how to edit this site

Making changes

All files can be edited by anyone. Start with the the /sandbox page.
Changes to the site config are generated into the site with the command ikiwiki --setup /usr/local/etc/ikiwiki.setup.
To create new pages on the web, add a new wiki link and then follow the link. If you cannot find a good place for the link, use the sandbox.
To move a page, create a new page with the old page's content, and place '[[!meta redir=newpage]]' on the old page for a redirect.
To delete a page, edit it and press the "Remove" button.
This entire site is kept in a git repo, so larger changes/reversions can be done at the repo level.
Add images directly to the repo in /usr/local/www/ikiwiki-srcdir/ with git, and they will automatically be brought into the site by the post-commit hook.
Users on leaf.dragonflybsd.org in the ikiwiki group can clone from /usr/local/www/ikiwiki-repo.git/ and edit with a favorite editor, and then push back. You need to be in the 'ikiwiki' group.
If some random person completely scrambles a page, and there's no subsequent commits, you can undo it on leaf by going to /usr/local/www/ikiwiki-srcdir and performing git revert HEAD, then rebuilding.
To lock pages so that random people can't edit them, look for the 'lock' section in the ikiwiki.setup file. Remember to regenerate.
To disable users that repeatedly spam the site, add them to the banned_users list in the ikiwiki.setup file. Remember to regenerate.
Many other settings are commented into the ikiwiki.setup file; check there if there's a desired feature that isn't documented here.

Local editing

To check out a local copy of the site, you must have an account on leaf and be part of the ikiwiki group.

To edit on leaf, clone from /usr/local/www/ikiwiki-repo.git/.

To bring it to your own machine,

git remote add origin ssh://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/usr/local/www/ikiwiki-repo.git

Styles

When naming a page, use underscores to indicate spaces between words in the name.
Avoid CamelCase.
When creating a new page, make sure to link to it somewhere else on the site.
Use Markdown for page syntax.
Straight HTML can be used for page element if needed, though it can get messy; stick to Markdown where possible.

For more information

This site contains ikiwiki documentation under /ikiwiki.
Markdown is documented at daringfireball.net.
Formatting information is linked at the bottom of the form when editing any page.
ikiwiki is documented at the ikiwiki site.