Frequently Asked Questions

Is there any magic involved how MoinX stores the wiki pages?

No, just like plain moinmoin stores (i.e. text files).

Where are my wiki pages?

In ~/Library/Application Support/MoinX/Instance/data/pages

Where is MoinMoin's htdocs directory?

Look into MoinX.app. Use Finders »Show package contents«.

How do I change the timezone?

Follow the Login link on the wiki frontpage and create an account. Your personal account page contains settings for the timezone offset, preferred language and display preferences.

How do change the default theme to »rightsidebar«?

Open the MoinX preferences and look for a setting called theme_default in the table of advanced settings at the right hand side of the preferences dialog. Enter 'rightsidebar' (without the quotes) as the value and close the preferences dialog. Note, if you created a user in MoinMoin you won't see the theme change immediately, because each user has a preference for the preferred theme, which defaults to modern.

How do I enable ACLs

The quick answer is: it works like with plain MoinMoin; see HelpOnAccessControlLists

The longer answer is, that MoinX comes with a default setup for ACLs, that is predestined for a single user wiki. Simply register your username within MoinX and put that name into the MoinX preferences setting acl_rights_before instead of the predefined placeholder YourLoginnameHere. Nobody except you can edit pages!

The MoinMoin ACL system is rich and featurefull. Please read the details in your wiki and customise it appropriately to fit your needs.

How do I backup my wiki regulary? Say every time I log on?

You need to create a cronjob for that. Simply backup your ~/Library/Application Support/MoinX/Instance/data directory. Use a line like the following in your crontab (5):

@reboot tar cfz ~/backups/moinx-`date '+%Y-%m-%d'`.tar.gz ~/Library/Application\ Support/MoinX/Instance/data

On startup, MoinX seems to connect to moinx.antbear.org!

MoinX checks if a new version is available at startup. This can be disabled in the preferences. MoinX loads a tiny XML file that contains just the most recent version info and the most recent download URI. The XML file looks like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>LatestVersion</key>
    <string>X.Y.Z</string>
    <key>LatestVersionDownloadURI</key>
    <string>http://mydom.tld/MoinX-X.Y.Z.dmg</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Thats all folks. No need to worry.