TWiki Release 01-Sep-2004 Advocacy

Introduction

It is important to spread the words of TWiki in a coordinated way. This topic has several versions of text which can be used to advocate TWikiRelease01Sep2004 on web sites and journals.

Here is a "how-to" hint to evangelize TWiki: Particpate on sites that discuss Wikis, especially news sites (where possible). Bookmark http://news.google.com/news?scoring=d&q=wiki+-ruben+-kiwis to see Wikis in the news. On news sites, a timely participation is key because news gets stale very quickly. Try to engage in a dialog, be accurate, and do not over-hype TWiki. Google groups is another place for advocacy, http://groups.google.com/groups?scoring=d&q=wiki+-ruben+-kiwis (although you get many hits on unrelated /wiki/ somewhere in a URL.)

Please help in fixing the non-English text of the short versions. Changes to the previous TWikiRelease01Feb2003: Modified first to fourth paragraph (The GPLed TWiki software...), added last paragraph (Major New Features...)

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Short Version (a similar version is included in readme.txt)

TWiki is both a leading Wiki for the enterprise and a flexible and powerful web based collaboration platform. It allows organizations to run a dynamic intranet site, a project development space, a document management system, a knowledge base, an issue tracking system, and many other groupware applications. People with modest skill sets can create light-weight web applications quickly without reverting back to programming.

Major corporations like Motorola, SAP, Sun Microsystems and Yahoo depend on the TWiki platform to increase the productivity of their engineering teams.

Features include automatic link generation, full text search, authorization based on groups, Web form handling, email notification of changes, file attachments to Web pages, revision control of pages and attachments, and more. A large number of Plugins and add-ons enhance the platform with action item tracking, calendaring, charting, database access, two-way RSS news feeds, LDAP connectivity, spreadsheets, XSL transformations, XP tracking, HTML publishing, and more. The server-side TWiki Plugins API allows developers to create new Lego blocks.

The GPLed TWiki software and a growing repository of over 120 Plugins can be downloaded from the TWiki.org web site at http://TWiki.org/

Major New Features of TWiki Release 01-Sep-2004:

• Automatic upgrade script, and easier first-time installation
• Attractive new skins, using a standard set of CSS classes, and a skin browser to help you choose
• New easier-to-use save options
• Many improvements to SEARCH
• Improved support for internationalisation
• Better topic management screens
• More pre-installed Plugins: CommentPlugin, EditTablePlugin, RenderListPlugin, SlideShowPlugin, SmiliesPlugin, SpreadSheetPlugin, TablePlugin
• Improved Plugins API and more Plugin callbacks
• Better support for different authentication methods
• Many user interface and usability improvements
• And many, many more enhancements

Short version - Italiano

TWiki è una piattaforma potente e flessibile per sviluppare siti web in modo collaborativo; permette di gestire siti intranet dinamici, aree di supporto per lo sviluppo di progetti, sistemi di gestione della documentazione, basi di conoscenza, sistemi di monitoraggio/supporto alla gestione dei problemi, e molte altre applicazioni "group-ware". TWiki è simile per aspetto e funzionamento ad un normale sito web intranet. Gli utenti possono creare e/o modificare liberamente i contenuti tramite qualsiasi web-browser, senza che siano necessari particolari moduli plugin.

Grandi società come Sun Microsystems, Motorola, SAP e Yahoo utilizzano la piattaforma TWiki per per incrementare la produttività dei loro gruppi di progetto e sviluppo.

Le funzioni incorporate comprendono la generazione automatica dei link ipertestuali, la ricerca full-text, il controllo delle autorizzazioni a lettura/modifica basate su gruppi, la gestione dei form, la notifica delle modifiche via e-mail, la gestione di file allegati alle pagine, il controllo della revisione per le pagine e per i file allegati, ed altro.

Il Plugin API server-side di TWiki fornisce agli sviluppatori un modo semplice per costruire nuove applicazioni "groupware". Sono disponibili molti moduli addizionali "Plugins" e "Add-ons" che permettono di arricchire la piattaforma con strumenti di monitoraggio delle attività, calendari, grafici, accesso ai database, scambio bidirezionale di news RSS, connessioni LDAP, fogli di calcolo, trasformazione XSL, monitoraggio di XP, pubblicazione di HTML, ed altro.

