Publish and manage content with DokuWiki

17     Keep track of revisions
Press the Old Revisions button to view a list of all previous versions of the page. You can then compare two versions of the page by selecting them in the list and pressing the Show Differences Between Selected Revisions button. DokuWiki uses colour coding to make it easier to track the changes.

18     Use Plugin Manager to install plug-ins
DokuWiki’s default functionality can be expanded using plug-ins, and the Plugin Manager page (Admin>Manage Plugins) lets you install and manage third-party modules. To install a plug-in, enter its URL in the URL field and press the Download button.

19     Install plug-ins manually
Alternatively, you can install plug-ins manually. To do this, download the plug-in you want, unpack the downloaded archive and move the resulting folder into the /lib/plugins/ directory of your DokuWiki installations.

20     Configure plug-ins
Once the plug-in is installed, it adds a separate section on the Configuration Settings interface (provided the plug-in includes configurable options). You can use the available options to tweak the plug-in’s settings.

21     Use the Tag plug-in
Tagging is all the rage these days and the Tag plug-in adds tagging functionality to DokuWiki. The plug-in lets you tag any wiki page using the following code: {{tag>tag1, tag2, tag3}}. You can then display all pages containing a specific tag (eg tag1) using the {{tag>tag1}} code.

22     Add commenting feature with DISQUS plug-in
The DISQUS plug-in lets you integrate the DISQUS commenting system (www.disqus.com) into your wiki. Install the DISQUS plug-in and you can add the commenting feature to any wiki page by placing the ~~DISQUS~~ macro in the page where you want the DISQUS form and comment to appear.

23     Export pages in ODT format
The ODT plug-in allows you to export pages as OpenOffice.org Writer documents. To enable ODT export for a specific wiki page, insert the ~~ODT~~macro somewhere in its text. Alternatively, you can modify DokuWiki’s template to enable ODT export globally. The plug-in’s page explains how to do this.

24     Add charting capabilities
While DokuWiki doesn’t include charting capabilities out of the box, the gchart plug-in can generate charts using the Google Chart API. The plug-in sports simple syntax and a few options for tweaking
the chart’s appearance. The supported chart types include pie, line, bar and sparkline.