Question

If I use the %WEB% variable in a topic which I include in other topics, the value will be the web of the included topic and not the web of the topic which includes the other one. I would expect to get the web I'm currently navigating in.

• TWiki version: 20001201
• Web server: Apache
• Server OS: Solatis 2.6

-- MatthiasLoepfe - 22 Jun 2001

Answer

The %WEB% variable points to the web of the topic where the variable is written. The latest Beta has in addition %INCLUDINGWEB% and %INCLUDINGTOPIC% variables that points to the web and topic of the originating topic that includes that topic. See details in TWikiVariables.

-- PeterThoeny - 23 Jun 2001

%WEB% is used instead of the Web name itself in text

• if the web might get renamed
• if the page might be moved
• if the page was written to be used as a template
• ...there are probably more reasons...

In the third case, it's much more apt to be included in a remote topic.

I think that %WEB% being the current web, and a variable referring to the original source web, say %SOURCEWEB% would map better to the problem space that the way it is now.

The way it is now, people thinking about designing a template need to type %INCLUDINGWEB% to always cover the case where it's included, rather than typing %SOURCEWEB% in the few times that that's what they actually mean.

... just my $0.02 ...

-- PaulReiber - 23 Jun 2001