Il software TWiki, distribuito sotto licenza GPL, e più di 120 moduli Plugins possono essere scaricati dal sito TWiki.org all'indirizzo http://TWiki.org/.

-- AndreaFanelli - 20 May 2003

Short version - Français

Twiki est à la fois un wiki leader pour l'entreprise et une plateforme de collaboration basée sur le web, flexible et puissante. Il permet de mettre en oeuvre un intranet dynamique, un espace de développement de projets, une gestion documentaire, une base de connaissance, un système de suivi et beaucoup d'autres applications de groupware. Les personnes sans compétences particulières peuvent créer rapidement des applications web agiles, sans avoir à programmer.

De grandes Sociétés comme Motorola, SAP, Sun Microsystems et Yahoo utilisent la plateforme TWiki pour améliorer la productivité de leurs équipes techniques.

Ses fonctionnalités comprennent la génération automatique de liens, la recherche plein texte, la gestion des autorisations basée sur les groupes, l'utilisation d'attributs de page, de notifications de changements par email, d'attachements de fichiers aux pages web, de contrôle de révision des pages et des attachements, et beaucoup d'autres possibilités. Un nombre important de plugins et d'add-ons enrichit la plateforme : suivi des actions, calendriers, graphiques, accès aux bases de données, canaux RSS dans les deux sens, connectivé LDAP, tableur, transformations XSL, suivi de projet XP, publication html, et plus encore. Côté serveur, l'API des plugins TWiki offre aux développeurs un moyen pour construire de nouveaux briques d'applications, comme des blocs de Lego.

Le logiciel TWiki, distribué avec une licence GPL, et plus de 120 Plugins, peuvent être téléchargés depuis le site web http://TWiki.org/.

Les nouvelles caractéristiques majeures de la version 01-Sep-2004 de TWiki :

• Script de mise à niveau automatique et première installation plus facile
• Nouvelles interfaces attractives (skins) avec utilisation d'un ensemble de classes CSS et d'un navigateur d'interfaces pour vous aider à les choisir
• Nouvelles options de sauvegarde plus faciles à utiliser
• Nombreuses améliorations de la fonction SEARCH
• Support international amélioré
• Meilleurs écrans de gestion des pages
• Encore plus de plugins pré-installés : CommentPlugin, EditTablePlugin, RenderListPlugin, SlideShowPlugin, SmiliesPlugin, SpreadSheetPlugin, TablePlugin
• API des plugins améliorée et plus de callbacks sur les plugins
• Meilleur support des différentes méthodes d'authentification
• De nombreuses améliorations de l'interface et de l'utilisabilité
• Et beaucoup, beaucoup plus d'améliorations encore.

-- BenoitFauvel - 04 Sep 2003 - 12 Oct 2004

Short version - German

TWiki ist eine flexible und machtvolle Plattform für Gruppenarbeit. Sie ermöglicht die Gestaltung dynamischer Intranet-Auftritte und bietet Möglichkeiten für Projektentwicklung, den Aufbau eines Dokumenten-Verwaltungssystems, einer Wissensdatenbank, eines Systems zur Anfragen-Bearbeitung und viele weitere Anwendungen im Bereich der Gruppenarbeit.

TWiki erscheint als normale Intranet- oder Web-Seite. Anwender können mit jedem Web-Browser beliebig bestehende Inhalte ändern oder neue Inhalte einpflegen, ohne dass besondere Zusätze für den Browser benötigt werden.

Große Firmen wie Sun Microsystems, Motorola, SAP und Yahoo verwenden die TWiki-Plattform, um die Produktivität ihrer Ingenieurteams zu verbessern.

Die Möglichkeiten beinhalten die automatische Erzeugung von Verweisen, eine Volltextsuche, ein gruppen-basierendes Berechtigungskonzept, Formular-Gestaltung, Änderungsmitteilungen per eMail, Dateianhänge zu den Webseiten, Versionskontrolle der Seiten und Anhänge und anderes.

Die serverseitige TWiki Schnittstelle zur Programmierung von Erweiterungen bietet Entwicklern einen einfachen Weg, neue Anwendungen für die Gruppenarbeit zu erstellen.

