Once you have
PmWiki up and running on your site (see
PmWiki.Installation), you may want to begin customizing PmWiki for your particular needs. Most PmWiki customizations are performed in a file called
local/config.php.
When you first install PmWiki, the
local/config.php file will not exist and so you'll have to create one if you want to perform any local customizations. You can either create
config.php from scratch following the instructions below, or you can copy the
sample-config.php file (in the same directory as
pmwiki.php) to
local/config.php and use it as a starting point.
Here is a very simple
config.php file:
<?php
$WikiTitle = "MyNewWiki";
$PageLogoUrl = "http://www.example.com/mylogo.gif";
?>
Note that
config.php should always begin with
<?php and end with
?>. Be sure there aren't any blank lines or spaces before the
<?php or after the
?>, or else you'll get strange PHP error messages at the beginning of your wiki pages.
The
config.php file above is setting the value of two PHP variables used by PmWiki. The
$WikiTitle variable gives the name of your site as it will appear in a user's browser title bar. The $PageLogoUrl variable specifies the URL of the icon image that will appear by default in the upper-left corner of each wiki page. PmWiki lets you set these (and other) variables in
config.php so that you can change the look and feel of PmWiki from its default, sometimes substantially so. You can look at
PmWiki.Variables for a list of variables that PmWiki uses, and also at
PmWiki:PmWikiUsers for examples of other sites that are using PmWiki in customized ways.
After you've set up an initial
config.php file, you can then begin to look at other LocalCustomizations you may wish to make to your wiki site. You will also want to visit the
PmWiki Cookbook [
http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/HomePage] which provides a lot of customizations you may wish to try.
Don't forget to join a
PmWiki mailing list, where you can email other
WikiAdministrators for help on customizing PmWiki and participate in discussions about PmWiki improvements. And, once you have your site operational, be sure to add it to
PmWiki:PmWikiUsers so others will know about it!
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