Wiki How-To

From Sioux Falls Tool Library Wiki

General Help[edit | edit source]

To edit a page, click the "Edit" button near the Page Title. This will open a text area with the page's source text. This can then be modified and when finished, a summary can be added and the "save changes" button can be pressed to save the changes. These can be found below the Edit Text Area.


Categories[edit | edit source]

To add a page or uploaded file to a category, simply edit the page and add the following text (where Project is the name of the category you want to add it to).

[[Category:Project]]

To create a link to a category, use a leading colon before the category name (without this colon, the current page would be added to the category):

[[:Category:Project | Project Category]]

This will create a link with the text "Project Category" to the Project category page.


Edit the Sidebar[edit | edit source]

To edit the sidebar, use the search bar to search for MediaWiki:Sidebar

then edit the page. here is the default text:

* navigation
** mainpage|mainpage-description
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges
** randompage-url|randompage
** helppage|help-mediawiki
* SEARCH
* TOOLBOX
* LANGUAGES


Help that used to be on the Main Page[edit | edit source]

Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.

Getting started[edit | edit source]