Settings

There are two kinds of settings: ones that apply to a single page, and ones that apply to your whole wiki.

Page settings edit

When you edit a page, a Properties panel holds that page’s options. You fill in a form — there’s nothing to hand-write. The available options:

Setting	What it does
Summary	A one-line description, shown in search results and hover previews.
Top note	A short italic note at the very top — usually a pointer to a related page.
Notice	A colored banner (info or warning) across the top — for drafts, cautions, and the like.
Label	A small word above the title, such as “Article” or “Guide”.
Header image	A picture shown with the page and used when the page is shared.
Quick facts	The boxed table of facts beside the opening — dates, values, links.
Categories	The topics this page belongs to (see [[organizing
Who can edit	The page’s protection level — leave it open, or limit edits to trusted editors or maintainers.
Page look	Override the default style, light/dark, width, or text size for just this page.
Redirect to	Send anyone who opens this page straight to another one.
Translation group	Links this page to its versions in other languages.

You won’t use all of these on most pages — a summary and maybe a category is plenty.

These live in a short settings file in your GitHub copy. You change values in a form-like file; there’s no code to write.

Name and logo — what appears in the header.
Default look — the style, light/dark, width, and text size visitors start with.
Home page — which page is your front page (normally index).
Languages — the languages your wiki supports.
Where your pages live and where the editor service lives — the two connection settings, filled in for you during setup.

A few wiki-wide choices control how open your wiki is. They come with sensible defaults, so you only touch them if you want to:

Default for new pages — whether edits to an unprotected page go live immediately or wait for review.
Earning trust — how many accepted edits, over how long, before someone’s edits stop needing review.
Bot check — an optional, invisible check that stops automated spam on anonymous edits.
Auto-moderator — whether obvious vandalism is undone automatically (off by default).

These are explained in plain terms in Managing changes.