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Empty TWiki Plugin

This is an empty plugin you can use as a template to build your own TWikiPlugins. This plugin does nothing, but is ready to be used.

To create your own plugin:

• Copy file TWiki/Plugins/EmptyPlugin.pm to <name>Plugin.pm and customize the plugin.
• Create a <name>Plugin topic in the TWiki web. Do so by visiting http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/ and starting a new topic to get the default plugin topic text (don't save the topic). Customize your plugin topic to your needs.
• See details in TWikiPlugins.

Syntax Rules

(describe the syntax)

EmptyPlugin Global Settings

Plugin settings are stored as preferences variables. To reference a plugin setting write %<plugin>_<setting>%, for example, %EMPTYPLUGIN_SHORTDESCRIPTION%

• One line description, shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
  • Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = This plugin does nothing, but can be used as a template for your own plugins.

• Your own settings, for example:
  • Set EXAMPLE = got it!

• Debug plugin: (See output in data/debug.txt)
  • Set DEBUG = 0

Plugin Installation Instructions

(This plugin is preinstalled, you do not need to install it.)

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

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

  File:	Description:
  data/TWiki/EmptyPlugin.txt	Plugin topic
  data/TWiki/EmptyPlugin.txt,v	Plugin topic repository
  lib/TWiki/Plugins/EmptyPlugin.pm	Plugin Perl module

• Test if the plugin is correctly installed:
  • (describe tests here)

Plugin Info

Related Topics: TWikiPreferences, TWikiPlugins, DefaultPlugin

-- AndreaSterbini - 27 Feb 2001
-- PeterThoeny - 14 Jul 2001