Help Instructions for working on WIKI Pages
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Getting Started
You will first need a WIKI member account. It is easy to sign up up for!
1. Look in the upper right hand corner of this page, you will see "sign in/create account", click on that or follow this link: Create a WIKI Account
You will need to create a User Name, if you are a member of ABR Alex Brown Forum You can use the same User name you use over there. If you are not, just create any user name you desire, you will then need to create a password and optional (but encouraged to enter so others can contact you) your email address. There is also a field to enter your "Real Name" that is also optional and if you do choose to use it, I suggest your first name and initial of your last name.
Now click on Create Account and you are ready to add your Rescue to this section
Adding your Rescue to the Rescue Page
1. Find the section Horse Rescue Organizations.
On the right hand side of that section you will see "Edit", click on that. Look for your State, and then keeping in Alphabetical Order, put your cursor on the Rescue name that will be Above yours and hit enter 2 times.
2. To add your Rescue, put 2 of these bracket in [[ (you will find it next to the P key on the keyboard). Now type your Rescue name in. Once your name is there, put 2 of these bracket there ]] (this is beside the key above) then follow it by adding your city and state abbreviation.
Now you are almost ready! To make sure you did it correctly,look at the bottom of the page and you will see " Save Page- Preview-Show Changes" Choose Show Preview. You will see the list of States/then Rescues, now look for yours, it will show up RED (meaning a new Blank unedited page) like the example below:
If it shows up like the above, you have correctly added your Rescue, now go back to the bottom and select "SAVE PAGE" to make it a Official! When you save it will take you back to the Rescue WIKI section. Now you are ready to add content to your page
Adding Content to your WIKI Page
Access the Template here Template Rescue Select "edit" at the top and Copy the information below the first line (easiest way to do this is put your mouse cursor in front of the first == and hold down the left mouse button and drag down (will hightlight as you go) all the way to the end and then hit key combo Ctrl+C (means copy) or right click and select COPY ) and return to the Rescue Page (hit your back arrow 2 times) and find your Rescue Name you created on the Rescue Page,click on it to enter it (will be a blank page) and right click and select Paste. The template will now be there and ready to edit! Go to the bottom of the page and click on SAVE PAGE to save your page.
You can look at some of the other Rescue pages and see how other rescues have set up their page, get a feel of how they do things and how you might want to set up your page.
The Template we created is a very good guideline to use and has the important sections that potential donors would want to see.
To add content to each section on your page, look to the right and you will see "edit", click on that and you will be able to type and add content to that section only. When you are done (always recommended to "Preview" before saving), be sure to go to the bottom and Save page. You will be taken back to your WIKI page as you save.
You can set up and add more "sections" to make things easier to edit and navigate. To set up sections is really easy!
A Section will always start with double == (usually located beside your backspace key and below the + sign) followed by your text and then 2 more ==
Click here: examples for a sample section page to give you a better idea of how to do it.
- Go to the first post in your thread, you will see a set of numbers under the date in the upper right hand corner.
- Right click on the numbers and select "copy shortcut"
- Go to your WIKI page and to the section where you want to put the link to your fund raiser or update thread.
- put 1 left bracket [ and then right click and select Paste to copy over the link from ABR
- Hit the space bar ONCE and then add the type in (or copy) the Thread Title.
- After the Title is completed, put in the right bracket ]
If you have done it right it will look like this Before you save: [http://forums.delphiforums.com/alexbrown/messages?msg=25822.1 EA: Save 2 mares from KB by 7/1]
Now select "Show Preview" at the bottom of the page and if you have done it correctly your link will show up like this:
If it does, you can now go back to the bottom and "Save Page"
Editing/Formating Tips
To Bold Text:
- To make text bold, do the following:
- Enter 3 apostrophes ''' before the text.
- Enter the text
- Enter 3 more apostrophes ''' after the text.
- Overall, your code should look like this:
'''text'''
- Once you have entered that code, the text should look like this:
text
- Center Text or Pictures
- Enter <center>
- Then enter your text
- Finally, enter </center>
- Overall, your code should look like this:
<center> Centered text </center>
- Once you have entered that code, your text will look like this:
Italics
- To italicize text, do the following:
- Enter 2 apostrophes '' before the text.
- Enter the text
- Enter 2 more apostrophes '' after the text.
- Overall, your code should look like this:
''text''
- Once you have entered that code, the text should look like this:
text
Font Color
- To change the color of text, use the following code:
- Enter a <font color="ColorName"> before the text.
- Choose the color
- Enter the text
- Enter a </font> after the text.
- Overall, your code should look like this:
<font color="red">blah blah blah</font>
- Once you have entered that code, your text will look like this:
blah blah blah
Adding Photos
To add a Photo of your horse, you will need a online Hosting site. (Sites like Kodak, HP, etc will not allow outside linking to photos uploaded to their sites. )
The ones that others have used are:
Photobucket : Free to join
Flickr Free to join
Webshots Free to join
*Note if your Photos are on your Website and is a JPG, GIF or PNG extenstion, you can use that photo already on your website.All you need to do is right click on the photo and select "properties", you will see in the box that comes up the Address (URL), just highlight it, select copy and then go to your WIKI page and "paste" it where you want the photo to go. (this is if you are using Internet Explorer)
- If you are using Firefox, you would right click and select "copy image location" and then paste that in your WIKI page
PhotoBucket
Know where your photos are on your computer so it will be easy to upload to Photobuckets.
Most important is to make sure your photo is not too large for your WIKI page, I use the Medium size which is 320x240.
Photobucket has a new option where you can choose a size before you upload your photo, look under the Upload Images and Videos and you will see the drop down arrow. If you forget to choose this, no worry as you can resize your photo after you have uploaded it. To do so, just click on your photo and look above the photo and you will see "resize" and it will give you the size options to select.
To link your photo from photobucket on your wiki:
1. Make sure you are in the EDIT section of your WIKI section you want to place the photo. In Photobucket, select the "direct link" to the right of the picture, it will automatically copy that link for you. Now return to your WIKI and right click and select PASTE and your link will copy. To preview your section and photo, just go to the bottom of your WiKI page and select Show Preview, if it looks alright, then save your page. You can add information about the photo also. Just type either above or below the photo.
Flickr
Once you have uploaded your Photo to Flickr, click on the tab "all sizes" for the flickr photo you want to use, it will give you the url for the photo of the size you choose. - thumbnail, small, medium, large, original
Medium is a good size for WIKI pages, now just copy the link for the size you want (right click and select "copy"), come to your wiki page, select edit for the section you want to add the photo to and paste the link (right click and select "paste"). To see how the photo will look before saving your page, go to the bottom of the page and click on "show Preview" that will show what the page will look like with the photo. If you are satisfied with it, select "save page" and your changes and photo are saved on your wiki.
click on the photo you want to use.. to the right you will see "link to this" click on that.. above that is different sizes to choose from.. I think the 425 will be a close enough size for a WIKI Page, clcik on that size..
Below the photo you will see the HTML Codes, click on the one that says Direct link, right click and select "copy"
Now go to your wiki and choose EDIT where you want the photo to go, right click and select "Paste" and that link will show up, go down to the bottom of the page and select "show preveiw" to see how it looks, if you like it, then save the page
