SfGS: Wiki Instructions

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Hi gang,

Thanks for helping to develop our SfGS wiki!

Here are a few quick thoughts to help orient you to our new wiki space:

• The wiki is essentially a set of linked pages that everyone can edit for ease of information sharing.

• Each of our SfGS pages has a name of the format:

SfGS: page_name

• To edit a page, click on the "edit" tab at the top of the page of interest. This will take you to a text box where you can edit the page.
• To link to an existing page (e.g. the SfGS hompage), just add the following text:

   [[SfGS: Homepage]] 

• To make a new page, simply make a link to your new page in an existing page. Page links look like this:

  [[SfGS: page_name_here]] 

• If you want to link to a page (e.g. SfGS: Publications) but have the link name look different than the page name (e.g. Stuff we made), you can write the following:

 [[SfGS: Pubilcations| Stuff we made]] 

• To add an SfGS navigator menu in the upper right hand of a page, be sure to type {{SfGS}} at the top of your new page.

• To make a word bold, add three apostrophes on each side of the word, as shown here:

 '''something'''

• To make something italic, add two apostrophes on each side of the word, as shown here:

 ''something''

• To add an html link, use the following format:

[http://your.website.org Link_name] 

• To add an file (e.g. Schedule.doc) to a page (e.g. SfGS: Foo), do the following:
  • Click on the "upload file" link in the left hand toolbar
  • Follow instructions. Be sure to click on the public disclosure box.
  • In page SfGS: Foo, add the following code:

  [[Image: Schedule.doc]] 

With these few tricks, you should be able to do just about everything you'll need to do. For more information, try out the help link on the left navigation bar.

• To add an SfGS navigator menu in the upper right hand of a page, be sure to type {{SfGS}} at the top of your new page.