X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/8f8959c96ecc69ecc75b5e5c76b52345afce94d8..246e93a300f81d67f5e6339e77cd533b815da9e9:/doc/plugins/sidebar.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/plugins/sidebar.mdwn b/doc/plugins/sidebar.mdwn index 04bf6666f..9ddfa19fb 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/sidebar.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/sidebar.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[template id=plugin name=sidebar included=1 author="Tuomo Valkonen"]] +[[template id=plugin name=sidebar author="Tuomo Valkonen"]] [[tag type/chrome]] If this plugin is enabled, then a sidebar is added to pages in the wiki. @@ -6,10 +6,16 @@ The content of the sidebar is simply the content of a page named "sidebar" (ie, create a "sidebar.mdwn"). Typically this will be a page in the root of the wiki, but it can also be a -[[SubPage]]. In fact, this page, [[plugins/sidebar|plugins/sidebar]], will -be treated as a sidebar for the [[plugins]] page, and of all of its -SubPages, if the plugin is enabled. +[[ikiwiki/SubPage]]. In fact, this page, +[[plugins/sidebar|plugins/sidebar]], will be treated as a sidebar for the +[[plugins]] page, and of all of its SubPages, if the plugin is enabled. -Note that to disable a sidebar for a [[SubPage]] of a page that has a sidebar, -you can create a sidebar page that is completely empty. This will turn off -the sidebar altogether. +Note that to disable a sidebar for a [[ikiwiki/SubPage]] of a page that has +a sidebar, you can create a sidebar page that is completely empty. This +will turn off the sidebar altogether. + +Warning: Any change to the sidebar will cause a rebuild of the whole wiki, +since every page includes a copy that has to be updated. This can +especially be a problem if the sidebar includes [[inline]] or [[map]] +directives, since any changes to pages inlined or mapped onto the sidebar +will change the sidebar and cause a full wiki rebuild.