It is easy to collaborate; just type your text. You don't need to know HTML at all, though you can use it if you prefer. Links to topics will be created automatically, as long as you follow these simple Text Formatting Rules. TextFormattingFAQ has answers to frequently asked questions about text formatting.

Links

The Collaborative Work Area is a bunch of related links that are editable through your web browser.

netfrag.org Internal Links

• GoodStyle is a WikiWord that links to the GoodStyle topic located in the current netfrag.org web.
• NotExistingYet^? is a topic waiting to be written. You could create that topic by clicking on the question mark. (Do not create that topic; you would wreck this example!)

External Links

• http://..., https://..., ftp://... and mailto:...@... are linked automatically.
• Email addresses like name@domain.com are linked automatically.

Editing

1st paragraph

2nd paragraph

---++ Sushi

---+++ Maguro

*Bold*

_Italic_

__Bold italic__

=Fixed font=

==Bold fixed==

_This works_,
_this not _

<verbatim>
class CatAnimal {
  void purr() {
    <code here>
  }
}
</verbatim>

class CatAnimal {
  void purr() {
    <code here>
  }
}

-------

   * bullet item

      * nested stuff

   1 Sushi
   1 Dim Sum

   Sushi: Japan
   Dim Sum: S.F.

| *L* | *C* | *R* |
| A2 |  2  |  2 |
| A3 |  3  |  3 |
| multi span |||
| A4 \  | next \  | next |

WebNotify

Know.ReadmeFirst

[[wiki syntax]]

[[Main.TWiki users]]

[[WikiSyntax][syntax]]

[[http://gnu.org][GNU]]

[[WebHome#NotThere]]

[[#MyAnchor][Jump]]

#MyAnchor To here

<nop>SunOS

Using HTML

Most HTML tags will work, but it's almost always preferable not to use HTML, so that the markup remains easy for everyone to edit.

• HTML 4.01 Reference Specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/
• Quick reference of all HTML elements: http://werbach.com/barebones/barebones.html

TWiki Variables

Variables are names that are enclosed in percent signs; they get expanded on the fly.

• %TOC% : The table of content, is based on headings in a topic.
• %WEB% : The current web, is TWiki .
• %TOPIC% : The current topic name, is TextFormattingRules .
• %ATTACHURL% : The attachment URL of the current topic. Example usage: If you attach a file to a topic you can refer to it as %ATTACHURL%/image.gif to show the URL of the file or the image in your text.
• %INCLUDE{"SomeTopic"}% : Server side include, includes another topic. The current netfrag.org web is the default web. Example: %INCLUDE{"TWiki.TWikiWebsTable"}%
• There are many more variables, see TWikiVariables.

"Gotchas" when Editing Text

The formatting rules are fairly simple to use and fast to type. However, there are some things to watch out for:

• Q: Text enclosed in angle brackets like <filename> is not displayed. How can I show it as it is?
  • A: The '<' and '>' characters have a special meaning in HTML, they define HTML tags. You need to escape them, so write '<' instead of '<', and '>' instead of '>'.
    Example: Type 'prog <filename>' to get 'prog <filename>'.

• Q: Why is the '&' character sometimes not displayed?
  • A: The '&' character has a special meaning in HTML, it starts a so called character entity, i.e. '©' is the © copyright character. You need to escape '&' to see it as it is, so write '&' instead of '&'.
    Example: Type 'This & that' to get 'This & that'.

• See more TextFormattingFAQs

netfrag.org Plugins

Plugins offer additional text formatting rules and extend the functionality of netfrag.org. Currently enabled plugins are:

• DefaultPlugin: This plugin can be used to specify some simple custom rendering rules. It also renders deprecated *_text_* as bold italic text.
• HeadlinesPlugin: Build news portals that show headline news based on RSS news feeds from news sites.
• InterwikiPlugin: Link ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in the InterWikis topic.
• TablePlugin: Control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns
• VisualConfirmPlugin: Plugin for visual confirmation of new user registration.

Learn more about plugins in TWikiPlugins and TWikiPreferences.