As some people are new to the world of wikis, here you can find the information you need to add your own information to our collective space.

 

Note: editing this wiki works best if you are using Internet Explorer or Firefox. It does not work properly in Safari (Mac) so I would recommend that Mac users download and install Firefox. It is a better web browser in general and works better with a lot of different websites. To get a copy of Firefox, click here.

 

Step One: Finding a page to edit.

 

Look at the sidebar for the list of linked pages and click on the one you want to go to when editing.

Step Two: Entering edit mode

Click on 'Edit page' at the top of the page.

 

Step Three: The password

You will be asked for the cluster password. The password is 'cluster'

 

Step Four: Entering text

Type or paste your text into the white box. This is what will appear on the page. If there is already other content on the page, be careful to not delete it. If you do, there is an 'undo' on the toolbars at the top of the page.

 

Step Five: Using the toolbars

The toolbars at the top of the page are very similar to what you would get in Word at the top of your screen. You can bold, underline and italic your text and do many things you can do in Word. If you put your mouse over icons on the toolbar, a message pops up to tell you what that icon does.

 

Step Six: Inserting an image

If you want to insert a picture, click on the 'Insert Image' icon. On the pop up window that comes up, click on 'Browse' to find the image you want and then click 'Upload' When the computer has finished uploading the image to the files area of the wiki, click 'OK' to insert the image on the page.

 

 

You can then resize the image as you would in Word by first clicking on the image to select it and then dragging the small squares on the corners and sides of the image. You can also move the image to a different place on your wiki by dragging it to a the desired location. Right clicking on the image gives you some options to change the image properties but I don't really use this option very often.

 

Step Seven: Making a hyperlink

I am going to make a link to the inquiry information on this wiki. If you want to add a hyperlink to another website or another page within this wiki, select the text that you want to turn into a link and click on the 'Link' icon.

When the pop up window appears, use the first drop down menu to choose whether you want to link to a wiki page or a URL (other internet site).

If you choose WikiPage, you then use the second drop down menu to choose which page you want to link to. After that, check that the link text box has the writing in it that you want to appear on the wiki page.

If you choose URL, you type or paste in the internet address of the site you want to link to. After that, check that the link text box has the writing in it that you want to appear on the wiki page

 

Then you link will be in the text.

 

Step Eight: Attaching a file

You can also attach a file to the wiki so that others can download it from the wiki. To do this click on 'Attach File' in the toolbar. When the pop-up window comes up, click on 'Browse', find the file on your computer that you want to upload and then click 'Upload'. Just like inserting an image, when the file has finished uploading, click 'OK' to insert a link to that file on the wikipage. I have put a copy of these instructions in a word documnet here for you to download. Working with Wikis.doc

 

Step Nine: Adding a table

You can add in a table using the table icon on the toolbar. Just say the number of rows and columns you want and it will make a table for you of that size. Should you want to add in extra rows or columns after you have inserted the table, right click on the table to get these options.

 

And that is the basics! Have fun editing Wikis.

 

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