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Tags: check-list language private public settings site start
In the near future, this will become a short checklist to make sure you do not forget any necessary steps for your new site.
| 1. Site creation | The beginning of a new site. |
| 2. Save your start page | It is a good idea to know for later what advice Wikidot has given. |
| 3. Create menu bars | Where and how to store the navigation menu. |
1. Site creation – the beginning of a new site.
1.0. Site creation: How to choose a name?
How and where to do this: On [http://www.wikidot.com], key in the name you want (the URL-part) in the input field at the right top (instead of "your-wiki").
Note: The new window which opens will ask you for some information; the URL and "site name" should not be greater than 30 characters! In the URL address part there is no space allowed; only letters, digits, and some connecting minuses are allowed in the Site name. Other tips: [http://handbook.wikidot.com/en:start-a-wiki].
1.1. Tagline?
How and where to do this: In the "new sites" creation window there is the input box: "Tagline" .
The content of this field is displayed under the "site name" on the top header of your wiki site. It is more of a short description of your site and has nothing to do with "Tags". Please, do not enter too much text!
1.2. Short Description
How and where to do this: In the "new sites" creation window there is the input: "Short description".
Note: You can enter 290 characters of a short description and can change it later in the General Settings of the "Site Manager".
1.3. Site content language?
How and where to do this: In the "new sites" creation window there are check boxes for "English or Polish". (This is the only place that this can be selected.)
You have to decide in which language the "internal" controls for you as an admin will be created and used.
This has nothing to do with the language used later on the site (with the exception of some special buttons.). If you do not have a good knowledge of Polish, you should decide (at rel. 1.5 now) to use English for the beginning – and all automatically – created pages.
1.4. Private or Public Site?
How and where to do this: In the "new-sites" creation window there is a check box: "Private Site?"
Note: For the time being – while you are learning how to create your wiki – we recommend you keep it "Public". You can always change it later in the "Site Manager" screen. Or vice versa; let it be "Private" from the beginning and change it later when the site layout is finished.
The result is a big difference: "Private" sites are only visible to site members and to no other person or robots – like Google or other search machines! If you want your site reachable by such robots, you should set it to "Public" – then everybody (even anonymous!) will be able to find and read all of your pages. There is no trick (rel 1.5) to prevent some specific "Public" pages or categories from being readable!
2. Save your start page – it is a good idea to know later what advice wikidot has given.
2.0. Save your start page!
How and where to do this: Your start page, after the creation of your site, is by default set to "start" and contains important first tips from wikidot. You should create your own start (and welcome) page, but before doing this you should save this automatically created first start page.
a) "Edit" (or use buttons "+options" or "-view source") the welcome page (your open first start page), and "mark and copy" all the source text into your intermediate storage.
2.1. Create your "archive" start page.
How and where to do this: ("Rename" in this situation is perhaps a dangerous task, new visitors can not know which dependencies will arrive and what to do with them)
b) Create a new page "start0" (as an example) – it is to key in the new name on the address-bar behind the ….wikidot.com/__ __ and press "Enter" on your keyboard.
c) This opens the "new page" window and offers you the "create page" button:
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The page does not (yet) exist.
The page ……….. you want to access does not exist.
create page
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d) Click on the create page link and the Edit window will open.
e) "Paste" the text source from the original "start page" into this input window._
f) Change the "title" of the page to "Old Welcome"._
g) Click on save!
| Note 1: Now you can change the original "start" page according to your own wishes! Later, you will perhaps build an extra menu-link to find the "Old Welcome" page under "….wikidot.com/start0". |
| Note 2: The start page (often called "home page") is the "normal landing" page when people type in the URL "site name" in the address bar. Although, there is no real neccessity to name it "start". You can take every page as the landing page for normal usages (there is another landing page for unallowed visitors) and have only to set the page name of this "custom landing page" as the "start" page in the Site manager for your site. On the other hand, using a different name for the home page could be confusing later for yourself and other people too! |
3. Create menu bars – where and how to store the navigation menu.
3.0. Create menu bars!
How and where to do this: With the "site creation", two navigation pages were created, "nav:side" and "nav:top", using the special namespace called category "nav". To change these pages, key in the name on the address bar after the xxx.wikidot.com/ and press "Enter".
This pagenames are by default and can later be renamed in the "Site Manager" (although this is not recommended). You can always have a look on the navigation pages of the Wikidot Community site: nav:top or nav:side. Click at the bottom of the pages on "+options" and "-view source", or use the "src" button at the top of the left side menu.
3.1. Create your own menu structure.
How and where to do this: The menus are stored on these pages. Be sure you know what you plan for the future.
Hints how to do are given on help:menu.
It is a good idea to save and use the standard menus from wikidot. Think of the visitors who will come to your site and will have, at the first entry, no idea what to read first and where to go… "Do not let them think too long"…
| Note 1: You can change the used navigation pages in the "Site Manager" under "Appearance" -> "Navigation_elements" for every category extra or like the _default. But changes in naming convention is not recommended. If you do not want the top bar menu then you should clear the page name here. |
| Note 2: You have to consider the appearance of your site in coordination with the themes – again for every category extra (or like the _default). You do this in the "Site Manager" under "Appearance" -> "Themes". Here you can choose and test some layout themes with or without the navigation bar. You can remove the top bar usage in the navigation elements. |
Following:
- General settings: Appearance – Themes – Navigation
- Permissions for: Default and other category questions
- Politics for application (system:join)
- Forum
- Invitations
Related Links
http://creativecommons.org/license Wizard to find out the correct license.
http://creativecommons.org Main site of the Creative Commons organization.
Authors
Helmuti_pdorf. Please visit his/her userPage.
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