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== Step 1 – Check if it's already listed here == | == Step 1 – Check if it's already listed here == | ||
Find the correct name of the wiki. | |||
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! | 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 - Create the Wiki page == | == Step 2 - Create the Wiki page == | ||
'''if needed...'''<br> | |||
Type the name into the edit field and press the button, you will be transferred to a newly created wikipage. Fill in there what you know and save the page. | |||
<inputbox> | <inputbox> | ||
type=create | type=create | ||
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</inputbox> | </inputbox> | ||
Or, if the page exists, then copy the boilerplate from here: | |||
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{{Wiki Boilerplate}} | {{Wiki Boilerplate}} | ||
== Step | == Step 3 – Upload or hotlink the logo == | ||
To put a logo on the wiki description page... | To put a logo on the wiki description page... | ||
* You must login or [[Special:Userlogin|create an account login]] before you can upload an image | * You must login or [[Special:Userlogin|create an account login]] before you can upload an image | ||
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* Replace "Image:NoLogo.png" in the code above with your image page name | * Replace "Image:NoLogo.png" in the code above with your image page name | ||
* '''Save''' the page | * '''Save''' the page | ||
On the other hand, if you don't want to login to wikiindex and know the Logo URL you can hotlink to that logo using this url in the field <code>logo</code>. | |||
'''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". | '''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". | ||
Revision as of 08:23, 11 November 2009
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
Find the correct name of the wiki.
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 - Create the Wiki page
if needed...
Type the name into the edit field and press the button, you will be transferred to a newly created wikipage. Fill in there what you know and save the page.
Or, if the page exists, then copy the boilerplate from here:
Step 3 – Upload or hotlink the logo
To put a logo on the wiki description page...
- You must login or create an account 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
On the other hand, if you don't want to login to wikiindex and know the Logo URL you can hotlink to that logo using this url in the field logo.
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 description page is described at WikiProject:Logos.