Getting Started

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Revision as of 13:55, 12 November 2006 by Admin (Talk | contribs)

If this is the first time you've used a 'wiki'

The basic principles of this Website are:

  • A. You don't need to log on to look at any page.
  • B. You can find out more by clicking on any word or phrase that appears in blue.
  • C. If you want to get back to where you were, use the 'Back' button in your browser.

For the System Adminstrator

  • To change the logo: image_logo_url put just the url for the logo that you want in the upper left corner of your wiki.
  • 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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