From 6b5986edc5208a25723f838f088c16f2d029be92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MikeMannix Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 05:04:09 +0000 Subject: none --- TWiki/TWikiHistory.mdwn | 341 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 226 insertions(+), 115 deletions(-) (limited to 'TWiki') diff --git a/TWiki/TWikiHistory.mdwn b/TWiki/TWikiHistory.mdwn index aec75fab..71e85583 100644 --- a/TWiki/TWikiHistory.mdwn +++ b/TWiki/TWikiHistory.mdwn @@ -5,133 +5,244 @@ ## 2001 * **30 Aug 2001** - [[JohnTalintyre]] - * Ability to move attachments between topics, see [[FileAttachments]] MM + * Ability to move attachments between topics, see [[FileAttachments]] * **21 Aug 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] - * Convert to XHTML 1.0 goal is to XHTML-ify TWiki. [[ConvertToXHTML10]] MM + * Convert to XHTML 1.0 goal is to XHTML-ify TWiki. [[ConvertToXHTML10]] * **26 Jun 2001** - [[JohnTalintyre]] - * Category information to form using [[MetaDataDefinition]] format MM + * Category information to form using [[MetaDataDefinition]] format * **07 Jun 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] * New topic templates are now topics instead of templates, e.g. can be customized by editing a topic. Retired `notedited.tmpl`, `notext.tmpl` and `notwiki.tmpl` templates. More in [[TWikiTemplates]]. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 07 Jun 2001 • New %TOPICLIST\{"format"\}% and %WEBLIST\{"format"\}% variables to get a formatted topic index and web index, respectively. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 01 Jun 2001 • New %URLPARAM\{"name"\}% variable to query URL parameters. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. -* **_AndreaSterbini • Apr/Jun 2001 • API to extend TWiki, see [[TWikiPluginAPI]]_** MM -* **_%MAINWEB%.KlausWriessnegger, [[AndreaSterbini]] • Jun 2001 • Forms to change/reset/install passwords, see [[TWikiChangePassword]] OR [[ChangingTWikiPasswords]] (in Spring Release dev table)_** MM -* **_AndreaSterbini • May 2001 • Now users of %MAINWEB%.TWikiAdminGroup can be enabled to edit locked topics. See [[UnchangeableTopicBug]]_** MM -* **_JohnTalintyre • Apr/May 2001 • Meta information, see [[MetaDataDefinition]]_** MM -* **_JohnTalintyre • Mar/May 2001 • Attachment under revision control See [[FileAttachment]]_** MM -* **_JohnTalintyre • Mar/May 2001 • Ability to rename/move topics, [[RenameTopic]]_** MM -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 27 Mar 2001 • The table syntax has been enhanced to (i) render =  \*bold\*  = cells as table headers, (ii) render space padded cells `=   center aligned   =` and `=    right aligned  =`, (iii) span multiple columns using `=  empty cells    =`. More in [[TextFormattingRules]]. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 25 Mar 2001 • Security fix Questionable files like PHP scripts (executables) and **.htaccess** files that are attached to a topic get a **.txt** suffix appended to the file name. See also [TWiki:Codev.FileAttachmentFilterSecurityAlert](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/FileAttachmentFilterSecurityAlert) -* [[AndreaSterbini]], [[PeterThoeny]] • 28 Feb 2001 • New Wiki rule for headings, i.e. `---++ My Title`; and new %TOC% variable to build a table of content from headings in a topic. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 28 Feb 2001 • New Wiki rule to specify arbitrary text for external links (i.e. [[http://TWki.org]\[TWiki]]) and internal links (i.e [[WikiSyntax]\[syntax]]). More in [[TWikiVariables]]. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 28 Feb 2001 • New Wiki rule for named anchors, e.g. links within a topic. Define a named anchor with `#MyAnchor` at the beginning of a line, and link to it with [[#MyAnchor]]. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. -* [[NicholasLee]], [[PeterThoeny]] • 25 Feb 2001 • Use `Net::SMTP` module instead of `sendmail` if installed. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 01 Feb 2001 • Added `` ... `` tags to show source code "as is". Unlike the `
` ... `
` tags, it also shows `<`, `>`, `&` characters "as is". -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 01 Feb 2001 • Fixed [TWiki:Codev.CreateLinkToAttachedFileBug](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/CreateLinkToAttachedFileBug). -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 21 Jan 2001 • Added a "Minor change, don't notify" checkbox in preview. More in [[DontNotify]]. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 21 Jan 2001 • Added Bold Fixed formatting using double-equal signs, e.g. write ==Bold Fixed== to get **Bold Fixed**. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 20 Jan 2001 • Format changed of %GMTIME\{"..."\}% and %SERVERTIME\{"..."\}% variables. Format is now `"$hour:$min"` instead of `"hour:min"`. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. **_Attention:_** Check your existing topics when you upgrade TWiki! -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 18 Jan 2001 • [[WebChanges]], [[WebSearch]] and e-mail notification indicate also the revision number of a topic (i.e. 18 Jan 2001 16:43 r1.5), or NEW for a new topic (i.e. i.e. 18 Jan 2001 16:43 **NEW**). -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 16 Jan 2001 • New variable %STARTINCLUDE% and %STOPINCLUDE% variables to control what gets included of a topic. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 16 Jan 2001 • TWiki skins Define a different page layout with a customized header and footer layout, i.e. a `print` skin for a printable view of a topic. More in [[TWikiSkins]] and [TWiki:Codev.TWikiSkins](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiSkins). -* [[StanleyKnutson]] • 07 Jan 2001 • Better error handling when saving a topic. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 05 Jan 2001 • View authorization based on groups. Define who is allowed to see a TWiki web. More in [[TWikiAccessControl]] and [TWiki:Codev.AuthenticationBasedOnGroups](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/AuthenticationBasedOnGroups). +* **07 Jun 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New %TOPICLIST\{"format"\}% and %WEBLIST\{"format"\}% variables to get a formatted topic index and web index, respectively. