Foswiki Features

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Editing

• WYSIWYG editing via the TinyMCE editor, allowing you to:
  • Create multiple levels of headings, which can be used to automatically generate tables of contents.
  • Create bulleted and numbered lists.
  • Create tables.
  • Upload and add images.
• Directly specify page content and layout using Topic Markup Language (TML).

Revision control

• View and/or restore all previous saved versions of a page.
• Compare two versions sequentially or side-by-side.

Templates

• Provide users with default content for new pages.
• Provide new 'views' of existing content.
• Develop layouts suitable for e.g. printing.

Information/data structuring

• Foswiki is a structured wiki platform, allowing you to create specific page groups ('webs') for specific needs, and to create subwebs within existing webs.
• Use DataForms to add structured data to pages.
• Allow users to add tags to pages via the TagMePlugin extension.
• Create more complex information ontologies with the TopicClassificationAddOn extension.

Macros

• Foswiki macros can be added to pages to dynamically generate page content each time the page is viewed.
• Use macro parameters to customise macro output for different contexts.
• New macros can be added via the EasyMacroPlugin and other plugins/extensions.

Information/data management

• Use Foswiki's powerful SEARCH macro to retrieve information and data from pages and dataforms.
• Create custom wiki applications for your users (simple introductory example).

Access control

• Fine-grained access control allows you to specify which users and user groups are able to view and/or edit specific webs and pages.
• Use the LdapContrib and LdapNgPlugin extensions to integrate with your existing LDAP infrastructure.

Collaboration

• Get emails notifying you of changes to particular pages or sets of pages.
• Use the TalkContrib extension to allow your users to discuss the contents of a particular page.

Internationalisation

• Support for non-English languages / character sets.
• User Interface translations for over 40 non-English languages.

Data storage

• Pages stored as plain text files by default.

Extensibility

• Many extensions available to add or modify functionality.
• Develop your own plugin using the Perl programming language and the extensive Perl libraries available on the CPAN.

Support and Community

• Lodge support requests on the foswiki.org site.
• Interact with Foswiki developers on the #foswiki IRC channel.
• Get commercial support from WikiConsultants.
• Join the Foswiki Association, dedicated to keeping Foswiki an independent ongoing project.