X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/84c4ca3343663425d9a3105dfb82637b79ec1c04..afb0b51f9811ab036978612f9e003bea2ad4a8d6:/doc/setup.mdwn diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn index 90e472a4a..bdbe323fd 100644 --- a/doc/setup.mdwn +++ b/doc/setup.mdwn @@ -1,2 +1,152 @@ -Google Maps (formerly Google Local) is a webGoogle Maps mapping service application and technology provided by Google, that powers many map-based services, including the website, Google Ride Finder, Google Transit,[1] and maps embedded on third-party websites via the Google Maps API.[2] It offers street maps, a route planner for traveling by foot, car, bike (beta), kayak,[3] or public transport and an urban business locator for numerous countries around the world. Google Maps satellite images are not updated in real time; they are several months or years old. -Google Maps uses a close variant of the Mercator projection, so it cannot show areas around the poles. A related product is Google Earth, a stand-alone program which offers more globe-viewing features, including showing polar areas. +This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki. + +[[!toc ]] + +## Install ikiwiki + +If you're using Debian or Ubuntu, ikiwiki is an apt-get install ikiwiki away. +If you're not, see the [[download]] and [[install]] pages. + +## Create your wiki + +All it takes to create a fully functional wiki using ikiwiki is running +one command. +[[!template id=note text=""" +For more control, advanced users may prefer to set up a wiki +[[by_hand|byhand]]. +"""]] + + % ikiwiki --setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto.setup + +Or, set up a blog with ikiwiki, run this command instead. + + % ikiwiki --setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto-blog.setup + +`librpc-xml-perl` and `python-docutils` dependencies are needed. + +Either way, it will ask you a couple of questions. + + What will the wiki be named? foo + What revision control system to use? git + What wiki user (or openid) will be admin? joey + Choose a password: + +Then, wait for it to tell you an url for your new site.. + + Successfully set up foo: + url: http://example.com/~joey/foo + srcdir: ~/foo + destdir: ~/public_html/foo + repository: ~/foo.git + To modify settings, edit ~/foo.setup and then run: + ikiwiki --setup ~/foo.setup + +Done! + +## Using the web interface + +Now you can go to the url it told you, and edit pages in your new wiki +using the web interface. + +(If the web interface doesn't seem to allow editing or login, you may +need to [[configure_the_web_server|tips/dot_cgi]].) + +## Checkout and edit wiki source + +Part of the fun of using ikiwiki is not being limited to using the +web for editing pages, and instead using your favorite text editor and +[[Revision_Control_System|rcs]]. + +To do this, you need to check out a copy of the source to your wiki. +(You should avoid making changes directly to the `srcdir`, as that +checkout is reserved for use by ikiwiki itself.) + +Depending on which [[Revision_Control_System|rcs]] you chose to use, +you can run one of these commands to check out your own copy of your wiki's +source. (Remember to replace "foo" with the real directory name.) + + git clone foo.git foo.src + svn checkout file://`pwd`/foo.svn/trunk foo.src + cvs -d `pwd`/foo get -P ikiwiki + bzr clone foo foo.src + hg clone foo foo.src + darcs get foo.darcs foo.src + # TODO monotone, tla + +Now to edit pages by hand, go into the directory you checked out (ie, +"foo.src"), and fire up your text editor to edit `index.mdwn` or whatever +other page you want to edit. If you chose to set up a blog, there is even a +sample first post in `posts/first_post.mdwn` that you can edit. + +Once you've edited a page, use your revision control system to commit +the changes. For distributed revision control systems, don't forget to push +your commit. + +Once the commit reaches the repository, ikiwiki will notice it, and +automatically update the wiki with your changes. + +## Customizing the wiki + +There are lots of things you can configure to customize your wiki. +These range from changing the wiki's name, to enabling [[plugins]], +to banning users and locking pages. + +If you log in as the admin user you configured earlier, and go to +your Preferences page, you can click on "Setup" to customize many +wiki settings and plugins. + +Some settings cannot be configured on the web, for security reasons or +because misconfiguring them could break the wiki. To change these settings, +you can manually edit the setup file, which is named something like +"foo.setup". The file lists all available configuration settings +and gives a brief description of each. + +After making changes to this file, you need to tell ikiwiki to use it: + + % ikiwiki --setup foo.setup + +Alternatively, you can ask ikiwiki to change settings in the file for you: + + % ikiwiki --changesetup foo.setup --plugin goodstuff + +See [[usage]] for more options. + +## Customizing file locations + +As a wiki compiler, ikiwiki builds a wiki from files in a source directory, +and outputs the files to a destination directory. The source directory is +a working copy checked out from the version control system repository. + +When you used `auto.setup`, ikiwiki put the source directory, destination +directory, and repository in your home directory, and told you the location +of each. Those locations were chosen to work without customization, but you +might want to move them to different directories. + +First, move the destination directory and repository around. + + % mv public_html/foo /srv/web/foo.com + % mv foo.git /srv/git/foo.git + +If you moved the repository to a new location, checkouts pointing at the +old location won't work, and the easiest way to deal with this is to delete +them and re-checkout from the new repository location. + + % rm -rf foo + % git clone /srv/git/foo.git + +Finally, edit the setup file. Modify the settings for `srcdir`, `destdir`, +`url`, `cgiurl`, `cgi_wrapper`, `git_wrapper`, etc to reflect where +you moved things. Remember to run `ikiwiki --setup` after editing the +setup file. + +## Enjoy your new wiki! + +Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]]. And check out +the [[tips]] to find out how to get more out of ikiwiki. + +---- + +_Notes_: + +- If you are searching for the file where the users are stored, it's in `your_repository/.ikiwiki/userdb`. The one which is in YOUR REPOSITORY, it cannot be found into your `~/.ikiwiki`. +- If you want to enable a plugin you **WILL HAVE** to add it to the `add_plugins` array in the `*.setup` file (or to use the `--plugin` switch while calling `ikiwiki`). Uncommenting the plugin options/configuration fields in the setup is not **ALWAYS** sufficient. You have been warned.