Tailor Wiki 

http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:tipsandtricks:tailorwikirules

This tip recommends some best-practices to follow after installing DokuWiki and before announcing and opening your WikiSite to the public. It's part of the list of tips of DokuWiki.

Global 

  * Create a new (if no locale exists yet) folder under __lang__, as a copy of the en folder. Rename it to your __2-letter ISO code country__ and change the values inside lang.php, as well as translate all raw text files to suit your needs.
  * Edit the __start page__ content to indicate the most important pages of the wiki, sorted by namespace ranking. Works like a homepage for all other major pages of your wiki. Don't forget to describe in one short sentence the main reason and/or objectives behind the deployment of the wiki. This start page should have an __index of all available namespaces__ along with a brief description for each one.
  * Create a list of all available __namespaces__ that describes each namespace, the top level document of each namespace and how to add new documents to each namespace. This helps new users to understand the documentation structure in place, while avoiding a proliferation of similar namespaces just because one user doesn't know that another user has created a namespace to group documents on the same subject.
  * Create a __Quick Syntax__ page tailored to your Wiki's audience. Sometimes people don't want to go through the full syntax page content, they just want to start editing as soon as possible with a minimal set of formatting rules.
  * Add a __Frequently Asked Questions__ (FAQ) page to your wiki. This page will evolve as time goes by and will keep track of most frequent doubts that users put about the wiki site, wiki engine and content.
  * Add a __Suggestions Box__ page to your wiki, so users can post comments or suggestions on how to improve the Wiki.
  * Add a __Rules, Conventions and Policies__ page to your wiki. It should describe the consensual conventions reached by all main content editors and the rules that newcomers must "obey" in order to add/edit content. This should be locked against editing, since it will be a "static" content page.
  * Add a __RSS Feeds__ page to your wiki. It should describe the several options to receive recent changes content through the RSS Feeder, specially if you want to inform about how to receive changes of a namespace only. See the RSS [[wiki:syndication]] page as basis for the content of the page in your site.

User 

  * Add an __Enroll-User__ page that describes a very simple and quick procedure to follow, by visitors that actively participate on the WikiSite. This procedure must explain the Access Control Level concept and how it related to user authentication and authorization.
  * Customize the [[wiki:tips#signature string | signature string]] that users will use for signing their content contributions.