What is a index page ?

About

An index page is the page shown when a namespace is asked in the URL or link path.

Example

A URL asking a namespace will look like that (ie with a backslash / at the end)

https://foo.com/bar/

If this URL is entered in the Browser, then:

• If there is a page with the startpage configuration name (default to start), the page shown will be

https://foo.com/bar/start

• If there is not a start page but there is a page with the name of the namespace (ie bar), the page shown will be

https://foo.com/bar/bar

Sql Templating

In a Page Sql, you can select all index pages with the attribute is_index

Example:

select where is_index = 1 order by path desc limit 4

On this website, this SQL will select the following pages.

WebSite Home Page

The website home page is a special index page that has its own documentation : App - WebSite Home Page

Template

The following template have been created for index pages:

• landing
• index
• index-medium

These templates don't have the following layout elements:

• main header
• main footer
• table of content (toc)

Configuration

startpage

The dokuwiki configuration config%3Astartpage permits to set the name of the index page. By default, this is start but an other known name is index.