Question
It would be helpful to have a "quick start" guide to customizing TWiki out-of-the-box. It was difficult to get running at first, but now that we have TWiki working, figuring out how to customize it seems a bit challenging - there are a alot of sparse documents around.
For example, it would be nice to have the default Webs handy, but in a different web, and to create a customized Main, and perhaps add some other Webs that might be relevant to the organization using TWiki.
As I understand, you have to manually run in and create webs from the shell prompt.
My point is that some of the docs fall a little short and don't go far enough, or the information that's needed is in too many different places.
When I create a new Web, it never shows up on the "TWiki Webs:" list on the page.
I imagine that it would be useful to follow the lead of other projects like phpBB where you have a simple web-based installation CGI whereupon you can configure everything needed and be up and running with a minimum amount of hassle. The install.sh script that is on the site is out of date, and appears not to be recommended.
That said, TWiki is very cool - some of these issues are just rough edges that could be ironed out with some effort.
Thanks.
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ForrestAldrich - 03 Apr 2004
Answer
Thanks Forrest for the good feedback. We are working on improving the out-of-box experience over time. Recent
TWikiBetaReleases have a web based interface to create new webs etc.
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PeterThoeny - 02 Jun 2004