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. +* **01 Jun 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New %URLPARAM\{"name"\}% variable to query URL parameters. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. +* **Apr/Jun 2001** - [[AndreaSterbini]] + * API to extend TWiki, see [[TWikiPluginAPI]] +* **Jun 2001** - [[KlausWriessnegger]], [[AndreaSterbini]] + * Forms to change/reset/install passwords, see [[TWikiChangePassword]] OR [[ChangingTWikiPasswords]] (in Spring Release dev table) +* **May 2001** - [[AndreaSterbini]] + * Now users of %MAINWEB%.TWikiAdminGroup can be enabled to edit locked topics. See [[UnchangeableTopicBug]] +* **Apr/May 2001** - [[JohnTalintyre]] + * Meta information, see [[MetaDataDefinition]] +* **Mar/May 2001** - [[JohnTalintyre]] + * Attachment under revision control See [[FileAttachment]] +* **Mar/May 2001** - [[JohnTalintyre]] + * Ability to rename/move topics, [[RenameTopic]] +* **27 Mar 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * The table syntax has been enhanced to (i) render =  \*bold\*  = cells as table headers, (ii) render space padded cells `=   center aligned   =` and `=    right aligned  =`, (iii) span multiple columns using `=  empty cells    =`. More in [[TextFormattingRules]]. +* **25 Mar 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Security fix Questionable files like PHP scripts (executables) and **.htaccess** files that are attached to a topic get a **.txt** suffix appended to the file name. See also \[[http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/FileAttachmentFilterSecurityAlert]\[TWiki:Codev.FileAttachmentFilterSecurityAlert +* **28 Feb 2001** - [[AndreaSterbini]], [[PeterThoeny]] + * New Wiki rule for headings, i.e. `---++ My Title`; and new %TOC% variable to build a table of content from headings in a topic. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. +* **28 Feb 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New Wiki rule to specify arbitrary text for external links (i.e. [[http://TWki.org]\[TWiki) and internal links (i.e [[WikiSyntax]\[syntax). More in [[TWikiVariables]]. +* **28 Feb 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New Wiki rule for named anchors, e.g. links within a topic. Define a named anchor with `#MyAnchor` at the beginning of a line, and link to it with [[#MyAnchor. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. +* **25 Feb 2001** - [[NicholasLee]], [[PeterThoeny]] + * Use `Net::SMTP` module instead of `sendmail` if installed. +* **01 Feb 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Added `` ... `` tags to show source code "as is". Unlike the `
` ... `
` tags, it also shows `<`, `>`, `&` characters "as is". +* **01 Feb 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Fixed [TWiki:Codev.CreateLinkToAttachedFileBug](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/CreateLinkToAttachedFileBug). +* **21 Jan 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Added a "Minor change, don't notify" checkbox in preview. More in [[DontNotify]]. +* **21 Jan 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Added Bold Fixed formatting using double-equal signs, e.g. write ==Bold Fixed== to get **Bold Fixed**. +* **20 Jan 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Format changed of %GMTIME\{"..."\}% and %SERVERTIME\{"..."\}% variables. Format is now `"$hour:$min"` instead of `"hour:min"`. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. **_Attention:_** Check your existing topics when you upgrade TWiki! +* **18 Jan 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * [[WebChanges]], [[WebSearch]] and e-mail notification indicate also the revision number of a topic (i.e. 18 Jan 2001 16:43 r1.5), or NEW for a new topic (i.e. i.e. 18 Jan 2001 16:43 **NEW**). +* **16 Jan 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New variable %STARTINCLUDE% and %STOPINCLUDE% variables to control what gets included of a topic. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. +* **16 Jan 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * TWiki skins Define a different page layout with a customized header and footer layout, i.e. a `print` skin for a printable view of a topic. More in [[TWikiSkins]] and [TWiki:Codev.TWikiSkins](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiSkins). +* **07 Jan 2001** - [[StanleyKnutson]] + * Better error handling when saving a topic. +* **05 Jan 2001** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * View authorization based on groups. Define who is allowed to see a TWiki web. More in [[TWikiAccessControl]] and [TWiki:Codev.AuthenticationBasedOnGroups](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/AuthenticationBasedOnGroups). ## 2000 -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 05 Dec 2000 • Improved include handling. Infinite recursion of includes are prevented; new variables %BASEWEB%, %INCLUDINGWEB%, %BASETOPIC% and %INCLUDINGTOPIC% to have more control over include handling. More in [[TWikiVariables]] and [TWiki:Codev.IncludeHandlingImprovements](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/IncludeHandlingImprovements). -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 03 Dec 2000 • New `noheader="on"` switch in %SEARCH\{...\}% to suppress table header. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 03 Nov 2000 • Flag `$doHidePasswdInRegistration` in `wikicfg.pm` to hide plain text password in registration email. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 01 Nov 2000 • New variable %VAR\{"NAME" web="Web"\}% to get web specific preferences. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 01 Nov 2000 • Added a "Cancel" link in edit that releases the edit lock. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 23 Oct 2000 • Authorization based on groups. Define fine graned control who is allowed to change or create topics. More in [[TWikiAccessControl]] and [TWiki:Codev.AuthenticationBasedOnGroups](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/AuthenticationBasedOnGroups). -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 05 Oct 2000 • Remember user by IP address so that `view` "knows" the user once authenticated in `edit`. More in [[TWikiUserAuthentication]]. -* [[AlWilliams]], [[PeterThoeny]] • 26 Sep 2000 • Fixed [TWiki:Codev.UppercaseAttachments](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/UppercaseAttachments) bug and added `png` image support. -* [[HaroldGottschalk]], [[AndreaSterbini]], [[PeterThoeny]] • 26 Sep 2000 • Allow nesting of variables, i.e. %INCLUDE\{"%TWIKIWEB%.TWikiWebsTable"\}%. More in [TWiki:Codev.BetterTWikiTagTemplateProcessing](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/BetterTWikiTagTemplateProcessing) -* [[ManpreetSingh]] • 20 Sep 2000 • New -q switch in `mailnotify` to suppress all normal output. