WikiTipOfTheDay

Please edit system and help pages ONLY in the master wiki!

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• !WikiWiki means “fast” in Hawaiian.
• A WikiName is a word composed of two or more words with each separate word beginning with an upper case character.
• Always use the singular for a WikiName, otherwise multiple pages for one topic might be created.
• Be bold when updating pages.—Back ups from older versions of each page are created automatically.
• By setting a bookmark on RecentChanges you can easily see what has been changed since your last visit.
• CategoryCategory shows an overview of all available categories.
• Clicking on a page's title will give you a list of all pages that are currently linking to it.
• Do not create a new, very short page for a sub-topic when it fits on an already-existing page.
• For your account name you should use a WikiName (!FirstnameLastname).
• In your user preferences you can use your own CSS to change the default layout.
• Just type in URLs ([[http://www.example.net]])—the wiki will convert them automatically to a link.
• In your user preferences you can edit the list of your quick links.
• In your user preferences you can use regular expressions for subscribing pages; with “.*” you subscribe to all pages.
• OrphanedPages shows pages that no other page links to by a WikiName.
• Set the ''Language'' in your browser's preferences or in your moin user preferences to ''English'' to read the wiki menus and messages in English.
• Setting ''Language'' in your user preferences to ''English'' will allow you to receive emails from the wiki in English.
• The use of [[CategoryCategory|categories]] helps organize your information.
• Use WikiName``s instead of URLs when linking to a page within the wiki.
• Use ''<<GetText(Exclude underlay)>>'' on FindPage to exclude the wiki's help pages from the fulltext search.
• WantedPages shows WikiName``s where currently no page exists.
• When writing your email address, use <<MailTo(Firstname DOT Lastname AT example DOT net)>> to avoid spam.
• Wikis are cool—especially if you have read the help pages (see HelpContents). ;-)
• With {{attachment:myfile.png}} you can create a link to an attachment (and use the link to upload the attachment).
• With {{attachment:myfile.png|alias description|&do=get}} you can create a download link to an attachment.
• With “@SIG@” you can sign a text.
• With “<<GetText(Add Link)>>” you can add the current page to your list of quick links.
• With “<<GetText(Check Spelling)>>” you can initiate a spell check.—Only add unknown words if you are absolutely sure that they are spelled correctly.
• With “<<GetText(Comments)>>” you can toggle on/off the view of comments on the current page.
• With “<<GetText(Info)>>” you can look at the revision history of the current page.
• With “<<GetText(Subscribe)>>” you can be informed about changes on the current page via email.
• You can avoid that a WikiName becomes a link if you place a ! in front of the word.
• You can change the default size of the editor window in your user preferences.
• You can create or edit the list of your quick links in your user preferences.
• You can use other pages than the FrontPage as your personal start page, e.g. RecentChanges or your own homepage.
• You may use non-ASCII characters (e.g. äæéłöŧüñ) on wiki pages and for the page names, too.
• You may want to call <<Action(bookmark, Set bookmark)>> on RecentChanges and come back later to read new changes. (For using that feature you have to be logged in!)