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+ | ====== Using and Maintaining This Wiki ====== | ||
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+ | ===== Basics ===== | ||
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+ | ==== What is a Wiki? ==== | ||
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+ | A wiki is a website on which users collaboratively modify content and structure directly from within the web browser. Text is written using a simplified markup language. Anyone with a user account can log in and create new information pages or edit and update existing pages from within their web browser. | ||
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+ | A wiki is run using wiki software on a server. There are dozens of different wiki server systems available. This wiki is based on the Dokuwiki server engine. | ||
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+ | "Wiki" is a Hawaiian word meaning "quick". The goal is to have a web system that is quick to learn and quick to maintain. | ||
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+ | ==== Wiki Syntax ==== | ||
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+ | Wiki language syntax is a simplified way of creating web pages. There is no HTML involved. So instead of having to learn all the various forms of complicated HTML markup, just a few simple text tags are used. For example to make a bulleted list in HTML you would write: | ||
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+ | <code> | ||
+ | <ul> | ||
+ | <li>Item 1</li> | ||
+ | <li>Item 2</li> | ||
+ | <li>Item 3</li> | ||
+ | </ul> | ||
+ | </code> | ||
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+ | But in wiki markup you would simply write: | ||
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+ | <code> | ||
+ | * Item 1 | ||
+ | * Item 2 | ||
+ | * Item 3 | ||
+ | </code> | ||
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+ | and it will look like: | ||
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+ | * Item 1 | ||
+ | * Item 2 | ||
+ | * Item 3 | ||
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+ | In HTML a link to a different page might look like: | ||
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+ | <code> | ||
+ | <a href=” http://www.telemetryspectrum.org/documents.html”>Documents</a> | ||
+ | </code> | ||
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+ | In wiki markup you would write: | ||
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+ | <code> | ||
+ | [[Documents]] | ||
+ | </code> | ||
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+ | Headings, bolding, underlines, tables, and other common formatting are similarly easy. Some more complicated formatting is also available with the use of some custom plug-ins that have been installed. | ||
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+ | ==== Creating New Pages and Editing Existing Pages ==== | ||
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+ | The editor – note links to wiki syntax pages, make editor bigger | ||
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+ | Plug-ins | ||
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+ | ===== Advanced Topics ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Namespaces ==== | ||
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+ | [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/namespaces|Namespaces]] are like directories. Create them and use them to keep pages, documents, images, and other files organized. Also, namespaces should be used to create areas which may have restricted access. | ||
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+ | ==== Uploading and using documents, files, and images ==== | ||
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+ | Documents, files, and images can be uploaded to allow users to click on a link to download. Creating downloadable documents is a two step process. | ||
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+ | * Upload the files using the Media Manager. | ||
+ | * Create wiki links to these files. | ||
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+ | Detailed instructions for this are on the [[Upload/Download]] page. | ||
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+ | ==== Users and Protecting Pages ==== | ||
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+ | ===== Organization of the ITCS Wiki ===== | ||
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