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+This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki,
+doing everything by hand. [[Setup]] has an easier method, but with less
+control.
+
+[[!toc ]]
+
+## 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
+a version control system, the source directory will contain a working copy
+checked out from the version control system.
+
+For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll set shell variables
+for these locations, and use those variables in the commands that follow.
+
+ SRCDIR=~/wikiwc
+ DESTDIR=~/public_html/wiki/
+
+Note that ikiwiki owns the working copy directory; do not perform your own
+edits in ikiwiki's working copy.
+
+## Create the beginnings of your wiki.
+
+This will create a simple main page for the wiki.
+
+ mkdir $SRCDIR
+ cd $SRCDIR
+ $EDITOR index.mdwn
+
+In the editor, you could start by entering a simple page like
+[[!toggle id=page text="this one"]].
+[[!toggleable id=page text="""
+ Welcome to your new wiki.
+
+ All wikis are supposed to have a \[[SandBox]],
+ so this one does too.
+
+ ----
+
+ This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info).
+"""]]
+
+See [[ikiwiki/formatting]] for details about the markup language.
+
+Note that several [[standard_wiki_pages|basewiki]] will be added to your
+wiki, from files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/`, so your wiki will
+automatically get a [[SandBox]], and some other useful pages.
+
+## 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.
+
+## Add content to your 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
+`doc/examples/` in the ikiwiki source package.
+
+You can experiment with other ikiwiki parameters such as `--wikiname`
+and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line (see
+[[usage]]).
+
+## 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
+introduce setup files.
+
+To generate a setup file, use `ikiwiki --dumpsetup`. You can pass
+all the options have you been including at the command line, and they
+will be stored in the setup file.
+
+ ikiwiki $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/ --dumpsetup ikiwiki.setup
+
+Note that this file should *not* be put in your wiki's directory with
+the rest of the files. A good place to put it is in a ~/.ikiwiki/
+subdirectory.
+
+Most of the options, like `wikiname` in the setup file are the same as
+ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir` and
+`destdir` are the two directories you specify when running ikiwiki by
+hand. Make sure that these are pointing to the right directories, and
+read through and configure the rest of the file to your liking.
+
+When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it
+will set everything up.
+
+## Turn on additional features.
+
+Now you have a basic wiki with a setup file. Time to experiment
+with ikiwiki's many features.
+
+Let's first enable a key wiki feature and set up [[CGI]] to allow
+editing the wiki from the web. Just edit ikiwiki.setup, uncomment the
+settings for the `cgi_wrapper`, make sure the filename for the cgi wrapper
+is ok, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and you're done!
+
+There are lots of other configuration options in ikiwiki.setup that you
+can uncomment, configure, and enable by re-running
+`ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`. Be sure to browse through all the
+[[plugins]]..
+
+## 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
+on the revision control system you choose, the way this is done varies.
+
+Note that the .ikiwiki subdirectory is where ikiwiki keeps its state, and
+should be preserved, but not checked into revision control.
+
+The [[ikiwiki-makerepo]] command automates setting up a wiki in
+revision control.
+
+[[!toggle id=subversion text="Subversion"]]
+[[!toggleable id=subversion text="""
+ REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo
+ ikiwiki-makerepo svn $SRCDIR $REPOSITORY
+"""]]
+
+[[!toggle id=git text="Git"]]
+[[!toggleable id=git text="""
+ REPOSITORY=~/wiki.git
+ ikiwiki-makerepo git $SRCDIR $REPOSITORY
+
+Please see [[rcs/git]] for detailed documentation about how
+ikiwiki uses git repositories, and some important caveats
+about using the git repositories.
+"""]]
+
+[[!toggle id=mercurial text="Mercurial"]]
+[[!toggleable id=mercurial text="""
+ REPOSITORY=$SRCDIR
+ ikiwiki-makerepo mercurial $SRCDIR
+"""]]
+
+[[!toggle id=bazaar text="Bazaar"]]
+[[!toggleable id=bazaar text="""
+ REPOSITORY=$SRCDIR
+ ikiwiki-makerepo bzr $SRCDIR
+"""]]
+
+[[!toggle id=tla text="TLA"]]
+[[!toggleable id=tla text="""
+ REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo
+ tla make-archive me@localhost--wiki $REPOSITORY
+ tla my-id "<me@localhost>"
+ cd $SRCDIR
+ tla archive-setup me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
+ tla init-tree me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
+ # Edit {arch}/=tagging-method and change the precious
+ # line to add the .ikiwiki directory to the regexp.
+ tla add *
+ tla import
+"""]]
+
+[[!toggle id=monotone text="Monotone"]]
+[[!toggleable id=monotone text="""
+ # This assumes that you have already used "mtn genkey you@hostname".
+ REPOSITORY=~/wiki.monotone
+ ikiwiki-makerepo monotone $SRCDIR $REPOSITORY
+"""]]
+
+## 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 ikiwiki.setup, set
+`rcs` to the the revision control system you chose to use. Be sure to set
+`svnrepo` to the directory for your repository, if using subversion.
+Uncomment the configuration for the wrapper for your revision control
+system, and configure the wrapper path appropriately (for Git, it should be
+the path to `hooks/post-update` inside the bare git repository).
+
+Once it's all set up, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` once more.
+Now you should be able to edit files in $SRCDIR, and use your revision
+control system to commit them, and the wiki will automatically update.
+And in the web interface, RecentChanges should work, and files changed
+by web users will also be committed using revision control.
+
+## Enjoy your new wiki!
+
+Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]]. And check out
+the [[tips]] to find out how to get more out of ikiwiki.
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