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== What is this? == | |||
This is a simple tutorial designed to help new users learn how to do some basic tasks on OpenWetWare. The goal is for this tutorial to allow even those who have never edited a wiki before to become comfortable editing OpenWetWare. | |||
The tutorial covers the following topics: | |||
#How to edit a page | |||
#[[OpenWetWare:Getting started/Editing your user page | Setting up your user page]] | |||
#[[OpenWetWare:Getting started/Creating your lab wiki | Creating a lab wiki]] | |||
#[[OpenWetWare:Getting started/Contributing to community pages | Contributing to community pages]] | |||
#[[OpenWetWare:Getting started/Becoming a power user | Becoming a power user]] (more advanced topic!) | |||
Once you finish this tutorial, feel free to return and help improve it!. | |||
== What is OpenWetWare? == | == What is OpenWetWare? == | ||
OpenWetWare is an effort to promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering. Lots of people are constantly improving OpenWetWare, making frequent changes, all of which are recorded on [http://openwetware.org/index.php?title=OpenWetWare:Getting_started&action=history article histories] and [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]]. | OpenWetWare is an effort to promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering. Lots of people are constantly improving OpenWetWare, making frequent changes, all of which are recorded on [http://openwetware.org/index.php?title=OpenWetWare:Getting_started&action=history article histories] and [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]]. | ||
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== How can I help? == | == How can I help? == | ||
[[Image:Edit-this-page.png|frame|right|Click '''edit''' to change an article]] | |||
'''Don't be afraid to edit'''—''anyone'' can edit almost any page, and we encourage you to '''be bold''' (but please don't vandalize)! Find something that can be improved, either in content, grammar or formatting, and fix it. | '''Don't be afraid to edit'''—''anyone'' can edit almost any page, and we encourage you to '''be bold''' (but please don't vandalize)! Find something that can be improved, either in content, grammar or formatting, and fix it. | ||
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#Click '''edit''' above | #Click '''edit''' above | ||
#Type a message | #Type a message | ||
#Click ''' | #Click '''Save page''' to save your writing | ||
...or | ...or '''Show preview''' to test your changes | ||
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<div style="float: right; margin-top: 0em; background-color: #99CCFF; color: #000; padding: .2em .6em; font-size: 130%; border: 0px solid #000;">'''Next:''' [[OpenWetWare:Getting started/Editing your user page|'''Set up your user page''' >>]]</div> | |||
==Test edits...== | ==Test edits...== | ||
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Revision as of 14:10, 22 February 2006
What is this?
This is a simple tutorial designed to help new users learn how to do some basic tasks on OpenWetWare. The goal is for this tutorial to allow even those who have never edited a wiki before to become comfortable editing OpenWetWare.
The tutorial covers the following topics:
- How to edit a page
- Setting up your user page
- Creating a lab wiki
- Contributing to community pages
- Becoming a power user (more advanced topic!)
Once you finish this tutorial, feel free to return and help improve it!.
What is OpenWetWare?
OpenWetWare is an effort to promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering. Lots of people are constantly improving OpenWetWare, making frequent changes, all of which are recorded on article histories and recent changes.
The first step, if you haven't done so already, is to set up a user account so you can edit pages.
How can I help?
Don't be afraid to edit—anyone can edit almost any page, and we encourage you to be bold (but please don't vandalize)! Find something that can be improved, either in content, grammar or formatting, and fix it.
You can't break OpenWetWare. Anything can be fixed or improved later. So go ahead, edit an article and help make OpenWetWare the best information source on the Internet!
Make your first edit right now:
- Click edit above
- Type a message
- Click Save page to save your writing
...or Show preview to test your changes
