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)
Show page picture, circle and label elements see page comments.
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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
This is divided into areas: "navigation", "Search", "Toolbox" and some ads (why this site is free to us).
We put Handy links in bold
navigation
- Main Page - takes you back to the Main page of WikiFON
- Community portal - at moment has information for testers
- Current events - lists, not very useful to many people
- Recent changes - lists of changes, not useful to many people
- Random page - calls a different random page from WikiFON
- Help - Has links to how to use this WikiFON
- Donations - the free site host requests donations - not manditory
Search
- 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
- What links here - shows all the pages that link to this one
- Related changes - shows changes to pages linked to this one
- Upload file - only Greg or Chris can use this link used for pictures
- Special pages - a long list of index pages
- Control Panel - only Greg or Chris can make changes on this page
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 Help:User_settings
- 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
- discussion - 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 or Unwatch - as a registered user,
See also
- Help:Contents homepage for WikiFON help
