Editing+Instructions

Getting Started
Please enable pop-ups for this website - some of the editing boxes (like inserting links) will use a pop-up box.

To Practice Editing
Worried that you'll accidentally delete something? Then visit The Sandbox--a place where you can play and practice editing to your heart's content without fear of ruining anyone else's "sandcastles!"

Click on the page to which you wish to contribute content. Click on the //Edit This Page// link. Type your content into the white box that appears. Click the //Save// button in the upper, right-hand corner of the box.

Click on the page to which you wish to contribute content. Click on the //Edit This Page// link. Type your content into the white box that appears. Highlight the part of the text that you want to be hotlinked. Click on the picture of the globe with the chain link on it. When the pop-up window appears, click the //External Link// button and then type (or copy and paste) your link into the box beside it. Click the //OK// button in the pop-up window. Click the //Save// button on the page.

To Add Images or Files - //Edit, Palm Tree, Browse, Upload, Click on Screen, Double-click File Icon, Save//
Click on the //Edit This Page// link above. Click on the picture of the palm tree. Click the //Browse// button and find the image or file you want to use. Click the //Upload// button. Click in the large white box next to wherever you want your image or file to appear, then when the file icon appears in the little pop-up window, double-click it. A file name in brackets should appear on the page. Now close the little pop-up window and click the //Save// button in the upper, right-hand corner of the large white box. The file should now be downloadable for anyone who views the page. Please do not upload anything that is copyrighted without written permission from the copyright owner (this includes images)!

To Add Video - //Edit, TV, Video, Paste Code, Save, Save Again//
Open a browser window and go find the video you want to use. Look for the word "Embed" on the page. Copy all the code next to the word embed (on a PC, Control + c; on a Mac, Apple + c). Now bring up the //Language Links 2006 Wiki// in a browser window. Go to the page where you want to add content. Click on the //Edit This Page// link. Click on the picture of the T.V. Select //Video.// Paste the code you copied into the white box of the pop-up window that appears (on a PC, Control + v; on a Mac, Apple + v). Click the //Save// button of the pop-up window. Now click the //Save// button of the page.

To Add a New Page (or to link to a page that already exists on the wiki) - //Edit, New Page, Highlight, Wiki Link, OK, Save//
Click on the page to which you want the new page to be linked. Click on the //Edit This Page// link. Type the title of your new page into the white box that appears. Highlight the title. Click on the picture of the globe with the chain link on it. When the pop-up window appears, click the //Wiki Link// button and then type the name of your page into the box (keep it short), or use the drop-down arrow to select a page that already exists on the wiki. Click the //OK// button in the pop-up window. Click the //Save// button on the page.

To Start a New Discussion - Discussion, Type Subject, Type Message, Type Key Words (Tags), Post
Click on the category of the kind of discussion you want to start. (Use the Home category for general discussion items. Use the Teacher's Lounge for urgent items that require an immediate response.) Next, click the //Discussion// tab at the top of the page. Type the subject of your message into the //Subject// box and the content of your message into the large, white box. To make your post easier for others to find, type key words that describe the content of your post into the //Key Words// box at the top of the page (this step is optional). Now, click //Post.//

To Sign Your Posts - //~ (x3)//
Type ~ 3 times. Click the //Save// button. Your avatar will appear like this: - user:cartierm

About This Space
This space is currently **protected**. Although only space members can edit these wiki pages, their contents are visible to everyone, so please remember to exercise professionalism in your postings.

Thanks to [|Cherice Montgomery] for her editing instructions from Languagelinks2006, edited by user:cartierm