How+to+Edit+the+Wiki

To edit a page, click the "Edit This Page" button directly to the right. To change specifics of a page while editing, use the Editing Toolbar that appears at the top of a page when it is being edited. (see below for specific functions). To talk to other people on the wiki about a specific page, use the Discussion Tab at the top of every page. To view the changes made to a page over time or to change a page back to an earlier version, use the History Tab at the top of every page. To manage settings for the entire wiki, use the "Manage Wiki" button in the top of the sidebar to the left.
 * Manage wiki **

The “Manage Wiki” option is on the left hand side of the screen, right above the search box. After you click on this, a new page appears. At the top of this page it lists some current information about the wiki, like who created the wiki, who the members are, and who the organizers are. The rest of the page is divided up into sections with icons:

Pages: you can access all the non-default pages on the wiki. Here is where you can easily access the history to all pages (under the “Revisions” column) and see when they were last edited (under the “Latest Edit” column). Under the “Actions” column at the right hand side of the screen you can print a page, rename it, or delete it.
 * Managing Content **

Files: you can **upload files/images** from your computer to be used in the wiki. You can also do this in the “Files and Images” button on the edit toolbar while editing a page. This is where you actually insert the file into the page.

Templates: **controls templates** for the wiki.

Tags: **shows you** **all the tags** on your wiki.

Members: allows you to view the members and organizers of your wiki. You can also see how many invitations to join have been sent and not yet accepted or declined. Under the “Actions” column at the right side of the page you can **remove yourself** from the wiki’s member list
 * Managing People **

Permissions: allows you to **view the wiki type** (protected, private, public or custom).

Leave Wiki: lets you **remove yourself** from the wiki member list.

Editing ** To edit a page, all you need to do is click on the “edit this page” box. It will take you to a page that looks similar to what you find in Microsoft Word. In this page, you can type in whatever you’d like and change fonts, size, etc. on the tool bar above. On the bar, there are several icons to click on, each with a different function. Going from left to right, here are the actions you can take: · Change the text to **bold, //italicized//, and __underlined__ ** · Change the ** font color  ** · Change the **font size**  and font style · **<--Insert bullets** · ** Insert a horizontal rule ** (breaking the page up)

· ** Insert a link to another website ** such as http://www.wikispaces.com/ It is important to use the icon on the toolbar when inserting a link, as Wikispaces uses their own coding and normal html doesn’t always work. · ** Remove a link ** · ** Insert images & files ** · ** Embed a widget, ** a piece of coding which can run on itself within the page. It can bring in “live” content, in which the owner of the site that the widget is in doesn’t have to change anything for the content of the widget to change.

· ** Insert a table **, such as ·  ** Insert special characters ** such as letters with adaptations to them. ‰ Á º · ** Insert HTML coding ** · ** Preview what the page will look like ** WITHOUT saving the content · ** Save the page ** Down at the bottom of the page, there are two boxes which you can enter text into. · You can put in the top box a **message about the current changes** that you are making. This will go into the history log of changes. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· ** Tag a page **. These can be used in the corresponding section of the “manage the wiki” page.
 * This || This ||
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The discussion tab can be used if we want to have **additional discussion** not shown on the actual page itself about a particular topic. To create a new discussion, type in the box under post message, think of a subject, and write down the first response. For example, if you want to have additional debate about life-changing experiences, you can write “life changing experiences” under the subject and post an initial reply to it. To post future replies, click on the subject, then write in the text box under reply.
 * Discussion **


 * Reverting Pages **

Reverting a page is changing a wiki page back to a past form. In other words, if you make an edit you don’t want, you can change it back as if you never edited it. This is also good in case you accidentally delete information or someone puts up something that doesn’t belong.

To **revert a page**: Go to the page. Go to the “history” tab. Select the edit you want to revert it to (usually the one before the edit that will be deleted). Click on the date, not the account name of whoever made the edit. To the right of "actions", hit "revert to this version".