X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/297ff849b93e5a75074e321fe65500f0e091601c..56e18bc00900debc2c3f457d013f366f4d3dea98:/doc/plugins/lockedit.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/lockedit.mdwn b/doc/plugins/lockedit.mdwn index 01b0f157d..71bf232ab 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/lockedit.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/lockedit.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,24 @@ [[!template id=plugin name=lockedit core=1 author="[[Joey]]"]] [[!tag type/auth]] -This plugin enables [[page_locking]]. It is enabled by default. +This plugin allows the administrator of a wiki to lock some pages, limiting +who can edit them using the online interface. This doesn't prevent anyone +who can commit to the underlying revision control system from editing the +pages, however. + +The `locked_pages` setting configures what pages are locked. It is a +[[ikiwiki/PageSpec]], so you have lots of control over what kind of pages +to lock. For example, you could choose to lock all pages created before +2006, or all pages that are linked to from the page named "locked". More +usually though, you'll just list some names of pages to lock. + +One handy thing to do if you're using ikiwiki for your blog is to lock +"* and !*/Discussion". This prevents others from adding to or modifying +posts in your blog, while still letting them comment via the Discussion +pages. + +Wiki administrators can always edit locked pages. The [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] +can specify that some pages are not locked for some users. For example, +"important_page and !user(joey)" locks `important_page` while still +allowing joey to edit it, while "!*/Discussion and user(bob)" prevents bob +from editing pages except for Discussion pages.