Help:Contents

This page is a quick introduction to editing the Guidebook. If you are already familiar to the wiki software, please read the Purpose and the Conventions.

Note that you cannot edit unless you have an account. To get an account, contact the webmaster with your preferred username.

Purpose

The Guidebook is a repository of information that is editable by the Shehaqua Family community. With diverse programs for all ages, the Guidebook is a living document that disseminates knowledge to the entire community.

Editing

This is a quick introduction to the wiki software. Consult the User's Guide for a full manual on how to use the wiki software.

Creating and Editing Pages

To create a new page, first create a link to the page on an existing page. That link will display in red. Click on the link. You will be shown a screen with an editor.

To edit a page, click the "Edit" tab at the top of the page. The "Edit" tab is between the "Read" and "View History" tabs.

Once you are done making changes, type a quick summary in the summary box at the bottom and then press the "Save Page" button at the bottom of the page.

Editing the Text

Editing the Guidebook text is done using wikitext. As of December 2013, there does not exist a "nice" editor (a.k.a. WYSIWYG editor) for the wiki that is stable. However, the wikitext syntax is very easy to use, and there exists a toolbar with quick links so the user can edit without memorizing the codes.

Helpful buttons on the editor.

Other Important Codes

[[Category Name]] is the way to label a page as being part of a category. The page will then be automatically added to the category listing.

Conventions

The purpose of the conventions in the Guidebook is to keep the information organized. Where the convention is intentionally vague, the exact method is left to the editor's discretion for what works best. If something is unclear, find some work done by the Operations Circle that is similar to what you are doing and copy the conventions.

One convention that is applied everywhere is that every longer page should start with a one-sentence abstract, followed by a paragraph-long introduction.

Organization of the Guidebook

There are three sections in the Guidebook

The Assignments section contains information on how participants are to do the assignments (a.k.a. jobs) during the program. Each page in the assignments section should only have one assignment on it. The first sentence is the abstract that tells what the assignment is about.

The Programs section

The Shehaqua Circles section