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diff --git a/doc/page_locking.mdwn b/doc/page_locking.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..01c687169 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/page_locking.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +The administrator of a wiki can choose to lock some pages, which allows +only the admin to edit them using the online interface. This doesn't +prevent anyone who can commit to the underlying revision control system +from editing the pages, however. + +To lock a page, log into the wiki as whatever user is configured as the +admin, and in your Preferences page, you'll find a field listing locked +pages. This is a [[PageSpec]], so you have a fair bit of control over what +kinds of pages to lock. For example, you could choose to lock all pages +created before 2006, or all pages that are linked to from the page named +"locked". More usually though, you'll just list some names of pages to lock. + +One handy thing to do if you're using ikiwiki for your blog is to lock +"* and !*/Discussion". This prevents others from adding to or modifying +posts in your blog, while still letting them comment via the Discussion +pages. |