DokuWiki Manual

This manual is intended to be the extended resource for all standard questions on using DokuWiki. It includes information useful for 'standard' users up to administrators who want to configure and run their own wiki installation. Pages should start with a general description of a feature and how to use it and then go into detail how to configure it.

1. What is DokuWiki?
2. Using DokuWiki
   1. Learn by Video: Screencast Tutorials
   2. The Main Window
   3. Navigation through DokuWiki Page
      • Pages
      • Namespaces
      • Different types of links: internal, interwiki, external, e-mail, windows shares
      • Using the Search function
      • The Index
      • Recent changes
      • Older page revisions
      • RSS and ATOM feeds
      • Export Pages
   4. The Editor Window
      • Quickbuttons for formatting markup
      • The Edit Summary
      • Minor Edits
   5. Editing DokuWiki Pages
      • View the wiki source text
      • Formatting syntax
        • Basic text formatting (typefaces, footnotes, ..)
        • Links
        • Sectioning
        • Images, uploaded files
        • Lists (ordered and unordered)
        • Tables
        • Smileys, Abbreviations and Typography
        • Nonparsed blocks (e.g. to display code)
        • Embedded HTML and PHP code
        • Syntax plugins
      • Good Style
      • Difference between changes and old revisions
      • How page locking works
      • Automatic Draft Saving
   6. Media Files
      • Image- and Mediahandling
      • The Media Manager Popup
      • MIME configuration
      • EXIF and IPTC support
   7. Non-Anonymous Wikis
      • Registering and Logging in
      • Email Subscriptions
   8. Small Style Guide
3. Your own DokuWiki Installation
   1. Requirements
   2. Installation
   3. Troubleshooting
4. DokuWiki Administration
   1. The admin window
   2. Configuration
      1. Nice URLs through rewriting
   3. Let's talk about permissions
      1. Access Control with ACL
      2. Authentication methods
   4. Maintenance
   5. Command Line Tools
5. Adapting DokuWiki to Your Needs
   1. Installing a plugin
   2. Using templates to alter the looks of your wiki
   3. Namespace Templates
   4. Make DokuWiki talk your language
   5. A matter of style with CSS
   6. Making code modifications
   7. How to implement your own authentication back end
   8. DokuWiki Bounty Program
6. Some details on special needs
   1. DokuWiki and Search Engines aka. SEO
   2. Using DokuWiki for Blogging
   3. Using DokuWiki as a lightweight CMS