This topic defines site-level settings that apply to all users and webs on this TWikiSite.
Note: This topic should be regarded as read-only, so that upgrades can safely overwrite it without risk to your customizations.
Preference settings local to your site should be set in Main.TWikiPreferences (this topic is pointed to by {LocalSitePreferences}, which is set by the admin in the configure interface). Settings in Main.TWikiPreferences will override settings in this topic, and should be used for defining custom settings and variables.
Read more on how to set Preferences Variables.
%EDITPREFERENCES{"TWikiPreferencesForm"}%
(Click for form-based editing of existing preferences.)
If yes, set SITEMAPLIST to on, do not set NOSEARCHALL, 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. TWiki.Topic links.
Set SITEMAPLIST = on
Set SITEMAPWHAT = Describe what this web does.
Set SITEMAPUSETO = ...to do something.
Copyright notice:
Set WEBCOPYRIGHT =
Simplified Copyright notice for the WebRss feed (don't use any special characters, html tags, entities, wiki markup or WikiWords)
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)
Set NOSEARCHALL = off
Prevent automatic linking of WikiWords and acronyms (if set to on); link WikiWords (if empty); can be overwritten by web preferences:
Set NOAUTOLINK = off
Note: Use the [[...][...]] syntax to link topics in case you disabled WikiWord linking. The <noautolink> ... </noautolink> syntax can be used to prevents links within a block of text.
Warn if %INCLUDE{}% of topic fails: Fail silently if empty or off. Output warning message (defined in templates/oopsalerts.tmpl) if set to on. Otherwise output specific text (use $topic for topic). You can override this in web preferences, or by using a warn="..." parameter with %INCLUDE{}% :
Set INCLUDEWARNING = on
Default User Settings
NOTE: They are typically redefined in topics of individual TWikiUsers
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
Some skins have two editors available; the default editor, and a second editor which is usually a WYSIWYG editor (the second editor is used by hitting the WYSIWYG link in pattern or classic skins). If COMPOSER is not set, the second editor will work the same as the default editor. If the WysiwygPlugin is installed and it is set to 'kupu' (the default), then the Kupu WYSIWYG editor will be enabled. You can change the setting to use any editor that is enabled by setting the cover parameter on the edit URL.
Set COMPOSER = kupu
Horizontal size of text edit box: (can be overwritten by user preferences)
Set EDITBOXWIDTH = 70
Vertical size of text edit box: (can be overwritten by user preferences)
Set EDITBOXHEIGHT = 22
Style of text edit box. Set to width: 99% for full window width (default; this will overwrite the EDITBOXWIDTH setting), or width: auto to disable. This setting works for IE and some other recent browsers. (can be overwritten by user preferences)
Set EDITBOXSTYLE = width: 99%
Default state of the Force New Revision (ForceNewRevision) check box in preview. Check box is initially checked if Set FORCENEWREVISIONCHECKBOX = checked="checked", or unchecked if empty: (can be overwritten by user preferences)
Set FORCENEWREVISIONCHECKBOX =
Default state of the Minor Changes, Don't Notify (DontNotify) check box in preview. Check box is initially checked if Set DONTNOTIFYCHECKBOX = checked="checked", or unchecked if empty: (can be overwritten by user preferences)
Set DONTNOTIFYCHECKBOX =
Default state of the link check box in the attach file page. Checkbox is initially checked if Set ATTACHLINKBOX = checked="checked", or unchecked if empty (Set ATTACHLINKBOX =). If checked, a link is created to the attached file at the end of the topic: (can be overwritten by user preferences)
Set ATTACHLINKBOX =
Format of file link when the link check box is checked: (can be overwritten by user preferences)
NOTE: Keyword $name gets expanded to filename; $comment to comment; \t to tab (3 spaces for bullets).
Format of images when the link check box is checked: (can be overwritten by user preferences)
NOTE: Keyword $name gets expanded to filename; $comment to comment; $size to width="..." height="..." attribute of img tag; \t to tab and \n to linefeed (3 spaces for bullets).
Set ATTACHEDIMAGEFORMAT = \n * $comment: \n
TWiki Platform Settings
TWiki site name:
Set WIKITOOLNAME = TWiki
Image, URL and alternate tooltip text of the logo for this installation: you should change these settings for your site, or they can be overwridden in WebPreferences for individual webs by defining these variables there.
