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Announcement of 01 Sep 2001 Production Release to Users and Developers

See also: TWikiAnnouncements, TWikiPublicity20010901


Announcement to Users

Subject: Announcement: TWiki Production Release 01 Sep 2001
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 10:30:40 -0700
From: PeterThoeny
To: TWiki User List

Dear TWiki User:

A new TWiki version is available:

  • Production release 01 Sep 2001
  • Download from ...

The new version has many exciting new features compared to the previous production release (01 Dec 2000). The new TWiki is positioned as: "A flexible, powerful, and easy-to-use Web-based collaboration platform." Read more at: http://TWiki.org/

TWiki (TM) is a trademark of Peter Thoeny. TWiki is developed as Free Software under the GNU/GPL.

NEW FEATURES:

  • TWikiPlugins - Easily install program enhancements using external plug-in modules. Developers can create plug-ins in Perl, with the TWiki Plugin API.
  • Attachments Under Revision Control - Changes made to files attached to topics are now saved under revision control (RCS).
  • TWikiTemplates - A more flexible, modular template system.
  • TWikiSkins - Overwrite template headers and footers; page content is unaffected.
  • TWikiForms - Use multiple input forms per web; data is rendered as HTML tables. Replaces the TWikiCategoryTable system.
  • Manage Topics - Individual topics can be renamed, moved and deleted through the browser. Deleted topics are stored in a common Trash web.
  • Change Passwords - Change and reset passwords using forms.
  • TOC (Table of Contents) - %TOC% variable generates a hierarchical table of contents from topic headings <h1>...<h6>.
  • Arbitrary Text for WikiWord Links - Text formatting rules to generate automatic links from any combination of words and spaces.
  • XHTML - Templates and HTML page rendering in XHTML 1.0 as far as possible without breaking HTML 3.2 compliance.
  • Hierarchical Navigation based on topic parents - used to link topics hierarchically.
  • Plus many more changes and fixes.

The complete change history is at: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWikiHistory

Upgrading from the 01 Dec 2000 version is described in http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWikiUpgradeGuide

ALL-NEW PLUG-INS FEATURE

Check out the initial set of Plugins, like SessionPlugin, SmiliesPlugin, SpreadSheetPlugin, TocPlugin and more, at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/WebHome. The new Plugins web is already quite filled out, and building up steadily. Stay tuned.

Developers, you're encouraged to write your own Plugins and contribute back to the TWiki community. Our goal is to establish Plugins as the foundation of a powerful, versatile collaboration platform.

TWIKI SUPPORT

For software support, the TWiki.Support web is available for people who have a technical questions or questions about TWiki deployment. This support forum is for TWiki users by TWiki users. The core development team keeps an eye on postings, but doesn't necessarily answer questions. In practice, contributors and users are active in discussing and helping out! Get TWiki Support at: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Support/WebHome

TWIKI USERS

TWiki is steadily growing in popularity, with multiple downloads daily. TWiki is mainly used behind corporate firewalls. Users include many major companies, like 3Com, AMD, Alcatel, Amazon.com, AT&T,...through Xerox.

Word of mouth is a good way of spreading the TWiki word - all support is appreciated! More exposure means more contributions, and a better system!

** REQUEST FOR PAPER! **

If you have a successful deployment of TWiki, we would really appreciate your supporting the TWiki project by writing a TWiki success story. This helps to promote the tool, leading to more input, and a continuously improving product! More on this at: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Main/TWikiSuccessStories

Last but not least, thanks for all the contributions of ideas, code and docs. We have a great community at TWiki.org!

Best regards and happy TWiki'ing,

Peter

--
Peter Thoeny - Peter@ThoenyPLEASENOSPAM.com
http://TWiki.org/

PS: You received this e-mail because you, or someone using your e-mail address, downloaded TWiki in the past and checkmarked to be notified of new production releases. Please let me know if you would like to be removed from the list.


