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== Welcome to 2007 the Graduate Student Summer Workshop Wiki ==
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== First Set-up ==
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''Below you'll find the information the host site gave once the wiki was successfully created.  See how easy the initial set-up steps are?
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Wiki successfully set up.
Wiki successfully set up.
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==First Steps==
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===First Steps===
The username and password for the administrative account is '''admin''', '''admin'''.  
The username and password for the administrative account is '''admin''', '''admin'''.  
#<font color="red">Important:</font>  [[Special:Userlogin|Log in]] as admin and go to [[Special:Preferences|Preferences]] to change your password!  
#<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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==Other optional things to do==
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===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).
*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 [http://www.editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Categorized_Wiki_List Categorized wiki list]. Simply edit that page and put your wiki under the appropriate category.
*Add the url for your wiki to the [http://www.editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Categorized_Wiki_List Categorized wiki list]. Simply edit that page and put your wiki under the appropriate category.

Revision as of 01:53, 14 May 2007

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Welcome to 2007 the Graduate Student Summer Workshop Wiki

First Set-up

Below you'll find the information the host site gave once the wiki was successfully created. See how easy the initial set-up steps are? Bold text Wiki successfully set up.

First Steps

The username and password for the administrative account is admin, admin.

  1. Important: Log in as admin and go to Preferences to change your password!
  2. Write down your password.
  3. On this page: image_logo_url put just the url for the logo that you want in the upper left corner of your wiki.




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 anything that could be improved.
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