Difference: TWikiPlugins (30 vs. 31)

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	On this page: Overview Installing Plugins On-Site Pretesting Some Notes on Plugin Performance Managing Installed Plugins Enabling/Disabling Plugins Plugin Evaluation Order Plugin-Specific Settings Listing Active Plugins %ACTIVATEDPLUGINS% %PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS% %FAILEDPLUGINS% The TWiki Plugin API Available Core Functions Predefined Hooks Hints on Writing Fast Plugins Version Detection Security Creating Plugins Anatomy of a Plugin Creating the Perl Module Writing the Documentation Topic Packaging for Distribution Measuring and Improving the Plugin Performance Publishing for Public Use Recommended Storage of Plugin Specific Data Plugin Internal Data Web Accessible Data Integrating with `configure` Structure of a `Config.spec` file Maintaining Plugins Discussions and Feedback on Plugins Maintaining Compatibility with Earlier TWiki Versions Handling deprecated functions TWiki Plugins
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	The recommended approach to testing new Plugins before making them public is to create a second local TWiki installation, and test the Plugin there. You can allow selected users access to the test area. Once you are satisifed that it won't compromise your main installation, you can install it there as well.
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< <	InstalledPlugins shows which Plugins are: 1) installed, 2) loading properly, and 3) what TWiki:Codev.PluginHandlers they invoke. Any failures are shown in the Errors section. The `%FAILEDPLUGINS%` variable can be used to debug failures. You may also want to check your webserver error log and the various TWiki log files.
> >	InstalledPlugins shows which Plugins are: 1) installed, 2) loading properly, and 3) what TWiki:Codev.PluginHandlers they invoke. Any failures are shown in the Errors section. The `%FAILEDPLUGINS%` variable can be used to debug failures. You may also want to check your webserver error log and the various TWiki log files.
	Some Notes on Plugin Performance
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	The Plugin initialization code does not register a Plugin that returns FALSE (or that has no `initPlugin` handler). `$TWiki::Plugins::VERSION` in the `TWiki::Plugins` module contains the TWiki Plugin API version, currently 6.02.
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< <	You can also use the `%PLUGINVERSION{}%` variable to query the Plugin API version or the version of installed Plugins.
> >	You can also use the `%PLUGINVERSION{}%` variable to query the Plugin API version or the version of installed Plugins.
	Security

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Difference: TWikiPlugins (30 vs. 31)

Revision 312005-03-27 - TWikiContributor

TWiki Plugins

Some Notes on Plugin Performance

Security