# TWiki History: The Dev Timeline
## 2001
* **_JohnTalintyre 30 Aug 2001 (Mar/May 2001) Ability to move attachments between topics, see [[FileAttachments]]_** MM
* **_PeterThoeny 21 Aug 2001 Convert to XHTML 1.0 goal is to XHTML-ify TWiki. [[ConvertToXHTML10]]_** MM
* **_JohnTalintyre 26 Jun 2001 Category information to form using [[MetaDataDefinition]] format_** MM
* [[PeterThoeny]] 07 Jun 2001 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, 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).
## 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. %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>.
## 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.
**Related Topics**
* [[TWikiDocumentation]] has implementation details.
* [[TWikiPlannedFeatures]] has a list of planned features.
* [[TWikiEnhancementRequests]] is the place where you can add your enhancement requests.