TWiki.Dev Web Preferences

The following settings are web preferences of the TWiki.Dev web. These preferences overwrite the site-level preferences in .TWikiPreferences, and can be overwritten by user preferences (your personal topic, i.e. TWiki Guest in the TWiki.Home web)

Preferences:

• List of topics of the TWiki.Dev web:
  • Set WEBTOPICLIST = Search | Go

• Top-right hand corner menu: list of destinations
  • Set DESTINATIONS =Home | Dev | Change Log | Index

• Web specific background color: (Pick a lighter one of the .StandardColors)
  • Set WEBBGCOLOR = #D0D0D0

• List this web in the .SiteMap:
  • If yes, Set SITEMAPLIST = on, and add the "what" and "use to..." description for the site map. Make sure to list only links that include the name of the web, e.g. Dev.Topic links.
  • Set SITEMAPLIST = on
  • Set SITEMAPWHAT = Development ideas, brainstorming and documentation
  • Set SITEMAPUSETO = ...collaborate on software development

• Exclude web from a web="all" search: (Set to on for hidden webs)
  • Set NOSEARCHALL =

• Default template for new topics and form(s) for this web:
  • Web Topic Edit Template?: Default template for new topics in this web. (Site-level is used if topic does not exist)
  • .Web Topic Edit Template?: Site-level default template
  • .TWikiForms: How to enable form(s)
  • Set WEBFORMS =

• Users or groups who are not / are allowed to view / change / rename topics in the Dev web: (See .TWikiAccessControl)
  • Set DENYWEBVIEW =
  • Set ALLOWWEBVIEW =
  • Set DENYWEBCHANGE =
  • Set ALLOWWEBCHANGE =
  • Set DENYWEBRENAME =
  • Set ALLOWWEBRENAME =

• Users or groups allowed to change or rename this WebPreferences topic: (I.e. TWiki Admin Group)
  • Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = TWiki Admin Group?
  • Set ALLOWTOPICRENAME = TWiki Admin Group?

• Web preferences that are not allowed to be overridden by user preferences:
  • Set FINALPREFERENCES = WEBTOPICLIST, DENYWEBVIEW, ALLOWWEBVIEW, DENYWEBCHANGE, ALLOWWEBCHANGE, DENYWEBRENAME, ALLOWWEBRENAME

Notes:

• A preference is defined as:
  6 spaces * Set NAME = value
  Example:
  • Set WEBBGCOLOR = #FFFFC0
• Preferences are used as .TWikiVariables by enclosing the name in percent signs. Example:
  • When you write variable %WEBBGCOLOR% , it gets expanded to #D0D0D0 .
• The sequential order of the preference settings is significant. Define preferences that use other preferences first, i.e. set WEBCOPYRIGHT before WIKIWEBMASTER since %WEBCOPYRIGHT% uses the %WIKIWEBMASTER% variable.
• You can introduce new preferences variables and use them in your topics and templates. There is no need to change the TWiki engine (Perl scripts).

Related Topics:

• .TWikiPreferences has site-level preferences.
• TWiki Users has a list of user topics. User topics can have optional user preferences.
• .TWikiVariables has a list of common %VARIABLES%.
• .TWikiAccessControl explains how to restrict access by users or groups.