http://obsoleteskills.wikispot.org/Quick_Start_GuideRecent Changes of the page "Quick Start Guide" on Obsolete Skills Wiki.en-us http://obsoleteskills.wikispot.org/Quick_Start_Guide2008-02-17 03:49:09JasonAller <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Quick Start Guide<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 1: </td> <td> Line 1: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ = Quick Start Guide! =<br> + 1. First read the rest of this page!<br> + 2. If you haven't already, read the [wiki:wikispot:"Wiki Creator Guide"] and [wiki:wikispot:"Wiki Guide"].<br> + 3. Go to ["Wiki Settings"] and change the settings for your wiki!<br> + 4. Click the edit button up top of this page and create your new front page.<br> + 5. Start adding content to your wiki and read about [wiki:wikispot:"building community"]<br> + 6. Tell your friends, family, acquaintances, enemies, multiple personalities, etc.<br> + 7. Celebrate!<br> + <br> + = Default Pages Included With Your Wiki =<br> + This is a simple list of of all pages included with your wiki. You will hopefully create many, many more!<br> + <br> + * ["All Pages"] is an automatically generated list of all the pages in your wiki.<br> + * ["Bookmarks"] is for your bookmarks on this wiki. Every user has his/her own bookmarks page based on what they choose to bookmark on this wiki. To bookmark a page, simply click "Bookmark" at the bottom of the page! ([wiki:wikispot:"Interwiki Bookmarks"] on wikispot shows you all of your bookmarks on all wikis.)<br> + * ["Front Page"] is the page you're currently viewing.<br> + * ["Events Board"] is a page where anyone can post events in the community.<br> + * ["Help"] links to the main help pages on wikispot -- useful for reference.<br> + * ["Interwiki Map"] -- link to non-Wiki Spot wikis using [wiki:wikispot:"interwiki links"] by adding names and URLs of wikis to this page.<br> + * ["Orphaned Pages"] contains an automatically generated list of pages with no links to them. Ideally, this page should be empty -- keep your wiki well-linked!<br> + * ["Outgoing Links"] lists all pages sorted by the number outgoing links on each page. This provides a good place to start if you're feeling [wiki:c2:"WikiGnome" gnomeish] and want to link-up some pages with few to no links.<br> + * ["Quick Wiki Tips"] -- At the top of ["Recent Changes"] shows randomly selected tips from this page.<br> + * ["Recent Changes"] shows all the recent activity on the wiki in a given time period. This page lets everybody see what's happening in your wiki! ([wiki:wikispot:"Interwiki Recent Changes"] on wikispot shows you the recent changes on all the wikis you're watching.)<br> + * ["Random Pages"] is a randomly generated list of twenty-five pages. Good for finding pages to edit once your wiki grows large.<br> + * ["Site Organization"] has links to pages that help you keep your wiki well organized.<br> + * ["Templates"] is a user created list of template pages -- pages that you can use as starting blocks for making new pages. ["Templates/Business"] is there just to give you an idea of what a template should be.<br> + * ["User Statistics"] is a page that displays statistics, such as the number of edits, for each person who's edited your wiki.<br> + * ["Wanted Pages"] contains all the pages that are linked to, but do not yet exist. This is another good place to start [wiki:c2:"WikiGnome" gnomeing].<br> + * ["Wiki Sandbox"] is a place for users to play around with the wiki without disturbing your content.<br> + * ["Wiki Settings"] contains the administrative settings for your wiki.<br> + * ["Wiki Settings/CSS"] is the page where you can upload different style sheets that change your wiki's appearance.<br> + * ["Wiki Settings/General"] contains general settings for your wiki.<br> + * ["Wiki Settings/Images"] allows you to customize images on your wiki, such as your logos.<br> + * ["Wiki Settings/Security"] lets you change the default security settings of your wiki and create user groups to control access.<br> + <br> + = Making new pages! =<br> + To create a new page, simply search for the name of the page you wish to create and then click the "Create a new page with this title" link. Another way to create a new page is by making a link to the page you wish to create from a page that already exists, following the link, and clicking "Create this page."</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div>