Taking the [Create a Wiki](create-a-wiki) article as a starting point, this article describes how to set up preview of Friposts wiki. The basic idea is something like the following: . Bare Git Repository . git.fripost.org:fripost-wiki.git . | . | . Repository for Local Edits . ~/git/fripost/wiki . | . | . The Preview Ikiwiki Web Part . ~/public_html/fripost-wiki-preview Where *~/git/fripost/wiki* is a local git repository with remote tracking of the main bare wiki repository *git.fripost.org:fripost-wiki.git*. I define an alias command for recompilation of the local version of the. The local preview version is accessed by pointing the browser to *http\://localhost/~/fripost-wiki-preview/*. First the basics. According to [Create a Wiki](create-a-wiki) do the following: * Install and configure Git * Install and configure Apache 2 * Install Ikiwiki For the Ikiwiki configuration question, answer them as follows wikiname: fripost-wiki-preview url: http://localhost/~/lab-wiki srcdir: ~/git/fripost/wiki destdir: ~/public_html/fripost-wiki-preview settings: ~/public_html/fripost-wiki-preview/wiki.setup Where ** is the local user name and *~/git/fripost/wiki* is where the local wiki Git repository. This will generate a configuration file: *~/public_html/fripost-wiki-preview/wiki.setup*. Generate the first issue: $ ikiwiki --setup ~/public_html/fripost-wiki-preview/wiki.setup For to preview local edits, run: $ ikiwiki --setup ~/public_html/fripost-wiki-preview/wiki.setup --refresh and point your browser to *http\://localhost/~/fripost-wiki-preview/*. You can also create an alias for to refresh the preview command. $ alias fripost-wiki-preview-refresh='ikiwiki -setup /home/gustav/lab-wiki/fripost-wiki.setup -refresh' Many links on the Fripost wiki are absolute. That means that you sometimes will not be able to follow homepage page and wiki page links between your local preview wiki. For testing purposes, that can sometimes be necessary. The best strategy is to edit your */etc/hosts* table and make *fripost.org* and *wiki.fripost.org* point to *localhost*. Of course your web server need to be configured to serve those pages. This is my Nginx configuration: # fripost.org server { server_name fripost.org; location / { root /home/gustav/public_html/fripost-wiki/website; location /static { root /home/gustav/public_html/fripost-wiki; } } } # wiki.fripost.org server { server_name wiki.fripost.org; location / { root /home/gustav/public_html/fripost-wiki; } } You might experience strange effects from that the web-browser has cached DNS information. Search Internet for how to flush your browser's DNS cache.