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==How to Create a Page== | ==How to Create a Page== | ||
| + | The easiest way to create a page on ''Videri'' is to simply link to a not yet existing page. If the page does not already exist then the link will appear in red. To start a new article, click on the link you just made. The new article will open for editing. | ||
| + | For book summaries, Videri uses short titles for page naming. If you would like to create a page for a book, please use the following format: | ||
| + | <pre>[[Short Title|Long Title: A History of Hypertext, from Memex to the Present]]</pre> | ||
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| + | The text before the "|" serves as the page title, while the text to be displayed in the link is placed after the "|". | ||
==How to Enter Bibliographic Data== | ==How to Enter Bibliographic Data== | ||
Revision as of 16:55, 24 June 2012
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How to use Wikitext
Videri uses Wikitext, a light-weight, easy to use markup language created by Wikipedia. For a tutorial on how to use Wikitext, please see Wikipedia's excellent tutorial. If you are new to editing wikis, don't worry! Videri keeps a change-log of all edits and any mistakes you make while editing can be rolled back, so feel free to experiment.
Novice and advanced editors alike can benefit by enabling the wikEd editing tool, which offers a full suite of editing tools and syntax highlighting. To enable wikEd, (while logged in) visit your Preferences page, click on the "Gadgets" tab, check the box labeled "gadget-wikEd", and save your settings.
How to Create a Page
The easiest way to create a page on Videri is to simply link to a not yet existing page. If the page does not already exist then the link will appear in red. To start a new article, click on the link you just made. The new article will open for editing. For book summaries, Videri uses short titles for page naming. If you would like to create a page for a book, please use the following format:
[[Short Title|Long Title: A History of Hypertext, from Memex to the Present]]
The text before the "|" serves as the page title, while the text to be displayed in the link is placed after the "|".
