X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/d0764e86de15b0121d60b2fe5ffbcf9eeb4d7aff..771608a4d43438931f2f1a3dddd07810a006d435:/doc/tips.mdwn diff --git a/doc/tips.mdwn b/doc/tips.mdwn index c5faa45b3..f0eb43f0c 100644 --- a/doc/tips.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips.mdwn @@ -1,42 +1,5 @@ This page is a place to document tips and techniques for using ikiwiki. -[[toc ]] - -## wikiannounce - -One thing I use ikiwiki for is the web pages for software projects I -maintain. Each of my projects has a news page with an announcements feed, -and to automatically update this when I release a new version, generating -an announcement from the debian/changelog and debian/NEWS files, I use a -[wikiannounce](http://svn.kitenet.net/trunk/bin/wikiannounce) program. It's -somewhat specific to dealing with Debian packages, and uses a special -`announcedir` target in debian/rules, but the general idea could be useful. ---[[Joey]] - -## blog script - -I should mention that I also have a -[blog](http://svn.kitenet.net/trunk/bin/blog) program that I use to -write blog posts in a text editor. The first line I enter is used as the -title, and it automatically comes up with a unique page name based on the -title and handles all the details of posting to my blog. --[[Joey]] - -## using the web interface with a real text editor - -If you use Firefox or Iceweasel, the [It's All -Text](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4125) extension allows -you to use a real text editor like Emacs or Vim to edit the contents of text -areas. This allows you to edit ikiwiki pages with a real text editor through -the ikiwiki web interface, rather than only with direct commit -access. --[[JoshTriplett]] - -## using ikiwiki as an issue tracker - -[[This_article|issue_tracking]] has some thoughts and tips on using ikiwiki -as a BTS, as is done on this very wiki to track [[bugs]] and [[todo]] items -for ikiwiki. - -## redirections for usedirs - -Want to turn on the `usedirs` setting on an existing wiki without breaking -all the links into it? Here's [[how|usedirs_redirections]]. +[[inline pages="tips/* and !tips/*/*" +feedpages="created_after(tips/howto_avoid_flooding_aggregators)" archive="yes" +rootpage="tips" postformtext="Add a new tip about:" show=0]]