This is the help page for Zwiki version 0.20.
What is this ?
User interface
Navigation
Email subscription
Editing
Formatting rules
Finding out more
What is this ?
This is the ZWiki version of a WikiWikiWeb (or wiki), which is a kind of collaborative website. Wikis try to put as little as possible in the way of people sharing useful content in a manageable way. You can edit any page, add comments, and create new pages on the spot.
Intuitive text formatting rules are used to simplify the process of writing and linking pages. The idea is to keep the text that people edit simple, so it's readable as is, and, most importantly, editable by anyone, without sacrificing attractive presentation.
A zwiki site like this one may also function as a simple mail list.
User interface
If you see "full", "simple", "minimal" links below, you can click them to choose the UI that suits you best (cookies required). If you can't see one of the features described here, try clicking "full".
You can set your user name, time zone and other things in UserOptions.
Navigation
Each page has a unique name, which is used for the title, url and hyperlinks between pages; these are most often made by joining capitalized words together. Links like the last one (two wikinames separated by a colon) lead to another site. In full mode, pages are arranged in a hierarchy.
- To return to the front page, click the site logo
- To see which pages link to this one, click the page title
- To search all pages, enter text in the search field and press enter
- To list pages by last edit time, visit RecentChanges (or FastChanges?).
- To see previous edits, click the "last edited" link
- To see the page hierarchy, click the "contents" link (full mode only)
- To jump to a known page, enter the first part of it's name after the last / in your browser's url field. You can ignore capitalization and spacing.
Email subscription
If you see a "subscribe" link below, you can subscribe to a page or the whole wiki to receive comments by mail. If configured, subscribers may also send comments by mail.
- To receive comments (not edits) by mail, click "subscribe"; if necessary, enter your email address and click "Change"; click the page or wiki subscribe button to toggle your subscription status (green means you are subscribed).
- To send comments, just reply, or send mail to the wiki's mail address. Your comment will appear on the original comment's page, or on the page whose WikiName? appears in your mail's subject, or on the site's default mail-in page.
Editing
You have full editing rights to any page, unless restricted by the site admin or page owner. SandBox? is the place to play with wiki page editing. You could open it in another window to test the things you read here.
- Add a comment using the form at the bottom of the page
- Click "edit" to change the page's text. You may also be able to upload a file or choose other options here.
- Create new pages by adding their WikiName? to an existing page and then clicking on the question mark beside it.
- After you have configured a user name, in full mode you may also be able to reparent, rename and delete pages. Use the "manage this page" form at bottom or click the page title.
Formatting rules in a nutshell:(It's possible for the site admin or a page editor to set different rules; these are the default currently used on most zwiki sites.)
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