Further Features

DokuWikis have a couple of advantages over traditional paper-based documentations of your work. These are, among others

1. The DokuWiki is easy to use
2. Exhaustive documentation is possible via copy and paste
3. Broad range of text formatting options
4. Extendable via Plugins
5. Subordinate information can be hidden

   WikiCode

   WikiCode

   <hidden WikiCode>
   Display some information only when the user clicks on the words WikiCode
   </hidden>

6. Numbered lists can

   1. help
   2. you
   3. to
   4. structure
   5. things

      HowToContinueNumbering

      HowToContinueNumbering

      See HERE if your numbering breaks due to intervening images, code, and the like.

   6. exhaustively

   WikiSyntax

   WikiSyntax

     - Numbered lists can<WRAP>
       - help
       - you
       - structure
       - things<WRAP>
   <hidden HowToContinueNumbering>
   See [[general:dokuwiki:wiki_issues#How_to_continue_a_numbered_list|HERE]] if your numbering breaks due to intervening images, code, and the like.
   </hidden>
   </WRAP>
       - exhaustively

7. Text formatting enhances the information transfer

   WikiCode

   WikiCode

   <color blue>Text formatting</color>

   The use of

   <color>...</color>

   requires the plugin color

   1. Text can be bold face, italics, bold face italics

      WikiCode

      WikiCode

      Text can be **bold face**, //italics//, **//bold face italics//**

8. Entire code blocks (relevant for bioinformaticians) can be integrated via copy and paste

   forloop.sh

   for i in `ls`; do echo $i; done

   WikiCode

   WikiCode

   <file bash forloop.sh>
   for i in `ls`; do echo $i; done
   </file>

9. cross-linking of information via internal links and exernal links is simple

   WikiCode

   WikiCode

   **cross-linking of information via [[:pbioc_basics|internal links]] and [[http://www.dokuwiki.org|exernal links]] is simple**

10. organize and re-organize information using section headings, pages, and links
11. The Media Manager makes the integration of all kinds of media straightforward.
12. Information sharing among members of a working group is simple
13. Revisions allow to move back to older versions of the WIKI
14. Change history allows to monitor who changed when a particular page (see bottom right of the page)
15. Backups increase data security
16. Task assignment using the do plugin in combination with the sqlite plugin

    Retire (Assigned to ingo. Due on 2035-05-30)

    Code

    Code

    <do 2035-05-30 ingo>Retire</do>

17. Generating a list of tasks assigned to you

    No tasks found

    Code

    Code

    {{dolist>:?id=general:computerenvironment:tasksetwiki&status=UNDONE&limit=10&user=ingo}}

18. Issuing a poll

    What do you like best?
    Real name	Option 1	Option 2 some wikimarkup is allowed!	Option 3
    Warning: Undefined array key "editLinks" in /var/www/html/teaching/wiki/lib/plugins/doodle4/doodle_template.php on line 52 Aasiyah Atchia (aasiyah)
    Warning: Undefined array key "editLinks" in /var/www/html/teaching/wiki/lib/plugins/doodle4/doodle_template.php on line 52 Elena Rao (elena)
    Warning: Undefined array key "editLinks" in /var/www/html/teaching/wiki/lib/plugins/doodle4/doodle_template.php on line 52 Yannick Scheier (yscheier)
    Count:	3	0	0

    Code

    Code

    Requirement: doodle4 plugin

    <doodle
      title="What do you like best?"
      auth="none|ip|user"
      adminUsers="user1|user2"
      adminGroups="group1|group2"
      voteType="single|multi"
      fieldwidth="auto|123px"
      closed="true|false" 
      showMode="all|own"
      showSum="true|false"
      userlist="vertical|horizontal"
      printname="both|fullname|username"
    >
       * Option 1 
       * Option 2 **some wikimarkup** \\ is __allowed__!
       * Option 3
    </doodle>

19. Placing text with an indent

    This is the indented Text

    WikiCode

    WikiCode

    Placing text with an indent<WRAP>
    <wrap indent>This is the indented Text</wrap>
    </WRAP>

Obviously, we can show here only a small set of the things that can be done with a DokuWiki. For a more comprehensive overview of the wiki syntax follow this LINK. Feel also free to search the available plugins for further inspirations of how to extend the functionality of a dokuwiki.