How to Create and Edit Pages

Create a page

The best way to create a new page is to create a link to a nonexistent page first (see "Links" below). When you save the page you're working on and then click on that red link, you'll be prompted to create the page.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not put square brackets in the name or title of a page.

Edit

Edit a page

To edit a page, click on the button that says "Edit this page" at the top right.

Adding text: Just type it in.

Edit

Links

There's a link button on the editing bar. (Looks like the earth with a chain next to it). Position the cursor where you want your linked text to be. Click on the link button. Put the URL in the "Link URL" blank, and the text you want to appear on the page in the "Link Title" blank.

Or, you can just enclose the text to be linked in brackets. If the words enclosed are the name of a page, it will link automatically. Like this: suppose I want to link to a page called "groundhog". I just type [[groundhog]].

If there's already a page called "groundhog", the link will show up green, and I'm done. If there is no such page, the link will show up red. If you click on a red link, you'll get a message that says there's no such page, and it will prompt you to create one.

If you want to link to a page but have the text show something different from the page name, use a pipe (|) like this:

[Actual name of page|Text I want to show]

This would link to a page called "Actual name of page", but on this page you would see the link reading "Text I want to show."

External links: Just enclose URL in brackets. Again, it's best to use a pipe as above so the page doesn't show the URL itself.

Edit

Images

There's a button at the top of the edit window for adding an image(just to the left of the little anchor). You can link to an image that is already available on the web somewhere, or you can upload an image; either way, these should be non-copyrighted images, or ones you own.

Where can you store images?

You can upload them here.
- While editing a page, scroll down to the "Page Attachments Management" section.
- Click on the button that says "browse". Find the picture you want on your computer, click on it, then click "open".
- Click "upload", and you'll then see the name of the image appear under "name" on the left side under Page Attachments Management.
- You can click "edit" there to resize the picture.
- When you're ready to put it in the page, put the cursor in the edit box at the place you want the pic to appear.
- Then click the "image" button on the button bar at the top.
- Click the box by "browse page attachments". You will see a thumbnail of your pic in the box.
- Click on it, then click "ok", and the picture has been inserted into your page.
- NOTE! You can't have an apostrophe in the name of an image. In file names, it's a good idea to avoid any characters other than letters, numbers, and the underscore (_).

How can you make your own images?

It's pretty easy to draw simple diagrams in PowerPoint.
You could use Paint or something of the sort.
You can draw them with Google Docs.

Edit

Other issues

Credit: Don't worry; if you look in the "history" tab for any page, you can see who's made what edits, so you'll get the credit (or blame) for whatever you do.

Preview: Please, please use the preview button. Make edits, then before you click "save item", click "Preview" to see what it's going to look like. When it looks right, don't forget to then go back up and click "save item."

Comments: A box at the bottom of the edit window says "Comment for this change". You MUST put in a short statement about what you did in the edit. This makes it much easier for people to interpret the page history.

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