A List of Wiki Administrator Documentation

AdminSkillsAssumptions

Several skills (i.e. knowing how to do something) are needed to set up and maintenance of a Foswiki installation. Remember that several layers of technology are

Contribs

Extensions to Foswiki that are not plugins

ContributedAddOns

Deprecated name for the Contribs type of extension. Some older extensions will still be named as an AddOn.

InstallationGuide

This guide describes the steps for installing Foswiki using Apache as the web server, on Linux.

InstantEnhancements

These quick enhancements are aimed at improving and customising your Foswiki as quickly as possible. New site administrators are encouraged to review this document for ideas before deploying their site. Small changes planned in advance can make a big differences for user satisfaction.

ManagingUsers

Register users on your Foswiki site; change/reset/install passwords; remove user accounts

PageCaching

How to get the best from HTML Caching.

Plugins

Extensions that use a simple API to talk to Foswiki

PreviewBackground

Preview looks like the real page, but the links lead to an oops dialog warning users of not-yet-saved topics. In addition, a background with a "PREVIEW" watermark is shown to have visual clue that you are previewing a topic. You can change the background image by specifying the name of an attached background image file in the PREVIEWBGIMAGE setting in the DefaultPreferences.

ProjectLogos

The official Foswiki logo and derivatives are attached to this page.

ReferenceManual

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

ReleaseHistory

The complete timeline of Foswiki Releases. Foswiki was forked from TWiki 4.2.4 and released with significant improvments as Foswiki 1.0 in January 2009. Since then there have been 31 releases, with 2 major versions and 2 minor versions.

SiteTools

Utilities for searching, navigation, and monitoring site activity

Skins

Skins overlay regular templates to give different looks and feels to Foswiki screens.

SystemRequirements

Low client and server base requirements are core features that keep Foswiki widely deployable, particularly across a range of browser platforms and versions. Many extensions exist which enhance and expand Foswiki's capabilities; they may have additional requirements.

UpgradeGuide

This guide covers upgrading from a previous version of Foswiki to Foswiki 2.x.

UserAuthentication

Controlling who can access your site

Related Topics

AdminToolsCategory

List of tools available to the Foswiki administrator

DeveloperDocumentationCategory

List of documents for application developers as well as developers of skins and extensions.

UserDocumentationCategory

Documentation mainly useful to end users

UserToolsCategory

List of tools the user may need for setting and resetting passwords, changing email address etc.