Guides
Guides for building, running, and translating wikis on Wikily.
Run a wiki
9 guidesRunning it
Organise your pagesAddresses as structure, and moving a page without breaking every link to it.Running it
Reuse without copyingCopied styles, saved blocks, templates - and which of the three you actually want.Running it
Build with an AI assistantIssue it a key of its own and hand it the volume, not the design.Running it
Helping readers find thingsSearch, categories and recent changes - the three ways past the sidebar.Running it
Sponsors and adsYour own sponsors, ad networks, and how much of a page to give away.Running it
Reviewing editsThe moderation queue in practice, and keeping it from becoming a bottleneck.Running it
Working with other peopleRoles, reviewing edits, and the version history that makes mistakes cheap.
Translations
7 guides1Ways to translate
Translate a pageTurn a whole article into another language with the side-by-side text editor.2Ways to translate
Translate labels and namesThe dictionary: buttons, menus, and short item names, grouped by area.3Ways to translate
Translate game dataLocalize dataset fields like spell and weapon names, shown on lists and detail pages.Files and automation
Import and export filesDownload what's missing, translate it anywhere, and upload it back.Files and automation
Auto-translate with AILet an AI assistant fill in translations over MCP, using your own subscription.Reference
How translations behaveImported vs community edits, the fallback chain, and what survives a re-import.
Pages & blocks
8 guides1Ways to build
Working with blocksAdding, moving and nesting the pieces a page is built from.2Ways to build
PropertiesThe panel that turns a stack of defaults into your design.3Ways to build
Hover notesA word of explanation on any block, without cluttering the page.4Ways to build
Phones and tabletsWhat handles itself, and the four things that actually break on a small screen.5Ways to build
Images and iconsShow pictures on pages and in tables, including icons that change with a reader input.Reference
Every block, and the toolbarWhich block to reach for, by family - and what each button at the top does.Reference
ExtensionsExtra blocks for a specific kind of wiki, switched on per wiki.
Data & layouts
4 guides1Ways to build
Interactive mapsA pannable map with filterable markers - and why they should come from a table.2Ways to build
Show a block only when it appliesConditions: one layout that fits entries which are not all the same shape.3Ways to build
One layout for every entryDesign a table's pages once, and keep a block on a single page when you need to.
Variables & Lua
4 guidesBasics
Variables and formulasNamed values and formulas your pages can reuse anywhere with a {{ }} token.Lua
Writing Lua scriptsWhen a formula needs real logic: the vars table, return, the sandbox, and a first script.Lua
Lua with datasetsRead a whole table as a list, pull a choice list from a column, and build a real calculator.Media and data
Do it by handBuild the datasets, variables, and pages yourself - in the manager, or with an assistant for bulk data.