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 New topic templates as topics instead of templates. Customize by editing the topic. Retired notedited.tmpl,notext.tmplandnotwiki.tmpltemplates. More in TWikiTemplateSystem. | 
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 New topic templates as topics instead of templates. Customize by editing the topic. Retired notedited.tmpl,notext.tmplandnotwiki.tmpltemplates. More in TWikiTemplates. | 
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 07 Jun 2001 - PeterThoeny 
 New %TOPICLIST{"format"}%and%WEBLIST{"format"}%variables to get a formatted topic index and web index, respectively. More in TWikiVariables. 01 Jun 2001 - PeterThoeny 
 New %URLPARAM{"name"}%variable to query URL parameters. More in TWikiVariables. Apr/Jun 2001 - AndreaSterbini  
 Jun 2001 - KlausWriessnegger, AndreaSterbini  
 May 2001 - AndreaSterbini  
 Apr/May 2001 - JohnTalintyre  
 Mar/May 2001 - JohnTalintyre  
 Mar/May 2001 - JohnTalintyre  
 27 Mar 2001 - PeterThoeny 
 The table syntax has been enhanced to (i) render =  *bold*  =cells as table headers, (ii) render space padded cells=   center aligned   =and=    right aligned  =, (iii) span multiple columns using=  empty cells    =. More in TextFormattingRules. 25 Mar 2001 - PeterThoeny 
 Security fix Questionable files like PHP scripts (executables) and .htaccessfiles that are attached to a topic get a.txtsuffix appended to the file name. See also [[http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/FileAttachmentFilterSecurityAlert][TWiki:Codev.FileAttachmentFilterSecurityAlert 28 Feb 2001 - AndreaSterbini, PeterThoeny 
 New Wiki rule for headings, i.e. ---++ My Title; and new%TOC%variable to build a table of content from headings in a topic. More in TWikiVariables. 28 Feb 2001 - PeterThoeny 
 New Wiki rule to specify arbitrary text for external links (i.e. [[http://TWki.org][TWiki) and internal links (i.e[[WikiSyntax][syntax). More in TWikiVariables. 28 Feb 2001 - PeterThoeny 
 New Wiki rule for named anchors, e.g. links within a topic. Define a named anchor with #MyAnchorat the beginning of a line, and link to it with[[#MyAnchor. More in TWikiVariables. 25 Feb 2001 - NicholasLee, PeterThoeny 
 Use Net::SMTPmodule instead ofsendmailif installed. 01 Feb 2001 - PeterThoeny 
 Added <verbatim>...</verbatim>tags to show source code "as is". Unlike the<pre>...</pre>tags, it also shows<,>,&characters "as is". 01 Feb 2001 - PeterThoeny  
 21 Jan 2001 - PeterThoeny 
 Added a "Minor change, don't notify" checkbox in preview. More in DontNotify. 
 21 Jan 2001 - PeterThoeny 
 Added Bold Fixed formatting using double-equal signs, e.g. write ==Bold Fixed==to getBold Fixed. 20 Jan 2001 - PeterThoeny 
 Format changed of %GMTIME{"..."}%and%SERVERTIME{"..."}%variables. Format is now"$hour:$min"instead of"hour:min". More in TWikiVariables. Attention: Check your existing topics when you upgrade TWiki! 18 Jan 2001 - PeterThoeny 
 WebChanges, WebSearch and e-mail notification indicate also the revision number of a topic (i.e. 18 Jan 2001 16:43 r1.5), or NEW for a new topic (i.e. i.e. 18 Jan 2001 16:43 NEW). 
 16 Jan 2001 - PeterThoeny 
 New variable %STARTINCLUDE%and%STOPINCLUDE%variables to control what gets included of a topic. More in TWikiVariables. 16 Jan 2001 - PeterThoeny 
 TWiki skins Define a different page layout with a customized header and footer layout, i.e. a printskin for a printable view of a topic. More in TWikiSkins and TWiki:Codev.TWikiSkins. 07 Jan 2001 - StanleyKnutson 
 Better error handling when saving a topic. 
