Frequently Asked Questions

This page is a collection of questions that occur from time to time.

New questions are added by the core developer team only if they really are frequent, so do not add questions here. Instead see the FAQ entry on how to get support.

• What makes DokuWiki so good for Documentation?
• What License is DokuWiki Under?
• Does DokuWiki have to Run on GNU/Linux?
• How do I get Support?
• When will the next version be released?
• How are charsets handled?
• How about using a DB?
• Can changes be approved before publishing them?
• Footer Buttons
• What kind of cookies does DokuWiki use?
• How accessible is DokuWiki?
• How many installations are there?

Be sure to read the installation instructions for your operating system, web server, or web host here. Additionally, permissions can be a source of problems.

• Error on certain page content
• Cannot send session cookie
• session_start() errors
• Maximum Upload File Size
• Apache Error 500 (Internal Server Error)
• Error writing files and directories
• Why is there no login button?
• How to disable open user registration
• How to have self registered users approved by an admin
• Error sending email
• How do I change /doku.php?id=wiki to /wiki?
• I only get a blank or partial page
• Larger pages are not saved, but smaller ones work?
• No editing toolbar
• What are those '_dummy' files ?
• Move DokuWiki from one Server to another
• I messed up my config and now my wiki is inaccessible.
• Pages don't show up in search
• I forgot my password
• Freshly installed plugin doesn't work
• Content did not match the file extension
• Images don't work
• Styles are not loading
• My Dokuwiki has an insufficient performance, responses are very slow

• How to add pages?
• Delete pages?
• Rename pages?
• How to make a redirect page?
• How to add a sidebar?
• Keeping newlines as is?
• How can I make some pages non-writable?
• HTML does not work
• Deleting media files
• How do you upload files?
• Don't cache external images?
• How do I display Version Information?
• How do I get Edit buttons to appear for section editing a page?
• Links or Formatting in Headlines
• How do I pre-insert some default text in newly created pages?
• Can I reverse the header syntax?
• How to quote characters?
• Notifications and Subscriptions
• Working Lists
• How to backup DokuWiki