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# Choose a name for your page, then type it into the search box found in the sidebar. | # Choose a name for your page, then type it into the search box found in the sidebar. | ||
# Press the “Go†button or hit the "Enter" key on your keyboard. | # Press the “Go†button or hit the "Enter" key on your keyboard. | ||
# | #* If you are taken to an existing page, repeat steps 1 and 2. | ||
# | #* If you are taken to a search results page that says '''There is no page titled "''your page name''"''', you can then create this page by clicking on the red "create this page" link. | ||
# You will now be at a page editing screen for your new page. | # You will now be at a page editing screen for your new page. | ||
# Enter the data that your new page will hold, and format it using wiki code such as is found [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing here]. | # Enter the data that your new page will hold, and format it using wiki code such as is found [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing here]. | ||
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# Add a summary at the bottom of the screen, such as "Page created". | # Add a summary at the bottom of the screen, such as "Page created". | ||
# Press the "Show preview" button to see what your page will look like when it is published. | # Press the "Show preview" button to see what your page will look like when it is published. | ||
# | #* If there are any formattign errors, correct them in the edit window below the preview. | ||
# | #* When you have made your corrections, repeat step 7. | ||
# When your page is free of any errors, you can press the "Save page" button. | # When your page is free of any errors, you can press the "Save page" button. | ||
[[Category:Wiki Editing]] | [[Category:Wiki Editing]] |
Revision as of 15:48, 4 June 2009
If you want to create a new page:
- Choose a name for your page, then type it into the search box found in the sidebar.
- Press the “Go†button or hit the "Enter" key on your keyboard.
- If you are taken to an existing page, repeat steps 1 and 2.
- If you are taken to a search results page that says There is no page titled "your page name", you can then create this page by clicking on the red "create this page" link.
- You will now be at a page editing screen for your new page.
- Enter the data that your new page will hold, and format it using wiki code such as is found here.
- At the end of the page, categorize your page.
- Add a summary at the bottom of the screen, such as "Page created".
- Press the "Show preview" button to see what your page will look like when it is published.
- If there are any formattign errors, correct them in the edit window below the preview.
- When you have made your corrections, repeat step 7.
- When your page is free of any errors, you can press the "Save page" button.