Announcement to Beta Users

Subject: Announcement: TWiki Production Release 01 Sep 2001
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 09:28:19 -0700
From: PeterThoeny
To: TWiki Beta User List

Dear TWiki Developer:

A new TWiki version is available:

  • Production release 01 Sep 2001.
  • Download from ...

The new version has many exciting new features compared to the previous production release (01 Dec 2000), so we've positioned TWiki somewhat differently: "A flexible, powerful, and easy to use Web-based collaboration platform." Read more at http://TWiki.org/

NEW FEATURES:

  • TWikiPlugins - Easily install program enhancements using external plug-in modules. Developers can create plug-ins in Perl, with the TWiki Plugin API.
  • Attachments Under Revision Control - Changes made to files attached to topics are now saved under revision control (RCS).
  • TWikiTemplates - A more flexible, modular template system.
  • TWikiSkins - Overwrite template headers and footers; page content is unaffected.
  • TWikiForms - Use multiple input forms per web; data is rendered as HTML tables. Replaces the TWikiCategoryTable system.
  • Manage Topics - Individual topics can be renamed, moved and deleted through the browser. Deleted topics are stored in a common Trash web.
  • Change Passwords - Change and reset passwords using forms.
  • TOC (Table of Contents) - %TOC% variable generates a hierarchical table of contents from topic headings <h1>...<h6>.
  • Arbitrary Text for WikiWord Links - Text formatting rules to generate automatic links from any combination of words and spaces.
  • XHTML - Templates and HTML page rendering in XHTML 1.0 as far as possible without breaking HTML 3.2 compliance.
  • Hierarchical Navigation based on topic parents - used to link topics hierarchically.
  • Plus many more changes and fixes.

The complete change history is at http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWikiHistory

Upgrading from the 01 Dec 2000 version is described in http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWikiUpgradeGuide

As you know, the place to collaborate on TWiki development is at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/WebHome . ReadmeFirst tells you more about our development process. If interested you can subscribe to the TWiki.Codev web and also to the TWiki-Dev mailing list.

There have been many contributions since the last release; and there are many contributions that could not make it into this release. More to come soon. Thanks to everyone for the ongoing effort!

Check out the initial set of Plugins, like SessionPlugin, SmiliesPlugin, SpreadSheetPlugin, TocPlugin and more, at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/WebHome . BTW, the Plugins web still needs some work, also the "how to" has some details missing. Stay tuned.

You as a developer are encouraged to write your own Plugins and contribute back to the TWiki community. Our goal is to get many useful Plugins over time. Those Plugins are the foundation to establish a powerful collaboration platform.

TWiki is unsupported software. The TWiki.Support web is established for people who have a technical question or any question about the TWiki deployment. This support web is for TWiki users by TWiki users. We developers should keep an eye on this web, but we do not necessarily need to answer questions. Nevertheless I would appreciate if you'd monitor this web by subscribing in WebNotify. The goal is to help out users when needed, but also to recognize where program, documentation and FAQs need to improve. Access at http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Support/WebHome .

TWiki is getting more and more popular. We have now many downloads per day. TWiki is mainly used behind corporate firewalls, including many major companies, like 3Com, AMD, Alcatel, Amazon.com, AT&T,...through Xerox.

Word of mouth is a good way of spreading the TWiki platform; any help is appreciated! More exposure means more contributions, thus a better system!

Last but not least, thanks for all the contributions of ideas, code and docs. We have a great community at TWiki.org!

*** REQUEST FOR PAPER:

If you have a successful deployment of TWiki, we would really appreciate if you could support the TWiki community by writing a TWiki success story. This helps in promoting the tool, which in turn will result in a better product. More on that at http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Main/TWikiSuccessStories

Best regards and happy TWiki'ing,

Peter

--
Peter@ThoenyPLEASENOSPAM.com - http://TWiki.org/

PS: You received this e-mail because you, or someone using your e-mail address, downloaded TWiki in the past and checkmarked to be notified of new production releases. Please let me know if you would like to be removed from the list.


See also: TWikiAnnouncements, TWikiPublicity20010901

-- PeterThoeny - 20 Sep 2001

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