 05 Jan 2001 - PeterThoeny  
  2000 
 05 Dec 2000 - PeterThoeny  
 03 Dec 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 New noheader="on"switch in%SEARCH{...}%to suppress table header. More in TWikiVariables. 03 Nov 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Flag $doHidePasswdInRegistrationinwikicfg.pmto hide plain text password in registration email. 01 Nov 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 New variable %VAR{"NAME" web="Web"}%to get web specific preferences. More in TWikiVariables. 01 Nov 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Added a "Cancel" link in edit that releases the edit lock. 
 23 Oct 2000 - PeterThoeny  
 05 Oct 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Remember user by IP address so that view"knows" the user once authenticated inedit. More in TWikiUserAuthentication. 26 Sep 2000 - AlWilliams, PeterThoeny  
 26 Sep 2000 - HaroldGottschalk, AndreaSterbini, PeterThoeny  
 20 Sep 2000 - ManpreetSingh 
 New -q switch in mailnotifyto suppress all normal output. 19 Sep 2000 - PeterThoeny  
 18 Sep 2000 - ManpreetSingh, PeterThoeny 
 Added forced internal links. Write [[text formatting FAQto get the link [[text formatting FAQ that points to topic TextFormattingFAQ. 19 Aug 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Ref-By link searches all webs (not just the current web.) 
 16 Aug 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 New TWikiPreferences variables %HTTP_EQUIV_ON_VIEW%,%HTTP_EQUIV_ON_EDIT%and%HTTP_EQUIV_ON_PREVIEW%that define the<meta http-equiv="...">meta tags for the TWiki templates. This can be used for example to set a document expiration time. 29 Jul 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 New variables %GMTIME{"..."}%and%SERVERTIME{"..."}%. More in TWikiVariables. 23 Jul 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Changed include syntax from %INCLUDE{"Web/TopicName.txt"}%to%INCLUDE{"Web.TopicName"}%. Legacy syntax still supported. 23 Jul 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 BookView search allows you show a set of topics for easy printing. 
 22 Jul 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 More forgiving syntax for *bold*, italic, __bold italic__andfixed, where it is not necessary anymore to have a trailing space before.,;:?!characters. 22 Jul 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Split the TWiki.Main web into TWiki.Main (users, company data) and TWiki.TWiki (TWiki related documentation, registration) 
 07 Jul 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Added an "Release edit lock" checkbox in preview to let other people edit the topic immediately without the one hour lock. 
 07 Jul 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Fixed problem of losing carriage returns when editing topics with KDE KFM browser or W3M browser. 
 21 Jun 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Fixed problem that a page redirect on some server environments is not working (host name is needed in URL). 
 21 Jun 2000 - CrisBailiff, PeterThoeny 
 Fixed security issue to prevent a server side %INCLUDE%of arbitrary files. 29 May 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 New %GMTIME%variable that shows the current GM time. 28 May 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Lock warning shows remaining lock time in minutes. 
 15 May 2000 - PeterFokkinga
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 02 May 2000 - KevinKinnell, PeterThoeny 
 Advanced search features like search multiple webs; sort by topic name / modified time / author; limit the number of results returned. More in TWikiVariables. 
 21 Apr 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 New TWikiVariables %HTTP_HOST%,%REMOTE_ADDR%,%REMOTE_PORT%and%REMOTE_USER%. 21 Apr 2000 - JohnAltstadt, PeterThoeny 
 TWikiRegistration is done separately for Intranet use (depends on remote_user) or Internet use (depends on .htpasswd file). 