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 =
#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.
Default type for search, one of: keyword (for search engine like syntax), regex (for RegularExpression search), or literal (for verbatim search)
Set SEARCHDEFAULTTTYPE = keyword
Default for %SEARCH{}% variable, one of: keyword, regex, or literal
Set SEARCHVARDEFAULTTYPE = literal
Stop words, e.g., common words and characters to exclude from a keyword search:
Set SEARCHSTOPWORDS = a, all, am, an, and, any, as, at, b, be, by, c, d, e, for, from, g, h, how, i, i'm, i.e., in, is, isn't, it, it's, its, j, k, l, m, n, o, of, on, or, p, q, r, s, t, that, that's, the, this, to, u, v, w, was, wasn't, what, what's, when, where, who, who's, will, with, x, y, z
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.
NOTE: The current values of these preferences are not displayed in view mode (values are <link>-tags).
http-equiv meta tags for view, rdiff, attach, search* scripts:
#Set HTTP_EQUIV_ON_VIEW =
Set HTTP_EQUIV_ON_VIEW =
http-equiv meta tags for edit script:
Set HTTP_EQUIV_ON_EDIT =
http-equiv meta tags for preview script:
Set HTTP_EQUIV_ON_PREVIEW =
Skin Settings
Skin overriding the default TWiki templates: (can be overwritten by WebPreferences and user preferences)
%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 = looks like this
Set ORANGE = looks like this
Set RED = looks like this
Set PINK = looks like this
Set PURPLE = looks like this
Set TEAL = looks like this
Set NAVY = looks like this
Set BLUE = looks like this
Set AQUA = looks like this
Set LIME = looks like this
Set GREEN = looks like this
Set OLIVE = looks like this
Set MAROON = looks like this
Set BROWN = looks like this
Set BLACK = looks like this
Set GRAY = looks like this
Set SILVER = looks like this
Set WHITE = looks like this (with gray background)
The following color settings are enclosed in verbatim tags to avoid incorrect nesting of XHTML tags:
* Set YELLOW = <font color="#ffff00">
* Set ORANGE = <font color="#ff6600">
* Set RED = <font color="#ff0000">
* Set PINK = <font color="#ff00ff">
* Set PURPLE = <font color="#800080">
* Set TEAL = <font color="#008080">
* Set NAVY = <font color="#000080">
* Set BLUE = <font color="#0000ff">
* Set AQUA = <font color="#00ffff">
* Set LIME = <font color="#00ff00">
* Set GREEN = <font color="#008000">
* Set OLIVE = <font color="#808000">
* Set MAROON = <font color="#800000">
* Set BROWN = <font color="#996633">
* Set BLACK = <font color="#000000">
* Set GRAY = <font color="#808080">
* Set SILVER = <font color="#c0c0c0">
* Set WHITE = <font color="#ffffff">
* Set ENDCOLOR = </font>
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.):
Set H =
Set I =
Set M =
Set N =
Set P =
Set Q =
Set S =
Set T =
Set U =
Set X =
Set Y =
Miscellaneous Settings
Background color of non existing topic: ( default cornsilk or #FFFFCE )
Set NEWTOPICBGCOLOR = #FFFFCE
Font color of non existing topic: ( default #0000FF )
Set PREVIEWBGIMAGE = /asterix/pub/TWiki/PreviewBackground/preview2bg.gif
Creating New Preference Variables
You can introduce new VARIABLES and use them in your topics and templates. There is no need to change the TWiki engine (Perl scripts).
A preference is defined in a TWikiShorthand bullet item: [3 spaces] * [space] Set NAME = value Example (as a nested bullet item, indented 6 spaces):
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 #FFD8AA .
The sequential order of the preference settings is significant. Define preferences that use other preferences FIRST. For example, set WEBCOPYRIGHT before WIKIWEBMASTER since the copyright notice uses the TWiki administrator e-mail address.
In order to protect your custom variables from being overwritten when upgrading the TWiki.TWikiPreferences topic, it is recommended that custom variables are defined in Main.TWikiPreferences.
Note: This topic should be regarded as read-only, so that upgrades can safely overwrite it without risk to your customizations.
Preference settings local to your site should be set in Main.TWikiPreferences (this topic is pointed to by {LocalSitePreferences}, which is set by the admin in the 
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