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+====== Welcome to your new DokuWiki ======
+
+Congratulations, your wiki is now up and running. Here are a few more tips to get you started.
+
+Enjoy your work with DokuWiki,\\
+-- the developers
+
+===== Create your first pages =====
+
+Your wiki needs to have a start page. As long as it doesn't exist, this link will be red: [[:start]].
+
+Go on, follow that link and create the page. If you need help with using the syntax you can always refer to the [[wiki:syntax|syntax page]].
+
+You might also want to use a sidebar. To create it, just edit the [[:sidebar]] page. Everything in that page will be shown in a margin column on the left side. A sidebar is a good place for a navigation, just place a list of links in it.
+
+===== Customize your Wiki =====
+
+Once you're comfortable with creating and editing pages you might want to have a look at the [[this>doku.php?do=admin&page=config|configuration settings]] (be sure to login as superuser first).
+
+You may also want to see what [[doku>plugins|plugins]] and [[doku>templates|templates]] are available at DokuWiki.org to extend the functionality and looks of your DokuWiki installation.
+
+===== Join the Community =====
+
+DokuWiki is an Open Source project that thrives through user contributions. A good way to stay informed on what's going on and to get useful tips in using DokuWiki is subscribing to the [[doku>newsletter]].
+
+The [[http://forum.dokuwiki.org|DokuWiki User Forum]] is an excellent way to get in contact with other DokuWiki users and is just one of the many ways to get [[doku>faq:support|support]].
+
+Of course we'd more than happy to have you [[doku>devel:getting_involved|getting involved]] into DokuWiki.