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The purpose of this project is to create FamilySearch Wiki pages for new | The purpose of this project is to create FamilySearch Wiki pages for new Family History Centers. | ||
==== Project Contact ==== | ==== Project Contact ==== | ||
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==== Task List ==== | ==== Task List ==== | ||
[ | [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Creating Wiki Pages for New FHCs/task list|Task List]] | ||
=== Project Instructions === | === Project Instructions === | ||
1. Go to the [ | 1. Go to the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject reating Wiki Pages for New FHCs/task list|Task List]] and sign up for Family History Center (FHC) that needs to be created. | ||
2. First check to see the official name for the | 2. First check to see the official name for the Family History Center by visiting [https://familysearch.org/ask/help#localResource Find local help] link. Type (or copy and paste) in the name of the FHC you signed up for. | ||
3. A green Family Tree logo should show up on the map | 3. A green Family Tree logo should show up on the map. Click on this icon to see the official name of the FHC. Copy the name of the Family History Center. | ||
4. Open [http://wiki.familysearch.org wiki.familysearch.org] in a new tab. Once on the main page of the Wiki, paste the name of the FHC in the search field | 4. Open [http://wiki.familysearch.org wiki.familysearch.org] in a new tab. Once on the main page of the Wiki, paste the name of the FHC in the search field. | ||
5. From the | 5. From the result list, check to make sure there is no other page using this same name. If there is a FHC page already created, go to step number ????? | ||
6. If the FHC doesn't have a page, click on the red link of the FHC to create the page and click on Wikitext button to go to the editing screen in wikitext. | 6. If the FHC doesn't have a page, click on the red link of the FHC to create the page and click on Wikitext button to go to the editing screen in wikitext. | ||
7. Copy the following wikitext and paste it on the page | 7. Copy the following wikitext and paste it on the paste: | ||
<nowiki>{{subst:FHCpage|location=locality}}</nowiki> <nowiki>{{subst:FHC page outline 2015}}</nowiki> | |||
9. Before saving the page, change the word, "locality" to the state or country the FHC is located in the FHCpage template. So if it is the FHC Yogyakarta Indonesia Family History Center, replace "locality" with "Indonesia." | |||
9. Once it's pasted, go to the bottom of the page and add the summary: "creating FHC page" and save the page | |||
9. Once it's pasted | |||
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<br> 6. Determine the correct Google map link but using instructions found on this [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject FHC Maps#Instructions|project page]]. | |||
<br> 6. Make the e-mail address into a clickable link by highlighting the e-mail address you entered onto the wiki page. Go to the edit bar just below the name of the wiki article at the top and click on the Link button[[Image:FCKlink.png|25px|FCKlink.png]]. A box will open. In the "Link" field, type "mailto:" and the e-mail address of the town clerk. Then click "ok." | |||
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Revision as of 16:08, 19 May 2015
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Creating Wiki Pages for New FHCs
Purpose[edit | edit source]
The purpose of this project is to create FamilySearch Wiki pages for new Family History Centers.
Project Contact[edit | edit source]
Task List[edit | edit source]
Project Instructions[edit | edit source]
1. Go to the Task List and sign up for Family History Center (FHC) that needs to be created.
2. First check to see the official name for the Family History Center by visiting Find local help link. Type (or copy and paste) in the name of the FHC you signed up for.
3. A green Family Tree logo should show up on the map. Click on this icon to see the official name of the FHC. Copy the name of the Family History Center.
4. Open wiki.familysearch.org in a new tab. Once on the main page of the Wiki, paste the name of the FHC in the search field.
5. From the result list, check to make sure there is no other page using this same name. If there is a FHC page already created, go to step number ?????
6. If the FHC doesn't have a page, click on the red link of the FHC to create the page and click on Wikitext button to go to the editing screen in wikitext.
7. Copy the following wikitext and paste it on the paste: {{subst:FHCpage|location=locality}} {{subst:FHC page outline 2015}}
9. Before saving the page, change the word, "locality" to the state or country the FHC is located in the FHCpage template. So if it is the FHC Yogyakarta Indonesia Family History Center, replace "locality" with "Indonesia."
9. Once it's pasted, go to the bottom of the page and add the summary: "creating FHC page" and save the page
6. Determine the correct Google map link but using instructions found on this project page.
6. Make the e-mail address into a clickable link by highlighting the e-mail address you entered onto the wiki page. Go to the edit bar just below the name of the wiki article at the top and click on the Link button
. A box will open. In the "Link" field, type "mailto:" and the e-mail address of the town clerk. Then click "ok."