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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: | Anyone can add a page to WikiIndex to describe a wiki website ([[WikiIndex:About|what this site is about]]). Follow these simple steps: | ||
==Step 1 | == 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! | 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 | == Step 2 – Copy the Boilerplate == | ||
* Copy the following boilerplate to your clipboard (select and Ctrl+C) | * Copy the following boilerplate to your clipboard (select and Ctrl+C) | ||
{{Wiki Boilerplate}} | {{Wiki Boilerplate}} | ||
==Step 3 | == Step 3 – Create the Wiki page == | ||
* 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]]) | * 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 | * Type the name of your wiki in the search box and click the '''"Add"''' button below the search box | ||
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* Enter the appropriate info for your wiki. All the appropriate categories are listed on the [[Wiki Index]] page of this wiki | * 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" | * If your wiki has no logo, please change the logo field from "Image:NoLogo.png" to "Image:NoLogoYet.png" | ||
* ''' | * '''Save''' the page | ||
==Step 4 | == Step 4 – Upload 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 a user login]] before you can upload an image | * You must login or [[Special:Userlogin|create a user login]] before you can upload an image | ||
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* Copy the page name of the image page | * Copy the page name of the image page | ||
* 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 | ||
'''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". | ||
==Optional | == Optional – categorizing == | ||
[[How do categories work]] | [[How do categories work]] | ||
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[[Category:HowTo]] | [[Category:HowTo]] | ||
[[category:WikiIndex]] | [[category:WikiIndex]] | ||
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