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FAQs by subject
Access
Configure
-
configuretells me that I am "..using a version of $CGI that is know to have issues with Foswiki" - How do I solve email issues
- Basic configuration for Cyrillic support
- My Foswiki shows times in UTC/GMT, how do I fix that?
Data forms
- What is a "structured wiki", and what does it mean in Foswiki?
- How can I dynamically list only fields with values on a topic?
- How do I dump my topics' formfields out as XML?
- How do I move data forms to the top of the topic?
- What are the rules on form field names? Eg. Can they have spaces?
- How can I more easily create topics that use System.DataForms - do I really need to write HTML code each time?
Debugging
- Why can't I get a stack trace from Foswiki after a failure when using FastCGI?
- How do I solve email issues
- How can I determine which plugin might be causing me an issue
- How do I debug calls to third-party programs?
- A plugin I installed is not working. How can I troubleshoot it?
Development
- Why can't I get a stack trace from Foswiki after a failure when using FastCGI?
- How can I tell what DEFs are generating certain parts of my skin/template output?
- How do I put raw text / Javascript / CSS in my topics?
- How do you handle errors resulting from calls to CGI executables or REST handlers?
Editing
- How do I use WYSIWYG with NTLM?
- How do I create a Table of Contents?
- How to make wiki text editing ("raw edit") default
- How do I prevent Foswiki from automatically linking WikiWords?
- How can I force WYSIWYG to save content as HTML (prevent conversion to TML?)
- How do I create two tables side by side?
- How can I stop the WYSIWYG editor converting tables to TML?
- How can I stop the WYSIWYG editor leaving tables as HTML?
- How do I put raw text / Javascript / CSS in my topics?
- How can I use LESS for CSS using Less.js
- How do I move data forms to the top of the topic?
- NatSkin and TinyMCE editor
- Where is the preview mode when editing
- When creating a topic from a template, can I make it so that
%MACROs%are expanded on save? - Enabling word count in the editor
Email and Notifications
Errors
Extension
- How do I use WYSIWYG with NTLM?
- How can I force WYSIWYG to save content as HTML (prevent conversion to TML?)
- How can I re-write image tag URLs with FilterPlugin's SUBST macro?
- How do I capture a selection in a jqgrid for use in my wiki application?
- The new PatternSkin broke my Foswiki 1.0 system
- How can I stop the WYSIWYG editor converting tables to TML?
- How can I use JQueryTextboxList on my own HTML input field (without using data forms)?
- How can I stop the WYSIWYG editor leaving tables as HTML?
- How can I process lists in Foswiki, or what is the modern replacement for ForEachPlugin?
- NatSkin and TinyMCE editor
- How can I set a topic variable using a HTML form button/elements?
- A plugin I installed is not working. How can I troubleshoot it?
- How do I re-write
DBQUERYasSEARCH{type="query"}? - Do I really have to hard-code a formatted search to suit a given form and its fields?
- Create a Solr search form on any page
- How do I search for all child topics, including their descendants?
- Enabling word count in the editor
- How can I more easily create topics that use System.DataForms - do I really need to write HTML code each time?
Foswiki
Frontend or Javascript or CSS
- How do I capture a selection in a jqgrid for use in my wiki application?
- The new PatternSkin broke my Foswiki 1.0 system
- How do I create two tables side by side?
- How can I use JQueryTextboxList on my own HTML input field (without using data forms)?
- How do I put raw text / Javascript / CSS in my topics?
- How can I use LESS for CSS using Less.js
Help and Support
Installation
Internationalisation or Localisation
Macros or Variables
- How can I broadcast a message to my wiki users, Eg. for maintenance reasons?
- How can I set a topic variable using a HTML form button/elements?
Operating system
- How do I solve email issues
- Cron webnotify and mailercontrib on Ubuntu server
- How to install Foswiki on Mac OS X Leopard
Public websites
Registration or Authentication or Authorisation
- How do I solve email issues
- How can I manually approve registrations?
- How can I rebuild my WikiUsers topic?
- How do I use WYSIWYG with NTLM?
- How can I create my own login box in a topic of my choice?
- How can I show the user's e-mail address in the Users topic?
- Login for foswiki-beginners-vm
Search
- How do I find topics not listed on a topic?
- How can I dynamically list only fields with values on a topic?
- How can I report a list of topic children, with a total number of topics under each?
- How do I stop a System.FormattedSearch using
$formfield()from breaking TML tables? - How do I re-write
DBQUERYasSEARCH{type="query"}? - Do I really have to hard-code a formatted search to suit a given form and its fields?
- Create a Solr search form on any page
- Can a SEARCH take another SEARCH's output as input? How to search all webs and subwebs, while excluding subwebs of a particular web
- How can I SEARCH for topics which have some metadata (Eg.
parent.name) that I want to change? - How do I search for all child topics, including their descendants?
- How can I create a simple Google Sitemap for Search Engine Optimisation?
- My SEARCHes are a mess. How can I write them more clearly?
Security
- How can I secure my Foswiki against hostile attacks?
- How do I configure Apache to always redirect users to my secure (https) site?
Setup
- How does Foswiki find Perl libraries? And how do I change that?
- Basic configuration for Cyrillic support
- My Foswiki shows times in UTC/GMT, how do I fix that?
- How should I set filesystem access modes?
- Does Foswiki require Javascript?
- Cron webnotify and mailercontrib on Ubuntu server
Templates
Upgrading
- How do I safely upgrade a customized Foswiki installation
- The new PatternSkin broke my Foswiki 1.0 system
Usage
- How do I create a Table of Contents?
- How do I prevent Foswiki from automatically linking WikiWords?
- How can I broadcast a message to my wiki users, Eg. for maintenance reasons?
- How do I (bulk) import data into Foswiki?
- How can I process lists in Foswiki, or what is the modern replacement for ForEachPlugin?
- How do I put raw text / Javascript / CSS in my topics?
- How do I move data forms to the top of the topic?
- Does Foswiki require Javascript?
- When creating a topic from a template, can I make it so that
%MACROs%are expanded on save? - Where can I find professional support?
User interface
Web server
- How can I secure my Foswiki against hostile attacks?
- How do I configure Apache to always redirect users to my secure (https) site?
- How do I redirect users from old twiki install to new foswiki install urls?
Other...
- How do I debug calls to third-party programs?
- How can I broadcast a message to my wiki users, Eg. for maintenance reasons?
- How do I remotely update topics (form fields)?
- Is there a nice way to make a (pre-computed) version of a slow page available, so Foswiki doesn't have to expand all its macros on every single view?
- How do I dump my topics' formfields out as XML?
- How do I (bulk) import data into Foswiki?
- Does Foswiki require Javascript?
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