Dear TWiki User,

I am sending this email because you requested the TWiki source in the past and asked to be notified of new production releases. Please drop me a line if you do not wish to receive further TWiki announcements.

A new TWiki version is available:

Production release 01 Dec 2000. Download it from http://TWiki.org/ ...

Changes since the last production release (01 May 2000)

• Fine grained access control with authorization based on groups.
• Advanced search features for searching multiple webs; sorting by topic name / modified time / author and more.
• Fixed security issue to prevent a server side Warning: Can't find topic "".""

• More forgiving Wiki syntax.
• All known issues of the 01 May 2000 release have been fixed.
• Some other changes and fixes.

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

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

NOTE: If you requested the source after mid November you already have this version, so you do not need to upgrade.

As you noticed we have a new domain http://TWiki.org/ , but it is still hosted at SourceForge at the usual place. (This TWiki release announcement was delayed because all docs refer to TWiki.org and there was an intermittent "404 Page Not Found" problem with the TWiki.org server that had to be fixed first.)

The place to collaborate on the TWiki development is at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/WebHome . ReadmeFirst tells you more about our development process.

TWiki is unsupported software, so please do not contact the TWiki developers if you have a technical question. A new TWiki.Support web has been 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. Some TWiki developers are also monitoring this support web, but don't necessarily answer questions. 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.

TWiki got some good marks in the press, i.e. check out the Software Carpentry, Internet Groupware for Scientific Collaboration, by Jon Udell, at http://software-carpentry.codesourcery.com/Groupware/report.html .

I had the opportunity to write an article for the December issue of the Web Techniques magazine, which is about collaboration. Check it out at http://www.webtechniques.com/

Last but not least, word of mouth is a good way of spreading the TWiki tool; any help is appreciated! More exposure means more contributions, thus a better tool!

*** 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

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http://TWiki.org/

Announced to Beta Users

Dear TWiki Developer,

I am sending this email because you requested the TWiki source in the past and asked to be notified of new production and Beta releases. Please drop me a line if you do not wish to receive further TWiki announcements.

A new TWiki version is available:

Production release 01 Dec 2000. Download from http://TWiki.org/ ... .

Changes since the last production release (01 May 2000)

• Fine grained access control with authorization based on groups.
• Advanced search features for searching multiple webs; sorting by topic name / modified time / author and more.
• Fixed security issue to prevent a server side Warning: Can't find topic "".""

• More forgiving Wiki syntax.
• All known issues of the 01 May 2000 release have been fixed.
• Some other changes and fixes.

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

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

NOTE: If you requested the source after mid November you already have this version, so you do not need to upgrade.

As you noticed we have a new domain http://TWiki.org/ , but it is still hosted at SourceForge at the usual place. (This TWiki release announcement was delayed because all docs refer to TWiki.org and there was an intermittent "404 Page Not Found" problem with the TWiki.org server that had to be fixed first.)

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 everyone for the ongoing effort!

TWiki is unsupported software. A new 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 monitor this web by subscribing in WebNotify. The goal is to help out users when needed, but also to recognize where 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.

TWiki got some good marks in the press, i.e. check out the Software Carpentry, JonUdell, Internet Groupware for Scientific Collaboration at http://software-carpentry.codesourcery.com/Groupware/report.html .

I had the opportunity to write an article for the December issue of the Web Techniques magazine, which is about collaboration. Check it out at http://www.webtechniques.com/

Last but not least, word of mouth is a good way of spreading the TWiki tool; any help is appreciated! More exposure means more contributions, thus a better tool!

*** 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

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http://TWiki.org/

-- PeterThoeny - 08 Dec 2000