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 19 Sep 2000 • Fixed [TWiki:Codev.AttachedNotificationLinksBug](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/AttachedNotificationLinksBug). -* [[AlWilliams]], [[ManpreetSingh]], [[PeterThoeny]] • 18 Sep 2000 • Added forced internal links. Write [[text formatting FAQ]] to get the link [[TextFormattingFAQ]] that points to topic [[TextFormattingFAQ]]. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 19 Aug 2000 • Ref-By link searches all webs (not just the current web.) -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 16 Aug 2000 • New [[TWikiPreferences]] variables %HTTP\_EQUIV\_ON\_VIEW% , %HTTP\_EQUIV\_ON\_EDIT% and %HTTP\_EQUIV\_ON\_PREVIEW% that define the `` meta tags for the TWiki templates. This can be used for example to set a document expiration time. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 29 Jul 2000 • New variables %GMTIME\{"..."\}% and %SERVERTIME\{"..."\}% . More in [[TWikiVariables]]. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 23 Jul 2000 • Changed include syntax from %INCLUDE\{"Web/TopicName.txt"\}% to %INCLUDE\{"Web.TopicName"\}% . Legacy syntax still supported. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 23 Jul 2000 • [[BookView]] search allows you show a set of topics for easy printing. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 22 Jul 2000 • More forgiving syntax for \*bold\*, _italic_, \_\_bold italic\_\_ and **fixed** , where it is not necessary anymore to have a trailing space before `.,;:?!` characters. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 22 Jul 2000 • Split the TWiki.Main web into TWiki.Main (users, company data) and TWiki.TWiki (TWiki related documentation, registration) -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 07 Jul 2000 • Added an "Release edit lock" checkbox in preview to let other people edit the topic immediately without the one hour lock. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 07 Jul 2000 • Fixed problem of losing carriage returns when editing topics with KDE KFM browser or W3M browser. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 21 Jun 2000 • Fixed problem that a page redirect on some server environments is not working (host name is needed in URL). -* [[CrisBailiff]], [[PeterThoeny]] • 21 Jun 2000 • Fixed security issue to prevent a server side %INCLUDE% of arbitrary files. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 29 May 2000 • New %GMTIME% variable that shows the current GM time. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 28 May 2000 • Lock warning shows remaining lock time in minutes. -* [[PeterFokkinga]] • 15 May 2000 • Each topic can have its own template file. [[TWikiTemplates]] has more. -* [[KevinKinnell]], [[PeterThoeny]] • 02 May 2000 • Advanced search features like search multiple webs; sort by topic name / modified time / author; limit the number of results returned. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 21 Apr 2000 • New [[TWikiVariables]] %HTTP\_HOST% , %REMOTE\_ADDR% , %REMOTE\_PORT% and %REMOTE\_USER% . -* [[JohnAltstadt]], [[PeterThoeny]] • 21 Apr 2000 • [[TWikiRegistration]] is done separately for Intranet use (depends on remote\_user) or Internet use (depends on .htpasswd file). -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 20 Mar 2000 • Uploading a file (topic file attachment) will optionally create a link to the uploaded file at the end of the topic. The preference variable %ATTACHLINKBOX% controls the default state of the **_link_** check box in the attach file page. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 11 Mar 2000 • Better security with taint checking ( `Perl -T` option ) -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 25 Feb 2000 • New preference variables %EDITBOXWIDTH% and %EDITBOXHEIGHT% to specify the edit box size. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 25 Feb 2000 • Edit preferences topics to set TWiki variables. There are three level of preferences Site-level ([[TWikiPreferences]]), web-level ([[WebPreferences]] in each web) and user-level preferences (for each of the [[Main/TWikiUsers]]). With this, discontinue use of server side include of `wikiwebs.inc` , `wikiwebtable.inc` , `weblist.inc` , `webcopyright.inc` and `webcolors.inc` files. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 11 Feb 2000 • New variable %SCRIPTSUFFIX% / $scriptSuffix containing an optional file extension of the TWiki Perl script. Templates have been changed to use this variable. This allows you to rename the Perl script files to have a file extension like for example ".cgi". -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 11 Feb 2000 • New variable %SCRIPTURLPATH% / $scriptUrlPath containing the script URL without the domain name. Templates have been changed to use this variable instead of %SCRIPTURL% . This is for performance reasons. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 07 Feb 2000 • Changed the syntax for server side include variable from %INCLUDE:"filename.ext"% to %INCLUDE\{"filename.ext"\}% . (Previous syntax still supported. Change was done because of inline search syntax) -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 07 Feb 2000 • Inline search. New variable %SEARCH\{"str" ...\}% to show a search result embedded in a topic text. [[TWikiVariables]] has more on the syntax. Inline search combined with the category table feature can be used for example to create a simple bug tracking system. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 04 Feb 2000 • Access statistics. Each web has a [[WebStatistics]] topic that shows monthy statistics with number of topic views and changes, most popular topics, and top contributors. (It needs to be enabled, [[TWikiDocumentation]] has more.) -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 29 Jan 2000 • Fixed bug where TWiki would not initialize correctly under certain circumstances, i.e. when running it under mod\_perl. Sub `initialize` in `wiki.pm` did not handle `$thePathInfo` correctly. