Create and configure a wiki

Sign the template

Sign the template with an ID that is allowed to run agents and code on your servers.
 
 

Create a new wiki using the template

1. From the Notes client select File > Application > New.
2. Provide the location and title for the new database you are creating.
3. Select the template to use.
 

Add users and assign roles (ACL)

1. Open the new wiki database in the Notes client.
2. Go to File > Application > Access control.
3. Add administrators (individuals and/or groups):

• Access: at least Editor
• Delete access: Grant delete access for admins that you want to be able to delete articles in the Notes client. Delete is not supported in the web browser.
• Roles:
• [admin] -- required to create categories
• [webadmin] -- required for web users
• [webclientadmin] -- required for web users
• [webcompose] -- required for web users

4. Add users (individuals and/or groups) with Editor access and select these roles:

• Access: Editor
• Delete access: Articles cannot be deleted in the web browser so it is not recommended to allow delete access.
• Roles:
• [basic] -- hides Advanced portion of outline in Notes client
• [webadmin] -- required for web users
• [webclientadmin] -- required for web users
• [webcompose] -- required for web users

5. Click OK.

Enable Search and Advanced Search

To enable Search and Advanced Search you need to index the database. Once indexing is turned on search will appear in the upper right corner of the wiki. To index the database, perform the following steps:

1. Open the wiki in the Notes client.
2. Open File > Application > Properties.
3. Go to the search tab and click Create Index.
4. Take the defaults settings and click OK to create the index.

Set up authentication

Use standard Domino authentication.
 
Set the value of the Register link that appears in the Banner by changing the Custom Control prtBanner.

Configure wiki preferences

Set wiki preferences specific to your environment. 
1. Open the wiki in the Notes Client.
2. From the Articles and Comments view, select More > Preferences.

Change the wiki title and logos

On the Basic tab you can change the title and company logos that appear in the banner of the wiki. This template shows how you can set up more than one brand logo and make it selectable outside of the design. To enter the wiki title and logos, follow these steps:
1. Go to More > Preferences
2. On the Basic tab modify the wiki title.

Set logout redirect

Enter the location you want users redirected to when they log out of the wiki. By default this is set to the application root. To set the logout redirect, follow these steps:
1. Open Preferences.
2. Select the Advanced tab.
3. Select Site Settings tab.
4. Enter the link for the logout redirect. This is often set to the name of the wiki nsf.

Enable HTML in the wiki

You can alIow users to use HTML markup in wiki articles. HTML can be used in the web and Notes client. To enable HTML, follow these steps:
1. Open Preferences.
2. Select the Advanced tab.
3. Select HTML tab.
4. Check Allow HTML if you want to allow HTML markup to be used in the wiki.

Update server host name and preview server

Configure the server host name and the server where users will preview articles. Articles can be previewed from inside the Notes client only. To set these servers, follow these steps:
1. Open Preferences.
2. Select the Server tab.
3. Enter Server Host Name. This allows you to provide an alternate hostname if your web site domain is different than the server domain.
4. Enter Preview Server URL. Set this to the server and database where users will be previewing articles. This Include the full nsf name and a slash at the end.
5. No changes are needed in the Feed Encoding and Feed Language fields. Because there is not a performance friendly way of getting some information they are stored within Preferences > Server. They are created by default and can be refreshed using the refresh button. So if you have any issues with RSS.

Set up statistics logging

You can track some usage statistics for the wiki. Learn how in Set up stats logging.

Add Featured communities

Featured communities is displayed in the wiki footer. See Modify wiki banner and footer for more information.

Verify required categories and documents were created

There are some categories and documents that the wiki uses for the tabs and other key links in the user interface.

Creating a new wiki / database

By default, when you create a new wiki from the template these documents are created for you and are populated with some initial information that you can change later.

• Product Documentation category - Opens when you select the Product Documentation tab
• Learning Center category - Opens when you select the Learning Center tab
• Media Gallery category - Opens when you select Media Gallery in the left navigation
• Help category - Category that Wiki Help document belongs to

Applying this template to an existing wiki / database

If you are applying this template to an existing database or these documents were not successfully created you can create the categories and documents manually.

Follow these steps to quickly create the categories required for the tabs and Media Gallery and help.
1. Open the Notes client.
2. Go to Actions > Create required categories.
3. Click each button, in the form that opens, to create the Product Documentation, Learning Center, and Media Gallery categories.
4. Create the Help category and Wiki Help document manually.

If you click on Custom Content in the Notes client navigation and nothing happens you need to run an agent to create this document.

Follow these steps to create Custom Content (TAB CONFIG).
1. Open the Notes client.
2. Go to Actions > Create Custom Content document.
3. Once the agent completes the Custom Content document opens.