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--- tips:cms [2009-11-07 23:44] – old revision restored ach
+++ tips:cms [2020-04-24 16:00] (current) – Pankaj Rasgania
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 ====== Using DokuWiki as a lightweight CMS ======
-Wikis were **originally** intended as a way to work collaboratively in a very open environment. This is no different with DokuWiki. However DokuWiki provides certain features that make using it as a more conventional Content Management System possible. This pages gives you a quick overview what you might want to do for configuring DokuWiki as a CMS.
+Wikis were **originally** intended as a way to work collaboratively in a very open environment. This is no different with DokuWiki. However DokuWiki provides certain features that make using it as a more conventional Content Management System possible. This page gives you a quick overview what you might want to do for configuring DokuWiki as a CMS.
 Some steps are somewhat similar to when using DokuWiki as a [[tips:blogging|blogging tool]], so reading that page is recommended.
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-===== Locking up DokuWiki =====
+===== Customise =====
+==== Locking up DokuWiki ====
 The main difference between a Wiki and a conventional CMS is who is allowed to edit. For a CMS you want to restrict editing to a very small group or even a single user. This can be easily achieved with DokuWiki's [[:ACL]] feature.
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 You will need to assign ''read'' permissions to the ''@ALL'' group on ''*'' namespace. The group of editors should get more permissions on that namespace of course.
-===== Disabling Wiki-Functions =====
+==== Disabling Wiki-Functions ====
 Many DokuWiki features are less useful or even unwanted for a CMS setup scenario. DokuWiki, allows you to disable certain function using the [[config:disableactions]] option. For a CMS setup you probably want to disable ''register'', ''backlinks'', ''index'', ''recent'', ''revisions'', ''subscribe'', ''subscribens'' and ''source''.
-===== Editing Messages =====
+==== Enable URL Rewriting ====
-Certain messages generated by DokuWiki might not be sensible in a CMS context. This is most certainly true for the message you get when a page does not exist, which suggests to create the page. You should check the message files in ''inc/lang/<yourlanguage>/*.txt'' and edit them as needed.
+You should enable some sort of [[:rewrite|URL Rewriting]] so users don't see the ''../doku.php?..''
-Be sure to backup these changes as they will be overwritten by the next [[install:upgrade]].
+==== Template ====
+Your template should hide all edit buttons and other Wiki related features from unauthorized users. You can do this by checking the ''$_SERVER['REMOTE_USER']'' variable.
+Specially the templates [[template:dokucms]] (inclusive examples) and [[template:mcz]] are used for 'normal' websites.
+==== Adding an always visible navigation ====
+The classic sidebar for menus, search- or contactforms is easy using a sidebar plugin like [[plugin:sidebar|sidebar]] or [[plugin:sidebarng|sidebarng]].
+==== Editing Messages ====
+Certain messages generated by DokuWiki might not be sensible in a CMS context. This is most certainly true for the message you get when a page does not exist, which suggests to create the page. You should check the message files in ''inc/lang/<yourlanguage>/*.txt'' and then create your own version of these files in ''conf/lang/<yourlanguage>/*.txt''.
+Older DokuWiki version may require that you directly edit ''inc/lang/<yourlanguage>/*.txt''. In this case,  be sure to backup these changes as they will be overwritten by the next [[install:upgrade]].
 Enabling the [[config:send404]] option is another good idea in this case.
-===== Modifying the template =====
+==== Using plugins ====
-Your template should hide all edit buttons and other Wiki related features from unauthorized users. You can do this by checking the ''$_SERVER['REMOTE_USER']'' variable.
+Some plugin suggestions to get started:
+  * [[plugin:addnewpage|addnewpage]]
+  * [[plugin:blog|blog]]
+  * [[plugin:box|box]]
+  * [[plugin:bureaucracy|bureaucracy]]
+  * [[plugin:captcha|captcha]]
+  * [[plugin:cloud|cloud]]
+  * [[plugin:code|code]]
+  * [[plugin:color|color]]
+  * [[plugin:columns|columns]]
+  * [[plugin:comment|comment]]
+  * [[plugin:discussion|discussion]]
+  * [[plugin:displaywikipage|displaywikipage]]
+  * [[plugin:doodle|doodle]]
+  * [[plugin:dw2pdf|dw2pdf]]
+  * [[plugin:editor|editor]]
+  * [[plugin:feed|feed]]
+  * [[plugin:folded|folded]]
+  * [[plugin:gallery|gallery]]
+  * [[plugin:include|include]]
+  * [[plugin:indexmenu|indexmenu]]
+  * [[plugin:newpage|newpage]]
+  * [[plugin:note|note]]
+  * [[plugin:odt|odt]]
+  * [[plugin:orphanswanted|orphanswanted]]
+  * [[plugin:pagemove|pagemove]]
+  * [[plugin:searchindex|searchindex]]
+  * [[plugin:siteexport|siteexport]]
+  * [[plugin:tag|tag]]
+  * [[plugin:translation|translation]]
+  * [[plugin:uparrow|uparrow]]
+  * [[plugin:vshare|vshare]]
+  * [[plugin:wrap|wrap]]
+  * [[plugin:ckgedit|CKGEdit]]
+===== Design =====
-FIXME add some more info here, point out existing CMS templates
+Often people shrink back if you talk about a wiki for CMS use. They mostly think of a 'wikistyled' wiki with the Wikipedia- or Dokuwiki-style with all the buttons and menus.
+But you can customize dokuwiki as easy as any other CMS, but retain all they wiki-functionality like easy document orientated editing, versioncontrol, transclusions and no use for a database.
-http://www.dokuwiki.org/template:dokucms
+Some examples:
-http://www.dokuwiki.org/template:mcz
+  * [[http://ageulen.de|AG Eulen]]
+  * [[http://www.inetsoftware.de|www.inetsoftware.de]]
+  * [[http://www.rabemann.de/galerie/stuttgart/kuenstler/start|www.rabemann.de]]
+  * [[http://inicon.com|inicon.com]]
-===== Adding an always visible navigation =====
-... is easy using a sidebar plugin like [[plugin:sidebar|sidebar]] or [[plugin:sidebarng|sidebarng]].