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Introduction

Wiki is basically a static form of blogs. Information on one page may be inputed, altered, edited by the entire group. When you add or edit a page a note is made and you are given credit for your contribution. In order to use this Wiki you must first register then click on the link in your confirmation email.

A basic page would start as an outline for a book or project paper. Members will add text in the areas they are most familiar with and create their own outlines which will in turn grow into full pages of information.

Basics

Click on "edit this page" or "edit" when you want to add or change information. You will see a text entry box much like on the blogs only with the existing text already included. It is simply a matter of adding in your own information, links, images, etc. via the handy icons.

When you have things the way you like them, click on "Save page" at the bottom. "Summary" is meant as a one word descriptive for the page itself. So if you started a new page and it pertains to Docudharma Meet-Ups, the summary could be "meetups". You can leave this blank however as the system seems to create the titles automatically.

Each new page must be linked to an existing page or the new page will not be found by search engines and most readers. To start a new page linked from an existing page simply type in the name of the new page on the existing page and surround it with double brackets or use the icon for "internal link".

At the top of Main Page, Community portal, Current Events and the Help sections you will notice a tab called "discussion". Click on that and you can join in the conversation surrounding each page mentioned in the previous sentence. All new pages will also appear with the discussion tab at the top automatically.

Please note, some HTML formatting is allowed and you can type in the html coding just the way you would in an HTML document. For instance using the font tag with color red will give you red text:

This is red text

To include an image simply place the URL of the image on it's own line and the wiki will now recognize it and post the image automatically.

Creating Headers should be reserved for Administrators as it will effect the outline of the site. Using the bold tag, which is three single quotes on either side of your heading, will suffice until we can figure out what and where the main headers should go.

Have fun, experiment with the new technology.

For more help go here and learn.

When you are ready to give it a try you may go to this test page and practice your editing tags.