X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/b78400d68cc038a74663177695291033c04bb44e..ea56c863e8682bc534330c3d86fcd7876951861c:/doc/index.mdwn diff --git a/doc/index.mdwn b/doc/index.mdwn index 2351f438a..418971caf 100644 --- a/doc/index.mdwn +++ b/doc/index.mdwn @@ -1,36 +1,19 @@ -Ikiwiki is a wiki compiler. It converts a directory full of wiki pages +ikiwiki is a wiki compiler. It converts a directory full of 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. [[WhyIkiWiki]] - -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. (It can also be run by hand, by cron, or integrated with any -other revision control system.) - -[[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. - -ikiwiki supports pages using [[MarkDown]] as their markup language. Any -page with a filename ending in ".mdwn" is converted from markdown to html -by ikiwiki. Markdown understands text formatted as it would be in an email, -and is quite smart about converting it to html. The only additional markup -provided by ikiwiki aside from regular markdown is the [[WikiLink]]. - -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. - -[[Setup]] has a tutorial for setting up ikiwki. - -[[TODO]] lists things that need to be added to ikiwiki before most people -would consider it a full-fledged wiki. +wiki, ikiwiki does not have its own means of storing page history or its own +markup language. Instead it uses [[Subversion]] and [[MarkDown]]. + +* See [[Features]] for a current list of ikiwiki's features. + +* [[WhyIkiWiki]] might be useful if you're considering using this. + +* [[Setup]] has a tutorial for setting up ikiwki. + +* [[TODO]] and bugs lists things that need to be added to ikiwiki before most people would consider it a full-fledged wiki. + +* [[Security]] lists potential security problems. ikiwiki is still being developed, and is being written with security as a priority, don't expect things to stay in this list for long. + +Ikiwiki is _not_ yet formally realeased. If you really have to have it: svn://svn.kitenet.net/ikiwiki/trunk All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]], so this one does to.