SID-00111: Render list of backlinks at the bottom of every topic

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.2.4	Perl version:
Category:	CategoryMissingFunctionality	Server OS:		Last update:	17 years ago

We plan to migrate our Wiki from an obsolete software to the TWiki. However, the old Wiki software was able to render a comma-separated list of topics referencing the current topic at the bottom of every page. Is this possible with TWiki? A search in plugins did not turn up any results. I know you can click on Backlinks in the bottom bar, but that is not as direct.

-- MarcPhilipp - 17 Feb 2009

Discussion and Answer

The list of backlinks is generated from a template ( /templates/backlinksweb.tmpl or /templates/backlinksinallweb.tmpl, depending on which option you prefer). Copy that content into view.tmpl to get the behavior you want.

See TWikiTemplates for more information.

-- SeanCMorgan - 17 Feb 2009

This search should work:

%SEARCH{
  "(^|[\[\(\ ])%TOPIC%([^A-Za-z0-9]|$)"
  type="regex" scope="text" nonoise="on"
  excludetopic="%BASETOPIC%" web="%BASEWEB%"
  format="[[$web.$topic][$topic]]" separator=", "
}%

You could also do a search across all webs with a web="all" parameter. Please note that there will be a performance impact.

-- PeterThoeny - 17 Feb 2009

>This search should work:

And it's simpler. You may still want to put it in a view template though, to get it to appear on every page.

-- SeanCMorgan - 18 Feb 2009

Thank you for your helpful replies. I will try it out as soon as possible.

-- MarcPhilipp - 18 Feb 2009

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