TWiki expands the following variables enclosed in % percent signs:
| Variable: | Expanded to: |
%WIKIHOMEURL% |
The base script URL of TWiki, link of Home icon in upper left corner is /wiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome |
%SCRIPTURL% |
The script URL of TWiki, is http://caboteria.org/wiki/bin |
%SCRIPTURLPATH% |
The path of the script URL of TWiki, is /wiki/bin |
%PUBURL% |
The public URL of TWiki, is http://caboteria.org/wiki/pub |
%PUBURLPATH% |
The path of the public URL of TWiki, is /wiki/pub |
%ATTACHURL% |
The attachment URL of the current topic, is http://caboteria.org/wiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiVariables
Example: If you attach a file you can refer to it as %ATTACHURL%/image.gif |
%ATTACHURLPATH% |
The path of the attachment URL of the current topic, is /wiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiVariables |
%WIKITOOLNAME% |
Name of wiki tool, is The Caboteria |
%WIKIVERSION% |
Wiki tool version, is TWiki-5.1.4, Sat, 16 Feb 2013, build 25114 |
%USERNAME% |
Your login username, is guest |
%WIKIUSERNAME% |
Your Wiki username, if defined in TWikiUsers. Same as %USERNAME% if not defined. Is Main.TWikiGuest |
%WEB% |
The current web, is TWiki |
%TOPIC% |
The current topic name, is TWikiVariables |
%DATE% |
Todays date, is 30 Apr 2025 |
%INCLUDE{"file.ext"}% |
Server side include, includes the text of a file. The default directory is the current Wiki web. Example: %INCLUDE{"../Know/TopicName.txt"}% |
%SEARCH{"str" ...}% |
Inline search, shows a search result embedded in a topic. Parameter is composed of the search string, followed by optional name="value" pairs:
| Pair: |
Description: |
Default: |
web="Name" |
Specify Wiki web to search |
Current web |
scope="topic" |
Search topic name (title) |
Topic text (body) |
regex="on" |
RegularExpression search |
Literal search |
casesensitive="on" |
Case sensitive search |
Ignore case |
nosummary="on" |
Show topic title only |
Show topic summary |
nosearch="on" |
Suppress search string |
Show search string |
nototal="on" |
Do not show number of topics found |
Show number |
Example: %SEARCH{"wiki" web="Main" scope="topic"}% |
Additional variables are defined in the preferences ( site-level (
SL ) in
TWikiPreferences, web-level (
WL ) in
WebPreferences of each web, and user level (
UL ) preferences in individual user topics):
| Variable: | Level: | What: |
%WIKIWEBMASTER% |
SL |
Webmaster email address (sender of email notifications) , is webmaster@caboteria.org |
%WIKIWEBLIST% |
SL |
List of The Caboteria webs (in upper right corner of topics) |
%WEBTOPICLIST% |
WL |
Common links of web (second line of topics) |
%WEBCOPYRIGHT% |
SL , WL |
Copyright notice (bottom right corner of topics) |
%WEBBGCOLOR% |
WL |
Background color of web |
%EDITBOXWIDTH% |
SL , UL |
Horizontal size of edit box, is 70 |
%EDITBOXHEIGHT% |
SL , UL |
Vertical size of edit box, is 20 |
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