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Directory Layout

dokuwiki – DokuWiki root directory - maybe you named it differently
- .git – git metadata, you have this only if you're using a git checkout
- _test – contains the Unit Test Suite
- bin – Collection of command line tools
- conf – Configuration data is stored here
- data – All data that is written by DokuWiki is stored here (see savedir), the changelog is placed here, too
  - attic – old page revisions are stored here, it contains namespaces directories
  - cache – DokuWiki creates cachefiles to speed things up - cachefiles have md5 filenames and are stored inside 16 directories here, sorted by their first letter (0-f)
  - index – Stores lookup tables for the fulltext search index
  - locks – This directory is used to create temporary locks (not pagelocks)
  - media – Here are all image files stored, it contains namespaces directories
  - meta – Stores meta data for pages, it contains namespaces directories
  - pages – Here are the raw pages stored, it contains namespaces directories
  - tmp – Used to store temporary files via XML-RPC, etc.
- inc – Contains PHP libs – the core of DokuWiki
  - auth – Authentication backends
  - geshi – The GeShi syntax highlighting language definitions
  - lang – DokuWiki's language files used for localization
  - magpie – The magpie RSS parser
  - parser – DokuWiki's parser system
- lib – Files that get called externally (from your browser)
  - exe – Externally accessed PHP files (for AJAX)
  - images – Images files
    - interwiki – interwiki icons
    - smileys – smiley icons
    - toolbar – toolbar icons
  - plugins – Plugins are stored here
    - acl – The ACL plugin
    - config – The Configuration Settings plugin
    - info – The Info plugin
    - plugin – The Plugin Manager
    - revert – The Revert plugin
    - usermanager– The UserManager
  - scripts – JavaScript files
  - styles – CSS style files
  - tpl – Template
    - default – The default template