Getting Help
Table of Contents
Other help pages:
- If you need fast Emergency Help
- If you are new here: Getting Started
- If you want to know more about Wikidot's way of thinking: Getting Started Guide
- Your status at wikidot.com: Your Status
- Frequently Asked Questions: Wikidot FAQ
- Help On A-Z
- See our community edited How-To's
- For confused first-timers: here
- Multilingual Community Handbook: translators or contributors are welcome in,
- Any language: Deutsch - English - Español - Français - Italiano - Nederlands - Polski - Português - Türkçe - Chinese
- Tricky solutions found by the community: Snippets
Tip: You can always click on the "src" button on top of the left side menu – this will show you the "source" of the viewed page (click on it for a test!):
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Administration
Content
- What Is A Wiki Site? - a short overview on how it is used today.
- Wiki-explained - how does it work on Wikidot?
- Pages - your first pages are created automatically.
- How to edit pages - a short explanation.
- Keyboard shortcuts - speed editing.
- Files - upload files and link or display them on pages.
- Legal:Terms Of Service - a CSI from the official Wikidot ToS page where you can translate the ToS in your selected language.
Emergency Help
- Emergency Help - forum not working, no rendering of output, redirect allows no editing, etc.
Exporting/Importing Content
Importing content into and exporting content of of your wiki.
- Iframe - iframe pages from other websites into a wiki page.
- Include - include a page from your wiki in another page.
- RSS - import/export an RSS feed.
Navigation
Wiki Navigation
Navigation from page to page across your entire wiki.
- Links - Links (inside your wiki or external ones).
- Menu - top bar/side bar.
- Redirects - redirect one page to another, or another page on the web.
- Tags - use tags to categorize pages.
Organization
Wiki Organization
Keeping your wiki organized.
- Categories - actually a namespace category:page
- Autonumbering of pages - if you need completeness of issues…
Page Organization
Keeping your pages organized so that your members and visitors can find what they are looking for quickly.
Wiki Identity
Making your wiki have a unique identity.
- Domains - subdomains and custom domains.
- Logo - using a custom logo.
- Featured Sites - a lot of very high rated site examples.
Themes
Themes define the unique look of your wiki.
- Themes
- Featured Sites - a lot of very high rated site layouts.
Useful Lists
Want to Help?
- See the List of Help Stubs
- Promote Wikidot!