1 The `calendar` directive is supplied by the [[!iki plugins/calendar desc=calendar]] plugin.
3 This directive displays a calendar, similar to the typical calendars shown on
10 \[[!calendar type="month" pages="blog/* and !*/Discussion"]]
12 \[[!calendar type="year" year="2005" pages="blog/* and !*/Discussion"]]
16 The calendar is essentially a fancy front end to archives of previous
17 pages, usually used for blogs. It can produce a calendar for a given month,
18 or a list of months for a given year. The month format calendar simply
19 links to any page posted on each day of the month. The year format calendar
20 links to archive pages, with names like `archives/2007` (for all of 2007)
21 and `archives/2007/01` (for January, 2007).
23 While you can insert calendar directives anywhere on your wiki, including
24 in the sidebar, you'll also need to create these archive pages. They
25 typically use this directive to display a calendar, and also use [[inline]]
26 to display or list pages created in the given time frame.
28 The `ikiwiki-calendar` command can be used to automatically generate the
29 archive pages. It also refreshes the wiki, updating the calendars to
30 highlight the current day. This command is typically run at midnight from
31 cron. An example crontab:
35 0 0 * * * ikiwiki-calendar ~/ikiwiki.setup "posts/* and !*/Discussion"
39 * `type` - Used to specify the type of calendar wanted. Can be one of
40 "month" or "year". The default is a month view calendar.
41 * `pages` - Specifies the [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] of pages to link to from the
42 month calendar. Defaults to "*".
43 * `archivebase` - Configures the base of the archives hierarchy.
44 The default is "archives". Note that this default can also be overridden
45 for the whole wiki by setting `archivebase` in ikiwiki's setup file.
46 Calendars link to pages under here, with names like "2010/04" and
47 "2010". These pages can be automatically created using the
48 `ikiwiki-calendar` program.
49 * `year` - The year for which the calendar is requested. Defaults to the
51 * `month` - The numeric month for which the calendar is requested, in the
52 range 1..12. Used only for the month view calendar, and defaults to the
54 * `week_start_day` - A number, in the range 0..6, which represents the day
55 of the week that the month calendar starts with. 0 is Sunday, 1 is Monday,
56 and so on. Defaults to 0, which is Sunday.
57 * `months_per_row` - In the annual calendar, number of months to place in
58 each row. Defaults to 3.
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