 20 Mar 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Uploading a file (topic file attachment) will optionally create a link to the uploaded file at the end of the topic. The preference variable %ATTACHLINKBOX%controls the default state of the link check box in the attach file page. 11 Mar 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Better security with taint checking ( Perl -Toption ) 25 Feb 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 New preference variables %EDITBOXWIDTH%and%EDITBOXHEIGHT%to specify the edit box size. 25 Feb 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Edit preferences topics to set TWiki variables. There are three level of preferences Site-level (TWikiPreferences), web-level (WebPreferences in each web) and user-level preferences (for each of the TWikiUsers). With this, discontinue use of server side include of wikiwebs.inc,wikiwebtable.inc,weblist.inc,webcopyright.incandwebcolors.incfiles. 11 Feb 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 New variable %SCRIPTSUFFIX%/ $scriptSuffix containing an optional file extension of the TWiki Perl script. Templates have been changed to use this variable. This allows you to rename the Perl script files to have a file extension like for example ".cgi". 11 Feb 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 New variable %SCRIPTURLPATH%/ $scriptUrlPath containing the script URL without the domain name. Templates have been changed to use this variable instead of%SCRIPTURL%. This is for performance reasons. 07 Feb 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Changed the syntax for server side include variable from %INCLUDE:"filename.ext"%to%INCLUDE{"filename.ext"}%. (Previous syntax still supported. Change was done because of inline search syntax) 07 Feb 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Inline search. New variable %SEARCH{"str" ...}%to show a search result embedded in a topic text. TWikiVariables has more on the syntax. Inline search combined with the category table feature can be used for example to create a simple bug tracking system. 04 Feb 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Access statistics. Each web has a WebStatistics topic that shows monthy statistics with number of topic views and changes, most popular topics, and top contributors. (It needs to be enabled, TWikiDocumentation has more.) 
 29 Jan 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 Fixed bug where TWiki would not initialize correctly under certain circumstances, i.e. when running it under mod_perl. Sub initializeinwiki.pmdid not handle$thePathInfocorrectly. 24 Jan 2000 - PeterThoeny  
 10 Jan 2000 - PeterThoeny 
 No more escaping for '%' percent characters. (Number of consecutive '%' entered and displayed is identical.) 
  1999 
 03 Oct 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 Limit the number of revisions shown at the bottom of the topic. Example Topic TWikiHistory . { .....	Diffs	r1.10	>	r1.9	>	r1.8	>	r1.7	>... }
 Additional revisions can be selected by pressing the
 >...link. 31 Aug 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 Fixed Y2K bug. (Date in year 2000 had wrong format.) 
 08 Aug 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 New text formatting rule for creating tables. Text gets rendered as a table if enclosed in " " vertical bars. Example line as it is written and how it shows up  
 03 Aug 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 Online registration of new user using web form in TWikiRegistration. Authentication of users. 
 22 Jul 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 Flags $doLogTopic*in wikicfg.pm to selectively log topic view, edit, save, rdiff, attach, search and changes to monthly log file. 21 Jul 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 Flag $doRemovePortNumberin wikicfg.pm to optionally remove the port number from the TWiki URL. Examplewww.some.domain:1234/twikigetswww.some.domain/twiki. 15 Jul 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 Search path for include files in %INCLUDE:"file.inc"%variable. Search first in the current web, then in parent data directory. Useful to overload default include text in the data directory by web-specific text, like for examplewebcopyright.inctext.  07 Jul 1999 - ChristopheVermeulen 
 Link a plural topic to a singular topic in case the plural topic does not exist. Example TestVersion/TestVersions,TestPolicy/TestPolicies,TestAddress/TestAddresses,TestBox/TestBoxes. 23 Jun 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 New TextFormattingRules to write bold italic text by enclosing words with double underline characters. 
 23 Jun 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 Separate wiki.pm into configuration (wikicfg.pm) and TWiki core (wiki.pm) . This is to ease the upgrade of TWiki installations, it also allows customized extensions to TWiki without affecting the TWiki core. 
 21 May 1999 - DavidWarman 
 Externalize copyright text at the bottom of every page into a web-specific webcopyright.incfile. This is to easily customize the copyright text. 20 May 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 Added meta tag so that robots index only /view/ of topics, not /edit/, /attach/ e.t.c. Tag <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX"> 
 20 May 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 New variables %WIKIHOMEURL%(link when pressing the icon on the upper left corner) and%WIKITOOLNAME%(the name of the wiki toolTWiki). 15 Apr 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 Topic locking Warn user if a topic has been edited by an other person within one hour. This is to prevent contention, e.g. simultaneous topic updates. 
 26 Mar 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 File attachments Upload and download any file as a topic attachment by using the browser. FileAttachment has more. 
 26 Mar 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 New variables %PUBURL%(Public directory URL) and%ATTACHURL%(URL of topic file attachment). 09 Feb 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 New text formatting rule for creating fixed font text. Words get showns infixed fontby enclosing them in "=" equal signs. Example Writing =fixed font= will show up asfixed font. 09 Feb 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 No new topic revision is created if the same person saves a topic again within one hour. 
