SID-00200: %TWISTY at Login

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.2.4	Perl version:	5.8.9
Category:	CategoryInstallation	Server OS:	FreeBSD 7.1	Last update:	17 years ago

I've done a clean install on FreeBSD and everything seems to be ok. I have a few gremlins that I'm trying to work out.

The first is that when I come to login im getting the following text around the box where you put in your unsername.....

Username

"TWISTY{mode="span" showlink="Help" hidelink="Hide help" remember="on"}%

Enter your LoginName. (Typically First name and last name, no space, no dots, capitalized, e.g. JohnSmith, unless you chose otherwise). Visit TWikiRegistration if you do not have one.

%ENDTWISTY"

Its the %TWISTY etc etc bit that surely isnt supposed to be there and I'm wondering why it is. I've had to take out a couple of "%" in the above text as when I previewed it on the forum the text wasnt showing.

-- TWikiGuest - 18 Mar 2009

Discussion and Answer

It seems that you're somehow missing TwistyPlugin and/or TwistyContrib (or possibly even BehaviourContrib), which is used to show/hide the help text,
like so: Show Help Hide help

The help text would go here.

Go to InstalledPlugins in your TWiki web (or whatever you call your %SYSTEMWEB%) and check whether:

1. TwistyPlugin is installed, and scroll down to "Plugin Diagnostics" to see whether there are errors associated with it.
2. BehaviourContrib, TwistyContrib, and TwistyPlugin are listed under "All Contrib Modules".

BTW, you might want to consider using JQueryTwistyPlugin instead:

1. It uses animation for a smooth open/close (instead of making the page jump), which is easier on the eye and helps the reader not lose where he was in the document.
2. It has a smaller overall download, for a faster page load time.
3. It is a pre-requisite to EditChapterPlugin, which every TWiki should have (IMHO).

JQueryTwistyPlugin requires that you install JQueryPlugin too, but then you can uninstall TwistyPlugin and TwistyContrib.
Contrary to its documentation, you shouldn't uninstall BehaviourContrib. There is at least one hard-coded reference to it in the core, causing a javascript error if it is removed.

-- SeanCMorgan - 18 Mar 2009

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