Eine grosse Anzahl von Erweiterungen bereichert die Plattform: Aufgabenvergabe und -überwachung, Grafik- und Kalenderfunktionen, Datenbankzugriffe, Zweiwege-RSS, LDAP-Verbindungen, Tabellenkalkulationsfunktionen, XSL-Transformationen, Überwachung von XP-Projekten, HTML-Publikationen und mehr.

Die TWiki-Software steht unter der GNU General Public Licence. Sie und über 120 Erweiterungen können von der TWiki.org-Webseite unter http://TWiki.org/ geladen werden.

-- MartinLange - 15 Mar 2004

Short version - Español

TWiki es una plataforma de colaboración flexible y poderosa a través de la web que posibilita la gestión de sitios de intranet dinámicos, espacios para el desarrollo de proyectos, sistemas de gestión de documentos, bases de datos conocimiento, sistemas de seguimiento de problemas y muchas otras aplicaciones de grupos o "groupware". TWiki es similar en aspecto y funcionamiento a un sitio web o de intranet. Los usuarios pueden crear y modificar libremente el contenido desde cualquier navegador de páginas web, sin necesidad de módulos o "plugins" adicionales.

Compañías importantes como Sun Microsystems, Motorola, SAP y Yahoo utilizan la plataforma de TWiki para aumentar la productividad de sus grupos de desarrollo e ingeniería.

Entre sus múltiples funciones se incluyen la generación automática de enlaces de hypertexto, busqueda en todo el texto, autorización basada en grupos, manejo de planillas web, notificación de cambios a través de correo electrónico, archivos anexos a paginas web, control de revisión de páginas y de archivos anexos y mucho mas.

La interfaz de desarrollo (API) para "Plugins" del TWiki le proveé al desarrollador una manera sencilla para la creación de nuevas aplicaciones "groupware". Un gran número de "Plugins" y otras adiciones permiten aumentar la plataforma con instrumentos para el seguimiento de actividad, calendarios, graficos, acceso a bases de datos, intercambio bidireccional de noticias mediante RSS, conexiones LDAP, hojas de cálculo, transformaciones XSL, monitoréo de XP, publicacion de HTML y mucho mas.

El software de TWiki, distribuido bajo la licencia pública de GNU (GPL), y más de 120 "Plugins", pueden ser descargados de la dirección web http://TWiki.org/ .

-- EdgarBrown - 03 Apr 2004

Short version - Português

O TWiki é uma plataforma de colaboração via web poderosa e flexível, que permite a implantação de uma página dinâmica numa intranet, um espaço para desenvolvimento de projetos, um sistema de gerenciamento de documentação, uma base de conhecimento, um sistema de acompanhamento de atividades, e muitas outras aplicações em grupo. O TWiki parece uma página de intranet ou uma página web normal. Os usuários podem livremente alterar ou criar conteúdo usando qualquer navegador, sem a necessidade de Plugins especiais.

Grandes empresas como a Motorola, a SAP, a Sun Microsystems e o Yahoo dependem da plataforma do TWiki para aumentar a produtividade das suas equipes de engenharia.

Entre as funcionalidades estão geração automática de links, busca completa por texto, autorização baseada em grupos, anexar arquivos a páginas web, notificação de alterações por e-mail, gerenciamento de formulários, controle de versões de páginas e de arquivos, entre outras. A API de Plugins para o servidor TWiki oferece aos desenvolvedores uma forma simples de construir novas aplicações em grupo. O grande número de Plugins e extensões aperfeiçoam a plataforma com acompanhamento de ações, calendários, gráficos, acesso a banco de dados, fornececimento e utilização de resumos RSS, conectividade com serviçoes LDAP, planilhas, transformações XSL, acompanhamento de XP (extreme programming), publicação de HTML, entre outros.

O software do TWiki, licensiado pela GPL, e um crescente repositório de mais de 120 Plugins podem ser baixados da página web TWiki.org em http://TWiki.org/

As novas funcionalidades mais importantes da versão 01-Sep-2004 do TWiki:

• Script automático de atualização, e instalação inicial mais fácil.
• Novas skins atrativas, usando um conjunto padrão de classes CSS, e um navegador de skins para ajudá-lo a escolher.
• Novas opções, mais fáceis, ao salvar.
• Diversas melhorias nas buscas.
• Suporte melhorado a internacionalização.
• Melhores telas de gerenciamento de tópicos.
• Mais Plugins pré-instalados: CommentPlugin, EditTablePlugin, RenderListPlugin, SlideShowPlugin, SmiliesPlugin, SpreadSheetPlugin, TablePlugin
• API de Plugins melhorada e novas chamadas aos Plugins.
• Melhor suporte para métodos diferentes de autenticação.
• Diversas melhorias na interface do usuário e na usabilidade.
• E muitas, muitas outras melhorias.

