| Variable: | Expanded to: |
%WIKIHOMEURL% |
The base script URL of TWiki, is the link of the Home icon in the upper left corner, is http://your.domain.com/twiki |
%SCRIPTURL% |
The script URL of TWiki, is http://wiki.arch.ethz.ch/twiki/bin |
%SCRIPTURLPATH% |
The path of the script URL of TWiki, is /twiki/bin |
%SCRIPTSUFFIX% |
The script suffix, ex: .pl, .cgi is |
%PUBURL% |
The public URL of TWiki, is http://wiki.arch.ethz.ch/twiki/pub
Example: You can refer to a file attached to another topic as %PUBURL%/%WEB%/OtherTopic/image.gif |
%PUBURLPATH% |
The path of the public URL of TWiki, is /twiki/pub |
%ATTACHURL% |
The attachment URL of the current topic, is http://wiki.arch.ethz.ch/twiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiVariables
Example: If you attach a file you can refer to it as %ATTACHURL%/image.gif |
%ATTACHURLPATH% |
The path of the attachment URL of the current topic, is /twiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiVariables |
%URLPARAM{"name"}% |
Returns the value of a URL parameter. Note that there is a low risk that this variable could be misused for cross-scripting. Ex: %URLPARAM{"skin"}% returns print for a .../view/TWiki/TWikiVariables?skin=print URL. Is |
%URLENCODE{"string"}% |
Encodes a string for use as a URL parameter. Ex: %URLENCODE{"spaced name"}% returns spaced%20name |
%WIKITOOLNAME% |
The name of your TWiki site - TWiki |
%WIKIVERSION% |
Your current TWiki version - 04 Sep 2004 $Rev: 1742 $ |
%USERNAME% |
Your login username - guest |
%WIKINAME% |
Your Wiki username. Same as %USERNAME% if not defined in the TWikiUsers topic. Is guest |
%WIKIUSERNAME% |
Your %WIKINAME% including the Main web name - always use full signatures - Main.guest |
%MAINWEB% |
The web containing TWikiUsers, OfficeLocations and TWikiGroups is Main |
%TWIKIWEB% |
The web containing all documentation and site-wide preference settings for TWiki - TWiki |
%WEB% |
The current web is TWiki |
%BASEWEB% |
The web name where the includes started, e.g. the web of the first topic of nested includes. Same as %WEB% in case there is no include. |
%INCLUDINGWEB% |
The web name of the topic that includes the current topic - same as %WEB% if there is no INCLUDE. |
%HOMETOPIC% |
The home topic in each web - WebHome |
%NOTIFYTOPIC% |
The notify topic in each web - WebNotify |
%WIKIUSERSTOPIC% |
The index topic of all registered users - TWikiUsers |
%WIKIPREFSTOPIC% |
The site-wide preferences topic - TWikiPreferences |
%WEBPREFSTOPIC% |
The local web preferences topic in each web - WebPreferences |
%STATISTICSTOPIC% |
The web statistics topic WebStatistics |
%TOPIC% |
The current topic name - TWikiVariables |
%BASETOPIC% |
The name of the topic where a single or nested INCLUDE started - same as %TOPIC% if there is no INCLUDE. |
%INCLUDINGTOPIC% |
The name of the topic that includes the current topic. Same as %TOPIC% in case there is no include. |
%SPACEDTOPIC% |
The current topic name with added spaces, for regular expression search of Ref-By, is TWiki%20*Variables |
%TOPICLIST{"format"}% |
Topic index of a web. The "format" defines the format of one topic item. It may include variables: The $name variable gets expanded to the topic name; the $web variable gets expanded to the name of the web.
Parameters are format, separator and web:
| Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
|---|
"format" | Format of one line, may include $name and $web variables | "$name" |
format="format" | (Alternative to above) | "$name" |
separator=", " | line separator | "\n" (new line) |
web="Name" | Name of web | Current web |
Examples:
%TOPICLIST{" * $web.$name"}% creates a bullet list of all topics.
%TOPICLIST{separator=", "}% creates a comma separated list of all topics.
%TOPICLIST{" <option>$name</option>"}% creates an option list (for drop down menus). |
%WEBLIST{"format"}% |
Web index, ex: list of all webs. Hidden webs are excluded, e.g. webs with a NOSEARCHALL=on preference variable. The "format" defines the format of one web item. The $name variable gets expanded to the name of the web, $qname gets expanded to double quoted name, $marker to marker where web matches selection.
Parameters are format, separator and web:
| Parameter: | Description:  | Default: |
|---|
format="format" | (Alternative to above) | "$name" |
webs="public" | comma sep list of Web, public expands to all non-hidden | "public" |
selection="%WEB%" | Current value to be selected in list | section="%WEB%" |
"format" | Format of one line, may include $name variable | "$name" |
separator=", " | line separator | "\n" (new line) |
marker="selected" | Text for $marker where item matches selection, otherwise equals "" | "selected" |
Examples:
%WEBLIST{" * [[$name.WebHome]]"}% creates a bullet list of all webs.
