Tips Contrib Package
Displays a rotating "Tip of the Day" to help familiarize new users with Foswiki features. Includes an application for creating custom tips for local installation.
Summary of Contents
- Set on
TipTopic topics providing brief lessons on Foswiki features. See TipsTopics.
- Set of topics for creating and managing
TipTopicXXX topics. See TipsOfTheDayAdmin.
Detailed Documentation
CSS used by TipsContrib
- .tipsOfTheDay - overall container
- .tipsOfTheDayContents - container for tipsOfTheDayHeader and tipsOfTheDayText
- strong.tipsOfTheDayHeader - header that says "Tip of the Day"
- .tipsOfTheDayText - the tip; contains title and tip summary and link "Read on"
- .tipsOfTheDayTitle - title of the tip; the link to the tip topic
Installation Instructions
Note: You do not need to install anything on the browser to use this contrib package. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the package on the server where Foswiki is running.
- Download the ZIP file from the Plugin web (see below)
- Unzip
TipsContrib.zip in your Foswiki installation directory. Content: | File: | Description: |
lib/Foswiki/Contrib/TipsContrib.pm | (noci) |
lib/Foswiki/Contrib/TipsContrib/DEPENDENCIES | (noci) |
data/System/TipsContrib.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic001.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic002.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic003.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic004.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic005.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic006.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic007.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic008.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic009.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic010.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic011.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic012.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic013.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic014.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic015.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic016.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic017.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic018.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic019.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic020.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic021.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic022.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic023.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic024.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic025.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic026.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic027.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic028.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipTopic029.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipsTopics.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipsOfTheDay.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipsOfTheDayAddNew.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipsOfTheDayAdmin.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipsOfTheDayInclude.txt | (noci) |
data/System/TipsOfTheDayTemplate.txt | (noci) |
Contrib Info
Change History:
28 Nov 2012: (1.2.0)
Version released with Foswiki 1.1.6. Convert to perl version strings.
06 Apr 2012:
Version released with Foswiki 1.1.5. Minor html cleanup and modernization.
05 Dec 2011:
Version released with Foswiki 1.1.4. Minor code cleanup and documentation updates.
11 Apr 2011:
Version released with Foswiki 1.1.3. Only a minor change related to how the contrib is being upgraded
14 Apr 2010:
Fix the "Add tip for plugin" form; Fix styles; Set correct parent on a new custom tip
16 Dec 2008:
Foswiki version
04 Jan 2007:
Performance improvement
Related Topics: SitePreferences