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== Creating a New Page == | == Creating a New Page == |
Revision as of 17:18, 25 November 2008
Contents |
Browsing this Website
Editing this Website
You must be logged in to edit this site. Use the wiki's sysop account only when necessary.
- Editing Cheatsheet from Wikipedia.
- MediaWiki's Help Contents
Creating a New Page
Namespaces
Namespaces allow the grouping of related pages. Use the namespaces when creating new pages.
The following namespaces are is use with this website
- Caret
- Lab
- Sums
Example: The About page for the Caret Software is named Caret:About.
Method 1
- Edit an existing page that will link to the new page.
- Create a link to the new page.
- Save the page being edited.
- Click the newly created link.
- A message is displayed indicating that the page selected does not exist but that you can create it by entering text in the edit region.
Method 2
- Enter the name of the new page in the Search box.
- Press the Go button.
- A message is displayed indicating that there is not page by the specified name. Click the link to create the new page.
Converting HTML to Wiki Markup Text
- Go to [1].
- Enter the URL of the web page in "Fetch HTML from URL".
- Set Wiki Dialect to MediaWiki.
- Press the Convert HTML to wiki markup button.
- Copy the Wiki Markup Text into the Page Editor.
Adding Images
- Create a link to the image in the page being edited.
- Save the page being edited.
- Click the link to the image.
- Use the Upload button to select and upload the image file.
Deleting a Page
You must be logged in using the wiki's sysop account.
- Login using the wiki's sysop account.
- Go the page that you want to delete.
- Click the Delete tab at the top of the page.
- Enter the reason for deleting the page and delete it.
- Log out of the wiki's sysop account.
Editing the Sidebar (Menus on Left Side of All Pages)
- Login using the wiki's sysop account.
- Go to the page MediaWiki:Sidebar
- Edit and Save Changes.
- Log out of the wiki's sysop account.
Changing the Van Essen Lab Image
This image is located at the top left corner of all pages.
- Create or modify an image so that its width and height are 128 by 128.
- Login to brainvis as root.
- Edit the wiki's file /146Gb/www/html/wiki/LocalSettings.php.
- Set $wgLogo to the location of the image (eg: $wgLogo="
";).