ManagingWebs < TWiki

The current implementation of %WIKITOOLNAME% is designed to never forget, that means all topic changes are under revision control and you can't delete or rename topics. 

Nevertheless there are cases where you wish to delete topics. %WIKITOOLNAME% requires administrative stuff like that to be done on the shell level, so please ask your %WIKITOOLNAME% administrator to do that for you. A future version will allow administrators to do that on the browser level.

*How to Rename or Delete a Topic*

	* Go to the topic you want to rename / delete.
	* Find out the back-links to this page from _Ref-By_ . Modify other topics if needed.
	* Telnet to the %WIKITOOLNAME% installation.
	* cd to =twiki/data= and then to the web where the topic is located. Rename / delete the topic ( =name.txt= ) and repository file ( =name.txt,v= ). __Hint:__ Instead of deleting a topic you could create a =Trash= web and move topics/repositories to this web. (A future version of TWiki might have a Trash web.)
	* Edit the =.changes= file and rename / delete all occurrences of the topic. __Note:__ There might be several lines of the topic.
	* cd to =twiki/pub= and then to the web where the topic is located. Rename / delete the topic attachment directory if present.

*How to add a New Web*

	* See <a href="TWikiDocumentation#installation">Installation Notes</a>

*How to Rename or Delete a Web*

	* It is advisable not to rename the %WIKITOOLNAME%.%MAINWEB% web.
	* Be aware that other webs might link to the web you want to rename / delete. Search each web for links to this web, i.e. search all webs for =Obsolete.= (include the period, this is to find topics like =Obsolete.SomeTopic= ). Take measures if necessary.
	* Edit the %WIKIPREFSTOPIC% topic and rename / delete the web from the =WIKIWEBLIST= variable.
	* Edit the TWikiWebsTable topic and rename / delete the web from the table.
	* Telnet to the %WIKITOOLNAME% installation.
	* cd to =twiki/data= and rename / delete the web directory.
	* cd to =twiki/templates= and rename / delete the web directory if present.
	* cd to =twiki/pub= and rename / delete the web directory if present.

-- Main.PeterThoeny - 12 Nov 2000 <br>

This topic: TWiki > ManagingWebs
Topic revision: r4 - 2000-12-14 - PeterThoeny

Copyright © 1999-2025 by the contributing authors. All material on this collaboration platform is the property of the contributing authors.
Ideas, requests, problems regarding TWiki? Send feedback
Note: Please contribute updates to this topic on TWiki.org at TWiki:TWiki.ManagingWebs.