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 24 Jan 2000 • Fixed bug where an email address starting with a [[WikiName]] was rendered as an internal Wiki link instead of an email address, i.e. . -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 10 Jan 2000 • No more escaping for '%' percent characters. (Number of consecutive '%' entered and displayed is identical.) +* **05 Dec 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Improved include handling. Infinite recursion of includes are prevented; new variables %BASEWEB%, %INCLUDINGWEB%, %BASETOPIC% and %INCLUDINGTOPIC% to have more control over include handling. More in [[TWikiVariables]] and [TWiki:Codev.IncludeHandlingImprovements](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/IncludeHandlingImprovements). +* **03 Dec 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New `noheader="on"` switch in %SEARCH\{...\}% to suppress table header. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. +* **03 Nov 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Flag `$doHidePasswdInRegistration` in `wikicfg.pm` to hide plain text password in registration email. +* **01 Nov 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New variable %VAR\{"NAME" web="Web"\}% to get web specific preferences. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. +* **01 Nov 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Added a "Cancel" link in edit that releases the edit lock. +* **23 Oct 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Authorization based on groups. Define fine graned control who is allowed to change or create topics. More in [[TWikiAccessControl]] and [TWiki:Codev.AuthenticationBasedOnGroups](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/AuthenticationBasedOnGroups). +* **05 Oct 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Remember user by IP address so that `view` "knows" the user once authenticated in `edit`. More in [[TWikiUserAuthentication]]. +* **26 Sep 2000** - [[AlWilliams]], [[PeterThoeny]] + * Fixed [TWiki:Codev.UppercaseAttachments](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/UppercaseAttachments) bug and added `png` image support. +* **26 Sep 2000** - [[HaroldGottschalk]], [[AndreaSterbini]], [[PeterThoeny]] + * Allow nesting of variables, i.e. %INCLUDE\{"%TWIKIWEB%.TWikiWebsTable"\}%. More in [TWiki:Codev.BetterTWikiTagTemplateProcessing](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/BetterTWikiTagTemplateProcessing) +* **20 Sep 2000** - [[ManpreetSingh]] + * New -q switch in `mailnotify` to suppress all normal output. +* **19 Sep 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Fixed [TWiki:Codev.AttachedNotificationLinksBug](http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/AttachedNotificationLinksBug). +* **18 Sep 2000** - [[ManpreetSingh]], [[PeterThoeny]] + * Added forced internal links. Write [[text formatting FAQ to get the link \[[text formatting FAQ that points to topic [[TextFormattingFAQ]]. +* **19 Aug 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Ref-By link searches all webs (not just the current web.) +* **16 Aug 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New [[TWikiPreferences]] variables %HTTP\_EQUIV\_ON\_VIEW% , %HTTP\_EQUIV\_ON\_EDIT% and %HTTP\_EQUIV\_ON\_PREVIEW% that define the `` meta tags for the TWiki templates. This can be used for example to set a document expiration time. +* **29 Jul 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New variables %GMTIME\{"..."\}% and %SERVERTIME\{"..."\}% . More in [[TWikiVariables]]. +* **23 Jul 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Changed include syntax from %INCLUDE\{"Web/TopicName.txt"\}% to %INCLUDE\{"Web.TopicName"\}% . Legacy syntax still supported. +* **23 Jul 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * [[BookView]] search allows you show a set of topics for easy printing. +* **22 Jul 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * More forgiving syntax for \*bold\*, _italic_, \_\_bold italic\_\_ and **fixed** , where it is not necessary anymore to have a trailing space before `.,;:?!` characters. +* **22 Jul 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Split the TWiki.Main web into TWiki.Main (users, company data) and TWiki.TWiki (TWiki related documentation, registration) +* **07 Jul 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Added an "Release edit lock" checkbox in preview to let other people edit the topic immediately without the one hour lock. +* **07 Jul 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Fixed problem of losing carriage returns when editing topics with KDE KFM browser or W3M browser. +* **21 Jun 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Fixed problem that a page redirect on some server environments is not working (host name is needed in URL). +* **21 Jun 2000** - [[CrisBailiff]], [[PeterThoeny]] + * Fixed security issue to prevent a server side %INCLUDE% of arbitrary files. +* **29 May 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New %GMTIME% variable that shows the current GM time. +* **28 May 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Lock warning shows remaining lock time in minutes. +* **15 May 2000** - [[PeterFokkinga]] + * Each topic can have its own template file. [[TWikiTemplates]] has more. +* **02 May 2000** - [[KevinKinnell]], [[PeterThoeny]] + * Advanced search features like search multiple webs; sort by topic name / modified time / author; limit the number of results returned. More in [[TWikiVariables]]. +* **21 Apr 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New [[TWikiVariables]] %HTTP\_HOST% , %REMOTE\_ADDR% , %REMOTE\_PORT% and %REMOTE\_USER% . +* **21 Apr 2000** - [[JohnAltstadt]], [[PeterThoeny]] + * [[TWikiRegistration]] is done separately for Intranet use (depends on remote\_user) or Internet use (depends on .htpasswd file). +* **20 Mar 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Uploading a file (topic file attachment) will optionally create a link to the uploaded