-- AntonioTerceiro - 10 Sep 2004

Short version - language Y

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Freshmeat.net Announcement

Note: This is a slightly edited version from the TWiki project listing at Freshmeat.net.

About

TWiki is a flexible, powerful, and simple Web based collaboration platform. Major corporations like Motorola, SAP, Sun Microsystems and Yahoo use it for dynamic intranets and knowledge bases, and for sharing and managing documents and collaborative projects. It resembles a normal Web site, but every page can be changed from a browser. It features automatic link generation, full text search, group authorization, Web forms, reporting, change notification, file attachments, revision control of pages and attachments, a modular templating system with skins, hierarchical navigation based on the topic parenting feature, and more. The server side Plugins API can be used to enhance the program and to build groupware applications. The TWiki software and a growing repository of over 120 Plugins can be downloaded from the TWiki.org web site.

Links and Categories

• Homepage: http://TWiki.org/
• Tar/GZ: http://TWiki.org/download.html
• Zip: http://TWiki.org/download.html
• Changelog: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWikiHistory
• Source tree: http://svn.twiki.org/svn/twiki/branches/MAIN
• Demo site: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Main/WebHome
• Trove categories:
  • Development Status :: 6 - Mature
  • Environment :: Web Environment
  • Intended Audience :: Developers, End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
  • License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
  • Programming Language :: Perl
  • Topic :: File Sharing, Information Management :: Document Repositories, Information Management :: Issue Tracking, Information Management :: Metadata/Semantic Models, Information Management :: Workflow Frameworks, Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content, Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content :: CGI Tools/Libraries, Office/Business :: Groupware, Text Processing :: Markup :: HTML/XHTML

New Release

Note: News at http://freshmeat.net/projects/twiki/?branch_id=10825&release_id=171734

Changes: This release features an automatic upgrade script; attractive new skins, using a standard set of CSS classes; a skin browser to help you choose; new easier-to-use save options; many improvements to SEARCH; improved support for internationalisation; better topic management screens; more pre-installed Plugins CommentPlugin, EditTablePlugin, RenderListPlugin, SlideShowPlugin, SmiliesPlugin, SpreadSheetPlugin, TablePlugin; improved Plugins API and more Plugin callbacks; better support for different authentication methods; and many user interface and usability improvements.

• Version: 01-Sep-2004
• Release focus: 5 - Major feature enhancements
• License: GPL
• Homepage: http://TWiki.org/
• Tar/GZ: http://TWiki.org/download.html
• Zip: http://TWiki.org/download.html
• Changelog: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWikiHistory
• Source tree: http://svn.twiki.org/svn/twiki/trunk/
• Demo site: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Main/WebHome
• freshmeat project page: http://freshmeat.net/projects/twiki/

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SourceForge.net Announcement

Summary: TWiki Collaboration - new production release 01-Sep-2004

TWiki is a flexible, powerful, and simple Web based collaboration platform, suitable for dynamic intranets and knowledge bases, and for sharing and managing documents and collaborative projects.

The new release features an automatic upgrade script; attractive new skins, using a standard set of CSS classes; a skin browser to help you choose; new easier-to-use save options; many improvements to SEARCH; improved support for internationalisation; better topic management screens; more pre-installed Plugins CommentPlugin, EditTablePlugin, RenderListPlugin, SlideShowPlugin, SmiliesPlugin, SpreadSheetPlugin, TablePlugin; improved Plugins API and more Plugin callbacks; better support for different authentication methods; and many user interface and usability improvements.

TWiki, Plugins and add-ons are available from http://twiki.org/

(copied from https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=404433)

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Press Release

Note: Submitted to LinuxPR, http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/7260.html

Headline:

TWiki.org Announces New Version of its Flexible and Powerful Web-Based Collaboration Platform

Lead:

Major corporations like Motorola, SAP, Sun Microsystems and Yahoo use TWiki to run dynamic intranet sites, share knowledge, and create light-weight web applications quickly.

