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Getting started with the GARD Guide Wiki

Basic

• Read Me First if you have never edited a Wiki before.
• How to create an account so that you can edit.
• Recommended text formatting standards.
• Using the Editing Tool Bar.
• Using the discussion pages.

Intermediate

• Spellchecking: Firefox browser has spellcheck built in. Firefox will spellcheck when entering data into any Web form.
• Adding page links and adding pages.
  • This link to the Sand box looks like this in edit mode: [[SandBox|Sand box]] with double square brackets and a bar between the page name and the display text.
  • The syntax to an outside link is different. The link INAP Web site looks like this in edit mode: [http://www.inap.com.au/ INAP Web site] with single square brackets and a space between the page URL and the display text.

Advanced

• Chemical Equations. For example: HC₂H₃O_2(aq) ⇌ H⁺_(aq) + C₂H₃O₂^-_(aq)
• Uploading images and using them in pages. Once an image is uploaded, it can be displayed by typing an image link containing the name of the image onto the page.
  • Uploading images
  • Placing images on the page
• Creating and modifying tables.

Support

• Requesting updates to the main menu and Requesting assistance.
• Using the sand box to experiment with MediaWiki.

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Online References

• University of Maryland Wiki
• BavaWiki MediaWiki Tutorial
• Wikipedia Main Page
  • How to edit a page
  • Uploading images
  • Placing images on the page

• WikiMedia User's Guide
• Wikihowto - A user maintained How-To site for MediaWiki
• MediaWiki FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

For additional help, email: cmuller@golder.com (Conrad Muller at Golder Associates, Redmond, WA US)