X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/efcbb32f7c54ad8ffa2e56d52e651c18bd8be55a..9921a4a8a1a696ce69acce5e14943f0149d926ff:/doc/plugins/websetup.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/websetup.mdwn b/doc/plugins/websetup.mdwn index 1e4ed4d0c..694429fe1 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/websetup.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/websetup.mdwn @@ -2,18 +2,25 @@ [[!tag type/useful]] This plugin allows wiki admins to configure the wiki using a web interface, -rather than editing the setup file directly. A "Wiki Setup" button is added to the -admins' preferences page. +rather than editing the setup file directly. A "Wiki Setup" button is added +to the admins' preferences page. -Most settings can be modified using the web interface. Some settings are -not considered safe enough to be manipulated over the web; these are still -shown, by default, but cannot be modified. To hide them, set `websetup_show_unsafe` -to false in the setup file. A few settings have too complex a data type -to be configured via the web. +Warning: This plugin rewrites your setup file. Any comments or unusual +things (such as perl code) in the setup file will not be preserved. Also, +it will only work correctly with new format setup files, as introduced in +ikiwiki 2.60. Older setup files have a "wrappers" section, which will not +be properly preserved if this plugin is used. -The web interface can also be used to enable and disable plugins, with -limitations. The plugin for the [[revision_control_system|rcs]] being used -cannot be enabled/disabled, and no other rcs plugins can be enabled. A few -problematic/unsafe plugins are also blacklisted from being enabled. Other -plugins that should not be enabled/disabled via the web interface can be +Most settings can be modified using the web interface. Plugins can be +enabled and disabled using it too. Some settings are not considered safe +enough to be manipulated over the web; these are still shown, by default, +but cannot be modified. To hide them, set `websetup_show_unsafe` to false +in the setup file. A few settings have too complex a data type to be +configured via the web. + +Plugins that should not be enabled/disabled via the web interface can be listed in `websetup_force_plugins` in the setup file. + +When the setup is saved, the setup file will be rewritten with the new +settings, and the wiki will be refreshed, or rebuilt, to make the setip +changes take effect.