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Welcome to your new DokuWiki
Congratulations, your wiki is now up and running. Here are a few more tips to get you started.
Enjoy your work with DokuWiki,
– the developers
Create your first pages
Your wiki needs to have a start page. As long as it doesn't exist, this link will be red: start.
Go on, follow that link and create the page. If you need help with using the syntax you can always refer to the syntax page.
You might also want to use a sidebar. To create it, just edit the sidebar page. Everything in that page will be shown in a margin column on the side. Read our FAQ on sidebars to learn more.
Please be aware that not all templates support sidebars.
Customize your Wiki
Once you're comfortable with creating and editing pages you might want to have a look at the configuration settings (be sure to login as superuser first).
You may also want to see what plugins and templates are available at DokuWiki.org to extend the functionality and looks of your DokuWiki installation.
Join the Community
DokuWiki is an Open Source project that thrives through user contributions. A good way to stay informed on what's going on and to get useful tips in using DokuWiki is subscribing to the newsletter.
The DokuWiki User Forum is an excellent way to get in contact with other DokuWiki users and is just one of the many ways to get support.
Of course we'd be more than happy to have you getting involved with DokuWiki.
Sorry if some of the pages having missing graphics or a bookmarked page is missing. We are migrating our site over to DokuWiki from Drupal. The last major overhaul of our site was in 2016, and we were due for some freshening up.
The collection of material for the study of geek history dates back to my early days in technology as far back as the 1970s. You will find specific footnotes and references on many pages with links to current websites. Anytime a claim is made, or a fact is stated from a website or blog that does not appear to have firsthand knowledge of the subject I make a note to follow up on it. I can assure you that anything I have written is based on verification of facts from a source as close to the events and individuals as possible or multiple sources of information from leading publications or references.