Documentation Index

The pages below describe various aspects of using, administering and troubleshooting a PmWiki installation, as well as aspects of the PmWiki community.

As you know, documentation is always incomplete. Feel free to help yourself and others by contributing to it. Just edit the pages on pmwiki.org. You might want to follow or contribute to the documentation guidelines.

PmWiki versions 2.3.x have a function which can highlight the syntax of the markup language and make the documentation easier to read. See $EnablePmSyntax if you want to enable it.


Beginner Topics for Creating and Editing Pages

Intermediate Editing Topics

Organizing and Protecting Pages

  • Wiki structure - PmWiki structural support for page organization
  • Wiki groups - Organising pages into related groups
  • Group headers - Group Header and Group Footer page usage
  • Wiki trails - Trails from lists items from a single page
  • Block markup - Markup resulting in paragraphs
  • Page history - History of previous edits to a page
  • Passwords - General use of passwords and login
  • Categories - Categories are a way to organize and find related pages
  • Page lists - Searching and listing pages by multiple criteria with templated output
  • Attach lists - Get a list of files uploaded and attached to a group using (:attachlist:) (Directives to specify page titles, descriptions, keywords, and display)
  • Deleting pages - Removing wiki pages
  • Wiki elements - An introduction to PmWiki page elements and features
  • Special pages - Pages in PmWiki that have special meaning or are created or updated in a special manner

PmWiki Site Administration

Installation and maintenance

Customisation

Troubleshooting

Security

  • AuthUser - Authorization system that uses usernames and passwords
  • Blocklist - Blocking IP addresses, phrases, and expressions to counteract spam and vandalism.
  • Notify - How to receive email messages whenever pages are changed on the whole wiki site, individual groups or selected watchlists of pages
  • Passwords administration - More password options for the administrator
  • Ref count - Link references counts on pages
  • Url approvals - Require approval of Url links

Development

  • Cookbook:Module Guidelines - Guidelines for creating, distributing, and maintaining a recipe for the Cookbook.
  • Variables - Variables available for local customisation
  • Functions - How some of the functions in pmwiki.php work
  • Page file format - Create wiki formatted pages in bulk and for upload to your pmwiki site

About PmWiki

  • Audiences - Patrick Michaud's comments regarding the "audiences" for which PmWiki was designed
  • Contributors - A list of contributors to PmWiki development and improvement
  • Mailing lists - The email discussion lists available and their archives
  • PmWiki philosophy - This page describes some of the ideas that guide the design and implementation of PmWiki
  • Design notes - Some of the features and notes about PmWiki's design decisions
  • Release notes - Notes about new versions, important for upgrades
  • Change log - Log of changes made to PmWiki by Release
  • References - References to PmWiki media coverage
  • Glossary - Terms related to PmWiki
  • Introduction loop trail

Note: The following pages are listed here so that they can include a #faq section and have the questions appear on the FAQ page.

The problem is that these pages become part of the trail


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