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 +====== Using and Maintaining This Wiki ======
 +
 +===== Basics =====
 +
 +==== What is a Wiki? ====
 +
 +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.
 +
 +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.
 +
 +"​Wiki"​ is a Hawaiian word meaning "​quick"​. The goal is to have a web system that is quick to learn and quick to maintain.
 +
 +==== Wiki Syntax ====
 +
 +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:
 +
 +<​code>​
 +<ul>
 +<​li>​Item 1</​li>​
 +<​li>​Item 2</​li>​
 +<​li>​Item 3</​li>​
 +</ul>
 +</​code>​
 +
 +But in wiki markup you would simply write:
 +
 +<​code>​
 +  * Item 1
 +  * Item 2
 +  * Item 3
 +</​code>​
 +
 +and it will look like:
 +
 +  * Item 1
 +  * Item 2
 +  * Item 3
 +
 +In HTML a link to a different page might look like:
 +
 +<​code>​
 +<a href=” http://​www.telemetryspectrum.org/​documents.html”>​Documents</​a>​
 +</​code>​
 +
 +In wiki markup you would write:
 +
 +<​code>​
 +[[Documents]]
 +</​code>​
 +
 +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.
 +
 +==== Creating New Pages and Editing Existing Pages ====
 +
 +The editor – note links to wiki syntax pages, make editor bigger
 +
 +Plug-ins
 +
 +
 +
 +===== Advanced Topics =====
 +
 +==== Namespaces ====
 +
 +[[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.
 +
 +==== Uploading and using documents, files, and images ​ ====
 +
 +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. ​
 +
 +  * Upload the files using the Media Manager. ​
 +  * Create wiki links to these files. ​
 +
 +Detailed instructions for this are on the [[Upload/​Download]] page.
 +
 +==== Users and Protecting Pages ====
 +
 +===== Organization of the ITCS Wiki =====
 +
 +