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Anyone can add a page to WikiIndex, to describe a wiki website ([[WikiIndex:About|what this site is about]]).  Follow these simple steps:
'''fr''': [[WikiIndex: Ajouter un Wiki]], '''it''':  [[WikiIndex: Aggiungi una Wiki]]
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'''WikiIndex: Add a Wiki''' — welcome!  You are invited to add a [[wiki]] site to this [[WikiIndex]] wiki site of all [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]].  Please first see [[WikiIndex:About]].  When you are ready, please follow the three simple steps listed below to {{tag|help}} create a new wiki site [[article]] page, or edit an [[:Category:All|existing wiki site]] article page here on {{tag|WikiIndex}}:


==Step 1 - Check if it's already listed here==
==Step 1 – check to see if it's already listed here==
Use the search feature in the left side menu to check if the wiki is already listed here. We already have quite a big index. Try some alternate names of your wiki (e.g. with or without the work wiki on the end). If you find it, there's no need to add it again, just edit the existing definition!
Please check the drill-down view of [https://WikiIndex.org/Special:BrowseData/All?_single list of wiki sites] . Try to find the correct name of the wiki site.


==Step 2 - Copy the Boilerplate==
Use the [[Special:Search|search feature]] in the left [[sidebar]] menu to check if the wiki site is already listed [[Special:AllPages|here]].  We already have quite a big index!  Try some alternate names of your wiki site (e.g. with or without the word 'wiki' on the end, or the word 'the' at the beginning).  If you find it already listed here, and the included URL is the correct one, there is no need to add it again; just [[edit]] the existing information (if needed)!
* Copy the following boilerplate to your clipboard (select and Ctrl+C)


<pre>
==Step 2 – create the wiki article page==
;if needed . . .
<center>
{{#forminput:form=Wiki|size=50|placeholder=wiki site full name|button text=Edit an existing wiki article page, or create a new wiki article page}}</center>


{{Wiki |
Type the <u>exact name</u> of the wiki site into the above edit field, and click on the 'Edit an existing wiki article page, or create a new wiki article page' button.  You will be transferred to a newly created article page, '''''or''''' to an existing wiki article page (if it already exists).  Fill in there what you know; at least the URL link address of the wiki site.
wiki_name                = YourWikiName
(It's pretty easy to rename the article later according to our [[WikiIndex:Naming conventions]]).
| wiki_logo              = [[Image:NoLogoYet.png]]
| wiki_URL              = YourWikiHttp
| wiki_recentchanges_URL = No
| wiki_wikinode_URL      = No
| wiki_status            = Status
| wiki_language          = Language
| wiki_editmode          = EditMode
| wiki_engine            = YourWikiEngine
| wiki_maintopic        = YourWikiTopic
}}
==Description==
<<add description of wiki here>>


'''Additional Categories'''
Click on 'Show preview' to make sure everything looks correct and accurate, then confirm your changes and save the article page.
* {{category|FirstAdditional}}
* {{category|SecondAdditional}}


</pre>
==Step 3 – upload or hotlink the logo==
To put a [[:Category:WikiLogo|logo]] on the required wiki site article page . . .
*You must be an existing WikiIndex registered user, and [[Special:UserLogin|log in]] <u>before</u> you can upload an image.  Otherwise, please [[Special:RequestAccount|request a new account]], and wait for the new account approvals process to complete, then log in;
*Click on the '''Upload file''' link in the 'tools' section on the lower left hand sidebar;
*Locate your logo file using the 'Choose file' button;
*Upload the file, remembering to also 'tag' the file with {{Template|WikiLogoOf}} in the 'Summary' box, along with any appropriate license(s), then click on the 'Upload file' button at the bottom of the page;
*Copy the page name of your new logo file page;
*In the appropriate wiki article page, click on the 'edit' tab at the top of the page, and find the <code>|logo =</code> field of its [[Template:Wiki|Wiki infobox template]], then replace <tt>No</tt> (which automatically displays 'File:NoLogo.png') in the code above with your new logo file page name;
*Click on 'Show preview' to verify your new logo is displaying correctly in the wiki article page, and if you are satisfied, '''Save''' your edit to the wiki article page.


==Step 3 - Create the Wiki page==
As an alternative, if you do not want to log-in (or request an account) here on WikiIndex, ''and'' you know the URL for the wiki site logo, you can hotlink to that logo using its URL in the same <code>|logo =</code> field of the wiki infobox template.
* Find the correct name of the wiki. Typically this will be a one word name without spaces, and without the trailing '.com' or '.org', but with upper and lower case characters. (See [[Naming Conventions]])
* Type the name of your wiki in the search box and click the '''"Add"''' button below the search box
* If your wiki page was not found create it by clicking on the link '''"...create an article with this title."'''
* Paste the boilerplate from step 2 into the edit box (Ctrl+V)
* Enter the appropriate info for your wiki. All the appropriate categories are listed on the [[Wiki Index]] page of this wiki
* '''SAVE''' the page


