update with new features to deal with large sites

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / ikiwiki / pagespec.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn
index c66395f8441397764124e4fe693a17f18dc5767a..0f298ad78702b5bba16d98d6585096194cfd90a4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Some more elaborate limits can be added to what matches using these functions:
   tags matched by a glob)
 * "`backlink(page)`" - matches only pages that a given page links to
 * "`creation_month(month)`" - matches only files created on the given month
+  number
 * "`creation_day(mday)`" - or day of the month
 * "`creation_year(year)`" - or year
 * "`created_after(page)`" - matches only files created after the given page
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ Some more elaborate limits can be added to what matches using these functions:
 * "`admin()`" - tests whether a modification is being made by one of the
   wiki admins.
 * "`ip(address)`" - tests whether a modification is being made from the
-  specified IP address.
+  specified IP address. Glob patterns can be used in the address. For
+  example, `ip(127.0.0.*)`
 * "`comment(glob)`" - matches comments to a page matching the glob.
 * "`comment_pending(glob)`" - matches unmoderated, pending comments.
 * "`postcomment(glob)`" - matches only when comments are being 
@@ -78,3 +80,7 @@ filenames of the pages in the wiki, so a pagespec "foo" used on page
 "a/b" will not match a page named "a/foo" or "a/b/foo". To match
 relative to the directory of the page containing the pagespec, you can
 use "./". For example, "./foo" on page "a/b" matches page "a/foo".
+
+To indicate the name of the page the PageSpec is used in, you can
+use a single dot. For example, `link(.)` matches all the pages
+linking to the page containing the PageSpec.