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== Starting off ==
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Please register as a user, and look out for an email confirming that you are a genuine person, not a bot [[Help:using the wiki]].
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Choose the category you wish to add a page under, such as the 'Curious Minds' category, which is a Subcategory of "Citizen Science projects".
 
Choose the category you wish to add a page under, such as the 'Curious Minds' category, which is a Subcategory of "Citizen Science projects".
 
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Click the + icon in the header and select ''New page''
 
Click the + icon in the header and select ''New page''
  
[[File:New Page.png|400x400px]
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Type in the name you want to call the page.  
 
Type in the name you want to call the page.  
 
[[File:add page 3.jpg|800x800px]]
 
[[File:add page 3.jpg|800x800px]]
 
  
 
The page is ‘empty’ to start with, so click the "empty page" to begin editing.  
 
The page is ‘empty’ to start with, so click the "empty page" to begin editing.  
 
In the menu, you can then in type the name of the page you wish to create.
 
In the menu, you can then in type the name of the page you wish to create.
 
<div style="clear: both"></div>
 
<div style="clear: both"></div>
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Add some text to the page space and select the drop-down ‘Categories’ to give it a home. ‘Citizen Science Projects’ or ‘Resources’.
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Add some text to the page space and save it.
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== Add a category to make sure your page appears ==
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It will not have a category assigned yet, so you have to either:<br />
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'''1. Create source >> ‘edit source’ code'''
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The code for the category is written in the bottom of the page text. For a page in the Resources category, and Botanical terms sub-category, write:-
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<Pre>[[Category:Resources]]
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[[Category: Botanical terms]]</Pre>
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If the page is in CitSci Projects / Curious Minds write:-
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<Pre>[[Category:Curious Minds]]
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[[Category:Citizen Science Projects]]</Pre>
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'''2. Or, refresh and choose category'''
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Otherwise, close and reopen your page then select the drop-down ‘Categories’ to give it a home. ‘Citizen Science Projects’ or ‘Resources’.
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'''If you do not do this then your project will not show up in the list of projects'''.
 
'''If you do not do this then your project will not show up in the list of projects'''.
 
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== A quick check during editing ==
== Other Useful Tricks ==
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If you 'save' and close the editing, check the appearance, then immediately go back to edit, you will see a helpful sign to resume editing.
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* Add the text [[<nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>]] anywhere in the page content to disable the automated Table of Contents
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'''More on Categories'''
 
* To put the article in categories, place this code anywhere in the content: <nowiki>[[Category:Category Name]]</nowiki>
 

Latest revision as of 11:41, 12 August 2021

Starting off

Please register as a user, and look out for an email confirming that you are a genuine person, not a bot Help:using the wiki.

Choose the category you wish to add a page under, such as the 'Curious Minds' category, which is a Subcategory of "Citizen Science projects". add page 1.jpg

Click the + icon in the header and select New page

New Page.png

Type in the name you want to call the page. add page 3.jpg

The page is ‘empty’ to start with, so click the "empty page" to begin editing. In the menu, you can then in type the name of the page you wish to create.

add empty new page.jpg


Add some text to the page space and save it.

Add a category to make sure your page appears

It will not have a category assigned yet, so you have to either:

1. Create source >> ‘edit source’ code The code for the category is written in the bottom of the page text. For a page in the Resources category, and Botanical terms sub-category, write:-

[[Category:Resources]]
[[Category: Botanical terms]]

If the page is in CitSci Projects / Curious Minds write:-

[[Category:Curious Minds]]
[[Category:Citizen Science Projects]]

codes for categories box.jpg

2. Or, refresh and choose category Otherwise, close and reopen your page then select the drop-down ‘Categories’ to give it a home. ‘Citizen Science Projects’ or ‘Resources’.

4 add new page.jpg


As you start typing the portal name will appear. Select the correct ones to match the Category and sub-category. If you do not do this then your project will not show up in the list of projects.

add page 4 categories.jpg

A quick check during editing

If you 'save' and close the editing, check the appearance, then immediately go back to edit, you will see a helpful sign to resume editing.
resume edit.jpg