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Please feel welcome to add to the knowledge in this WIKI ... if you see an error you can correct, a gap you can fill, or there's something (useful to others) you need to get off your chest ... just click Edit
or New
(top of every page), authenticate with a GitHub, Google or OpenID (you've got one of those right? if not; create one) and start contributing.
It's worth spending ten minutes reading about Markdown and experimenting with it - because it's what's used to format this site (hint: try the Basics or click the ?
button up there at the top of the page).
Corrections are simple, just pick Edit
and get on with it ...
But if you've something new to say things get a little trickier;
Files
and see if there's somewhere relevant to create your new page in directly, or somewhere to hang a new directory to contain it.then; create your new file i.e. click New
and, with an eye on where you decided it was appropriate to put it, give it a path and a file-name e.g.;
Bad ideas;
Better ideas;
Note 1: either \ or / can be used to separate directories and files
Note 2: directories in your path don't need to exist ... they'll be created if they don't
fill your page with your own words; but please click Preview
regularly and check things look OK, review what you've written and do try to be short, clear and concise (reading out-loud often helps mitigate obvious issues).
when you're happy with your new content; Save
it
and then; help people find it ... create a link to it from (an appropriate) existing page ...
Edit
the existing pageSave
it ... now everyone can get to your new pageCongratulations, you've made your first contribution to the community.
Or; you can just create a new page, right in the middle of an existing one Edit
and add new link pointing at a directory/path that doesn't exist ... when you save the page the new link will be red ... click on it and start contributing.
Last edited by PinkInk, 2014-07-22 08:59:48