%WEBLIST{"<option $marker value=$qname>$name</option>" webs="Trash,public" selection="TWiki" separator=" "}% Dropdown of all public Webs + Trash Web, current Web highlighted.
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%GMTIME% |
GM time, is 04 May 2009 - 10:13 |
%GMTIME{"format"}% |
Formatted GM time based on time variables.
| Variable: | Unit: | Example |
|---|
| $seconds | seconds | 59 |
| $minutes | minutes | 59 |
| $hours | hours | 23 |
| $day | day of month | 31 |
| $month | month in ISO format | Dec |
| $mo | 2 digit month | 12 |
| $year | 4 digit year | 1999 |
| $ye | 2 digit year | 99 |
Variables can be shortened to 3 characters. Example:
%GMTIME{"$day $month, $year - $hour:$min:$sec"}% is
04 May, 2009 - 10:13:26 |
%SERVERTIME% |
Server time, is 04 May 2009 - 12:13 |
%SERVERTIME{"format"}% |
Formatted server time.
Example: %SERVERTIME{"$hou:$min"}% is 12:13 |
%HTTP_HOST% |
HTTP_HOST environment variable, is wiki.arch.ethz.ch |
%REMOTE_ADDR% |
REMOTE_ADDR environment variable, is 129.132.212.2 |
%REMOTE_PORT% |
REMOTE_PORT environment variable, is 55117 |
%REMOTE_USER% |
REMOTE_USER environment variable, is |
%INCLUDE{"page" ...}% |
Server side include to IncludeTopicsAndWebPages:
| Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
|---|
"SomeTopic" | The name of a topic located in the current web, i.e. %INCLUDE{"WebNotify"}% | |
"Web.Topic" | A topic in another web, i.e. %INCLUDE{"TWiki.SiteMap"}% | |
"http://..." | A full qualified URL, i.e. %INCLUDE{"http://twiki.org/"}% | |
pattern="..." | A RegularExpression pattern to include a subset of a topic or page | none |
rev="1.2" | Include a previous topic revision; N/A for URLs | top revision |
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%STARTINCLUDE% |
If present in included topic, start to include text from this location up to the end, or up to the location of the %STOPINCLUDE% variable. A normal view of the topic shows everyting exept the %STARTINCLUDE% variable itself. |
%STOPINCLUDE% |
If present in included topic, stop to include text at this location and ignore the remaining text. A normal view of the topic shows everyting exept the %STOPINCLUDE% variable itself. |
%TOC% |
Table of Contents of current topic. |
%TOC{"SomeTopic" ...}% |
Table of Contents. Shows a TOC that is generated automatically based on headings of a topic. Headings in WikiSyntax ("---++ text") and HTML ("<h2>text</h2>") are taken into account. Any heading text after "!!" is excluded from the TOC; for example, write "---+!! text" if you do not want to list a header in the TOC. Parameters are topic name, web and depth:
| Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
|---|
"TopicName" | topic name | Current topic |
web="Name" | Name of web | Current web |
depth="2" | Limit depth of headings shown in TOC | 6 |
Examples: %TOC{depth="2"}%, %TOC{"TWikiDocumentation" web="TWiki"}%
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%SEARCH{"text" ...}% |
Inline search, shows a search result embedded in a topic. Parameters are the search term, web, scope, order and many more: [1]
| Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
|---|
"text" | Search term. Is a regular expression or literal, depending on the regex parameter. For regular expressions ";" is used to mean and e.g. "search;agrep" will find all topic containing search and agrep. | required |
search="text" | (Alternative to above) | N/A |
web="Name"
web="Main Know"
web="all" | Wiki web to search: A web, a list of webs separated by whitespace, or all webs. [2] | Current web |
scope="topic"
scope="text" | Search topic name (title) or in the text (body) of the topic | Topic text (body) |
order="topic"
order="modified"
order="editby"
order=
"formfield(name)" | Sort the results of search by the topic names, last modified time, last editor, or named field of TWikiForms | Sort by topic name |
limit="all"
limit="16" | Limit the number of results returned | All results |
regex="on" | RegularExpression search; also enables ";" as and | Literal search |
reverse="on" | Reverse the direction of the search | Ascending search |
casesensitive="on" | Case sensitive search | Ignore case |
nosummary="on" | Show topic title only | Show topic summary |
bookview="on" | BookView search, e.g. show complete topic text | Show topic summary |
nosearch="on" | Suppress search string | Show search string |
noheader="on" | Suppress search header
Topics: Changed: By: | Show search header |
nototal="on" | Do not show number of topics found | Show number |
header="..."
format="..." | Custom format results: see FormattedSearch for usage, variables & examples | Results in table |
Regular example: %SEARCH{"wiki" web="Main" scope="topic"}%
Formatted example: %SEARCH{"FAQ" scope="topic" nosearch="on" nototal="on" header="| *Topic: * | *Summary: * |" format="| $topic | $summary |"% (displays results in a table with header - details)
 If the TWiki:Plugins.TablePlugin is installed, you may set a %TABLE{}% variable just before the %SEARCH{}% to alter the output of a search. Example: %TABLE{ tablewidth="90%" }%
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%METASEARCH{...}% |
Special search of meta data
| Parameter: | Description: | Default: |
|---|
type="topicmoved" | What sort of search is required?
