You can use the following syntax to include the contents of one topic inside another:

 {{NameOfTopicToInclude}}

This is basically as simple as it looks with one subtle addition. If you add some tabs before the include, the number of tabs you use will be used to show headings in included topics as deeper level than they would appear in the original topic. For example, two tabs before the include directive would cause a level 1 heading (i.e., preceeded by one !) as level 3. You can use this to make a WikiSpec.

Alternate Method

Using WikiTalk the following will also insert a topic:

 @@topics.<topic name>._Body@@

Q: Can this alternative method also work by including a topic in a different namespace?

For an example, see the HomePage.

Comments

I had a problem with this feature: The webserver responded with "Error: Topic is ambiguous." I resolved this problem by changing the link like this:

 {{NameSpace.NameOfTopicToInclude}}

Maybe this error appears only if you have more than one WikiNamespace. -- SimonSchmid

~~If the NameOfTopicToInclude is a single word, something like {{[Shakespeare]}} does not seem to work.~~ - MichaelWaltuch

Bug

I confirmed the above bug and created a new issue in SourceForge. KorbyParnell

Also, if {{NameSpace1.NameOfTopicToInclude}} is specified in Namespace2 topic and Import is not present in _ContentBaseDefinition, the include doesn't work. -- MichaelWaltuch

Question

Is there a way to include only a portion of the topic by using an anchor reference?

Question

Is there a way to include topics with spaced titles? IE: "This Topic" should be included.

Question

How is this Implemented? I tried to use the different includes to try to add a "library" of functions from a single topic in another one. The With works but I couldn't get it to work for more than one Topic per Topic. (ie only one "library" of functions per topic if you will.) Am I missing something here? --DoomCryer

Answer

I was adding the Property multiple times, I assumed WikiTalk was smart enough to pull multiply defined PageProperties, but apparently not for "With:" at least (it only "loads" the last one), you need to pass it in one property with commas like:

  :With:MyLib1, MyLib2

--DoomCryer

Question

I tried to place an include inside a table. The result was: (Error: Unknown table formatting option: {) }. Is there a way to do this?

Bug:

FlexWiki hangs when you view pages that include circular references - presumably it enters an infinite loop trying to retrieve page after page. This is easy to do by accident, especially with many similarly-named topics. I would suggest that FlexWiki be patched to prevent a given topic including itself (as a bare minimum) when edits are previewed/saved, and perhaps could check an additional N levels (configurable) of includes.

Example

Type this:

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 {{WikiMeansQuick}}
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to get this:

Redirect

WikiMeansQuick or Poo

This page was automatically generated when this topic (WikiMeansQuick) was renamed to WikiMeansQuick or Poo on 8/12/2005 at 8:56 AM by 166.70.193.248.

Please update references to point to the new topic.

You can do the same with WikiTalk.

It will also work with single Words and more Namespaces.

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