file at the end of the topic. The preference variable %ATTACHLINKBOX% controls the default state of the **_link_** check box in the attach file page. +* **11 Mar 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Better security with taint checking ( `Perl -T` option ) +* **25 Feb 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New preference variables %EDITBOXWIDTH% and %EDITBOXHEIGHT% to specify the edit box size. +* **25 Feb 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Edit preferences topics to set TWiki variables. There are three level of preferences Site-level ([[TWikiPreferences]]), web-level ([[WebPreferences]] in each web) and user-level preferences (for each of the [[Main/TWikiUsers]]). With this, discontinue use of server side include of `wikiwebs.inc` , `wikiwebtable.inc` , `weblist.inc` , `webcopyright.inc` and `webcolors.inc` files. +* **11 Feb 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New variable %SCRIPTSUFFIX% / $scriptSuffix containing an optional file extension of the TWiki Perl script. Templates have been changed to use this variable. This allows you to rename the Perl script files to have a file extension like for example ".cgi". +* **11 Feb 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New variable %SCRIPTURLPATH% / $scriptUrlPath containing the script URL without the domain name. Templates have been changed to use this variable instead of %SCRIPTURL% . This is for performance reasons. +* **07 Feb 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Changed the syntax for server side include variable from %INCLUDE:"filename.ext"% to %INCLUDE\{"filename.ext"\}% . (Previous syntax still supported. Change was done because of inline search syntax) +* **07 Feb 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Inline search. New variable %SEARCH\{"str" ...\}% to show a search result embedded in a topic text. [[TWikiVariables]] has more on the syntax. Inline search combined with the category table feature can be used for example to create a simple bug tracking system. +* **04 Feb 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Access statistics. Each web has a [[WebStatistics]] topic that shows monthy statistics with number of topic views and changes, most popular topics, and top contributors. (It needs to be enabled, [[TWikiDocumentation]] has more.) +* **29 Jan 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Fixed bug where TWiki would not initialize correctly under certain circumstances, i.e. when running it under mod\_perl. Sub `initialize` in `wiki.pm` did not handle `$thePathInfo` correctly. +* **24 Jan 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Fixed bug where an email address starting with a [[WikiName]] was rendered as an internal Wiki link instead of an email address, i.e. . +* **10 Jan 2000** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * No more escaping for '%' percent characters. (Number of consecutive '%' entered and displayed is identical.) ## 1999 -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 03 Oct 1999 • Limit the number of revisions shown at the bottom of the topic. Example
Topic %TOPIC% . \{ ..... [Diffs](../../rdiff/%WEB%/%TOPIC%) r1.10 [>](../../rdiff/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev1=1.10&rev2=1.9) [r1.9](../../view/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev=1.9) [>](../../rdiff/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev1=1.9&rev2=1.8) [r1.8](../../view/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev=1.8) [>](../../rdiff/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev1=1.8&rev2=1.7) [r1.7](../../view/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev=1.7) [>...](../../oops/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?template=oopsrev¶m1=1.10) \}
Additional revisions can be selected by pressing the `>...` link. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 31 Aug 1999 • Fixed Y2K bug. (Date in year 2000 had wrong format.) -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 08 Aug 1999 • New text formatting rule for creating tables. Text gets rendered as a table if enclosed in " " vertical bars. Example line as it is written and how it shows up -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 03 Aug 1999 • Online registration of new user using web form in [[TWikiRegistration]]. Authentication of users. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 22 Jul 1999 • Flags `$doLogTopic*` in wikicfg.pm to selectively log topic view, edit, save, rdiff, attach, search and changes to monthly log file. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 21 Jul 1999 • Flag `$doRemovePortNumber` in wikicfg.pm to optionally remove the port number from the TWiki URL. Example `www.some.domain:1234/twiki` gets `www.some.domain/twiki` . -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 15 Jul 1999 • Search path for include files in %INCLUDE:"file.inc"% variable. Search first in the current web, then in parent data directory. Useful to overload default include text in the data directory by web-specific text, like for example `webcopyright.inc` text. -* [[ChristopheVermeulen]] • 07 Jul 1999 • Link a plural topic to a singular topic in case the plural topic does not exist. Example `TestVersion` / `TestVersions` , `TestPolicy` / `TestPolicies` , `TestAddress` / `TestAddresses` , `TestBox` / `TestBoxes` . -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 23 Jun 1999 • New [[TextFormattingRules]] to write **_bold italic_** text by enclosing words with double underline characters. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 23 Jun 1999 • Separate wiki.pm into configuration (wikicfg.pm) and TWiki core (wiki.pm) . This is to ease the upgrade of TWiki installations, it also allows customized extensions to TWiki without affecting the TWiki core. -* [[DavidWarman]] • 21 May 1999 • Externalize copyright text at the bottom of every page into a web-specific `webcopyright.inc` file. This is to easily customize the copyright text. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 20 May 1999 • Added meta tag so that robots index only /view/ of topics, not /edit/, /attach/ e.t.c. Tag <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX"> -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 20 May 1999 • New variables %WIKIHOMEURL% (link when pressing the icon on the upper left corner) and %WIKITOOLNAME% (the name of the wiki tool `%WIKITOOLNAME%` ). -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 15 Apr 1999 • Topic locking Warn user if a topic has been edited by an _other_ person within _one_ hour. This is to prevent contention, e.g. simultaneous topic updates. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 26 Mar 1999 • File attachments Upload and download any file as a topic attachment by using the browser. [[FileAttachment]] has more. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 26 Mar 1999 • New variables %PUBURL% (Public directory URL) and %ATTACHURL% (URL of topic file attachment). -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 09 Feb 1999 • New text formatting rule for creating `fixed font text` . Words get showns in `fixed font` by enclosing them in "=" equal signs. Example Writing =fixed font= will show up as `fixed font` . -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 09 Feb 1999 • No new topic revision is created if the _same_ person saves a topic again within _one_ hour. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 03 Feb 1999 • Possible to view complete revision history of a topic on one page. Access at the linked date in the Changes page, or the `Diffs` link at the bottom of each topic, e.g.
Topic TWikiHistory . \{ Edit Ref-By Diffs r1.3 > r1.2 > r1.1 \}
Revision r1.3 1998/11/10 01:34 by PeterThoeny -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 04 Jan 1999 • Fixed bug when viewing differences between topic revisions that include HTML table tags like <table>, <tr>, <td>. +* **03 Oct 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Limit the number of revisions shown at the bottom of the topic. Example
Topic %TOPIC% . \{ ..... [Diffs](../../rdiff/%WEB%/%TOPIC%) r1.10 [>](../../rdiff/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev1=1.10&rev2=1.9) [r1.9](../../view/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev=1.9) [>](../../rdiff/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev1=1.9&rev2=1.8) [r1.8](../../view/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev=1.8) [>](../../rdiff/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev1=1.8&rev2=1.7) [r1.7](../../view/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?rev=1.7) [>...](../../oops/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?template=oopsrev¶m1=1.10) \}
Additional revisions can be selected by pressing the `>...` link. +* **31 Aug 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Fixed Y2K bug. (Date in year 2000 had wrong format.) +* **08 Aug 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New text formatting rule for creating tables. Text gets rendered as a table if enclosed in " " vertical bars. Example line as it is written and how it shows up +* **03 Aug 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Online registration of new user using web form in [[TWikiRegistration]]. Authentication of users. +* **22 Jul 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Flags `$doLogTopic*` in wikicfg.pm to selectively log topic view, edit, save, rdiff, attach, search and changes to monthly log file. +* **21 Jul 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Flag `$doRemovePortNumber` in wikicfg.pm to optionally remove the port number from the TWiki URL. Example `www.some.domain:1234/twiki` gets `www.some.domain/twiki` . +* **15 Jul 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Search path for include files in %INCLUDE:"file.inc"% variable. Search first in the current web, then in parent data directory. Useful to overload default include text in the data directory by web-specific text, like for example `webcopyright.inc` text. +* **07 Jul 1999** - [[ChristopheVermeulen]] + * Link a plural topic to a singular topic in case the plural topic does not exist. Example `TestVersion` / `TestVersions` , `TestPolicy` / `TestPolicies` , `TestAddress` / `TestAddresses` , `TestBox` / `TestBoxes` . +* **23 Jun 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New [[TextFormattingRules]] to write **_bold italic_** text by enclosing words with double underline characters. +* **23 Jun 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Separate wiki.pm into configuration (wikicfg.pm) and TWiki core (wiki.pm) . This is to ease the upgrade of TWiki installations, it also allows customized extensions to TWiki without affecting the TWiki core. +* **21 May 1999** - [[DavidWarman]] + * Externalize copyright text at the bottom of every page into a web-specific `webcopyright.inc` file. This is to easily customize the copyright text. +* **20 May 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Added meta tag so that robots index only /view/ of topics, not /edit/, /attach/ e.t.c. Tag <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX"> +* **20 May 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New variables %WIKIHOMEURL% (link when pressing the icon on the upper left corner) and %WIKITOOLNAME% (the name of the wiki tool `%WIKITOOLNAME%` ). +* **15 Apr 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Topic locking Warn user if a topic has been edited by an _other_ person within _one_ hour. This is to prevent contention, e.g. simultaneous topic updates. +* **26 Mar 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * File attachments Upload and download any file as a topic attachment by using the browser. [[FileAttachment]] has more. +* **26 Mar 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New variables %PUBURL% (Public directory URL) and %ATTACHURL% (URL of topic file attachment). +* **09 Feb 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * New text formatting rule for creating `fixed font text` . Words get showns in `fixed font` by enclosing them in "=" equal signs. Example Writing =fixed font= will show up as `fixed font` . +* **09 Feb 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * No new topic revision is created if the _same_ person saves a topic again within _one_ hour. +* **03 Feb 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Possible to view complete revision history of a topic on one page. Access at the linked date in the Changes page, or the `Diffs` link at the bottom of each topic, e.g.
