Main Web Preferences

The following settings are web preferences of the Main web. These preferences overwrite the site-level preferences in TWiki.TWikiPreferences and Main.TWikiPreferences, and can be overwritten by user preferences (your personal topic, eg: TWikiGuest in the Main web).

Web Preferences Settings

These settings override the defaults for this web only. See full list of defaults with explanation.

• Web settings:
  • Set WEBTOPICLIST = Users  |  Groups  |  Changes  |  Index  |  Search  |  Go
  • Set WEBBGCOLOR = #FFEFA6
  • Set SITEMAPWHAT = Welcome to OnumaTWiki... Users, Groups
  • Set SITEMAPUSETO = ...see who is registered on this TWiki
  • Set SITEMAPLIST = on

• Default template for new topics for this web:
  • WebTopicEditTemplate^?: Default template for new topics in this web. (Site-level is used if topic does not exist)
  • TWiki.WebTopicEditTemplate: Site-level default topic template

• Comma separated list of forms that can be attached to topics in this web. See TWikiForms for more information.
  • Set WEBFORMS = UserForm

• Users or groups who are not / are allowed to view / change / rename topics in the Main web: (See TWikiAccessControl). Remove the # to enable any of these settings. Remember that an empty setting is a valid setting; setting DENYWEBVIEW to nothing means that anyone can view the web.
  • #Set DENYWEBVIEW =
  • #Set ALLOWWEBVIEW = TWikiAdminGroup, OnumaGroup
  • #Set DENYWEBCHANGE =
  • #Set ALLOWWEBCHANGE = TWikiAdminGroup, OnumaGroup
  • #Set DENYWEBRENAME =
  • #Set ALLOWWEBRENAME = TWikiAdminGroup, OnumaGroup

• Users or groups allowed to change or rename this WebPreferences topic: (e.g., TWikiAdminGroup)
  • Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = TWikiAdminGroup
  • Set ALLOWTOPICRENAME = TWikiAdminGroup

• Web preferences that are not allowed to be overridden by user or topic preferences:
  • Set FINALPREFERENCES = NOSEARCHALL, ATTACHFILESIZELIMIT, WIKIWEBMASTER, WEBCOPYRIGHT, WEBTOPICLIST, DENYWEBVIEW, ALLOWWEBVIEW, DENYWEBCHANGE, ALLOWWEBCHANGE, DENYWEBRENAME, ALLOWWEBRENAME

Controlling access to a Topic

• You can define these settings in the WebPreferences topic, preferable towards the end of the topic:
  • #Set DENYTOPICVIEW =
  • #Set ALLOWTOPICVIEW = TWikiAdminGroup, OnumaGroup
  • #Set DENYTOPICCHANGE =
  • #Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = TWikiAdminGroup, OnumaGroup
  • #Set DENYTOPICRENAME =
  • #Set ALLOWTOPICRENAME = TWikiAdminGroup, OnumaGroup

Remember when opening up access to specific topics within a restricted web that other topics in the web - for example, the WebLeftBar - may also be accessed when viewing the topics. The message you get when you are denied access should tell you what topic you were not permitted to access.

Help on Preferences

• A preference setting is defined by:
  3 or 6 spaces * Set NAME = value
  Example:
  • Set WEBBGCOLOR = #FFFFC0
• A preferences setting can be disabled with a # sign. Remove the # sign to enable a local customisation. Example:
  
  • #Set DENYWEBCHANGE = UnknownUser
• Preferences are used as TWikiVariables by enclosing the name in percent signs. Example:
  • When you write variable %WEBBGCOLOR% , it gets expanded to #FFEFA6
• The sequential order of the preference settings is significant. Define preferences that use other preferences first, i.e. set WEBCOPYRIGHT before WIKIWEBMASTER since %WEBCOPYRIGHT% uses the %WIKIWEBMASTER% variable.
• You can introduce your own preferences variables and use them in your topics and templates.

Related Topics

• TWiki.TWikiPreferences, Main.TWikiPreferences - site-level preferences
• TWikiUsers - list of user topics. User topics can have optional user preferences
• TWikiVariables - list of common %VARIABLES%
• TWikiAccessControl - explains how to restrict access by users or groups

Tools

• Rename, move or delete this web:
  • Rename/move/delete web..., looking for references in all public webs - See also: ManagingWebs