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| Newer page: | version 4 | Last edited on Sunday, August 24, 2003 4:45:08 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
| Older page: | version 2 | Last edited on Sunday, July 28, 2002 5:20:13 pm | by WikiAdmin | Revert |
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New User? Lost? Confused?
-What
is a WikiWikiWeb might
be a good place
to start
.
+This site
is what is known as
a WikiWikiWeb (or Wiki for short). Wikis are named after the Hawaaian word for 'quick', wikiwiki. The thing that sets wiki aside from other online content systems is that (with only a few exceptions), __anyone can change, edit or add to any page in the Wiki__, quickly and simply. For example, if you want to provide a better description of wiki than provided here, click 'Edit this page' at the bottom of the window, and you will
be given
a text box
to do so
.
-Hint: while this wiki
is being tidied
up, you should note that anyone
can create/change a page. To log in
, enter any
WikiWord - two or more words with capital letters joined together, such as HomePage or PerryLorier. It will ask
you for a password, it will accept anything
as a password for some reason
. This might change in the future, but at the moment, who cares?
To create a page, all you have to do is refer to it with a WikiWord; for example.
+This particular Wiki
is set
up for the WaikatoLinuxUsersGroup. Anyone
can create/change a page. You will be asked for a login
, which must be a
WikiWord - two or more words with capital letters joined together, such as HomePage or PerryLorier. The convention is that
you should use your RealName
as your login ID (there are no passwords
.)
+
+
To create a page, all you have to do is refer to it with a WikiWord; for example.
Create me a !PagePlease
will generate Create me a PagePlease.
-
See also HowToUseWiki, and AddingPages, for more information. After you've learnt your way around the wiki abit, I highly recommend viewing the RecentChanges (top left of the page) to keep "up to date" on the latest trends :)
You might want to have a play in the SandBox to see how things work. Remember you can always preview a page before you save it.
There's a small but growing WikiFaq.
+
+You might want to move onto NewToLinux next.
