Getting Involved with the Community

TWiki is an open source project with over a decade of history behind it. Built entirely by a team of volunteers all over the world, it has grown to encompass millions of users in more than 100 countries around the globe.

Why get involved?

• More Contributions = Improved TWiki Product -- Without the hard-work of contributors just like you, TWiki wouldn't be what it is today! Nevermind the added perk of less work, for both yourself and other members.
• Your Shared Thoughts, Influence, and Opinions = An Influential Voice for the Future of TWiki -- Your words become part of the conversation, charting the path for the TWiki project.
• Active Participation = Enhanced Learning -- not only in TWiki internals, but also in the world of Internet Technology (IT). Learn through explaining what TWiki is to someone else, creating a new plug-in, or fixing a bug for greater performance.
• Increased Knowledge = Additional Career Skills -- Everything you add, and the work you put into TWiki is public, allowing potential customers and employers the opportunity to learn your name, visualize your talents, and admire your skills!
• Greater Quality Content = A More Robust TWiki Society -- Each contribution to the multiple areas of the "_TWikiverse_", attracts a diversity of networking and partnership opportunities; including other Developers, Designers, Writers, Students, Project Managers, Business Owners and Entrepreneurs (just to name a few).

Get Involved!

TWiki is an open source project with 10+ years of history, built by a team of volunteers from around the world, and used by millions of people in over 100 countries. The community is focusing on building the best collaboration platform for the workplace. We invite you to get involved!

Want to contribute, but don't know where to begin? Look no further!

Contributing doesn't have to include a major time commitment; any contribution, big or small, makes a difference in the TWiki Project. Listed below are some sample project ideas; if one of them sparks your interest, feel free to jump right in! Alternatively, if you have an idea of your own that you would like to share, you are welcome to propose a new one. Also, other opportunities to get involved are linked in the box above. TWiki.org is a friendly community, with a plethora of members that are always happy to help you get started!

• Get to know the community on IRC on a biweekly release meeting. The next release meeting is on 2018-09-20.
• Help define the JerusalemReleaseFocus

Some Sample Coding Projects - Grab one that is not taken and implement it!
	Create a Gantt editor plugin based on the jQueryGantt editor -- see details			Update & simplify AutoCompletePlugin to use the JQueryPlugin instead of the YahooUserInterfaceContrib -- see details
	Convert the RatingContrib into a plugin and name it StarRatingPlugin -- see comments			Create a TWikiDrawSvgPlugin - an SVG based draw plugin to replace the TWikiDrawPlugin -- see comments
	Create a EncryptPlugin - many companies would love to have a way to securely store passwords in TWiki -- see comments CraigMeyer is currently coding this			PluginBenchmarks - we need a better plugin benchmarking tool
	Create a ListPlugin to control bullet lists, such as the start number of ordered lists -- see details			Enhance usability of the SlideShowPlugin to support S5 or other Javascript/CSS solutions for better presentations -- see comments
	Create a SurveyPlugin to conduct and manage user surveys -- see comments			Add piechart feature to ChartPlugin
	Create an ImageSelectionPlugin to manage pictures attached to dashboards -- see details			Fix the OpenIdRpContrib to work with TWiki-5.0 and enhance integration to use the new user data management API and GUI IanKluft is currently coding this
	Enhance the CalendarPlugin with GUI to add/change events; support hourly events; import and export of iCalendar events			Create an auto-save feature for TWiki: Save topic text periodically to a temporary location to reduce the chance of losing content in edit sessions -- see discussions
	Database backend to store TWiki topics - as an option to flat-file data store -- see details			Allow free-form topic names, e.g. less geeky than WikiWords -- see details
	Simplify skin creation, with the goal to make it very easy for integrators to create a new skin -- see details			Move to jQuery - TWiki-5.0 already standardized on jQuery, but Behaviour dependency needs to be removed in various places -- see details
	Combine functionality of JumpBox and search into a single search box -- see proposal PeterThoeny is currently coding this			Point and click access control with GUI to manage groups: Select users into a group; select a group to restrict access to a web -- see details
	Update JSPopupPlugin to use the JQueryPlugin instead of the YahooUserInterfaceContrib -- see details			Update TWikiForWindowsPersonal to use the latest TWiki-6.1 release
	Create an Ubunty Linux distribution of TWiki-6.1 for an easy install: apt get twiki			Create a TwitterPlugin to link @somename to the Twitter website, and to show Twitter widgets in TWiki pages -- see details
	Make topic summary optionally based on search terms -- see details SteveMokris is currently coding this			Create a WantedPagesPlugin that lists pages waiting to be created, e.g. red-links indicating non-existing pages -- see details TylerSlijboom is currently coding this
	Improve TagMePlugin - Ajax-ify the tagging plugin using jQuery			Many core features are waiting to be implemented, see list at TWikiFeatureProposals

