- Add tips by changing the page "Quick Wiki Tips"!!
- Check out the Wanted Pages for a list of pages that have been linked but not yet created.
- For a full list of pages in the wiki, check All Pages.
- Orphaned Pages is a list of pages no pages link to (lonely little pages).
- Preview before you click "Save Changes." Every save is backed up, so previewing avoids clutter.
- Want to keep a list of pages you like and see when they change easily? Then use Bookmarks!
- Have Firefox or Mozilla? Then you should
- Have a large image for a page? Use thumbnails for a smaller version and a snazzier layout.
- Pressing 'clear observed changes' in Recent Changes will show you only changes since you last pressed 'clear observed changes'
- On Recent Changes, use "clear observed changes" to keep on top of the amount of changes you see .
- You can see what edits a user has made by clicking the "Info" button on the user's page and then the "User's Info" tab.
- Check out Seed Pages List for a list of pages that need to be expanded.
- Does your local Organization have a website yet? You can create one for it, right here on our servers.
- Are you a foodie? Use this wiki to find and review local Places to Eat or Drink.
- Have you attended a public Event in Elk Grove? Are you organizing one? Add your photos or description.
- Like to take photos? See Photo Requests for a list of things we need photos of.
Default Pages Included With Your Wiki
This is a simple list of of all pages included with your wiki. You will hopefully create many, many more!
- All Pages is an automatically generated list of all the pages in your wiki.
- Bookmarks is for your bookmarks on this wiki. Every user has his/her own bookmarks page based on what they choose to bookmark on this wiki. To bookmark a page, simply click "Bookmark" at the bottom of the page! (Interwiki Bookmarks on wikispot shows you all of your bookmarks on all wikis.)
- Front Page is the page you're currently viewing.
- Events Board is a page where anyone can post events in the community.
- Help links to the main help pages on wikispot — useful for reference.
- Interwiki Map — link to non-Wiki Spot wikis using interwiki links by adding names and URLs of wikis to this page.
- Orphaned Pages contains an automatically generated list of pages with no links to them. Ideally, this page should be empty — keep your wiki well-linked!
- Outgoing Links lists all pages sorted by the number outgoing links on each page. This provides a good place to start if you're feeling gnomeish and want to link-up some pages with few to no links.
- Quick Wiki Tips — At the top of Recent Changes shows randomly selected tips from this page.
- Recent Changes shows all the recent activity on the wiki in a given time period. This page lets everybody see what's happening in your wiki! (Interwiki Recent Changes on wikispot shows you the recent changes on all the wikis you're watching.)
- Random Pages is a randomly generated list of twenty-five pages. Good for finding pages to edit once your wiki grows large.
- Site Organization has links to pages that help you keep your wiki well organized.
- Templates is a user created list of template pages — pages that you can use as starting blocks for making new pages. Templates/Business is there just to give you an idea of what a template should be.
- User Statistics is a page that displays statistics, such as the number of edits, for each person who's edited your wiki.
- Wanted Pages contains all the pages that are linked to, but do not yet exist. This is another good place to start gnomeing.
- Wiki Sandbox is a place for users to play around with the wiki without disturbing your content.
- Wiki Settings contains the administrative settings for your wiki.
- Wiki Settings/CSS is the page where you can upload different style sheets that change your wiki's appearance.
- Wiki Settings/General contains general settings for your wiki.
- Wiki Settings/Images allows you to customize images on your wiki, such as your logos.
- Wiki Settings/Security lets you change the default security settings of your wiki and create user groups to control access.
Quick Start Guide!
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First read the rest of this page!
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If you haven't already, read the Wiki Creator Guide and Wiki Guide.
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Go to Wiki Settings and change the settings for your wiki!
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Click the edit button up top of this page and create your new front page.
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Start adding content to your wiki and read about building community
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Tell your friends, family, acquaintances, enemies, multiple personalities, etc.
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Celebrate!