1 [[!template id=plugin name=lockedit core=1 author="[[Joey]]"]]
4 This plugin allows the administrator of a wiki to lock some pages, limiting
5 who can edit them using the online interface. This doesn't prevent anyone
6 who can commit to the underlying revision control system from editing the
7 pages, however. (Unless you set up [[tips/untrusted_git_push]].)
9 The `locked_pages` setting configures what pages are locked. It is a
10 [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]], so you have lots of control over what kind of pages
11 to lock. For example, you could choose to lock all pages created before
12 2006, or all pages that are linked to from the page named "locked". More
13 usually though, you'll just list some names of pages to lock.
15 One handy thing to do if you're using ikiwiki for your blog is to lock
16 "* and !*/Discussion". This prevents others from adding to or modifying
17 posts in your blog, while still letting them comment via the Discussion
20 Alternatively, if you're using the [[comments]] plugin, you can lock
21 "!postcomment(*)" to allow users to comment on pages, but not edit anything
24 Wiki administrators can always edit locked pages. The [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]
25 can specify that some pages are not locked for some users. For example,
26 "important_page and !user(joey)" locks `important_page` while still
27 allowing joey to edit it, while "!*/Discussion and user(bob)" prevents bob
28 from editing pages except for Discussion pages.