Foswiki's System webThe System web of Foswiki. Discover the details, and how to start your own site with Foswiki - The Free and Open Source Wiki.https://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/SystemCopyright 2026 by contributing authors2013-11-18T22:10:45ZPlainSkinhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/PlainSkin2013-11-18T22:10:45ZPlain Skin The plain skin is used to get the rendered topic text without any page decoration such as side, top or bottom bars. The text is shown without any markup ... (last changed by UnknownUser)UnknownUserUserAuthenticationhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/UserAuthentication2011-10-01T23:39:04ZUser Authentication Controlling who can access your site Overview Authentication, or "login", is the process by which a user lets Foswiki know who they are. Authentication ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorAppendixCascadingStyleSheetshttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/AppendixCascadingStyleSheets2011-08-28T11:49:42ZAppendix C: CSS Listing of CSS class names emitted from Foswiki core code and standard extensions. Who should read this document? Skin builders and others who want ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorAccessControlhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/AccessControl2011-03-25T14:59:56ZAccess Control Restricting read and write access to topics and webs, by users and groups Access Control allows you restrict access to single topics and entire webs ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorFAQHiddenUsersAndGroupshttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/FAQHiddenUsersAndGroups2011-03-06T23:39:03ZBoth users and groups can be hidden from common view and made visible only to the admin or to selected users and groups. You do this the same way as you access control ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarQUERYPARAMShttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarQUERYPARAMS2011-02-15T22:14:51Z#VarQUERYPARAMS QUERYPARAMS show paramaters to the query * Expands the parameters to the query that was used to display the page. * Syntax: %QUERYPARAMS{ ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarINCLUDINGTOPIChttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarINCLUDINGTOPIC2010-12-28T19:46:53Z#VarINCLUDINGTOPIC INCLUDINGTOPIC name of topic that includes current topic * The name of the topic that includes the current topic same as %TOPIC% in case ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarINCLUDEhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarINCLUDE2010-09-20T08:56:42Z#VarINCLUDE INCLUDE{"topic"} include other topic. * Syntax: %INCLUDE{"topic" ...}% (See also the URL form of %INCLUDE%) * Supported parameters: Parameter ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarSTARTINCLUDEhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarSTARTINCLUDE2010-09-20T08:56:42Z#VarSTARTINCLUDE STARTINCLUDE start position of topic text if included * If present in included topic, start to include text from this location up to the end ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarWIKIUSERNAMEhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarWIKIUSERNAME2010-09-19T14:08:06Z#VarWIKIUSERNAME WIKIUSERNAME your Wiki username with web prefix * Your %WIKINAME% with web prefix, useful to point to your Foswiki home page * Syntax: ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarQUERYSTRINGhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarQUERYSTRING2010-09-19T14:08:06Z#VarQUERYSTRING QUERYSTRING full, unprocessed string of parameters to this URL * String of all the URL parameters that were on the URL used to get to the current ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarUSERNAMEhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarUSERNAME2010-09-19T14:08:06Z#VarUSERNAME USERNAME your login username * Foswiki makes names available in three formats: USERNAME like jsmith, WIKINAME like JohnSmith and WIKIUSERNAME like ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarLOGINhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarLOGIN2010-09-19T08:45:34Z#VarLOGIN LOGIN present a full login link %IF{"context authenticated" then="$percentT$percent You are already authenticated, so %LOGIN% expands to an empty ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarDATEhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarDATE2010-09-19T06:13:05Z#VarDATE DATE signature format date * Syntax: %DATE% * Expands to: == * Date format defined as {DefaultDateFormat} in configure When used in a template ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorACRONYMhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/ACRONYM2010-09-13T14:16:45ZWhat is an ACRONYM? An acronym is an abbreviation that is typically made up of the first letter or letters of a phrase. A very familiar example would be WWW standing ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorFileAttachmenthttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/FileAttachment2010-09-04T23:40:05ZFile Attachments Each topic can have one or more files of any type attached to it by using the Attach screen to upload (or download) files from your local PC. Attachments ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributor