Tips Contrib Package

Displays a rotating "Tip of the Day" to help familiarize new users with Foswiki features. Includes an application for creating custom tips for local installation.

Summary of Contents

• Set on TipTopic topics providing brief lessons on Foswiki features. See TipsTopics.
• Set of topics for creating and managing TipTopicXXX topics. See TipsOfTheDayAdmin.

Detailed Documentation

• See TipsOfTheDayAdmin for instructions on managing and displaying tips.
• See TipsOfTheDayAddNew for instructions for adding new custom tips.

Settings

This extension requires no settings. See TipsOfTheDayAdmin for administration details.

• One line description:
• Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Displays rotating list of "Tip-of-the-day"

CSS used by TipsContrib

• .tipsOfTheDay - overall container
• .tipsOfTheDayContents - container for tipsOfTheDayHeader and tipsOfTheDayText
• strong.tipsOfTheDayHeader - header that says "Tip of the Day"
• .tipsOfTheDayText - the tip; contains title and tip summary and link "Read on"
• .tipsOfTheDayTitle - title of the tip; the link to the tip topic

Installation Instructions

Note: You do not need to install anything on the browser to use this contrib package. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the package on the server where Foswiki is running.

• Download the ZIP file from the Plugin web (see below)
• Unzip TipsContrib.zip in your Foswiki installation directory. Content:

  File:	Description:
  lib/Foswiki/Contrib/TipsContrib.pm
  data/System/TipTopic029.txt
  data/System/TipTopic028.txt
  data/System/TipTopic027.txt
  data/System/TipTopic026.txt
  data/System/TipTopic025.txt
  data/System/TipTopic024.txt
  data/System/TipTopic023.txt
  data/System/TipTopic022.txt
  data/System/TipTopic021.txt
  data/System/TipTopic020.txt
  data/System/TipTopic019.txt
  data/System/TipTopic018.txt
  data/System/TipTopic017.txt
  data/System/TipTopic016.txt
  data/System/TipTopic015.txt
  data/System/TipTopic014.txt
  data/System/TipTopic013.txt
  data/System/TipTopic012.txt
  data/System/TipTopic011.txt
  data/System/TipTopic010.txt
  data/System/TipTopic009.txt
  data/System/TipTopic008.txt
  data/System/TipTopic007.txt
  data/System/TipTopic006.txt
  data/System/TipTopic005.txt
  data/System/TipTopic004.txt
  data/System/TipTopic003.txt
  data/System/TipTopic002.txt
  data/System/TipTopic001.txt
  data/System/TipsTopics.txt
  data/System/TipsOfTheDayTemplate.txt
  data/System/TipsOfTheDayInclude.txt
  data/System/TipsOfTheDayAdmin.txt
  data/System/TipsOfTheDayAddNew.txt
  data/System/TipsOfTheDay.txt
  data/System/TipsContrib.txt

Contrib Info