 03 Feb 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 Possible to view complete revision history of a topic on one page. Access at the linked date in the Changes page, or the Diffslink at the bottom of each topic, e.g.
  Topic TWikiHistory . { Edit	Ref-By	Diffs	r1.3	>	r1.2	>	r1.1 } Revision r1.3 1998/11/10 01:34 by PeterThoeny
 04 Jan 1999 - PeterThoeny 
 Fixed bug when viewing differences between topic revisions that include HTML table tags like <table>, <tr>, <td>. 
  1998 
 08 Dec 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Signature is shown below the text area when editing a topic. Use this to easily copy & paste your signature into the text. 
 07 Dec 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Possible to add a category table to a TWiki topic. This permits storing and searching for more structured information. Editing a topic shows a HTML form with the usual text area and a table with selectors, checkboxes, radio buttons and text fields. TWikiDocumentation has more on setup. The TWiki.Know web uses this category table to set classification, platform and OS version.  
 18 Nov 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Internal log of topic save actions to the file data/logYYYYMM.txt, whereYYYYMMthe year and month in numeric format is. Intended for auditing only, not accessible from the web. 10 Nov 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 The email notification and the Changes topic have now a topic date that is linked. Clicking on the link will show the difference between the two most recent topic revisions. 
 10 Nov 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 View differences between topic revisions. Each topic has a list of revisions (e.g. r1.3) and differences thereof (e.g.>) at the bottom
  Topic TWikiHistory . { Edit	Ref-By	r1.3	>	r1.2	>	r1.1 } Revision r1.3 1998/11/10 01:34 by PeterThoeny
 26 Oct 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Added preview of topic changes before saving the topic. This was necessary to prevent unneeded revisions. 
 26 Oct 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Added revision control using RCS. Each topic has now a list of revisions at the bottom and a revision info, e.g. 
  Topic TWikiHistory . { Edit	Ref-By	r1.3	r1.2	r1.1 } Revision r1.3 1998/10/26 01:34:00 by PeterThoeny
 14 Oct 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Refered-By Find out which topics have a link to the current topic. Each topic has a  Ref-By  link for that. Note Only references from the current web are shown, not references from other webs. 
 13 Oct 1998 - PeterThoeny  
 24 Sep 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Corrected templates for automatic email notification so that MS Outlook can display attachment as an HTML file. 
 13 Aug 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 WikiNotation allows also numbers after the AaAsequence, e.g.AaA1is a valid WikiTopic name, but notAa1. 07 Aug 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Automatic email notification when something has changed in a TWiki web. Each web has a topic WebNotify where one can subscribe and unsubscribe. 
 06 Aug 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Added server side include of files. Syntax is %INCLUDE:"filename.ext"% 05 Aug 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Signature and date is inserted automatically when creating a new topic. 
 04 Aug 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Separate templates for text of non existing topic and default text of new topic. (template file templates/Web/notedited.tmpl) 
 04 Aug 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Warn user if new topic name is not a valid Wiki name. (template file templates/Web/notwiki.tmpl) 
 31 Jul 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Support for quoted text with a '>' at the beginning of the line. 
 28 Jul 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Added TWiki variables, enclosed in % signs %TOPIC%(Topic name),%WEB%(web name),%SCRIPTURL%(script URL),%DATE%(current date),%WIKIWEBMASTER%(Wiki webmaster address),%WIKIVERSION%(Wiki version),%USERNAME%(user name),%WIKIUSERNAME%(Wiki user name). 28 Jul 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Topic WebChanges shows Wiki username instead of Intranet username, e.g. PeterThoenyinstead ofthoenyin case the Wiki username exists. Implementation Automatic lookup of Wiki username in topic TWikiUsers. 28 Jul 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Topic index. (Technically speaking a simple '.*' search on topic names.)  
 28 Jul 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Topic WebSearch allows full text search and and topic search with/without regular expressions. 
 27 Jul 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Added automatic links to topics in other TWiki webs by specifying <web name>.<topic name>, e.g. Know.WebSeach. 23 Jul 1998 - PeterThoeny 
 Installed initial version, based on the JOS Wiki. See WikiWikiClones for details.
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