Write It Down!

Want to contribute to the website? Have something you want to organize? Or, maybe you have something to say about yourself or about the church?

Well, here's the place to start.

First, try editing in the Sand Box. This is where you can do anything you like and no one will care if you say something silly or don't get the mark-up right. Just try things out and see how they work.

You may still be thinking "how do I edit in the first place?" That's easy; at the bottom of every page is an "Edit Page" link. Click that and you'll be asked for a user ID and password. You can use your name as the user ID and you can get the password from the Chaplain or from one of the Grenoble Church Admins.

Once you've provided the password, you will see the text (and mark-up) of the page in an edit box. This is were you can make changes to the text and the presentation of the page. When you think you've got it right, hit the "[Preview]" button below the text and scroll to the bottom of the page to see what the page will look like.

Don't Loose it! -- you still need to hit the "[Save]" button to keep your changes.

You'll be asked for a "Author:" name. Use your first and last names with the first letter of each word capitalized and the two words run together. For example for Larry Baltz the author name should be LarryBaltz.

Take a look at the Text Formatting Rules to see how to create paragraphs, headings, lists, and mark up text with bold or italic text. You can create tables and all sorts of other stuff as well. Remember to use the Sand Box to try things out if you're not quite sure how something works.

Another good idea is to look at how other pages are formatted. Find a page on the site that does what you want to do and hit the "Page Source" link on the page to see how that page is formatted and just reuse the same mark-up.

It's also a good idea to look at the Tips For Editing. They will give you guidelines on how to use the mark-up in the most effective way.

If you have questions, please contact one of the Grenoble Church Admins. They can help!

Documenting Meetings

If you are creating agendas or minutes for meetings, please see the Managing Meetings page for guidelines on page naming and content.

Page Editing FAQs

Below is a list of frequently asked questions about how to edit pages. In general, it does not cover general editing that is found in the Text Formatting Rules page. Instead, the questions are related to stuff you may not do on most pages, but are useful in particular situations.

How do I get a link to show up in a new browser window?

Place the mark-up

%newwin% . . . %%

around the link. For example if you wanted to link to the Open Directory Project (ODP) site you could use the mark-up

%newwin% [[http://www.dmoz.org/ ODP]] %%

which results in the following:

ODP

See Wiki Styles and PmWiki:Target.

Tutorials

Larry Baltz held a tutorial September 12 2004. You can find the agenda on line.