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<div style="font-size:200%; padding:.1em;">'''MediaWiki Help Directory'''</div>
 
<div style="font-size:200%; padding:.1em;">'''MediaWiki Help Directory'''</div>
 
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: Below are useful links for how to use features in this wiki.</div>
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: [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_editors General Wiki Functions] </div>
 
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== [[Special:CreateAccount|Creating a User]] ==
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Navigate to the bottom of the left sidebar.  Click on Special Pages and in the middle of the page should be a "[[Special:CreateAccount|Create Account]]" option.  Fill out your credentials and you should be granted sufficient permissions to create and edit pages.
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== [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page Making a New Page] ==
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The easiest way to create a new page is to navigate to the top right corner of the wiki and simply search '''word for word''' the desired name of the new page.  This message will appear: ''Create the page "New Page" on this wiki!'' Click the red link for your page and begin editing.
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== '''[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_editors General Wiki Functions]''' ==
 
* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page Making a New Page]
 
 
* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files Uploading Images and Files]
 
* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files Uploading Images and Files]
 
* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Moving_a_page Moving a Page]
 
* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Moving_a_page Moving a Page]
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* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Table Tables]
 
* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Table Tables]
 
* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Advanced_editing Advanced Editing]
 
* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Advanced_editing Advanced Editing]
 
  
 
== '''[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions MediaWiki Extensions]''' ==
 
== '''[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions MediaWiki Extensions]''' ==
 
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PDFEmbed PDF Embed Tool]
 
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PDFEmbed PDF Embed Tool]
 
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EmbedVideo Video Embed Tool]
 
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EmbedVideo Video Embed Tool]

Revision as of 13:49, 18 April 2018

MediaWiki Help Directory

Navigate to the bottom of the left sidebar. Click on Special Pages and in the middle of the page should be a "Create Account" option. Fill out your credentials and you should be granted sufficient permissions to create and edit pages.

The easiest way to create a new page is to navigate to the top right corner of the wiki and simply search word for word the desired name of the new page. This message will appear: Create the page "New Page" on this wiki! Click the red link for your page and begin editing.

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MediaWiki Extensions