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 authors2013-11-18T22:10:45ZBeginnersStartHerehttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/BeginnersStartHere2013-11-18T22:10:45ZThis is a short introduction to Foswiki. What is a Wiki? The basic function of Foswiki is a Wiki (if that helps!) A Wiki is like a web site, except that you can edit ... (last changed by UnknownUser)UnknownUserVarRENDERZONEhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarRENDERZONE2013-11-18T22:10:45Z#VarRENDERZONE RENDERZONE See ADDTOZONE for an explanation of zones. Parameters: * "zone" required, name of the zone. * format="..." optional, format string ... (last changed by UnknownUser)UnknownUserPreferenceSettingshttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/PreferenceSettings2012-10-23T03:14:58Z#SettingPrefs #PreferencesMacros Preference Settings A preference setting lets you define a simple macro that will be expanded in your output. A preference setting ... (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)ProjectContributorDataFormshttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/DataForms2011-03-14T23:35:51ZData Forms This page introduces structured data, and explains how to set up and work with data forms. Overview Next to freeform topic contents, each topic can store ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorUpgradeGuidehttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/UpgradeGuide2011-02-02T12:30:10ZFoswiki Upgrade Guide This guide covers upgrading from a previous version of Foswiki or TWiki (such as Cairo or TWiki4.0) to Foswiki 1.1 (References to Cairo are ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorWebHomehttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/WebHome2010-12-14T22:11:21ZWelcome to the System Web This is where Foswiki keeps system documentation, including documentation that is included with optional extensions. For most people, the ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarENCODEhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarENCODE2010-10-31T13:58:50Z#VarENCODE ENCODE{"string"} encodes a string * Encode character sequences in "string", by mapping characters (or sequences of characters) to an alternative character ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorProjectContributorhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/ProjectContributor2010-10-23T11:54:06ZProject Contributor Foswiki is a development of the Foswiki community. Foswiki is based on TWiki , which was originally written by Peter Thoeny, who based his work ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarWIKINAMEhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarWIKINAME2010-09-19T14:08:06Z#VarWIKINAME WIKINAME your Wiki username * The WikiName is the same as %USERNAME% if not defined in the . topic * Syntax: %WIKINAME% * Expands to: == ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarSPACEOUThttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarSPACEOUT2010-09-19T14:08:06Z#VarSPACEOUT SPACEOUT{"string"} renders string with spaces inserted in sensible places * Inserts spaces after lower case letters that are followed by a digit ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarFORMFIELDhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarFORMFIELD2010-09-19T06:40:32Z#VarFORMFIELD FORMFIELD{"fieldname"} renders a field in the form attached to some topic * Syntax: %FORMFIELD{"fieldname"}% * Supported parameters: ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarGMTIMEhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarGMTIME2010-09-19T06:40:32Z#VarGMTIME GMTIME{"format"} formatted GM time * Syntax: %GMTIME% OR %GMTIME{"format"}% * %GMTIME% uses the default date format defined by the {DefaultDateFormat ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorVarBROWNhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/VarBROWN2010-09-19T04:57:13Z (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorWikiSyntaxSummaryhttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/WikiSyntaxSummary2010-09-12T20:02:34ZThis page provides online help for new users of Foswiki when editing a page. If there's some formatting that your contributors use often, you can customize this for ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributorInstantEnhancementshttps://kutz.mathiebe.de/foswiki/bin/view/System/InstantEnhancements2010-09-03T08:51:53ZInstant Site Enhancements These quick enhancements are aimed at improving and customising your Foswiki as quickly as possible. New site administrators are encouraged ... (last changed by ProjectContributor)ProjectContributor