Guided+Tour

=Helpful Links=
 * Help from wikispaces.com (always at top-right of the page) has extensive documentation on how to use this wiki.

=The General Idea=


 * **All wiki work is project work,** whether it's added content, clarification of content, or asking questions.
 * A wiki like this is a **giant exercise in [|articulation]** that will lead to a completed project.
 * A **centralized** system like this makes sure that everyone is **up-to-date** with a minimum of repetition/redundancy. So:
 * **Format content as text or tables** so they are **searchable** within the wiki.
 * **Avoid static documents** that can get copied, obsolete (old version) and gather dust, such as .doc or .xls files.
 * These files have their uses; sometimes they are necessary.
 * **Link instead of uploading** if it's just something found on the internet.

The best things you can do to keep up to date are...

 * 1) Check [|recent changes]
 * 2) Check [|recent comments]
 * 3) Run through the navigation bar's links (at left)
 * 4) Proof-read pages for clarity, adding content

Just Get Started!

 * Use the navigation bar on the left to **find important pages**. Poke around.
 * Your options are: Navigate, Comment, and Edit
 * **Any** member of this space can click any "edit" or "discussion" link at the top of any page and tweak it.
 * You will have to sign up to wikispaces to upload images.
 * Try it and note the "Use Visual Editor" or "Use text editor" button on the bottom left.
 * The visual editor is rather like a word processor.
 * The text editor requires you to know the **wiki shorthand** used by wikispaces. See Help from wikispaces.org for more info on that.
 * Start writing in your preferred style.
 * The visual editor is recommended for tables, but otherwise the tools are equivalent.
 * **Need formatting help?** That link is just below the above-mentioned button.
 * If you're still worried about anything, consult some of these guidelines:
 * [|Writing New Pages]
 * [|Working well with others]
 * [|Refactoring]: another word for tidying up the mess generated by the lot of us.


 * Use the Sandbox page to practice using the wiki, without fear of damaging anything important.

Some Notes from the Wikispaces tutorials

 * **TO CREATE A NEW PAGE:**
 * Edit an existent page and create a link to the new page that doesn't exist yet.
 * Save the changes. Now the link you added will let you create the new page.
 * **SAVE CONFLICTS**
 * Two (or more) users can edit //and save// the //same// page at the same time. If the changes by different users result in conflicts, both sets of changes are embedded in the page.
 * Some user then has to go in and resolve those conflicts.
 * **Use URLs instead of uploading the //actual file//**
 * This saves space and eliminates data replication.
 * Use the //url tool// in the graphical editor or the syntax found in this popup for text-only editor.
 * Making a link to somewhere outside the wiki is shown by a little green arrow.
 * **Feel free to:**
 * create as many pages as you deem useful for articulating what you find.
 * just browse, rephrase and tidy things up, this is useful work because you are thinking about the problem and the project.
 * **Bookmark the "recent changes" page** and check that frequently to see what's going on.