Dokuwiki is a fairly simple program to use, and features a nice toolbar for doing markup. However, just typing words in the box and clicking "save" isn't enough to really do Tanasinn the right way™ .

Before you begin, Read the Dokuwiki syntax guide!

Before you begin work on your magnum opus, ask yourself: can my page actually serve a need? If not, it will probably just end up being 2 or 3 sentences of useless garbage. It's fine to write a draft, but before you publish it, understand what role the page will play in the greater scheme of the wiki.

Begin the page with a top level headline ( ====== Title ======, that's 6 ='s on each side) and then add {tag>new} on the bottom of the page to add its initial category.

1. Don't think.
2. Feel.

After you have your header and category at the top of the page, think about what "sections" your page should show. Give them titles, but use 5 equals instead of 6 around the header. If any of these sections require more indepth discussion, follow the introductory paragraph with 4 = equals signs. As you write your article, if you ever encounter any topics that may deserve a future page of their own, drop a link like [[page_name|some cool page]].

Have fun with the fact that you're written for our wikipedia! Throw in serious or goofy footnotes with ((double parentheses))¹⁾ to "facts" just like you would on Wikipedia.

Working on a project? Dokuwiki is not just a directory of webpages that are interlinked; it also supports "namespaces" (think directories). For an example of a project, look at :games:.

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In the URL, a namespace looks like "/topic/pagename" or "/topic/sub/pagename". Here's some tips to get started.

Read the documentation if you need to know more.

1. Go to :category (aka :category:start)
2. <nspages> lists all pages in the directory (documentation)
3. If there's a tag, {{topic>category}} lists tagged pages (documentation)
4. Within the namespace, link to a sibling page like [[page]]
5. Link to a page in another namespace like [[:root]], [[:page]], [[:namespace:page]], etc