-into html pages suitable for publishing on a website. Unlike a traditional
-wiki, ikiwiki does not have its own means of storing page history or its own
-markup language. Instead it can use [[Subversion]] (or [[Git]]) and [[MarkDown]].
+into HTML pages suitable for publishing on a website. Unlike many
+wikis, ikiwiki does not have its own ad-hoc means of storing page history,
+and instead uses a revision control system such as [[Subversion]].
+
+* [[News]] is a blog (built using ikiwiki) of news items about ikiwiki.
+ It's the best way to find out when there's a new version to [[Download]].
+
+* Ikiwiki has a nice set of wiki [[features]] which can be expanded by
+ a large array of [[plugins]]. It also has some [[bugs]], a [[TODO]] list,
+ and a [[RoadMap]].
+
+[[template id=note text="""
+[[ikiwiki_logo|logo/ikiwiki.png]]
+[[news/Version_2.00]] is now available.
+If you use ikiwiki, please list your wiki in [[IkiWikiUsers]].
+Thanks! --[[Joey]]
+"""]]