h1. Overview of DividendGrowth.ca

h2. Demos

  * [[http://mieket.com/dividendgrowth/demos/demo0.html|Brief overview]]
  * [[http://mieket.com/dividendgrowth/demos/demo1.html|How to create new content]]
  * [[http://mieket.com/dividendgrowth/demos/DGUserManagement.htm|Subscriber management]]

h2. Introduction

  * The site runs on the mature open source [[http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki|DokuWiki]] software. This means that it is **free**, and is supported by a very active community of users and developers.
  * All content is created using plain text, with special **markup** to indicate styling, e.g. **%%**bold**%%**, //%%//italic//%%//, %%__%%__underline__%%__%%, etc. The full **syntax** is described [[wiki:syntax|here]]. There is no need to memorize the syntax, as there is a toolbar available when editing a page, with buttons for formatting like bold, italics, headings, bullets, numbered lists, etc.
  * It will be very easy to import all your old content into the new site, and I have already done it for a small set of pages.
  * The **layout and look** of the site, including colors and fonts, are controlled by a **theme** that is very easy to modify, completely independently of the site content.
  * Content - the following types of content is available:
    * Six levels of headings
    * Text with bold, italic, and underline formatting
    * Links to other pages and external sites
    * Bulleted lists and numbered lists
    * Images
    * Footnotes
    * Tables specified directly in a page
    * Tables loaded into a page from an uploaded spreadsheet file
    * Charts
  * Full control over who can view pages - can be public or restricted to subscribers

h2. To-do

  * Add step-by-step instructions showing how to add an image (e.g. of a chart)
  * Add demo showing how to add an image
  * Add step-by-step instructions showing how to add/manage users
  * Add demo showing how to add/manage users
  * Fix layout issues in IE