X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/1f6d6b2a05a4008f3cb7299becc39e3e1b42965e..6c51b764bca2981b8962d7fcfd78efa533291283:/doc/ikiwiki/directive/calendar.mdwn diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/calendar.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/calendar.mdwn index cb40f884e..4c2b99ccb 100644 --- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/calendar.mdwn +++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/calendar.mdwn @@ -25,14 +25,23 @@ in the sidebar, you'll also need to create these archive pages. They typically use this directive to display a calendar, and also use [[inline]] to display or list pages created in the given time frame. -The `ikiwiki-calendar` command can be used to automatically generate the -archive pages. It also refreshes the wiki, updating the calendars to -highlight the current day. This command is typically run at midnight from -cron. +## Generating archive pages + +If [[!iki plugins/calendar desc=option]] `calendar_autocreate` is not set, the +[[!iki ikiwiki-calendar]] command can be used to automatically generate the archive +pages. It also refreshes the wiki, updating the calendars to highlight the +current day. This command is typically run at midnight from cron. An example crontab: - 0 0 * * * ikiwiki-calendar ~/ikiwiki.setup "posts/* and !*/Discussion" + 0 0 * * * ikiwiki-calendar ~/ikiwiki.setup "posts/* and !*/Discussion" + + +With [[!iki plugins/calendar desc="setup option"]] `calendar_autocreate`, +all this work is done by `ikiwiki` itself. Thus, the crontab command can be +replaced by: + + 0 0 * * * ikiwiki --setup ~/ikiwiki.setup --refresh ## usage @@ -45,7 +54,7 @@ An example crontab: for the whole wiki by setting `archivebase` in ikiwiki's setup file. Calendars link to pages under here, with names like "2010/04" and "2010". These pages can be automatically created using the - `ikiwiki-calendar` program. + `calendar_autocreate` [[!iki plugins/calendar desc="setup option"]]. * `year` - The year for which the calendar is requested. Defaults to the current year. Can also use -1 to refer to last year, and so on. * `month` - The numeric month for which the calendar is requested, in the