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Default Actions

?action=attr
displays dialog for setting/changing password of the specified page, see passwords, see also $EnablePostAttrClearSession if you do not want to have the session cleared after validating change General use of passwords

?action=browse
display the specified page (default action if no ?action= is present)

?action=crypt
displays a form for generating hashed passwords out of clear text for usage in your config.php

?action=diff
show a change history of the specified page, see page history History of previous edits to a page

?action=download&upname=file.ext
retrieve the page's attachment named file.ext, see $EnableDirectDownload

?action=edit
edit the specified page, see basic editing PmWiki's basic edit syntax

?action=login
prompt visitor for username/password

?action=logout
remove author, password, and login information

?action=print
display the specified page using the skin specified by $ActionSkin['print']

?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 Ref Count Link references counts on pages . Part of the core distribution but must be enabled by the administrator.

?action=search
displays searchbox on current page, see search Targeting and customising search results
?action=search&q=searchterm
performs search with searchterm and displays results on current page

?action=source
show page source

?action=atom
?action=rdf
?action=rss
?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, see web feeds Web feed notification of changes

?setprefs=SomeGroup.CustomPreferences
sets cookie to custom preferences page. See site preferences Customisable browser setting preferences: Access keys, edit form

?action=upload
display a form to upload an attachment for the current group, see uploads

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)
(see Custom Markup Using the Markup() function for custom wiki syntax ).
To see more than what ?action=ruleset gives you, apply the Cookbook:MarkupRulesetDebugging recipe: it can also show the pattern and the replacement strings.
  • doesn't make use of PmWiki's authorization mechanisms.

?action=phpinfo
displays the output of phpinfo() and exits. no page will be processed
  • doesn't make use of PmWiki's authorization mechanisms.

?action=diag
displays a dump of all global vars and exits. no page will be processed
  • doesn't make use of PmWiki's authorization mechanisms.

Actions enabled by PmWiki Scripts

?action=analyze
see Site Analyzer and Analyze Results

?action=approvesites
see Url approvals Require approval of Url links
  • doesn't make use of PmWiki's authorization mechanisms.

Actions enabled by Cookbook recipes

(more information about Custom Actions)

?action=admin
see Cookbook:UserAuth2
?action=backup
see Cookbook:BackupPages
?action=clearsky
see Cookbook:SearchCloud
?action=comment
see Cookbook:CommentBox
?action=comments
see Cookbook:Comments
?action=comment-rss
see Cookbook:CommentDb
?action=convert
see Cookbook:ROEPatterns
?action=converttable
Cookbook:ConvertTable
?action=downloaddeleted
?action=delattach
?action=undelattach
Cookbook:Attachtable
?action=delete
see Cookbook:DeleteAction
?action=discuss
see Cookbook:DiscussionTab
?action=downloadman
see Cookbook:DownloadManager
?action=expirediff
see Cookbook:ExpireDiff
?action=import
see Cookbook:ImportText
?action=PageUrl
see Cookbook:CommentBoxPlus
?action=pageindex
see Cookbook:ListCategories
?action=pdf
see Cookbook:GeneratePDF or Cookbook:PmWiki2PDF
?action=publish
see Cookbook:PublishPDF
?action=purgeqns
see Cookbook:ASCIIMath
?action=pwchange
see Cookbook:UserAuth2
?action=imgtpl
(the imgtpl action is called automatically and should not be called by a link in a wiki page)
?action=createthumb
(the createthumb action is called automatically and should not be called by a link in a wiki page)
?action=mini
(this action is called automatically and should not be called by a link in a wiki page)
?action=purgethumbs
see Cookbook:ThumbList
see Cookbook:Mini
?action=recipecheck
see Cookbook:RecipeCheck
?action=regen
see Cookbook:PageRegenerate
?action=rename
?action=links
see Cookbook:RenamePage
?action=share
?action=unshare
see Cookbook:SharedPages
?action=sitemapaddgroups
?action=sitemapupdate
see Cookbook:Sitemapper
?action=totalcounter
see Cookbook:TotalCounter
?action=trash
?action=untrash
see Cookbook:Trash
?action=webadmin
see Cookbook:WebAdmin
?action=zap
see Cookbook:ZAP


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