Samples of Recently Finished Projects

	API and GUI to manage user data. Implemented by SopanShewale and PeterThoeny			Flag to force a password change. Implemented by SopanShewale and PeterThoeny
	Parameterized variables, aka a macro language for TWiki. Implemented by ChrisLahti			Support for authenticated proxy server. Implemented by PeterThoeny
	Support relative heading levels for INCLUDE. Implemented by PeterThoeny			ReputationPlugin to create and maintain user reputation in a TWiki site Implemented by JoonaKannisto
	GitPlugin to enable a distributed operation of TWiki, where multiple TWiki sites are synchronized with each other. Implemented by ThomasWeigert			ColorPickerPlugin offering a color picker input widget for TWiki Forms and TWiki applications. Implemented by PeterThoeny
	ScrollBoxAddOn to add scrolling text, logo rolls and image rotation to TWiki pages. Implemented by PeterThoeny			QRCodePlugin to show QR Code barcodes in TWiki pages. Implemented by PeterThoeny
	Add sparklines feature to ChartPlugin -- see comments Implemented by TaitCyrus			Create a SliderControlPlugin - more usable TWiki applications -- see comments Implemented by AaronLWalker
	RecentVisitorPlugin to show statistics of recent visitors to a TWiki site. Implemented by PeterThoeny			More visual user profile pages with picture selection and status updates Implemented by PeterThoeny
	Automatically updated site statistics page. Implemented by PeterThoeny			Read-only skin mode. Implemented by PeterThoeny
	S/Mime support for notification e-mails. Implemented by TimotheLitt			Improve attachment-to-Trash flow. Implemented by GeorgeTrubisky
	BackupRestorePlugin to backup and restore TWiki, and to upgrade content from an older TWiki -- see details Implemented by PeterThoeny			Create point and click bookmarks for better usability -- see details Implemented by PeterThoeny
	Create a VMware-based TWiki virtual appliance running TWiki-5.1.0 on CentOS guest OS Implemented by PeterThoeny			Create a new SendMailPlugin to send e-mail from TWiki applications Implemented by PeterThoeny
	New PercentCompletePlugin that adds a percent complete selector, for use in TWiki forms and TWiki applications. Implemented by PeterThoeny			New ConnectByRestPlugin to call TWiki API functions via TWiki REST functions. Implemented by MichaelGulitz
	Improve SetGetPlugin - make it grok JSON syntax and calc Implemented by PeterThoeny			Web-based way to empty Trash -- new EcoTrashPlugin Implemented by TimotheLitt
	Convert the JSCalendarContrib into a plugin and name it DatePickerPlugin -- see comments Implemented by PeterThoeny

-- Contributors: PeterThoeny - 2015-05-13

Discussions

From one topic, is there a way to display the body of another topic, via a coded reference to the other topic? This could be used to maintain content (text, tables, images, etc.) that is common to many topics inside the other topic.

-- Patrick Townsend-Wells - 2013-08-23

Patrick, support questions are best handled in the Support web. As for including topics see VarINCLUDE and VarSTARTSECTION. Example at AlertBox.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2013-08-26

how I can make the page can be view by certain people only?

-- Adam Malik - 2016-04-19

Adam, please ask support questions in the Support web. See also TWikiAccessControl.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2016-04-19