentPlugin, EditTablePlugin, InterwikiPlugin, RenderListPlugin, SlideShowPlugin, SmiliesPlugin, TablePlugin
  • NOTE: You can enable/disable all plugins with the $disableAllPlugins flag in the lib/TWiki.cfg file.

TWiki Site-Level Preferences

The following are site-level settings that affect all users in all webs on this TWikiSite. They can be selectively overwritten on the individual web level (see WebPreferences in each web), and on the user level (create preferences in your user account topic in the Main web, ex: TWikiGuest).

• Skin overriding the default TWiki templates: (can be overwritten by WebPreferences and user preferences)
  • Set SKIN =