# Getting Started

This knowledge base runs on *DokuWiki* with **Markdown syntax enabled**.

- By default, all areas except `/public` and `/wiki` are private.
- Access is granted by administrators to specific areas of the Wiki. Whenever you need access to new wiki sections, contact **afeijoo@odins.es** or **jsanchez@odins.es**.
- Broadly speaking, pages and media are structured in folders and sub-folders.  

  
**Navigate**  
On the left hand side of the Wiki you have the sidebar, showing the site-tree with all the folders and pages you have access to. You can also use `Sitemap`on the top-right hand drop-down menu to get a bigger version on the tree.

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**Create a new page**  
New pages are created specifying the new URI of the resource --e.g. `https://wiki.odins.es/public/development/new_page`. Once we enter the URI on our browser we are prompted with the following message:

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We click on the **pencil symbol** on the right hand side menu to start editing the page and write whatever we want. The page will be created after saving.

**Edit the page**  
Do not worry about using Markdown. The page editor has a toolbar just like MS Word to edit the text, create tables, bullet lists, etc.

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**Advanced features**  
If it's your first time using DokuWiki, please check the [DokuWiki foler](wiki/dokuwiki) to learn Dokuwiki advanced features.

**Access to Media files** such as images or PDFs behaves exactly the same way as regular pages. You'll only access those files if you were given permissions.

## Use the Search Bar!
  
The search bar at the top of this page is quite powerful. We encourage you to use it instead of wasting time browsing the site tree.