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Default Actions

?action=browse
display the specified page (default action if no ?action= is present)
?action=edit
edit the specified page
?action=diff
show a change history of the specified page
?action=attr
displays dialog for setting/changing password of the specified page, see Passwords
?action=upload
display a form to upload an attachment for the current group
?action=download&upname=file.ext
retrieve the page's attachment named file.ext
?action=crypt
displays a form for generating hashed passwords out of clear text for usage in your config.php
?action=print
display the specified page using the skin specified by $ActionSkin['print']
?action=search
displays searchbox on current page
?action=search&q=searchterm
performs search with searchterm and displays results on current page
?action=source
show page source
?action=login
prompt visitor for username/password
?action=logout
remove author, password, and login information
?action=rss
?action=atom
?action=rdf
?action=dc
If web feeds are enabled, returns a syndication feed based on the contents of the page or other options provided by the url.
?action=refcount
bring up the reference count form, which allows the user to generate a list of links (all, missing, existing or orphaned) in or from specified groups. See RefCount. Part of the core distribution but must be enabled by the administrator.
?setprefs=SomeGroup.CustomPreferences
sets cookie to custom preferences page. See SitePreferences

Actions enabled by $EnableDiag:

the following actions are available only if you set $EnableDiag = 1 in your configuration file. They can be used for debugging and should not be set in a production environment.

?action=ruleset
displays a list of all markups in 3 columns:
  • column 1 = markup-name (1. parameter of markup() )
  • column 2 = when will rule apply (2. parameter of markup() )
  • column 3 = PmWiki's internal sort key (derived from #2)
To see more than what ?action=ruleset gives you, apply the Cookbook:MarkupRulesetDebugging recipe: it can also show the pattern and the replacement strings.
?action=phpinfo
displays the output of phpinfo() and exits. no page will be processed
?action=diag
displays a dump of all global vars and exits. no page will be processed

Actions enabled by PmWiki Scripts

?action=analyze
see PmWiki:SiteAnalyzer and PmWiki:AnalyzeResults
?action=approvesites
see Url approvals

Actions enabled by Cookbook recipes

?action=backup
see Cookbook.Backup pages?
?action=convert
see Cookbook.ROE patterns?
?action=delete
see Cookbook.Delete action?
?action=pdf
see Cookbook.Generate PDF? or Cookbook.PmWiki2PDF?
?action=purgeqns
see Cookbook.ASCII math?
?action=rename
?action=links
see Cookbook.Rename page?
?action=share
?action=unshare'
see Cookbook.Shared pages?
?action=webadmin
see Cookbook.Web admin?

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