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---++ Tony's TWiki Hints.

Here are few hints on using TWiki.

---+++ General Introduction.

A TWiki is a collaboration platform - it provides a Web site which try to make it easy for any (authorized) person to change.  TWiki is a form of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki][Wiki]] - by that I mean it is a set of software which implements 
a "Wiki", a now common style of application.  


TWiki has change control and the ability to [[TWiki.FileAttachment][upload images and other documents]].

[[TWiki.ATasteOfTWiki][Click here]] to get a very quick intro to Twiki.

---+++ TWiki Documentation

First - Here is the standard set of TWiki Documentation for general users.    Also see the [[TWiki.WebHome][front page of this twiki]].

   * [[TWiki.WelcomeGuest][Welcome Guest]] - another quick intro.
   * [[TWiki.TWikiTutorial][Tutorial]] - 20 minutes TWiki tutorial
   * [[TWiki.TWikiUsersGuide][User's Guide]] - documentation for TWiki users
   * [[TWiki.TWikiFAQ][Frequently Asked Questions]] - about TWiki


---+++ Tony's Hints

Here are some things that I found myself to be quite useful.

   * When editing - use the *Preview* button often - particularly if you can put the preview into a separate tab.  This will quickly let you see which links work and don't work.
   * Consider using the WYSIWYG button instead of the Edit button.  The WYSIWYG button brings up a "What You See is What You Get" editor.  This will take a little bit of learning but some people may find it a better way to work.  See TWiki.WysiwygPlugin for details on this editor.  *Note* does not work on Safari.  Mac uses can use Mozilla.
   * If you attach images they can appear nicely within the page.
   * You can add quick commenting facilities to your pages.   See TWiki.CommentPlugin and the example below.     Such comments will end up as bullet point entries on the page.  %COMMENT{type="below"}%.
   * this is an example comment. -- Main.TonyFarrell - 05 Dec 2006 - 10:47

   * You can use the standard "Smilies" - such as  :) , :ok: etc.  See TWiki.SmiliesPlugin
   * If you are adding tables, use the TWiki.EditTablePlugin.  An example appears below.
   * Also for tables - you can use spreadsheet operations.  See TWiki.SpreadSheetPlugin.  Note that unfortunately, the TWiki.EditTablePlugin and
TWiki.SpreadSheetPlugin plugins don't interact nicely - as the edit table plugin does not see the spreadsheet plugin contents, just the values and will put the wrong values into the table (the results of the spreadsheet table calculations rather then the formular.

Editable table example with summing row.

%EDITTABLE{}%
| *column 1* | *column 2* |
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 6  |
| 5 | 10 |
| 43 | 4 |

---+++ Other things.

[[http://www.gritechnologies.com/tools/spider.go][Poggle Predictor]] is a tool which claims to predict how Goggle will see a site and therefore is an interesting test of if Goggle gets through our login prompt.  I'm not sure at the moment (24/Apr/2007) that it is working that well.

-- Main.TonyFarrell - 24 Apr 2007
Topic revision: r3 - 2007-04-23 - TonyFarrell
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