Wiki Help

Quick start

• About the content of this Wiki.
• Responsibility for this Wiki.
• Authentication (= login) policy (where login is required, and how to become an authenticated user).
• Quick introduction to Wikis in general.
• WikiEtiquette provides a guideline on good working habits with Wikis in general.

Editing help

• To edit a page, click on the "Edit"-link displayed on each page (typically at the bottom; depending on the template used). The page will open with editable text in Wiki source view, i.e. without the formatting you see in view mode.
• In many cases editing a Wiki page is not more complicated than writing an unformatted email. A Wiki is meant to achieve much with simple means.
• Below the editor area some formatting tips can be found. Furthermore, links to more comprehensive formatting help pages are displayed at the very bottom of the page. The most relevant of these help pages are:
  • WikiFormattingQuickReference: A tabular overview over the most important formatting and markup rules.
  • More detailed information on TextFormattingRules can be found in the JSPWiki documentation.
  • WikiPageNameHelp: Which page (= topic) names are supported?
  • WikiAdvancedFormattingHelp: Discusses some useful, but slightly more complex techniques (Interwiki links, footnotes, tables, plugins, variables).

To figure out how the editor works you may use the JSPWiki SandBox. This avoids creating undesired pages in other Wiki webs. Remember to read WikiEtiquette when you start working outside the sand box.

General hints

• Adding new pages: Start by creating a link to the non-existing page. This reduces the danger of orphaned pages that are not referenced elsewhere. Thus edit an appropriate existing page, create a link pointing to the new (non-existing) page like [NewTopic]. Save the page, and click on the link (which is formatted differently, typically red). The Wiki editor will open with the new page.
• Conflicts: If someone edits the same page as you at the same time, the second user is informed. However, if she or he continues to edit, the first one to save wins. The second will be prevented from saving and shown a conflict page instead. If you see a conflict page, please respect the other persons work and carefully merge the two edits.
  • A word of warning: If you use the Back button of your browser to go into the Edit page after you saved your changes, you will almost certainly get a conflict. JSPWiki will think your are still editing an earlier version of the page.
• Deleting and renaming pages: Only administrators may delete and rename pages and attachments. Other users can request clean-up work by placing [PleaseDeleteMe] or [PleaseRenameMe] links on a page. This does not work for attachments, however.

Advanced information

• About software, version, and features of this Wiki installation.
• About Attachments.
• Detailed plugin information, especially core plugins.
• JSPWiki FAQ - A list of some frequently asked questions about this Wiki software.