Features of PmWiki
- Option : Parameter(s) defined in the configuration file
- Addon : File(s) to be loaded separately!
Cost | Free software licensed under the GNU GPL | |
| User support | On website, eg FAQ, troubleshooting guide, specific error messages descriptions, and by mailing lists (also in German, Spanish, French) | |
| Reviews | Favorable | |
System | ||
| Server Requirements | PHP 5.2 recommended, 4.3.x minimum; can run in safe mode. See web hosts and the Standalone recipe. PmWiki runs with PHP5 but you need to deactivate MMCache in php.ini (MMcache is a section in this file) | |
| Page storage | Flat files; no need for a database. Can handle thousands of pages. See Flat File Advantages. | |
| Upgrades | By simply copying new version files or export from the Subversion repository | |
| Addons | There are nearly 400 Cookbook:. recipes. | |
Security | ||
| SPAM protection | By blocking words, IP addresses (option), and by limiting the quantity of non-approved URLs (option), by encrypting the email address (addon) | |
| Passwords | Page, group or site based, see also passwords administration | |
| User authentication | Available as an option (AuthUser) or an addon (UserAuth). | |
Features | ||
| Features at a glance | and a detailed list of Features | |
| Page editing | Similar to others wikis. Has a button bar and Preview capability. Handles simultaneous edits. Optional save-as-draft feature. Addon for spell checking | |
| Page history | History pages include Restore links. Configurable number of days and number of revisions of history. | |
| Free links and WikiWords | Wiki Word links are an option in version 2.1. In previous releases they were enabled by default. | |
| Intersites links (InterMap) | Configurable by the administrator or defined in the Site.InterMap page. | |
| Groups and hierarchy | One level only, handles menus and styling by groups, see Wiki architecture | |
| Categories | Organise and find related pages with special Category markup. | |
| Navigation trails | Allow wiki authors to create "trails" through sequences of pages in the wiki. | |
| Search tools | Search the entire site or the current group. Administrator may exclude pages from appearing in search results. Pre-defined searches are also available. | |
| Email-notification of revised pages | Option, by admin, site based: enable Notify in the local/config of the page(s) you want to monitor. | |
| Web Feeds | Optional RSS, Atom, and Dublin Core syndication feeds as well as feed links to enable autodiscovery of the feeds | |
| Podcasting | Web feed enclosures are supported. | |
| Publish as static pages | Available as Cookbook recipe Cookbook.StaticPages | |
| International versions | See Other languages. Handles accented characters and UTF-8. | |
| Page renaming | addon | |
| Site Map | Available via the pagelists directive. | |
| Backlinks | Available since version 2.0.beta33 | |
Layout | ||
| Skins | By admin, can be table or CSS based, addon for switching by users and interactive configuration | |
| Layout modifications | By admin and by user, see group headers | |
| Printable layout | Suppress menu, make link list and miscellaneous reformatting | |
| Style and custom markup | ||
| Tables | Tables and Table Directives | |
| Table Edit | Addon - table editor | |
| Page table of contents | Addon - see also numbered headers | |
| Inclusion in page | Of other pages (part or complete) | |
| Anchors | In same or other page | |
| User uploaded attachments | Option to set | |
| Images resizing and galleries | By addons, see also the category | |
| Forms | Forms may be embedded in wiki pages. | |
| In browser drawing edit | By addon, need java enabled on browser. | |
| User preferences | Option. See also the SkinChange add-on. | |
HTML details | ||
| Handles HTML meta informations | Keywords (site, group or page based), automatic noindex, nofollow for utility pages | |
| HTML compatibility | XHTML 1.0 transitional, may differ for miscellaneous skins | |
| allow embedding of html in wiki pages | Cookbook:enable HTML | |
| Browser caching | Option | |
| Nice URLs | See also $EnablePathInfo in LayoutVariables
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| Hide e-mail addresses | Addon | |
Miscellaneous addons | ||
| Calendar | Each date becomes a wiki page. There are two possible implementations: WikiCalendar and PmCalendar. CopyPasteCalendar is another option (relies solely upon core PmWiki features). | |
| Latex in Wiki | ||
| Publish trails | ||
| Forum | There are 2 addons: Forum and SimpleForum | |
| Guestbook | ||
| For the full list ... | See the Cookbook recipes. | |
Administration details | ||
| Wiki farms | To have multiple wikis with a single installation of the wiki engine | |
| Missing and orphan pages search | Option - You can also list orphan and missing attachments (addon) | |
| Handling of features requests and bug reports | ||
Lacking (yet) | ||
| allow php scripts inside wiki | like gunther.sf.net does - nah, too much of a security issue. A recipe for that is easy to implement... but who would be crazy enough to do it? ;) | |
Elements which are not listed as features and are strengths of PmWiki :
- Small code base (under 2 MB)
- Many parameters are handled by pages, without having the need to open system files, which greatly helps the Wiki administration.
- While there is only one major developer, there is a very active community and most addons are from independent people.
Add a new feature you would like to see in PmWiki as a new PITS entry marked Feature Request, or use one of the mailing lists to brainstorm new features.
This page may have a more recent version on pmwiki.org: PmWiki:PmWikiFeatures, and a talk page: PmWiki:PmWikiFeatures-Talk.