OpenWetWare:Getting started 2

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Set up your user page
• 3. Contribute to the community

Starting Your User Page

• Your user page is the easiest place for you to start editing. A brief description of who you are and what you are doing will help others feel comfortable with your edits and may even lead to productive collaborations.

Click on your username to edit

• To access your user page, log in, then click on your username at the top right of any OpenWetWare page (You can also click this link). Then, click on the tab. If nothing has been added to your page you will be brought directly to the edit screen.

Formatting

• Breaking up your page into different sections will make it much easier to read. If you create enough different sections, a table of contents like the one at the top of this page will be created automatically.

What You Type	What You Get
Start your sections as follows: ==New section== ===Subsection=== ====Sub-subsection====	New section Subsection Sub-subsection Start with a second-level heading (==). Use subsequent levels (second, third, then fourth levels). Table of Contents automatic with 4+ subsections. If appropriate, place subsections in an order (i.e. alphabetical, numerical, etc).

Adding Content

What You Type

What You Get

===Contact Info=== Your Name Department Address 1 Address 2 City, State, etc... Your E-mail [[Your Lab]] at XYZ University. ===Education=== * Year, PhD, Institute * Year, MS, Institute * Year, BS, Institute Fill in your educational background. ===Research Interests=== # Interest #1 # Interest #2 # Interest #3 Or add a brief description. ===Publications=== # Publication, Journal # or use biblio if in pubmed

Contact Info Your Name Department Address 1 Address 2 City, State, etc... Your E-mail Your Lab at XYZ University. Education Year, PhD, Institute Year, MS, Institute Year, BS, Institute Fill in your educational background. Research Interests Interest #1 Interest #2 Interest #3 Or add a brief description. Publications Publication, Journal or use biblio if in pubmed

• For something more snazzy, use this template!

• You can see what your page now looks like by clicking .

Adding Links

What You Type	What You Get
Internal Link OpenWetWare pages [[Protocols]] External Link web addresses [http://www.pubmed.gov PUBMED]	Internal Link OpenWetWare pages Protocols External Link web addresses PUBMED

• Click and you're done!
  
• Remember to save periodically; unsaved information will be lost if browser is closed.

Leaving messages for other users

You can also use user talk pages to leave messages for users. For example, here is your user talk page. People can leave you messages there. To leave a message for another user, visit the page called User talk:<Their username>.

Further Information

• With these basics, you can easily edit your User Page.
• Detailed formatting information: simple wiki editing examples.
• Also, check out tutorial from wikipedia.
• To add pictures and tables to pages.

Set up a lab or course wiki

For detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to set up a wiki for your lab or course on OpenWetWare, please see one of the following.

Host Course Host your course website

Host Lab Host your lab website

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