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:##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>  
:##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>  
:##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.  
:##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.  
:#'''Add this outline''' to the page you are editing by typing '''<nowiki>{{subst:FHC Page Outline}}</nowiki>'''  
:#'''Add this outline''' to the page you are editing:
:#'''Save the page''', then go back in and edit the page.  
:##Click on&nbsp;'''Wikitext '''in the editing toolbar.
:#'''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>  
:##Type '''<nowiki>{{subst:FHC page outline}}</nowiki>'''.
:#'''Fill out the rest''' of the page with information about your center.
:##Save the page. Add to the summary section what you did.<br>
:#'''Edit the page '''again by clicking on '''Edit this Page''' at the top.  
:#'''Fill out the page''' with information about your center. Remove the information in italics and replace it with information about your center.  
:#'''The Community section of links '''on the right side of the screen has links to the most important reference links to help you as you work on your page. You will especially want to be aware of:
:##[[Help:Edit and Contribute|Contributor Help]] - pages in the wiki to teach you how to do different things such as linking to other pages, adding images, etc.<br>  
:##[http://forums.familysearch.org Wiki&nbsp;Forum Contributor's Corner] - to talk with others who are doing what you are doing<br>
:##[[Community Center|Community Center]] - to see what others are doing on the Wiki<br>


:Additional items of interest:
:'''Additional items of importance:'''
 
::*'''Important:'''&nbsp;It is very important to be aware that LDS&nbsp;doctrinal information does not belong on the pages of this Wiki. The wiki audience is world-wide, to individuals of many faiths, who love genealogy for the sake of genealogy work and is not a place to put information about LDS doctrine. This includes&nbsp;PowerPoint presentations and other documents that may include doctrinal information in them.&nbsp; See the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Purpose and Appropriate Topics|Wiki Purpose and Appropriate Topics]] for more information.


::*'''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.
::*'''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:&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.
::*'''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 locality pages in 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.<br>
::*'''Long page?''' If you have a lot of information about your center to add to this page, you may want to break your 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>


:::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.
:::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.

Revision as of 08:45, 30 March 2011

Instructions for creating a page for your center in the Wiki
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  1. 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.
  2. Add this outline to the page you are editing:
    1. Click on Wikitext in the editing toolbar.
    2. Type {{subst:FHC page outline}}.
    3. Save the page. Add to the summary section what you did.
  3. Edit the page again by clicking on Edit this Page at the top.
  4. Fill out the page with information about your center. Remove the information in italics and replace it with information about your center.
  5. The Community section of links on the right side of the screen has links to the most important reference links to help you as you work on your page. You will especially want to be aware of:
    1. Contributor Help - pages in the wiki to teach you how to do different things such as linking to other pages, adding images, etc.
    2. Wiki Forum Contributor's Corner - to talk with others who are doing what you are doing
    3. Community Center - to see what others are doing on the Wiki
Additional items of importance:
  • Important: It is very important to be aware that LDS doctrinal information does not belong on the pages of this Wiki. The wiki audience is world-wide, to individuals of many faiths, who love genealogy for the sake of genealogy work and is not a place to put information about LDS doctrine. This includes PowerPoint presentations and other documents that may include doctrinal information in them.  See the Wiki Purpose and Appropriate Topics for more information.
  • 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 locality pages in the Wiki.
  • Long page? If you have a lot of information about your center to add to this page, you may want to break your 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.)