EPICSWIKI:Help

Editing an existing page

Just click the "edit" button at the top of each page - thats it! One proviso - you do have to be logged on to the Intranet to make changes, see the IT Manager if you need help logging on.

Creating a new page

Creating a new page is as simple as creating a link to it from an old page. Say for instance you are on the "Production" page and you want to create a new page "Gerber maintenance". Simply find an appropriate place in the text to insert the link e.g:

[[Sewing machine maintenance]]

and add the new link underneath it

[[Gerber maintenance]]

This will create an empty page "Gerber maintenance" to which you will be prompted to add content to when you first click on the link.

Determining the correct name for a page is very important. "Price list" is a poor page name as it doesn't tell us what product the price list is for or the currency of the price list. "AU Price list for Kent & Lloyd" is a much better page name. "Procedures" is a poor page name, but "Finance procedures for month roll over" is a good name.

If you enter a poor page name and want to change it later you have to use the "move" function. Note that after you have "moved" a page you also need to update the links to that page to use the new name.

Deleting a page

If you want a page you have created to be deleted please edit it, remove all the content and then enter "DELETE". Save the page. Andrew Johnson will remove pages marked for deletion whenever he thinks about it.

Bulleted lists

If you want to create a bulleted list like this:

• here is some info
  • here is some more info
• etc.

Then you place the "*" character(s) at the start of each line e.g:

* here is some info
** here is some more info
* etc.

Numbered lists

You can create numbered lists like:

1. here is some info
   1. here is some sub info
   2. and some more sub info
2. and some more info
3. etc.

by entering the character(s) "#" at the start of lines:

# here is some info
 ## here is some sub info
 ## and some more sub info
 # and some more info
 # etc.

Cannot use if you have spaces or text between the numbered lines.

New lines and paragraphs

If you want to terminate a paragraph:

like.

this.

You have to enter a double line space like this: like. this.

Hyperlinks & links to other parts of the Intranet

A hyperlink to somewhere on the internet like this Google can be entered by enclosing the address in single square brackets:

[http://www.google.co.nz Google]

A hyperlink to another page on the Intranet like this Main Page can be entered by enclosing the page name in double square brackets:

[[Main Page]]

Note that capitalisation of hyperlinks is important - [[Main Page]] and [[Main page]] will link to different pages!

Inserting and using images

Images can be inserted by going to the Special:Upload page and following the instructions to upload a file. Make sure you enter a good summary of the contents of the image, as that information may be displayed on the Intranet or searched for.

To then display an image you have to link to it:

[[image:Logo50.gif]]

You can specify how the image will be displayed, for instance as a thumbnail, on the left or right of the screen, or the size it should be displayed as etc.

[[image:Logo50.gif|thumbnail]] to display as a thumbnail
[[image:Logo50.gif|left]] to display on the left of the screen
[[image:Logo50.gif|right]] to display on the right of the screen
[[image:Logo50.gif|100px]] to display 100 pixels wide

Inserting and using other document types

Other types of documents, for instance Microsoft Word documents, can also be inserted into the Intranet. Note that inserted documents are not searchable, so documents should be inserted into the Intranet as a last resort - the preference is for the information to be converted to the native format of the Intranet as described above.

Go to the Special:Upload page and follow the instructions to upload a file. Make sure you enter a good summary of the contents of the document.

You can then link to the document:

[[Media:Example_document_for_Intranet.doc|document]]

Note that documents cannot be directly edited once they have been uploaded to the Intranet. You have to save your changes to your H or S drive, then re-upload the file.

Also note that large files (greater than 4MB) may fail to upload with random or no error messages.

Tables

If possible tables should be avoided, but if necessary for formatting reasons they can be created as follows (e.g. a 2x2 table):

{| 
| Heading || Column 1 || Column 2
|- 
| Row 1 || Cell 1 || Cell 2
|}

Giving this:

Heading	Column 1	Column 2
Row 1	Cell 1	Cell 2

Additional rows can be added by adding:

|- 
| Row 2 || Cell 3 || Cell 4

Addional columns can be added:

| 3 || 4 || 5 || 6

Faux tables can be created by using the fixed width font option. For instance:

/-----\     /-----\
|  A  |---->|  B  |
\-----/     \-----/

Simply enter a space at the start of a line and then the remainder of the line will use the fixed width font.

Categories

Categories are useful for linking together items across functional areas. To include a document in a category, create a link to that category thus:

[[Category:IRMIS]] [[Category:Design]]

The example above would include that document in the "IRMIS" and "Design" categories. Stylistically category links should be at the bottom of a document.

Standard categories are TBD.

Displaying the contents of another page

It is possible to display the contents of another page within the page you are editing. This is an alternative particularly appropriate for short pieces of information. To display the contents of another page, for example the main page you can include the following in your page:

{{:Main Page}}

Playing & learning

You are encouraged to play with the Intranet & learn how to input and format content. The best place to play is in the Sandbox!

External links for more help

• The MediaWiki site has extensive documentation on how to edit and format text.
• MediaWiki also has a User's Guide.