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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/plugins/sidebar.mdwn b/doc/plugins/sidebar.mdwn index 4e356d65a..cd0f0ecf1 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/sidebar.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/sidebar.mdwn @@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ Typically this will be a page in the root of the wiki, but it can also be a [[plugins/sidebar|plugins/sidebar]], will be treated as a sidebar for the [[plugins]] page, and of all of its SubPages, if the plugin is enabled. -Note that to disable a sidebar for a [[ikiwiki/SubPage]] of a page that has -a sidebar, you can create a sidebar page that is completely empty. This -will turn off the sidebar altogether. +There is also a [[ikiwiki/directive/sidebar]] directive that can be used +to provide a custom sidebar content for a page. -Warning: Any change to the sidebar will cause a rebuild of the whole wiki, -since every page includes a copy that has to be updated. This can -especially be a problem if the sidebar includes an [[ikiwiki/directive/inline]] -directive, since any changes to pages inlined into the sidebar -will change the sidebar and cause a full wiki rebuild. +---- + +Warning: Any change to the sidebar page will cause a rebuild of the whole +wiki, since every page includes a copy that has to be updated. This can +especially be a problem if the sidebar includes an +[[ikiwiki/directive/inline]] directive, since any changes to pages inlined +into the sidebar will change the sidebar and cause a full wiki rebuild. Instead, if you include a [[ikiwiki/directive/map]] directive on the sidebar, and it does not use the `show` parameter, only adding or removing pages |