X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/54d5308cd83c67e7e9c32450c776ef0dac63549f..be56970d0565cc259bf28b1a3aa9582269c8d41f:/doc/plugins.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins.mdwn b/doc/plugins.mdwn index e83250f02..57ec8afb9 100644 --- a/doc/plugins.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,19 @@ -Plugins can be used to add additional features to ikiwiki. It's possible to -[[write]] your own plugins, or you can install and use plugins contributed by -others. +There's documentation if you want to [[write]] your own plugins, or you can install and use plugins contributed by others. -The ikiiki package includes some standard plugins that are installed and -by default. These include [[inline]], [[pagecount]], and [[brokenlinks]]. -Of these, [[inline]] is enabled by default. +The ikiwiki package includes some standard plugins that are installed and +by default. These include [[inline]], [[pagecount]], [[brokenlinks]], +[[smiley]], and [[search]]. Of these, [[inline]] is enabled by default. -## Third party plugins +To enable other plugins, use the `--plugin` switch described in [[usage]], +or the equivalent line in [[ikiwiki.setup]]. + +## Plugin directory + +Add your contributed plugins here. Or add ideas to the [[todo|todo/plugin]] page. + +[[inline pages="plugins/* !plugins/write !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib" show="30"]] + +## Installing third party plugins Plugins are perl modules and should be installed somewhere in the perl module search path. See the @INC list at the end of the output of `perl -V` @@ -15,13 +22,3 @@ IkiWiki::Plugin namespace, so they go in a IkiWiki/Plugin subdirectory inside the perl search path. For example, if your perl looks in `/usr/local/lib/site_perl` for modules, you can locally install ikiwiki plugins to `/usr/local/lib/site_perl/IkiWiki/Plugin` - -Once a plugin is installed, you need to configure ikiwiki to load it using -the `--plugin` switch described in [[usage]], or the equivilant line in -[[ikiwiki.setup]]. - -## Plugin directory - -Add your contributed plugins using this form: - -[[inline pages="plugins/* !plugins/write !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib" show="30"]]