====== Backlinks ======
Backlinks are those [[links]] linking back to the current page. In DokuWiki you can see a list of pages linking to the current document by clicking at the [[pagename]] at the top. If your wiki layout does not have pagename you can find backlinks by appending ''?do=backlink'' to the page URL.

To speed up backlink searching the [[search|fulltext search index]] is used. This means some restrictions apply to the backlinks:

  * links from pagenames shorter than 3 letters will not be found
  * the same is true for pagenames which consist of several underscore separated parts shorter than 3 characters

===== Orphans =====
A page with no backlink is called an orphan. It means that, as there is no link to it, no one can see it. However, it still can be accessed if you type its URL, or through the [[search]] engine, or even via the [[index]] feature. There is also a [[plugintag>orphan|plugin for displaying orphaned pages]] available.

===== Disabling Backlinks =====

You can disable backlinks altogether via the configuration manager (see [[config:disableactions]]). In order to //remove// the link of the pagename you have to edit the ''main.php'' of your template and replace the following:

<code html>
<div class="pagename">
  [[<?php tpl_link(wl($ID,'do=backlink'),tpl_pagetitle($ID,true),'title="'.$lang['btn_backlink'].'"')?>]]
</div>
</code>

with:

<code html>
<div class="pagename">
  [[<?php print tpl_pagetitle($ID,true)?>]]
</div>
</code>