Wiki Tutorial

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Wiki Tutorial

• BioMASS Group Meeting
• 01/29/2006

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Wiki based BioMASS Home Page

• Location
• biomass.age.uiuc.edu
• Administration Configuration File
• BioMass Server /wiki/LocalSettings.php
• Use Putty to access server
• Need Administrators Access to change settings
• Online Handbook
• http//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/HelpEditor
• Register an User Account
• Upper right Create Account

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Quick Start Upload File

• Upload File (jpg, gif, bmp, jpeg, png, pdf, doc,
  xls, ppt, etc)
• Maximum File Size 10 MB
• Add non-image file with icon to the page
• fileformat filename description
• Fileformat can be defined as pdf, doc, ppt, xls
• Additional file types can be added using
  additional templates.

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Quick Start Add/Edit a new page

• Click Edit to get into the Edit Page
• Add Page by
• adding the line
• http//biomass.age.uiuc.edu/index.php/directory/
  pagename
• Or
• Use keyword

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Quick Start Useful Commands

• Section
• Use Section title or Section title to
  define different levels of section
• Font
• Use word as Italic
• Use word as Bold
• Bullets
• Use as the first level bullet
• Use as the second level bullet

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Quick Start Useful Commands (cont.)

• Numbering
• Use as level 1 numbering
• Use as level 2 numbering
• Columns
• Use mild after the content that you want to
  put in the left column
• Then use bottom to indicate the end of the
  right column

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Quick Start Useful Commands (cont.)

• Add Picture / Picture Gallary
• Add Single Picture
• ImageName.JPGcaptionoption
• Add Gallary
• ltgallerygt
• Picture NameoptionCaption
• lt/gallerygt
• Add Section Background and Adjust Alignment
• ltdiv align"center" style"background-colore8f
  1ff"gt
• ''TEXT''
• lt/divgt

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Tasks to be completed

• Design Lab Wiki Logo
• General Information
• Lab Introduction
• Contact Information
• Research Topics/Descriptions
• NASA
• NSDA
• NSF
• Others
• Personal pages
• Biography
• Previous research activities
• Current research (link to research topics)
• Others

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Miscellaneous

• Add references to interesting topics by simply
  upload and link
• (support pdf, doc, ppt).
• Construct pages that explain things which only
  you understand
• (use )
• Private stuffs (complete freedom?)
• Others