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-	Wiki successfully set up.	+	Welcome to the [[Room 11 Blues Club]].
-	==First Steps==	+	The club exists to capture the coherent history of pivotal events in the lives of a small group of friends who went to [[West Hatch Technical High School]] in [[Chigwell]], [[Essex]] between 1964 and 1971.
-	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!	+
-	#Write down your password.	+
-	#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==	+	The idea for this site came from a chance conversation between [[Gareth Howell]], [[Neil Roughton]] and [[Graham Lee]] at the second [[NAC]] reunion gig; held at the [[Blackmore Sports and Social Club]] in the village of [[Blackmore]] in [[Essex]]. Graham reflected that each of us has a different recollection of past events: whilst it's true that we can all remember the same basic history, each of us recalls some events in much greater detail and its often a different set of events from what others recall in detail.
-	*Control the rights of anyomus 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.	+	This set Gareth thinking (mainly because he wasn't drinking) and he came up with the idea of creating a collective history of our pasts. The essence would be that it was collaborative in nature, with each member contributing his or her personal recollections.
-	*To increase the amount of space you have for uploads, add links to http://editthis.info from external sites, and go to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Link_Quota_Page Link Quota Page] to increase your uploads quota.	+
-	*Edit [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] to change the navigation menu	+	Having come up with the idea, it was natural to execute using a Wiki: so here we are. Wikis are open by nature, so anybody can edit just about any page, even if they didn't create it and even do so anonymously if they so wish, though contributors are encouraged to register first so that we can see who they are.
-	*Add this wiki to some external wiki indexes:	+
-	#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki Wikipedia list of wikis]	+	Let's see how this develops!
-	#[http://www.wikiindex.com/Add_a_Wiki WikiIndex]<br>	+
-	*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.	+	*Add your general memories to the [[Memories]] page
-	**You must log as admin to do this	+	*Add your memories of [[Thursday evening at Neils|Thursday's at Neils]]
-	**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.	+	*Add to the history of the [[Room 11 Blues Club]]
-	*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]	+	If you are new to Wikis (I bet you've used [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] though!) it might be worth taking a look at the [[Help:Contents]] page and having a play in the [[Sandbox]] before you make any major changes to existing pages. That said, all previous versions of pages are held forever, so if you do screw it up, you can always revert to a previous version.
-	*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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Current revision as of 16:47, 13 January 2008

Welcome to the Room 11 Blues Club.

The club exists to capture the coherent history of pivotal events in the lives of a small group of friends who went to West Hatch Technical High School in Chigwell, Essex between 1964 and 1971.

The idea for this site came from a chance conversation between Gareth Howell, Neil Roughton and Graham Lee at the second NAC reunion gig; held at the Blackmore Sports and Social Club in the village of Blackmore in Essex. Graham reflected that each of us has a different recollection of past events: whilst it's true that we can all remember the same basic history, each of us recalls some events in much greater detail and its often a different set of events from what others recall in detail.

This set Gareth thinking (mainly because he wasn't drinking) and he came up with the idea of creating a collective history of our pasts. The essence would be that it was collaborative in nature, with each member contributing his or her personal recollections.

Having come up with the idea, it was natural to execute using a Wiki: so here we are. Wikis are open by nature, so anybody can edit just about any page, even if they didn't create it and even do so anonymously if they so wish, though contributors are encouraged to register first so that we can see who they are.

Let's see how this develops!

• Add your general memories to the Memories page
• Add your memories of Thursday's at Neils
• Add to the history of the Room 11 Blues Club

If you are new to Wikis (I bet you've used Wikipedia though!) it might be worth taking a look at the Help:Contents page and having a play in the Sandbox before you make any major changes to existing pages. That said, all previous versions of pages are held forever, so if you do screw it up, you can always revert to a previous version.