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Revision as of 13:47, June 17, 2015
Contents
Wiki practice
The best way to learn wiki writing and editing skills is through practice.
Creating a short biography
This week we will practice wiki writing skills by each team member writing a short text profile and uploading a thumbnail photograph to accompany the text.
The profiles should be published on the page named Biographies
Writing wiki text
(1) Go to the page named Biographies and click on the edit button in the top right hand corner of the page. You will need to be logged into the wiki with your UserName and Password to be able to get into edit mode. Remember that UserNames and Passwords are case sensitive.
(2) Type in the text of your profile. Use carriage return and a line space if you wish to separate lines in the text when published.
(3) Make use of bold, underlining and italics as you see fit in your text.
(4) Click "Save page" at the bottom of the page in edit mode to save and publish the text
(5) To change the content, highlighting and layout return to edit mode, make your desired changes and save the page again.
(6) To view earlier versions of the page click "View history" in the top right hand corner of the page
Uploading a photograph for your profile
To upload a photograph you will need to do the following:
(1) Go to the Tools header in the vertical sidebar of the MarineLives wiki and click on "Upload File"
(2) Use the browse option under "Source file" to find the name of the photograph you wish to upload, and select this file
(3) Click the "Upload file" at the bottom of the "Upload file" window
(4) A new window will open which will display the file you have uploaded
(5) Insert the uploaded file into your profile of yourself using the following code: XXXXX
Learning editing skills
This week we will learn some basic wiki editing skills, whilst also contributing to the development of the MarineLives wiki in terms of search tools and digital image uploads.
Adding to the HCA 13/63 index of deponents
We have begun to create an online index of deponents (witnesses) for the volume of English Admiralty Court depositions named HCA 13/63
To practice creating text links within the MarineLives wiki, we would like each of you to add to this index.
(1) Go to the index, which you will find at the top the HCA 13/63 summary page, or you can right click on HCA 13/63 Deponents - by folio to open the index in a separate window.
(2) Click on the edit button at the top right hand corner of the page to be able to edit the whole page.
(3) Alternatively, click the edit button to the right hand side of each section of ten folios to be able to edit just that section
(4) Take a look at a section which has already had links added to the relevant folios. For example, ff.10r-19v. This will reveal the symbols you will need to use to create new links.
Introductory reading on the English Admiralty Court
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