Getting Started

Welcome to FLP Wiki

This wiki is the internal knowledge base for Free Law Project. Anyone with an @free.law email address can sign in and contribute. This page covers the basics and links to detailed guides on every feature.

Signing in

Visit the Sign In page
Enter your @free.law email address
Check your inbox for a magic link (valid for 15 minutes)
Click the link to sign in — no password needed

Your account is created automatically the first time you sign in.

Creating a page

Navigate to the directory where you want the page
Click New Page
Give it a title and write your content in Markdown
Choose a location using the directory picker (you can also create new directories inline)
Set the visibility and editability
Write a brief change message describing the change
Click Create Page

Editing a page

Click the Edit button on any page you have permission to edit. The editor has Write and Preview tabs — switch to Preview to see the rendered page before saving. Your changes are saved as a new revision, so nothing is ever lost. If you leave the page with unsaved changes, the browser will warn you before navigating away. See Revisions & History for more on revision history, diffing, and reverting.

If someone else is currently editing the page, you'll see a warning with their name and when they started. You can choose to Edit Anyway to override their lock.

Reading a page

Each page shows its content along with metadata at the bottom: the creator, any editors and admins with access, the current watchers (subscribers), the view count, and when the page was last updated.

Headings in the page generate a Table of Contents sidebar (on wider screens) that highlights the section you're currently reading. Each heading also has a ¶ anchor link you can click to get a direct URL to that section.

Code blocks have a copy button in the top corner — click it to copy the code to your clipboard.

The Actions dropdown on each page gives you access to:

Subscribe / Unsubscribe — toggle email notifications
Permissions — manage who can view and edit (editors only)
Move — move the page to a different directory
Feedback — see pending comments and proposals (editors only)
History — view all revisions
What links here — see which pages link to this one
Copy page markdown — copy the raw Markdown source
Delete — delete the page (requires delete permission)

Providing feedback

Don't have edit access to a page? You can still contribute by clicking Feedback to leave a comment or propose content changes. The page owner will be notified and can review your submission. See Feedback & Proposals Guide for details.

Subscribing to changes

Click Subscribe on any page to get email notifications when it's updated. You're automatically subscribed to pages you create. You can also subscribe to an entire directory to get notifications for all pages within it and its subdirectories. See Mentions & Notifications for more on subscriptions, @mentions, and email notifications.

Finding pages

Use the search bar in the header to find pages by title or content (see Search for advanced filters)
Browse directories from the Home page
Use #page-slug wiki links (see Linking Pages)

Dark mode

The wiki automatically matches your system's light or dark mode preference. There's no manual toggle — it follows whatever your operating system or browser is set to.

Your profile

Visit Settings to set your display name. Your profile picture comes from Gravatar — see Gravatar Guide to set one up.

All help topics

Writing and formatting

Markdown Syntax — Markdown reference, the editor, file uploads, table of contents, and code block features
Linking Pages — Wiki link syntax (<span class="text-red-500 dark:text-red-400" title="Page not found">#slug</span>), autocomplete, redirects, and backlinks

Organizing and finding content

Directories Guide — Creating, moving, and sorting directories; page pinning; directory history
Search — Full-text search, advanced filters, sorting results, and sidebar facets

Collaboration

Mentions & Notifications — @mentions, subscriptions, and email notifications
Feedback & Proposals Guide — Comments, proposals, and the review queue

Access control

Permissions Guide — Visibility, editability, directory gates, permission inheritance, and groups

Administration

Admin Guide — System owner, admins, archiving users, managing groups, and the activity feed
Gravatar Guide — Setting up your profile picture

SEO and discoverability

SEO & Discoverability Guide — SEO descriptions, sitemap.xml and llms.txt controls, Article JSON-LD, canonical URLs, robots.txt, and raw markdown for LLMs