The pages below describe various aspects of using and administering a PmWiki installation. As you can see, the documentation is still incomplete. If you have suggestions, additions, or improvements for the documentation, please contribute them to pmichaud.com's PmWiki:DocumentationIndex page so they can be incorporated into future distributions of PmWiki!

See also the PmWiki.FAQ for answers to frequently asked questions.

• Beginner topics for creating and editing pages in PmWiki
  • WikiWords
  • BasicEditing
  • CreatingNewPages
  • LinksToExternalPages
  • ImagesInWikiPages
  • FreeLinks
  • DeletePages
  • TipsForEditing

• Intermediate editing topics
  • TextFormattingRules - convenient one-page-stop for many common markups
  • WikiStyles - colored text, links in new windows
  • Uploads - upload and attach files to pages
  • SimpleTables
  • SimpleTables2
  • AdvancedTables
  • InterMap links - URI/URL shortcuts
  • SpecialMarkups - specialized markups (double-brackets)

• WikiStructures - organizing and protecting pages in PmWiki
  • WikiGroups - organize pages into groups
  • Passwords - password protect pages and groups
  • WikiTrails - create paths (trails) through PmWiki pages
  • GroupHeaders - add content to the beginning of all pages in a WikiGroup (Refers to GroupFooters too!)
  • PageHistory - view/recover previous versions of a page
  • AuthorTracking - track authorship of page changes

• PmWiki site administration
  • SystemRequirements
  • Installation - downloading and installing PmWiki
  • InitialSetupTasks - initial customizations, the config.php file
  • LocalCustomizations - details about customizing PmWiki
    • LayoutBasics - change the display of PmWiki pages
    • LayoutAdvanced - more on changing PmWiki page displays
    • PerGroupCustomizations - per-group or per-page customizations
    • PasswordsAdmin - set site-wide and admin passwords
    • UploadsAdmin - configure the upload.php module
    • Internationalizations - PmWiki in other languages
    • MailPosts - send mail whenever pages are updated
    • ChangePmWikiURL - change the URI/URL used to access PmWiki
    • CustomInterMaps - add custom InterMap links
    • WikiStylesAdmin - customize available WikiStyles
    • CustomFreeLinks - customizing free link display
    • CustomMarkup
  • AvailableActions
  • ErrorMessages
  • EditQuickReference - text that appears beneath the Edit Page form
  • FilesAndDirectories
  • PageLayout
  • QAMarkup
  • Robots
  • TroubleShooting
  • UninstallingPmWiki
  • Upgrades - upgrade to new PmWiki releases
  • UploadQuickReference - text that appears on the Uploads form
  • Variables

• About PmWiki
  • PmWikiPhilosophy - design principles behind PmWiki
  • PmWiki.Audiences - who PmWiki is designed for
  • PmWiki.Contributors - people who have helped make PmWiki great
  • PmWiki.Size