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= Second Life & 3D Metaverses: A Wiki =
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'''''Please check "Recent Changes" in the navigation menu to see what might have changed since you last visited. This site is currently under heavy construction (when we can find the time to do it)!'''''
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==First Steps==
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==Introduction==
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The username and password for the administrative account is '''admin''', '''admin'''.
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Given the current hype surrounding the [http://www.secondlife.com Second Life] virtual world, the time seems right to pull together the wide array of materials available on the internet to enable you, the reader, to form your own view about it.<br>
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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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*Is the hype justified?
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#Write down your password.
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*What's all the fuss about?
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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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*Where is it all heading?
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*What will it mean, if anything, for the future of the internet?
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*Who is in SL, and what are they up to?
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*...and no doubt you have many other questions to add to this list
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Hopefully this wiki will go some way to answering those questions and spur you on to go and find out more for yourself. See you in-world!
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==Where to go from here==
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Here is a high-level list of areas covered by this wiki.<br>
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'''Basics of Second Life'''
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* [[Overview of Second Life|Overview]]
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**[[World of Second Life|World]]
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**[[Avatars in Second Life|Avatars]]
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**[[Objects in Second Life|Objects]]
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**[[Usage of Second Life|Usage and Interaction]]
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**[[Money in Second Life|Money]]
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**[[Machinima|Machinima]] - "Machine Cinema"
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**[[SLURLS to navigate Second Life | SLURLs]]
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'''Participants in Second Life'''
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* [[Businesses in Second Life|Businesses]]
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* [[Education Institutions in Second Life|Education Institutions]]
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* [[Libraries in Second Life|Libraries]]
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* [[Charities and other Not-for-profit in Second Life|Charities and other Not-for-profit]]
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*[[Therapeutic and Support Groups in Second Life|Therapeutic and Support Groups]]
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*[[Politics and Public Life in Second Life|Politics and Public Life]]
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* [[The Arts in Second Life|The Arts]]
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* [[Developers|Developers]]
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*[[Others|Others]]
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'''Second Life Reference Material'''
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*[[Second Life News and Views|Second Life News & Views]]
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*[[Blogs and Wikis|Blogs and Wikis]]
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*[[Forums|Forums]]
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*[[Developer Tools for Second Life|Developer Tools]]
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'''The Wider Metaverse'''
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*[[Future developments|Future developments]]
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==Other optional things to do==
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*[[Alternatives to Second Life|Alternatives to Second Life]]
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*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).
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*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.
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*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.
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|+Examples of Second Life construction
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*Edit [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] to change the navigation menu
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*Add this wiki to some external wiki indexes:
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#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki Wikipedia list of wikis]
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#[http://www.wikiindex.com/Add_a_Wiki WikiIndex]<br>
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*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.
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**You must log as admin to do this
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|[[Image:svarga2.jpg|thumb|right|Svarga]]
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**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.
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|[[Image:ABN_001.jpg|thumb|right|ABN Amro]]
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*Read the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for other usage and configuration help.
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|[[Image:hipcast_008.jpg|thumb|right|Saijo City]]
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*Add your wiki to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Map_of_wikis map of wikis]
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|[[Image:PAC1.jpg|thumb|right|PA Consulting]]
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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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[[Category:Metaverses]][[Category:Second Life]]

Current revision as of 13:02, 28 January 2007

Second Life & 3D Metaverses: A Wiki

Please check "Recent Changes" in the navigation menu to see what might have changed since you last visited. This site is currently under heavy construction (when we can find the time to do it)!

Introduction

Given the current hype surrounding the Second Life virtual world, the time seems right to pull together the wide array of materials available on the internet to enable you, the reader, to form your own view about it.

  • Is the hype justified?
  • What's all the fuss about?
  • Where is it all heading?
  • What will it mean, if anything, for the future of the internet?
  • Who is in SL, and what are they up to?
  • ...and no doubt you have many other questions to add to this list

Hopefully this wiki will go some way to answering those questions and spur you on to go and find out more for yourself. See you in-world!

Where to go from here

Here is a high-level list of areas covered by this wiki.
Basics of Second Life

Participants in Second Life

Second Life Reference Material

The Wider Metaverse

Examples of Second Life construction
Svarga
ABN Amro
Saijo City
PA Consulting


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