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This wiki contains narrative family histories for the ancestors of my wife Sue and I as well as related branch and off shoots.  You are welcome  add your knowledge to this page.
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'''This wiki contains narrative family histories for the ancestors of my wife Sue and I as well as related branch and off shoots.  You are welcome  add your knowledge to this page.'''
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<font color="blue">== First Steps ==</font>
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==First Steps==
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#Click on the [[Special:Userlogin|Login/Create Account]] link in the sidebar menu on the left side of this page.  Enter a user name, password and your real name.
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The username and password for the administrative account is '''admin''', '''admin'''.
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#Remember your password.
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#<font color="red">Important:</font>  [[Special:Userlogin|Log in]] as admin and go to [[Special:Preferences|Preferences]] to change your password!
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#Write down your password.
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#On this page: [[image_logo_url]] put just the url for the logo that you want in the upper left corner of your wiki.
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[[Family Genealogy]]
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*Read the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for other usage and configuration help.
*Read the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for other usage and configuration help.
*Add your wiki to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Map_of_wikis map of wikis]
*Add your wiki to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Map_of_wikis map of wikis]
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*Add a message to the [http://www.editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Feedback Feedback Page] if you see anything that could be improved.
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*Add a message to the [http://www.editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Feedback Feedback Page] if you see  
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*On this page: [[image_logo_url]] put just the url for the logo that you want in the upper left corner of your wiki.
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anything that could be improved.

Current revision as of 22:56, 26 January 2008

This wiki contains narrative family histories for the ancestors of my wife Sue and I as well as related branch and off shoots. You are welcome add your knowledge to this page.



== First Steps ==

  1. Click on the Login/Create Account link in the sidebar menu on the left side of this page. Enter a user name, password and your real name.
  2. Remember your password.



Family Genealogy


Other optional things to do

  • Control the rights of anonymous and logged in users through the Control Panel (which can be found in the toolbox on the left side of this page).
  • Add the url for your wiki to the Categorized wiki list. Simply edit that page and put your wiki under the appropriate category.
  • To increase the amount of space you have for uploads, add links to http://editthis.info from external sites, and go to the Link Quota Page to increase your uploads quota.
  • Edit MediaWiki:Sidebar to change the navigation menu
  • Add this wiki to some external wiki indexes:
  1. Wikipedia list of wikis
  2. WikiIndex
  • If you are feeling adventurous and know a little about web design you can edit the javascript and css to the Header to change the look of your wiki.
    • You must log as admin to do this
    • Whatever you enter in this page will be added to the html in the header after the standard style sheet, so you can override styles.
  • Read the User's Guide for other usage and configuration help.
  • Add your wiki to the map of wikis
  • Add a message to the Feedback Page if you see
  • On this page: image_logo_url put just the url for the logo that you want in the upper left corner of your wiki.

anything that could be improved.

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