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1====== Welcome to your new DokuWiki ======
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3Congratulations, your wiki is now up and running. Here are a few more tips to get you started.
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5Enjoy your work with DokuWiki,\\
6-- the developers
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8===== Create your first pages =====
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10Your wiki needs to have a start page. As long as it doesn't exist, this link will be red: [[:start]].
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12Go on, follow that link and create the page. If you need help with using the syntax you can always refer to the [[wiki:syntax|syntax page]].
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14You might also want to use a sidebar. To create it, just edit the [[:sidebar]] page. Everything in that page will be shown in a margin column on the side. A sidebar is a good place for a navigation, just place a list of links in it or install and use one of the [[http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugins?plugintag=navigation#extension__table|navigation plugins]].
15Please be aware that not all templates support sidebars.
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17===== Customize your Wiki =====
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19Once you're comfortable with creating and editing pages you might want to have a look at the [[this>doku.php?do=admin&page=config|configuration settings]] (be sure to login as superuser first).
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21You may also want to see what [[doku>plugins|plugins]] and [[doku>templates|templates]] are available at DokuWiki.org to extend the functionality and looks of your DokuWiki installation.
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23===== Join the Community =====
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25DokuWiki is an Open Source project that thrives through user contributions. A good way to stay informed on what's going on and to get useful tips in using DokuWiki is subscribing to the [[doku>newsletter]].
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27The [[http://forum.dokuwiki.org|DokuWiki User Forum]] is an excellent way to get in contact with other DokuWiki users and is just one of the many ways to get [[doku>faq:support|support]].
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29Of course we'd be more than happy to have you [[doku>devel:getting_involved|getting involved]] with DokuWiki.
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