First steps with XWiki Enterprise

This page will guide you through the basics of getting started with XWiki Enterprise.

Basic concepts

XWiki Enterprise is divided into Spaces and Pages. Lateral menus are handled using Panels.

Space

XWiki Enterprise is divided into spaces. A space is a collection of wiki pages. Grouping pages in a space makes them easier to find and browse.

You can create as many spaces as you want in your wiki and as many pages as you want in every space.

Putting pages in the same space can be useful for the following reasons:

• • Pages located in the same space are displayed together in the navigation treeview
  • XWiki Enterprise lets you easily create an index of all the pages in a space
  • The wiki's look & feel can be set at the space level (skin + panels)
  • User rights can be set at the space level
  • Search scope can be limited to a specific space
  • The wiki can be browsed by space in the WebDAV view

The homepage of a space is usually created at SpaceName/WebHome.

Page

A page is the basic unit of content in XWiki Enterprise.

• Actions

Panels

A panel is the rounded widget you can see on the right of every page of your wiki in the standard version of XWiki Enterprise.

You can control panels in two ways:

• Choose which panels to display on the left and right of your wiki

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First actions

This section will guide you through a number of common actions that you may want to do when starting a new wiki. We divided it in 2 different parts depending on whether you're an user or an administrator. Here goes:

If you're an Administrator

In order to perform the following actions, you will need to login using the following credentials:

• Username: Admin
• Password: admin

• Changing the logo and the panels
• Creating new users
• Setting user rights

If you're a User

In order to perform the following actions, you may need to login. Please ask your administrator for your login credentials.

• Editing a page
• Page history

Next: Going further with XWiki Enterprise