"topicmoved" if search for a topic that may have been moved
"parent" if searching for topics that have a specific parent i.e. its children | required |
web="%WEB%" | Wiki web to search: A web, a list of webs separated by whitespace, or all webs. | required |
topic="%TOPIC%" | The topic the search relates to | required |
title="Title" | Text that is prepended to any search results | required |
Example: %METASEARCH{type="topicmoved" web="%WEB%" topic="%TOPIC%" title="This topic used to exist and was moved to: "}%, you may want to use this in WebTopicViewTemplate and WebTopicNonWikiTemplate
%METASEARCH{type="parent" web="%WEB%" topic="%TOPIC%" title="Children: "}%
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%VAR{"NAME" web="Web"}% |
Get a preference value from a web other then the current one. Example: To get %WEBBGCOLOR% of the Main web write %VAR{"WEBBGCOLOR" web="Main"}%, is #FFFFFF |
| Variable: | Level: | What: |
%WIKIWEBMASTER% |
SL |
Webmaster email address (sender of email notifications) , is caad-course@hbt.arch.ethz.ch |
%WIKIWEBLIST% |
SL |
List of TWiki webs (in upper right corner of topics) |
%WEBTOPICLIST% |
WL |
Common links of web (second line of topics) |
%WEBCOPYRIGHT% |
SL , WL |
Copyright notice (bottom right corner of topics) |
%WEBBGCOLOR% |
WL |
Background color of web |
%NOSEARCHALL% |
WL |
Exclude web from a web="all" search (set variable to on for hidden webs) |
%NEWTOPICBGCOLOR% |
SL , UL |
Background color of non existing topic. ( UL needs authentication for topic views ) |
%NEWTOPICFONTCOLOR% |
SL , UL |
Font color of non existing topic. ( UL needs authentication for topic views ) |
%EDITBOXWIDTH% |
SL , UL |
Horizontal size of edit box, is 70 |
%EDITBOXHEIGHT% |
SL , UL |
Vertical size of edit box, is 15 |
%RELEASEEDITLOCKCHECKBOX% |
SL , UL |
Default state of the "Release edit lock" (UnlockTopic) check box in preview. Checkbox is initially checked if Set RELEASEEDITLOCKCHECKBOX = checked="checked", or unchecked if empty. If checked, make sure to click on Edit to do more changes; do not go back in your browser to the edit page, or you risk that someone else will edit the topic at the same time! Value is: checked |
%DONTNOTIFYCHECKBOX% |
SL , UL |
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. Value is: checked |
%ATTACHLINKBOX% |
SL , UL |
Default state of the link check box in the attach file page. Check box is initially checked if value is set to CHECKED , unchecked if empty. If checked, a link is created to the attached file at the end of the topic. Value is: |
%HTTP_EQUIV_ON_VIEW% |
SL |
http-equiv meta tags for view, rdiff, attach, search* scripts. |
%HTTP_EQUIV_ON_EDIT% |
SL , UL |
http-equiv meta tags for edit script. |
%HTTP_EQUIV_ON_PREVIEW% |
SL , UL |
http-equiv meta tags for preview script. |
%DENYWEBCHANGE% |
WL |
List of users and groups who are not allowed to change topics in the TWiki web. (More in TWikiAccessControl) |
%ALLOWWEBCHANGE% |
WL |
List of users and groups who are allowed to change topics in the TWiki web. (More in TWikiAccessControl) |
%DENYTOPICCHANGE% |
(any topic) |
List of users and groups who are not allowed to change the current topic. (More in TWikiAccessControl) |
%ALLOWTOPICCHANGE% |
(any topic) |
List of users and groups who are allowed to change the current topic. (More in TWikiAccessControl) |
%DENYWEBRENAME% |
WL |
List of users and groups who are not allowed to rename topics in the TWiki web. (More in TWikiAccessControl) |
%ALLOWWEBRENAME% |
WL |
List of users and groups who are allowed to rename topics in the TWiki web. (More in TWikiAccessControl) |
%DENYTOPICRENAME% |
(any topic) |
List of users and groups who are not allowed to rename the current topic. (More in TWikiAccessControl) |
%ALLOWTOPICRENAME% |
(any topic) |
List of users and groups who are allowed to rename the current topic. (More in TWikiAccessControl) |
%FINALPREFERENCES% |
SL , WL |
List of preferences that are not allowed to be overridden by next level preferences |
Take the time to thoroughly read through ALL preference variables. If you actively configure your site, review variables periodically. They cover a wide range of functions, and it can be easy to miss the one perfect variable for something you have in mind. For example, see