==Step 4 - Upload the logo==
'''Note''':  if you upload an image with its filename that <u>starts</u> with a lower-case letter, this first character is automatically converted to upper case. The [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] wiki software we use is case '''in'''sensitive to ONLY the first letter of any [[File]] name (and also case insensitive to article, [[Category]], [[User]], [[Template]], and all other [[namespace]] page names). So prepare to use a link to 'LogoXYZ.gif' when you've actually uploaded 'logoXYZ.gif'.
To put a logo on the wiki description page...
* You must login or [[Special:Userlogin|create a user login]] before you can upload an image
* Click on the '''"Upload file"''' link in the lower left hand toolbox
* Locate your logo file using the browse button
* Upload the file
* Copy the page name of the image page
* Replace "Image:No_Logo_Yet.png" in the code above with your image page name
* '''SAVE''' the page


'''Note''': if you upload an image that starts with a lower case character, this first character is automatically converted to upper case. The server is case sensitive. So prepare to link to "Logoxyz.gif" when you've actually uploaded "logoxyz.gif".
:An alternate way to put a logo on the wiki site article page is described at [[WikiProject:Logos]].


==Optional - categorizing==
==Optional – [[Special:Categories|categorizing]]==
[[How do categories work]]
*[[WikiIndex: How do categories work]]
*[[WikiIndex: Categorizing articles]]


[[category:browse]]
==See also==
*[[WikiIndex: Add a Wiki (with boxes)]] — a more simplified version of this page, with a slightly different methodology
*[[WikiIndex: Terms of Service]]
*[[Form: Wiki engine]] — the page used to create a new article (or category) page for a [[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engine]] here on WikiIndex
*[[Form: Wiki farm]] — the page used to create a new article (or category) page for a [[:Category:Wiki farm|wiki farm]] here on WikiIndex
*[[Form: Wiki company]] — the page used to create a new article (or category) page for a [[:Category:Wiki company|wiki company]] here on WikiIndex
 
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Latest revision as of 21:59, 19 July 2023

fr: WikiIndex: Ajouter un Wiki, it: WikiIndex: Aggiungi una Wiki

WikiIndex: Add a Wiki — welcome! You are invited to add a wiki site to this WikiIndex wiki site of all wikis. Please first see WikiIndex:About. When you are ready, please follow the three simple steps listed below to help create a new wiki site article page, or edit an existing wiki site article page here on WikiIndex:

Step 1 – check to see if it's already listed here

Please check the drill-down view of list of wiki sites . Try to find the correct name of the wiki site.

Use the search feature in the left sidebar menu to check if the wiki site is already listed here. We already have quite a big index! Try some alternate names of your wiki site (e.g. with or without the word 'wiki' on the end, or the word 'the' at the beginning). If you find it already listed here, and the included URL is the correct one, there is no need to add it again; just edit the existing information (if needed)!

Step 2 – create the wiki article page

if needed . . .

Type the exact name of the wiki site into the above edit field, and click on the 'Edit an existing wiki article page, or create a new wiki article page' button. You will be transferred to a newly created article page, or to an existing wiki article page (if it already exists). Fill in there what you know; at least the URL link address of the wiki site. (It's pretty easy to rename the article later according to our WikiIndex:Naming conventions).

Click on 'Show preview' to make sure everything looks correct and accurate, then confirm your changes and save the article page.

To put a logo on the required wiki site article page . . .

  • You must be an existing WikiIndex registered user, and log in before you can upload an image. Otherwise, please request a new account, and wait for the new account approvals process to complete, then log in;
  • Click on the Upload file link in the 'tools' section on the lower left hand sidebar;
  • Locate your logo file using the 'Choose file' button;
  • Upload the file, remembering to also 'tag' the file with {{WikiLogoOf}} in the 'Summary' box, along with any appropriate license(s), then click on the 'Upload file' button at the bottom of the page;
  • Copy the page name of your new logo file page;
  • In the appropriate wiki article page, click on the 'edit' tab at the top of the page, and find the |logo = field of its Wiki infobox template, then replace No (which automatically displays 'File:NoLogo.png') in the code above with your new logo file page name;
  • Click on 'Show preview' to verify your new logo is displaying correctly in the wiki article page, and if you are satisfied, Save your edit to the wiki article page.

As an alternative, if you do not want to log-in (or request an account) here on WikiIndex, and you know the URL for the wiki site logo, you can hotlink to that logo using its URL in the same |logo = field of the wiki infobox template.

Note: if you upload an image with its filename that starts with a lower-case letter, this first character is automatically converted to upper case. The MediaWiki wiki software we use is case insensitive to ONLY the first letter of any File name (and also case insensitive to article, Category, User, Template, and all other namespace page names). So prepare to use a link to 'LogoXYZ.gif' when you've actually uploaded 'logoXYZ.gif'.

An alternate way to put a logo on the wiki site article page is described at WikiProject:Logos.

Optional – categorizing

See also

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