[pmwiki-users] Deleting or refreshing wiki pages

[Patrick R. Michaud]

Others have already satisfactorily answered these questions on the
list, but just to make sure nothing was missed I'll repeat my
answers here.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 12:57:15PM -0500, zgrauer at earthlink.net wrote:
> Here are several related questions:
> 
> 1. Is there a way to delete files in a wiki? 

You can simply change a page's contents to "delete".  Or, if you're
an admin, you can just remove the corresponding file from wiki.d/ .

> 2. Alternatively, if I delete the reference link - or all 
> reference links - to the file, does it automatically get 
> removed from wiki.d/ ?

No.

> 3. What happens if I manually create, delete or edit a file in/from wiki.d

You probably won't want to manually create a file in wiki.d/, as they
are more than simple text files (they also contain page history and
other items).  It is okay to copy files from other wiki.d/ directories,
and to rename the files in wiki.d/ .

> 4. Is there a way to 'refresh' a file if/when I replace a template?

Do you mean replacing a skin template (i.e., a .tmpl file)?  If so,
then you don't need ot do anything to refresh the page file -- it
happens automatically.

If you mean an edit template for new pages, then the template only
affects new pages and not existing pages.

> 5. Would it make sense to rename pmwiki.php to index.php, so it 
> is autodisplayed, or would that break the internal workings of pmwiki?

PmWiki doesn't care what it is called, as long as $ScriptUrl is
properly set.  However, admins who rename pmwiki.php to index.php
often forget to do it again when they upgrade to a newer release
of PmWiki.  Thus, it's often suggested to create an index.php file
containing:

    <?php include_once('pmwiki.php'); ?>

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