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-### 1. [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki.
+## [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki.
-### 2. Decide where your wiki's files will go.
+## Decide where your wiki's files will go.
As a wiki compiler, ikiwiki builds a wiki from files in a source directory,
and outputs the files to a destination directory. If you keep your wiki in
Note that ikiwiki owns the working copy directory; do not perform your own
edits in ikiwiki's working copy.
-### 3. Create the beginnings of your wiki.
+## Create the beginnings of your wiki.
This will create a simple main page for the wiki.
wiki, from files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/`, so your wiki will
automatically get a [[SandBox]], and some other useful pages.
-### 4. Build your wiki for the first time.
+## Build your wiki for the first time.
ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/
Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now
be able to visit the url and see your wiki.
-### 5. Add content to your wiki.
+## Add content to your wiki.
-Repeat steps 3 and 4 as desired, editing or adding pages and rebuilding the
-wiki.
+Continue editing or adding pages and rebuilding the wiki.
To quickly get started on a common task like blogging with ikiwiki, you
can copy in files from the [[examples]]. The examples are located in
and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line (see
[[usage]]).
-### 6. Add a setup file.
+## Add a setup file.
By now you should be getting tired of typing in all the command line
options each time you change something in your wiki's setup. Time to
When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it
will set everything up.
-### 7. Turn on additional features.
+## Turn on additional features.
Now you have a basic wiki with a configuration file. Time to experiment
with ikiwiki's many features.
`ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`. Be sure to browse through all the
[[plugins]]..
-### 8. Put your wiki in revision control.
+## Put your wiki in revision control.
At this point you might want to check your wiki in to a revision control
system so you can keep track of changes and revert edits. Depending
rm -r $SRCDIR-old
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-### 9. Configure ikiwiki to use revision control.
+## Configure ikiwiki to use revision control.
Once your wiki is checked in to the revision control system,
you should configure ikiwiki to use revision control. Edit your
And in the web interface, RecentChanges should work, and files changed
by web users will also be committed using revision control.
-### 10. Enjoy your new wiki!
+## Enjoy your new wiki!
Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]]. And check out
the [[tips]] to find out how to get more out of ikiwiki.