Press Release:

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 15, 2004 - TWiki.org today announced a new version of its popular web-based collaboration platform TWiki. Companies use TWiki to run a project development space, a document management system, a knowledge base, or any other groupware tool, on an intranet or on the Internet. TWiki provides users with an Edit link on every page that instantly allows them to freely create and change content on a web page. People with modest skill sets can create light-weight web applications quickly without reverting back to programming. It is installed on a web server and can be operated from any web browser, without requiring special browser Plugins.

The new version of TWiki offers a number of new features, including:

• Attractive new skins using a standard set of CSS classes
• Pre-installed Plugins to add comments, calculate spreadsheets, edit tables, render lists and run slideshows
• Many user interface and usability improvements
• Search improvements
• Easier-to-use save options
• Automatic upgrade script

"TWiki is designed to eliminate the 'one webmaster syndrome' where intranet content is outdated and insufficient," said Peter Thoeny, the author of TWiki. "TWiki empowers employees by allowing them to instantly make changes to the intranet and, combined with a peer review of content, makes sure that content is up to date and accurate. Extending conventional Wikis, TWiki allows you to give structure to unstructured Wiki content. This is based on features such as web forms, parent-child relationships, organization trees, spreadsheets, name spaces and more."

Major companies use TWiki to increase the productivity of their teams. "Synopsys' Verification Group uses TWiki extensively," said Joao Geada, a principal engineer, Verification Group, Synopsys, Inc., the world leader in semiconductor design software. "Our group has a large number of employees spread across 10 locations and three continents. Many of our R&D employees, from senior managers to junior developers, use TWiki to collaborate on documents. It is valuable for internal documentation purposes, from documenting requirements and architectures to tracking the progress of implementation. TWiki's ease of use and reliability has made it possible for our R&D group to operate and coordinate more efficiently."

About TWiki Web-Based Collaboration Platform

TWiki extends the free-form and creative world of Wiki systems where content can be shared as easily as e-mail; it adds structure to content, which can be browsed, searched, grouped, categorized, filtered and access restricted. TWiki looks and feels like a normal intranet or web site. In addition, an Edit link on every page allows users to freely create and change content. TWiki is installed on a web server and can be operated from any web browser, without requiring special browser Plugins. Features include automatic link generation, full text search, authorization based on groups, web form handling, reporting, e-mail change notification, file attachments to web pages, revision control of pages and attachments, a modular templating system with skins, and more.

TWiki with its server-side plug-ins API is a platform where developers can build groupware applications in an efficient way. More than 120 Plugins and add-ons are currently available for download at the TWiki.org web site, including an Action Tracker Plugin, Calendar Plugin, Chart Plugin, Database Plugin, Headlines Plugin to display RSS news feeds, LDAP Plugin, Poll Plugin, Slideshow Plugin for web-based presentations, Spreadsheet Plugin, XML XSL Plugin, XP Tracker Plugin, Mail to TWiki Add-On, Publish Add-On to generate static HTML pages, Web Services Add-On, and more. TWiki is available for download from the TWiki.org website.

About TWiki.org:

TWiki.org's mission is to provide a leading edge, web-based collaboration platform targeting the corporate Intranet world. TWiki fosters information flow within an organization; lets distributed teams work together seamlessly and productively; and eliminates the one-webmaster syndrome of outdated intranet content. TWiki has been downloaded tens of thousands of times and is in use at major corporations and also at many public web sites.

For more information, contact:
Peter Thoeny, peter@thoeny.com
http://TWiki.org/

• TWiki-Press-Release-2004-10-15.doc: TWiki press release in Word format

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-- PeterThoeny - 01 Sep 2004

Feedback

Press release is done now, finally after a long delay. Thanks to Synopsys to make this happen!

-- PeterThoeny - 15 Oct 2004

I'm missing a White-Paper sort of document that I could give to our IT Group. In lack of finding one, I've created the attached Word-version of the twiki.org homepage! Do you find this useful?

• twikiWhitePaper-WhatAndWhy.doc: "White Paper" of TWiki

-- TorbenGB - 19 Oct 2004