WikiIndex:Add a Wiki: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:25, 30 November 2006

Anyone can add a page to WikiIndex to describe a wiki website (what this site is about). Follow these simple steps:

Step 1 - Check 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 word wiki on the end). If you find it, there's no need to add it again, just edit the existing information!

Step 2 - Copy the Boilerplate

Copy the following boilerplate to your clipboard (select and Ctrl+C)

Template:Wiki Boilerplate

Excellent site, added to favorites!!

Step 4 - Upload the logo

To put a logo on the wiki description page...

You must login or 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:NoLogo.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".

Optional - categorizing

How do categories work

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 {{Wiki Boilerplate}}
-==Step 3 - Create the Wiki page==
+Excellent site, added to favorites!!
-* 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
-* If your wiki has no logo, please change the logo field from "Image:NoLogo.png" to "Image:NoLogoYet.png"
-* '''SAVE''' the page
 ==Step 4 - Upload the logo==