## Uses a real RCS
Rather than implement its own system for storing page histories etc,
-ikiwiki uses a real Revision Control System. This isn't (just) because we're
-lazy, it's because a real RCS is a good thing to have, and there are
-advantages to using one that are not possible with a standard wiki.
+ikiwiki uses a real [[Revision_Control_System|rcs]]. This isn't (just)
+because we're lazy, it's because a real RCS is a good thing to have, and
+there are advantages to using one that are not possible with a standard
+wiki.
Instead of editing pages in a stupid web form, you can use vim and commit
changes via [[Subversion|rcs/svn]], [[rcs/git]], or any of a number of other
[[Revision_Control_Systems|rcs]].
-ikiwiki can be run from a [[post-commit]] hook to update your wiki
+Ikiwiki can be run from a [[post-commit]] hook to update your wiki
immediately whenever you commit a change using the RCS.
+It's even possible to securely let
+[[anonymous_users_git_push_changes|tips/untrusted_git_push]]
+to the wiki.
+
Note that ikiwiki does not require a RCS to function. If you want to
run a simple wiki without page history, it can do that too.
## A wiki compiler
-ikiwiki is a wiki compiler; it builds a static website for your wiki, and
+Ikiwiki is a wiki compiler; it builds a static website for your wiki, and
updates it as pages are edited. It is fast and smart about updating a wiki,
it only builds pages that have changed (and tracks things like creation of
new pages and links that can indirectly cause a page to need a rebuild)
by ikiwiki. Markdown understands text formatted as it would be in an email,
and is quite smart about converting it to html. The only additional markup
provided by ikiwiki on top of regular markdown is the [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]] and
-[[ikiwiki/PreprocessorDirective]].
+the [[ikiwiki/directive]].
If you prefer to use some other markup language, ikiwiki allows others to
easily be added by [[plugins]]. For example it also supports traditional
[[plugins/HTML]], or pages written in [[reStructuredText|plugins/rst]]
or [[Textile|plugins/textile]].
-ikiwiki also supports files of any other type, including plain text,
+Ikiwiki also supports files of any other type, including plain text,
images, etc. These are not converted to wiki pages, they are just copied
unchanged by ikiwiki as it builds your wiki. So you can check in an image,
program, or other special file and link to it from your wiki pages.
## Blogging
-You can turn any page in the wiki into a [[ikiwiki/blog]]. Pages matching a
+You can turn any page in the wiki into a [[blog]]. Pages matching a
specified [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] will be displayed as a weblog within the blog
page. And RSS or Atom feeds can be generated to follow the blog.
the wiki. This can be used to create a Planet type site that aggregates
interesting feeds.
-You can also mix blogging with podcasting by dropping audio files where
-they will be picked up like blog posts. This will work for any files that
-you would care to syndicate.
+You can also mix blogging with [[podcasting|podcast]]. Simply drop
+media files where they will be picked up like blog posts. For
+fuller-featured podcast feeds, enclose media files in blog posts
+using [[plugins/meta]]. Either way, this will work for any files
+that you would care to syndicate.
## Valid html and [[css]]
-ikiwiki aims to produce
-[valid XHTML 1.0](http://validator.w3.org/check?url=referer). ikiwiki
-generates html using [[templates|wikitemplates]], and uses [[css]], so you
+Ikiwiki aims to produce
+[valid XHTML 1.0](http://validator.w3.org/check?url=referer).
+(Experimental [[tips/HTML5]] support is also available.)
+
+Ikiwiki generates html using [[templates]], and uses [[css]], so you
can change the look and layout of all pages in any way you would like.
+Ikiwiki ships with several ready to use [[themes]].
+
## [[Plugins]]
-Plugins can be used to add additional features to ikiwiki. The interface
-is quite flexible, allowing plugins to implement additional markup
-languages, register [[ikiwiki/PreProcessorDirective]]s, hook into [[CGI]] mode,
-and more. Most of ikiwiki's features are actually provided by plugins.
-Ikiwiki's backend RCS support is also pluggable, so support for new
-revision control systems can be added to ikiwiki.
+Plugins can be used to add additional features to ikiwiki. The interface is
+quite flexible, allowing plugins to implement additional markup languages,
+register [[directives|ikiwiki/directive]], provide a [[RCS]] backend, hook
+into [[CGI]] mode, and much more. Most of ikiwiki's features are actually
+provided by plugins.
The standard language for ikiwiki plugins is perl, but ikiwiki also supports
[[plugins/write/external]] plugins: Standalone programs that can be written in
Thanks to subpages, every page can easily and automatically have a
/Discussion subpage. By default, these links are included in the
-[[templates]] for each page.
+[[templates]] for each page. If you prefer blog-style
+[[plugins/comments]], that is available too.
### Edit controls
-Wiki admins can [[lock_pages|page_locking]] so that only other admins can
-edit them. Or a wiki can be set up to allow anyone to edit Discussion
-pages, but only registered users to edit other pages. These are just two
-possibilities, since page edit controls can be changed via plugins.
+Wiki admins can lock pages so that only other admins can edit them. Or a
+wiki can be set up to allow anyone to edit Discussion pages, but only
+registered users to edit other pages. These are just two possibilities,
+since page edit controls can be changed via plugins.
### [[PageHistory]]
### Full text search
-ikiwiki can use the xapian search engine to add powerful
+Ikiwiki can use the xapian search engine to add powerful
full text [[plugins/search]] capabilities to your wiki.
+### Translation via po files
+
+The [[plugins/po]] plugin allows translating individual wiki pages using
+standard `po` files.
+
### [[w3mmode]]
Can be set up so that w3m can be used to browse a wiki and edit pages