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Instructions for creating a page for your center in the Wiki
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Create a new page in the Wiki with the name of your FHC as the title of the page. To do this:
1. Do a search in the Wiki with the exact title of the page you would like to create. For example, search for "Blue Springs Missouri Family History Center."
2. Under the Search Results heading, and above all the search results, you'll see this title in red. Click on the title in red. It will take you to the page that you will edit to create your center page.
Add this outline to the page you are editing by typing {{subst:FHC Page Outline}}
Save the page, then go back in and edit the page.
Delete this section; everything above the box with the FamilySearch logo in it that identifies this page as a Family History Center page. Be sure the box stays on the page. (It will show in a yellow box with a T in it.) Also eventually remove the text in red in the rest of the page.
Fill out the rest of the page with information about your center.

Additional items of interest:

Optional: Each of these sections are optional, and there may be other sections that you feel are important for your center to have. Do a search for "Family History Center" to see examples of what other centers are doing in the Wiki.
Help your center be found: Add links to your center page from other pages that might relate to your center such as the city and county pages of the Wiki.

Multiple pages: If you have a lot of information about your center to add to this page, you may want to break this out into multiple pages. When you do so, you will want to create additional pages as "sub-pages." These pages begin with the same name of the main page, then include a "/", then the name of the sub-page.

For example, to create a sub-page for "Center Contacts and Hours" you would create a new page in the Wiki titled "Blue Springs Missouri Family History Center/Center Contacts and Hours". Although that is a long title, it gives the benefit of grouping the different pages together in the search results, and if you ever need to change the name of the main page, the sub-pages would also change.

Multiple page interlinking: You can also create a table that will link the main page and all of the sub-pages together so that visitors on any page will have links to all the other pages as well. See .... for an example. (An example hasn't yet been created; one will be included here when done.)

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-=== Instructions for creating a page for your center in the Wiki:  ===
+=== Instructions for creating a page for your center in the Wiki<br>  ===
-:#'''Do a search for your FSC in the wiki'''<br><br>Check to see if your FSC has already been created in FamilySearch Wiki by typing in the name in the search box and clicking the search button. Most FSCs already have wiki pages created for them; they just need filling out.<br>
+:#'''Create a new page''' in the Wiki with the name of your FHC as the title of the page. To do this:<br>
-:#*If it has been created, see [[Help:Adding details to a FamilySearch Center page|Adding details to a FamilySearch Center page]] for guidelines and instructions on filling out your page.
+:##Do a search in the Wiki with the '''''exact title''''' of the page you would like to create. For example, search for "Blue Springs Missouri Family History Center." <br>
-:#*If it has NOT been created, go to the next step.<br><br>
+:##Under the Search Results heading, and above all the search results, you'll see this title in red.&nbsp;Click on the title in red. It will take you to the page that you will edit to create your center page.
-:#'''Create a page for your FSC''' <br><br>
+:#'''Add this outline''' to the page you are editing by typing '''<nowiki>{{subst:FHC Page Outline}}</nowiki>'''
-:##In the Search box, '''type in the name of your FSC''' using the format of town, state, and the words "FamilySearch Center." For example ''San Francisco California FamilySearch Center''. Use '''no commas''' between the name of the town and state.
+:#'''Save the page''', then go back in and edit the page.
-:##Click the search button.
+:#'''Delete this section'''; everything above the box with the FamilySearch logo in it that identifies this page as a Family History Center page. Be sure the box stays on the page. ''(It will show in a yellow box with a T in it.)'' Also eventually remove the text in red in the rest of the page.<br>
-:##Under the '''Search Results''' heading, and above all the search results, you'll see the title you just typed in red. That shows there is no FSC under that title in the FamilySearch Wiki.
+:#'''Fill out the rest''' of the page with information about your center.
-:##Click on the '''red title''' and it will take you to an editing box that you will add the information about your FSC.
-:##In the tool bar, Click on the {T} symbol.
+:Additional items of interest:
-:##A "Template Properties" box will appear.  In the box, type '''<nowiki>{{subst:FHC page outline}}</nowiki>'''.
-:##Click OK.
+::*'''Optional:''' Each of these sections are optional, and there may be other sections that you feel are important for your center to have. Do a search for "Family History Center" to see examples of what other centers are doing in the Wiki.
-:##In the Summary box, type "new page".
+::*'''Help your center be found:&nbsp;'''Add links to your center page from other pages that might relate to your center such as the city and county pages of the Wiki.
-:##Click "Save page."
-:#One more step is required. You need to '''assign your FSC to a Category'''.
+::*'''Multiple pages:''' If you have a lot of information about your center to add to this page, you may want to break this out into multiple pages. When you do so, you will want to create additional pages as "sub-pages." These pages begin with the same name of the main page, then include a "/", then the name of the sub-page.<br>
-:##This is done by clicking on the "Edit This Page" button once again.
-:##In the tool bar, click on "Wikitext."
+:::For example, to create a sub-page for "Center Contacts and Hours" you would create a new page in the Wiki titled "Blue Springs Missouri Family History Center/Center&nbsp;Contacts and Hours". Although that is a long title, it gives the benefit of grouping the different pages together in the search results, and if you ever need to change the name of the main page, the sub-pages would also change.
-:##At the top of the box, you will see the coding: '''<nowiki>{{FHC-stub}}{{FSCpage|location=}}</nowiki>.'''
-:##After the "=" sign after the word "location," type in the '''state or country''' your FSC is in. That will automatically assign your FSC to the correct category.
+::*'''Multiple page interlinking: '''You can also create a table that will link the main page and all of the sub-pages together so that visitors on any page will have links to all the other pages as well.&nbsp; See .... for an example. (An example hasn't yet been created; one will be included here when done.)
-:##Type in Summery: box "Added category."
-:##Click "Save page" and you are done. The FSC page has been created and ready for adding details.<br><br>
+&nbsp;
-:#'''What you have created is a basic outline''' of what items or details a FamilySearch Center might contain. It is up to you or others to fill in the details of what services your FSC has to offer. '''For additional help''' in filling out your wiki page, see [[Help:Adding details to a FamilySearch Center page|Adding details to a FamilySearch Center page]].
-[[Category:FSC templates]]

Revision as of 21:14, 28 March 2011

Instructions for creating a page for your center in the Wiki[edit source]

Instructions for creating a page for your center in the Wiki
[edit source]