Tips Contrib Package

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Displays a rotating "TWiki Tip of the Day" to help familiarize new users with TWiki features. Includes an application for creating custom tips for local installation.

Summary of Contents

  • Set on TWikiTip topics providing brief lessons on TWiki features. See TWikiTips.
  • Set of topics for creating and managing TWikiTipXXX topics. See TWikiTipsOfTheDayAdmin.

Detailed Documentation

Settings

This extension requires no settings. See TWikiTipsOfTheDayAdmin for administration details.

  • One line description:
  • Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Displays rotating list of "TWiki Tip-of-the-day"

CSS used by TipsContrib

  • .tipsOfTheDay - overall container
  • .tipsOfTheDayContents - container for tipsOfTheDayHeader and tipsOfTheDayText
  • strong.tipsOfTheDayHeader - header that says "TWiki Tip of the Day"
  • .tipsOfTheDayText - the tip; contains title and tip summary and link "Read on"
  • .tipsOfTheDayTitle - title of the tip; the link to the tip topic

Installation Instructions

Note: You do not need to install anything on the browser to use this contrib package. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the package on the server where TWiki is running.

  • Download the ZIP file from the Plugin web (see below)
  • Unzip TipsContrib.zip in your twiki installation directory. Content:
File: Description:
lib/TWiki/Contrib/TipsContrib.pm  
data/TWiki/TipsContrib.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip001.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip002.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip003.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip004.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip005.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip006.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip007.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip008.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip009.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip010.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip011.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip012.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip013.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip014.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip015.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip016.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip017.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip018.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip019.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip020.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip021.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip022.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip023.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip024.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip025.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip026.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip027.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip028.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTip029.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTips.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTipsOfTheDay.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTipsOfTheDayAddNew.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTipsOfTheDayAdmin.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTipsOfTheDayInclude.txt  
data/TWiki/TWikiTipsOfTheDayTemplate.txt  

Contrib Info

Author: TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny, TWiki:Main.PaulineCheung
Copyright: © 2005-2013, Peter Thoeny, TWiki.org
© 2005-2013 TWiki:TWiki.TWikiContributor
License: GPL (GNU General Public License)
Dependencies: TWiki:Plugins.SpreadSheetPlugin
Version: 2013-01-23
Change History:  
2013-01-23: TWikibug:Item6977: TWiki.TWikiTip029 timed out on a large site, which is fixed
2012-09-04: TWikibug:Item6837: Doc fixes
2011-07-07: TWikibug:Item6711: Change "user homepage" to "profile page"
2010-06-27: TWikibug:Item6479: More doc improvements
2010-05-15: TWikibug:Item6433: Doc improvements; replacing TWIKIWEB with SYSTEMWEB
2007-01-04: Performance improvement
10 Oct 2005: Initial version - Packaging by TWiki:Main.LynnwoodBrown
Home: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/TipsContrib
Feedback: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/TipsContribDev
Appraisal: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/TipsContribAppraisal

Related Topics: TWikiPreferences