Topic TWikiHistory . \{ Edit Ref-By Diffs r1.3 > r1.2 > r1.1 \}
Revision r1.3 1998/11/10 01:34 by PeterThoeny +* **04 Jan 1999** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Fixed bug when viewing differences between topic revisions that include HTML table tags like <table>, <tr>, <td>. ## 1998 -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 08 Dec 1998 • Signature is shown below the text area when editing a topic. Use this to easily copy & paste your signature into the text. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 07 Dec 1998 • Possible to add a category table to a TWiki topic. This permits storing and searching for more structured information. Editing a topic shows a HTML form with the usual text area and a table with selectors, checkboxes, radio buttons and text fields. [[TWikiDocumentation]] has more on setup. The TWiki.Know web uses this category table to set classification, platform and OS version. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 18 Nov 1998 • Internal log of topic save actions to the file `data/logYYYYMM.txt`, where `YYYYMM` the year and month in numeric format is. Intended for auditing only, not accessible from the web. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 10 Nov 1998 • The email notification and the Changes topic have now a topic date that is linked. Clicking on the link will show the difference between the two most recent topic revisions. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 10 Nov 1998 • View differences between topic revisions. Each topic has a list of revisions (e.g. `r1.3`) and differences thereof (e.g. `>`) at the bottom
Topic TWikiHistory . \{ Edit Ref-By r1.3 > r1.2 > r1.1 \}
Revision r1.3 1998/11/10 01:34 by [[PeterThoeny]] -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 26 Oct 1998 • Added preview of topic changes before saving the topic. This was necessary to prevent unneeded revisions. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 26 Oct 1998 • Added revision control using RCS. Each topic has now a list of revisions at the bottom and a revision info, e.g.
Topic TWikiHistory . \{ Edit Ref-By r1.3 r1.2 r1.1 \}
Revision r1.3 1998/10/26 01:34:00 by [[PeterThoeny]] -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 14 Oct 1998 • Refered-By Find out which topics have a link to the current topic. Each topic has a Ref-By link for that. Note Only references from the current web are shown, not references from other webs. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 13 Oct 1998 • Alphabetical topic index in [[WebSearch]]. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 24 Sep 1998 • Corrected templates for automatic email notification so that MS Outlook can display attachment as an HTML file. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 13 Aug 1998 • [[WikiNotation]] allows also numbers after the `AaA` sequence, e.g. `AaA1` is a valid [[WikiTopic]] name, but not `Aa1`. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 07 Aug 1998 • Automatic email notification when something has changed in a TWiki web. Each web has a topic [[WebNotify]] where one can subscribe and unsubscribe. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 06 Aug 1998 • Added server side include of files. Syntax is %INCLUDE:"filename.ext"% -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 05 Aug 1998 • Signature and date is inserted automatically when creating a new topic. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 04 Aug 1998 • Separate templates for text of non existing topic and default text of new topic. (template file templates/Web/notedited.tmpl) -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 04 Aug 1998 • Warn user if new topic name is not a valid Wiki name. (template file templates/Web/notwiki.tmpl) -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 31 Jul 1998 • Support for quoted text with a '>' at the beginning of the line. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 28 Jul 1998 • Added TWiki variables, enclosed in % signs %TOPIC% (Topic name), %WEB% (web name), %SCRIPTURL% (script URL), %DATE% (current date), %WIKIWEBMASTER% (Wiki webmaster address), %WIKIVERSION% (Wiki version), %USERNAME% (user name), %WIKIUSERNAME% (Wiki user name). -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 28 Jul 1998 • Topic [[WebChanges]] shows Wiki username instead of Intranet username, e.g. `PeterThoeny` instead of `thoeny` in case the Wiki username exists. Implementation Automatic lookup of Wiki username in topic [[Main/TWikiUsers]]. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 28 Jul 1998 • Topic index. (Technically speaking a simple '.\*' search on topic names.) -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 28 Jul 1998 • Topic [[WebSearch]] allows full text search and and topic search with/without regular expressions. -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 27 Jul 1998 • Added automatic links to topics in other TWiki webs by specifying <web name>.