-ikiwiki is a wiki compiler. It converts a directory full of wiki pages
+[[ikiwiki_logo|logo/ikiwiki.png]]
+ikiwiki is a **wiki compiler**. It converts wiki pages
into html pages suitable for publishing on a website. Unlike a traditional
-wiki, ikiwiki does not have its own means of storing page history, its own
-markup language, or support for editing pages online.
+wiki, ikiwiki does not have its own means of storing page history.
+Instead it can use [[Subversion]] (or [[Git]]).
-To use ikiwiki to set up a wiki, you will probably want to use it with a
-revision control system, such as [[Subversion]], for keeping track of past
-versions of pages. ikiwiki can run as a Subversion [[post-commit]] hook, so
-that each committed change to your wiki is immediatly compiled and
-published.
+* [[News]] is a blog (built using ikiwiki) of news items about ikiwiki.
+ It's the best way to find out when there's a new version to [[Download]].
-See [[Features]] for a current list of ikiwiki's features. [[WhyIkiWiki]]
-might be useful if you're considering using this.
+* See [[Features]] for a list of ikiwiki's features. [[RoadMap]], [[TODO]]
+ and [[bugs]] might also be of interest. Feel free to post your questions
+ and thoughts about ikiwiki to [[Discussion]].
-[[Subversion]] also offers a way to let others edit pages on your wiki.
-Just configure subversion to let appropriate users (or everyone) commit to
-the wiki's repository. There are some things you should keep in mind about
-[[Security]] when allowing the world to edit your ikiwiki.
+* [[Setup]] has a tutorial for setting up ikiwiki, and [[Usage]] documents
+ the parameters and usage of the ikiwiki program. If you use ikiwiki,
+ please add your wiki to [[IkiWikiUsers]].
-ikiwiki also supports files of any other type, including raw html, text,
-images, etc. These are not converted to wiki pages, they are just copied
-unchanged by ikiwiki as it builds your wiki. So you can check in an image,
-program, or other special file and link to it from your wiki pages.
-ikiwiki also supports making one page that is a [[SubPage]] of another.
+* [[Security]] lists potential security problems. ikiwiki is still being
+ developed, and is being written with security as a priority, so don't
+ expect things to stay in this list for long.
-[[Setup]] has a tutorial for setting up ikiwki.
+* Developers, please document any ikiwiki patches you have in the
+ [[PatchQueue]].
-[[TODO]] lists things that need to be added to ikiwiki before most people
-would consider it a full-fledged wiki.
+All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]], so this one does too.
-All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]], so this one does to.
-
-ikiwiki is developed by [[Joey]].
+ikiwiki is developed by [[Joey]] and is [[FreeSoftware]].
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