X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/2aaab7db29f154816d6338a1329b42090209d966..81678dccf21c91030afd48a505e93f2c728bb387:/doc/index.mdwn diff --git a/doc/index.mdwn b/doc/index.mdwn index 984d2c9b9..8b7e74959 100644 --- a/doc/index.mdwn +++ b/doc/index.mdwn @@ -1,42 +1,17 @@ -Ikiwiki is a wiki compiler. It converts a directory full of wiki pages +[[ikiwiki_logo|logo/ikiwiki.png]] +ikiwiki is a **wiki compiler**. It converts a directory full of wiki pages into html pages suitable for publishing on a website. Unlike a traditional -wiki, ikiwiki does not have its own means of storing page history, its own -markup language, or support for editing pages online. +wiki, ikiwiki does not have its own means of storing page history or its own +markup language. Instead it uses [[Subversion]] and [[MarkDown]]. -Why call it IkiWiki? Well, partly because I'm sure some people will find -this a pretty Iky Wiki, since it's so different from other Wikis. Partly -because "ikiwiki" is a nice palindrome. Partly because its design turns -the usual design for a Wiki inside-out and backwards. +* [[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]]. -To use ikiwiki to set up a wiki, you will probably want to use it with a -revision control system, such as [[Subversion]], for keeping track of past -versions of pages. ikiwiki can run as a Subversion [[post-commit]] hook, so -that each committed change to your wiki is immediatly compiled and -published. (It can also be run by hand, by cron, or integrated with any -other revision control system.) +* See [[Features]] for a list of ikiwiki's features. [[RoadMap]], [[TODO]] and [[bugs]] might also be of interest. -[[Subversion]] also offers a way to let others edit pages on your wiki. -Just configure subversion to let appropriate users (or everyone) commit to -the wiki's repository. There are some things you should keep in mind about -[[Security]] when allowing the world to edit your ikiwiki. +* [[Setup]] has a tutorial for setting up ikiwki, and [[Usage]] documents the parameters and usage of the ikiwiki program. If you use ikiwiki, please add your wiki to [[IkiWikiUsers]]. -ikiwiki supports pages using [[MarkDown]] as their markup language. Any -page with a filename ending in ".mdwn" is converted from markdown to html -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 aside from regular markdown is the [[WikiLink]]. +* [[Security]] lists potential security problems. ikiwiki is still being developed, and is being written with security as a priority, so don't expect things to stay in this list for long. -ikiwiki also supports files of any other type, including raw html, 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. -ikiwiki also supports making one page that is a [[SubPage]] of another. +All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]], so this one does too. -[[Setup]] has a tutorial for setting up ikiwki. - -[[TODO]] lists things that need to be added to ikiwiki before most people -would consider it a full-fledged wiki. - -All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]], so this one does to. - -ikiwiki is developed by [[JoeyHess]]. +ikiwiki is developed by [[Joey]] and is [[FreeSoftware]].