Reference Manual

Documentation for webmasters, system administrators, project managers, team leaders, and all other users of Foswiki - the Free and Open Source Wiki.

All manual sections in one big page:

• Complete Documentation (1MB size, almost 200 printed pages)

Manual sections in separate pages:

1. System Requirements
2. Installation Guide
3. Upgrade Guide
4. User Authentication
5. Access Control
6. Formatting Rules
7. Macros
8. Template Topics
9. Formatted Search
10. File Attachment
11. Data Forms
12. Skin Templates
13. Skins (visual layout)
14. MetaData
15. Contributed Add-Ons
16. Contribs
17. Plugins
18. Developing Plugins
19. CGI and Command Line Scripts
20. Site Tools
21. Managing Topics
22. Managing Webs
23. Managing Users

• Appendices
  • A: Development Timeline
  • B: Encode URLs With UTF8
  • C: Cascading Style Sheets

ADMINS: In less than an hour, you can read through and customize the User's Guide to reflect the exact feature set enabled on your own site. See also other enhancement pages:

• InstantEnhancements: Simple tips (using just browser, no install needed) and quick (max couple of minutes).
• AdminToolsCategory: Topics an admin typically needs, all in one page
• DocumentGraphics: Collection of useful icons

Related Topics: UserDocumentationCategory, AdminDocumentationCategory