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Welcome to the ENVRI wiki manual! This page contains instructions for navigating and contributing to the wiki. '''New to wikis?''' Not to worry! The amount of menus and tabs can seem daunting at first, but once you get the hang of it, you'll find that this way of organising information can be quite powerful. Here are the basics:
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Welcome to the ENVRI wiki manual! This page contains instructions for navigating and contributing to the wiki.
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'''New to wikis?''' Not to worry! The amount of menus and tabs can seem daunting at first, but once you get the hang of it, you'll find that this way of organising information can be quite powerful. Here are the basics:
  
 
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Revision as of 11:27, 26 October 2020

Welcome to the ENVRI wiki manual! This page contains instructions for navigating and contributing to the wiki.

New to wikis? Not to worry! The amount of menus and tabs can seem daunting at first, but once you get the hang of it, you'll find that this way of organising information can be quite powerful. Here are the basics:

๐Ÿงญ Navigation

At its core, every page of a wiki is a normal webpage, and you navigate by clicking links (like this). Pages contain regular web content: text, images, video, and so on. Here's an example:

If you get lost, you can always go back to the Main Page, either by using the first link in the navigation bar to the left side of your screen, or by clicking the logo to the top right. You can also try using the search bar in the top right corner.

๐Ÿ—ƒ Categories

Pages have no particular order, so to help sort them they are organised into categories. Pages can belong to multiple categories, so there are many ways to sort a page. To find which categories a page belongs to, scroll down to the very bottom of that page (this page doesn't belong to any category, though!).

A category page lists all the pages or categories belonging to that category. These are recognizable by the "Category:" prefix in their title. Categories can also contain other categories, or sub-categories. Here are a few examples of different kinds of category pages:

  • Category:Page_Tree contains only other categories (in fact, the ones that appear in the navigation bar).
  • ENVRIplus contains both page content (text, images, and tables), sub-categories, and other pages.

You can always find the main categories in the navigation bar to the left โ€“ click the little triangle to show any sub-categories! The main page contains a more complete listing.

That's it! With this you should be able to find your way around the wiki. If you feel that you would like more help, don't hesitate to contact us at manager@envri.eu! This manual will also be expanded with time, including images and video material.

So you've got the basics down? Great! Here you will find more information about the content structure of the wiki (ie. what the different categories are set up), how to contribute to the wiki, and how to use some more complicated features such as templates.

๐Ÿ–Š Contributing

So you've found an error, or you'd like to contribute to the wiki. Now what?

What makes a wiki different is that anyone can edit the pages โ€“ so the good news are that you can get started right away! You can edit the page you're on by using the "Edit" tab in the top right corner, to the left of the search bar. Be aware that edits by anonymous users may be revoked! If you want to contribute more, and in your own name, please contact us and get a user name.

You can find all previous edits of a given page under the "View history" tab.

Coming soon: the basics of "wikitext" & links to further resources.

๐ŸŽจ Style guidelines

If you're just editing existing pages, it's good to try and keep the style consistent across the wiki.

Coming soon: some guidelines regarding sections, categories, colours, CSS, etc.

๐ŸŒฑ Creating new pages and categories

If you're creating entirely new pages and categories, knowing the logic behind the existing categories is a good start!

Coming soon: document types, domains, keywords, projects, themes.

๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Understanding templates

Coming soon: what are templates? List of common templates in use on the ENVRI wiki, links to more resources.


๐Ÿ“– About the manual

โš ๏ธ Temporary section, likely to be deleted!

Subpage structure:

  • Help:Manual: Navigation, Constributing, Contact
    • Help:Manual/lighthouses
    • Help:Manual/templates
    • Help:Manual/guidelines