Help:Page features

From Rpcvdraft

This is a brief introduction to some features we use on a WikiFON page for those who may not be familiar with a wiki. This page initially was pasted from doc.moodle.org by --Admin 12:12, 4 November 2007 (EST)

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Contents 1 Content area 2 Left column area 3 Page Banner 4 Page tabs 5 See also

Content area

This area should take up most of your screen and is on the right side. Go here for editing help.

• Internal links - Your browser will show links to other pages in like this, and links that do not work like this.
• External links - External links look like this: FON homepage.
• Category links - links to one or more index on a category can be found at the bottom, here is an example File:Category example.JPG that shows links to the Story index and Group index
• Page sections - Pages are usually divided by sections and sometimes sub sections
• Page index - A page index appears when there are more than 3 sections on a page. It can be turned off with the hide link. We have disabled the index on this page.
• Template lists - Some pages will have a box that appears on the right, with a list of links to related subjects. Usually this box will appear on the new page. There is a template on this page labeled "Help".
• Help file paths -

Left column area

• Handy links -
• Search - Very handy. Go only shows a specific page, Search reveals every page that contains one or more words of your search.
• Toolbox - More links to help navigate, often used by contributors

Page Banner

On the upper right, are links for each user. We encourage you to become a registered user

• Username - this will take you to your profile page
• My talk - the page comment tab on your profile page (polite area for others to leave messages
• Preferences - A place to modifiy how WikiFON looks for you
• My watch list - A list of your watched pages have changed in date order
• My contributions - A list of all your contributions
• Log in/out -

Page tabs

The tabs on the top are a typical wiki feature.

• Article - shows the page
• Page comments - allows people to comment on the page, without it appearing on the actual page.
• Edit - This opens an html editor (see guide to contributors)
• History - A list of past changes to the page, with buttons to compare
• Watch - as a registered user,

See also

• Help:Contents homepage for WikiFON help