<topic name>, e.g. `Know.WebSeach` . -* [[PeterThoeny]] • 23 Jul 1998 • Installed initial version, based on the JOS Wiki. See [[WikiWikiClones]] for details. +* **08 Dec 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Signature is shown below the text area when editing a topic. Use this to easily copy & paste your signature into the text. +* **07 Dec 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Possible to add a category table to a TWiki topic. This permits storing and searching for more structured information. Editing a topic shows a HTML form with the usual text area and a table with selectors, checkboxes, radio buttons and text fields. [[TWikiDocumentation]] has more on setup. The TWiki.Know web uses this category table to set classification, platform and OS version. +* **18 Nov 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Internal log of topic save actions to the file `data/logYYYYMM.txt`, where `YYYYMM` the year and month in numeric format is. Intended for auditing only, not accessible from the web. +* **10 Nov 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * The email notification and the Changes topic have now a topic date that is linked. Clicking on the link will show the difference between the two most recent topic revisions. +* **10 Nov 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * View differences between topic revisions. Each topic has a list of revisions (e.g. `r1.3`) and differences thereof (e.g. `>`) at the bottom
Topic TWikiHistory . \{ Edit Ref-By r1.3 > r1.2 > r1.1 \}
Revision r1.3 1998/11/10 01:34 by [[PeterThoeny]] +* **26 Oct 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Added preview of topic changes before saving the topic. This was necessary to prevent unneeded revisions. +* **26 Oct 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Added revision control using RCS. Each topic has now a list of revisions at the bottom and a revision info, e.g.
Topic TWikiHistory . \{ Edit Ref-By r1.3 r1.2 r1.1 \}
Revision r1.3 1998/10/26 01:34:00 by [[PeterThoeny]] +* **14 Oct 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Refered-By Find out which topics have a link to the current topic. Each topic has a Ref-By link for that. Note Only references from the current web are shown, not references from other webs. +* **13 Oct 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Alphabetical topic index in [[WebSearch]]. +* **24 Sep 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Corrected templates for automatic email notification so that MS Outlook can display attachment as an HTML file. +* **13 Aug 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * [[WikiNotation]] allows also numbers after the `AaA` sequence, e.g. `AaA1` is a valid [[WikiTopic]] name, but not `Aa1`. +* **07 Aug 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Automatic email notification when something has changed in a TWiki web. Each web has a topic [[WebNotify]] where one can subscribe and unsubscribe. +* **06 Aug 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Added server side include of files. Syntax is %INCLUDE:"filename.ext"% +* **05 Aug 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Signature and date is inserted automatically when creating a new topic. +* **04 Aug 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Separate templates for text of non existing topic and default text of new topic. (template file templates/Web/notedited.tmpl) +* **04 Aug 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Warn user if new topic name is not a valid Wiki name. (template file templates/Web/notwiki.tmpl) +* **31 Jul 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Support for quoted text with a '>' at the beginning of the line. +* **28 Jul 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Added TWiki variables, enclosed in % signs %TOPIC% (Topic name), %WEB% (web name), %SCRIPTURL% (script URL), %DATE% (current date), %WIKIWEBMASTER% (Wiki webmaster address), %WIKIVERSION% (Wiki version), %USERNAME% (user name), %WIKIUSERNAME% (Wiki user name). +* **28 Jul 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Topic [[WebChanges]] shows Wiki username instead of Intranet username, e.g. `PeterThoeny` instead of `thoeny` in case the Wiki username exists. Implementation Automatic lookup of Wiki username in topic [[Main/TWikiUsers]]. +* **28 Jul 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Topic index. (Technically speaking a simple '.\*' search on topic names.) +* **28 Jul 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Topic [[WebSearch]] allows full text search and and topic search with/without regular expressions. +* **27 Jul 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Added automatic links to topics in other TWiki webs by specifying <web name>.<topic name>, e.g. `Know.WebSeach` . +* **23 Jul 1998** - [[PeterThoeny]] + * Installed initial version, based on the JOS Wiki. See [[WikiWikiClones]] for details. -**Related Topics** +## The Dev Process -* [[TWikiDocumentation]] has implementation details. -* [[TWikiPlannedFeatures]] has a list of planned features. -* [[TWikiEnhancementRequests]] is the place where you can add your enhancement requests. +* [[TWikiCodevFeatureBrainstorming]]: open forum for new ideas +* [[TWikiCodevTWikiEnhancementRequests]]: specific detailed request +* [[TWikiCodevTWikiPlannedFeatures]]: accepted for future development +* [[TWikiCodevFeatureToDo]]: prioritized to up-next dev status +* [[TWikiCodevFeatureUnderConstruction]]: currently in development +* [[TWikiCodevTWikiDocumentation]]: reference manual for the latest TWiki -- cgit v1.2.3