Difference between revisions of "Help:Notes for Users"

Latest revision as of 14:58, 12 February 2010

The Family Tree Forum Wiki

This section of the site has been created as a repository for reference information that has previously been stored within threads in the forums. This has had the effect of splitting the site into definitive Reference and Forum sections

Viewing the Wiki

Accessing the information

All underlined blue text is a hyperlink. Some pages are within The Wiki itself, other links will take you to external sites.

Navigating The Wiki

Searching The Wiki

Adding Content

All users will have the ability to create and edit (but not delete) pages within the Wiki.

These creations and amendments will be tracked and moderated to ensure conformity with layout as well as preventing undesirable content from remaining on the site.

If you wish to create content, please read the The Wiki Guide first to familiarise yourself.

Any content not formatted to the style of the rest of the site will be amended.

Please note that all contributions to Family Tree Forum may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you don't want your writing to be edited, then don't submit it.

You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Copyrights for details).

DO NOT SUBMIT COPYRIGHTED WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION!

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-This is work in progress - please add to the menu ....
+[[Category:Help]]
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-== Family Tree Forum Wiki ==
+[[image:style4.jpg]]
+__TOC__
-==General Use==
+==The Family Tree Forum Wiki ==
-====Getting in and using it====
+This section of the site has been created as a repository for reference information that has previously been stored within threads in the forums. This has had the effect of splitting the site into definitive '''Reference''' and '''Forum''' sections
-'' Temporary link from Layout Thread''
+==Viewing the Wiki==
-*Menu
+====Accessing the information====
-Once you have arrived at the Wiki you will see the Main Pgae with a menu of links on the left.
+'''All underlined blue text is a hyperlink'''. Some pages are within The Wiki itself, other links will take you to external sites.
-*Links from within pages
+* '''[[Navigating The Wiki]]'''
-*User guides – click, download, click again, print from right menu not print preview
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+* '''[[Searching The Wiki]]'''
-====Reporting problems, typos and other mistakes.====
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+==Adding Content==
-====Adding information if not an editor====
+All users will have the ability to create and edit (but not delete) pages within the Wiki.
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+These creations and amendments will be tracked and moderated to ensure conformity with layout as well as preventing undesirable content from remaining on the site.
-====Making suggestions====
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+If you wish to create content, please read the [[image:minibad.jpg]] '''[[:Category:Help|The Wiki Guide]]''' first to familiarise yourself.
-==Editors (Sysops)==
+Any content not formatted to the style of the rest of the site will be amended.
-[[image:mainhelp.jpg]]
+Please note that all contributions to Family Tree Forum may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you don't want your writing to be edited, then don't submit it.
+You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see [[Project:Copyrights|Copyrights]] for details).
-====Creating new pages====
+'''DO NOT SUBMIT COPYRIGHTED WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION!'''
-*If the name has already been created
-*To create a new name through Search
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-==EDITING A PAGE==
-*Through a menu or other pages
-====Start editing====
-To start editing a MediaWiki page, click the Edit tab at the top or the edit link at the side of the page.
-[[image:edit_1.jpg]]
-This brings you to the edit page, which is a page with a text box containing the wikitext - the editable code from which the server produces the finished page.
-If you want to experiment, you can do so in the [[The Playground]].
-[[image:edit_2.jpg]]
-====Type your changes====
-You can just type your text, but if you use the codes it will mean that the presentation will be uniform and save everyone a great deal of time.
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-[[image:Edit_4.jpg]]
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-Although it is possible to change colours and fonts using the codes, please don’t do this as there is a fixed style for the site. Some areas will have ready made templates, e.g. [[Counties_Page_Template]] but if there isn't one for your page, you should follow the '''Style Conventions''' below.
-Please be aware that anyone else with edit permissions can edit your text. This is reassuring in case you have made a typing error, and it means that information can be updated quickly, but don't be offended if somebody quietly "improves" your grammar or writing style!!
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-<blockquote>'''TIP:''' ''It is easier (and quicker in the long run) to prepare your text in Word so that you can check''
-''it for grammar and spelling as well as entering the coding, and then copy and paste it into the Edit'' ''box.''</blockquote>
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-====Preview before saving====
-When you have finished, click '''Show preview''' to see how your changes will look before you make them permanent. Repeat the edit/preview process until you are satisfied, then click '''Save page''' and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.
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-[[image:edit_3.jpg]]
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-<blockquote> '''TIP:''' ''Save your page before trying to follow any links or you will lose any editing which you have done on the page.''</blockquote>
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-*Saving
-*Rollback
-*Protection
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-====Style Conventions for this Wiki====
-*[[Counties_Page_Template]] - refer to any templates
-*Font size and colour are preset – don’t change them
-*Sections
-*Headings
-*Hyperlinks
-*Bullet points
-*Back to top
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-====Uploading and inserting images====
-*Uploading
-*Positioning
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-<div align="right">[[#top|Back to Top]]</div>
-====Other formatting codes====