Question

I recently installed the 01Feb2003 TWiki and then added a number of Plugins. Most Plugins are installed in the TWiki web, but two I have went into data/Plugin (ActionTrackerPlugin and TocPlugin). The funny thing is that TocPlugin appears in the plugin list in TWikiPreferences, while ActionTrackerPlugin does not.

I also find that my list of Webs now has a Plugins? web listed, which however is empty due to the missing WebHome.txt etc. Should I simply copy the files from _default/* over to have a web structure like I would do with any other web? Or should I move the plugins txt files over to the TWiki web instead?

I believe the structure for the Plugins web should be precreated

• TWiki version: 01Feb2003
• Perl version: 5.6.1
• Web server & version:
• Server OS:
• Web browser & version:
• Client OS:

-- MathiasKoerber - 25 Feb 2003

Answer

This is an unresolved issue, some Plugins are packaged for the TWiki web, some for the Plugins web. For your own installation I recommend to use one or the other for Plugins, but not both.

In case you use the Plugins web, create a regular web first (with all Web* topics), then install your Plugins there. Plugins that are packaged for the TWiki web can be copied in here too (unpack into a temp dir, then copy the data/TWiki/* and pub/TWiki/* (if any) into the Plugins web (data dir and pub dir).

Proceed accordingly if you use the TWiki web to store all Plugins.

A Plugin might not show up for several reasons. It might fail to compile, check the Apache error logs (Plugins fail silently with earlier TWiki versions). Check if the Plugin is disabled, either in TWiki.cfg, TWikiPreferences, or the init routine of the Plugin Perl module.

-- PeterThoeny - 25 Feb 2003