# autostartpage: now with more variables!
This fork of autostartpage introduces two new features:

## Return part of the page ID
Append an index number to `@ID@` to return that segment of the canonical page ID. This follows standard array indexing; the first segment is index `0`.

For example, let's say your page ID is `house:projects:newroof:start`, and you just want to use `newroof` in your start page template. That's the third segment of the namespace (split by `:`), which means its index is `2`.

To return `newroof`, use `@ID2@`.

## Return a regex match from the namespace
This fork adds a new variable, `@NSREGEX/.../`, where `...` is the regex.

For example, let's look at a page ID with a date in it, such as `house:projects:newroof:2022:07:04`.

To return the portion of the ID before the first occurrence of a number (`house:projects:newroof:`), use `@NSREGEX/[a-z:]+/@`

***Note:** Regex support is currently very basic, and does not support capture groups.*

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### NOTE: This plugin is unmaintained

Maintenance of this project has stagnated, and the plugin is likely incompatible with PHP7 and the latest versions of DokuWiki in it's current state. The project is seeking a maintainer. See the announcement here: https://github.com/rabidaudio/dokuwiki-plugin-autostartpage/issues/6 


### autostartpage Plugin for DokuWiki
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Automatically create start pages for new namespaces. Handy if you
use start pages as indexes.

All documentation for this plugin can be found at
http://dokuwiki.org/plugin:autostartpage

If you install this plugin manually, make sure it is installed in
lib/plugins/autostartpage/ - if the folder is named someting else it
will not work!

Please refer to http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugins for additional info
on how to install plugins in DokuWiki.

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Copyright (C) Charles Knight <charles@rabidaudio,com>

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