Kalispell Montana FSC Template Guide: Difference between revisions

Updating wiki pages are done infrequently and can be time consuming. Styling them can be even more difficult, especially for those just learning how to edit. I have put together a set of templates that can help other contributors organize and style their own wikis with (hopefully) minimal effort. This page contains an exhaustive list of all the templates with descriptions their intended use and how to use them on your own wiki.

For an example of a completed wiki using the following templates, visit the [[Kalispell Montana Family History Center]]'s wiki page.

* '''[[#Other Resources|Other Resources]]''' section that gives you links to some of the sources I used to create the templates, as well as a complete list of photos that I've already uploaded to the wiki.

* It may be easier to print these instructions out before you start the tutorial. You will be bouncing between two different browser tabs once you begin if you do not print the tutorial. To print go to "File" in the top left side of your browser and click "Print" in the menu, or hit CMD + P or CTRL + P. This should bring up the print dialogue box that you are familiar with. '''NOTE: I provide lot's of examples of how the page should look as you go through the tutorial. The examples will not look the same when printed, so be careful when comparing what you see and the completed examples in the print version.'''

** What levels of information do I have? Think sections, subsections within those section, and then titles within those subsections. Create a hierarchy of information that makes sense to the information you have.

Here I will walk you through a simple tutorial where we create a page with a couple of announcements, two different lists of resources, and an article written about my FHC. This should give you a good idea of how to use the templates for creating your own family history center page. For reference, [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Kalispell_Montana_FHC_Template_Guide_Completed_Example here is what you should have at the end of this tutorial].

A good place to practice without messing with your family history center page is to click on "Sandbox" up next to your name on the wiki page. This will take you to your own page where you can try things out and practice before you edit the real thing. I would recommend going through the following tutorial on your "Sandbox" page.

In our example we have a couple of announcements, two different lists of resources and an article written about my FHC. Let's make three sections, "Announcements" where all of the FHC announcements are located, "Resources" where you can find a list of various resources for doing research in my area, and "Articles" for the cool published articles about my family history center.

Of course, when you are planning out your family history center page, you may have different sections. Do what makes most sense for your family history center when deciding what sections to create.

Now that we have our sections, we need to put them in order from most important to least important. This will determine what order the sections show up on your page. For our example, I want "Articles" first because I want people to see the article written about my family history center, then "Announcements" because we have several events hosted at our family history center, and I want visitors to know what is going on, and finally "Resources" where people who are doing research in our area can go to to find local links.

'''3F.''' At the bottom of "Edit Source" click the button that says "Show Preview." This button allows you to see the changes you made without saving the page. You should see something similar to the section below. As you can see, each section has the title with an underline at the top, and a link "Back to Top" at the bottom. All of our content, that we will add in later, will end up between the line and the "Back to Top" link. If you don't see something like below, go to step '''3G'''.

'''3G.''' Notice the brackets at the beginning (<nowiki>{{</nowiki>) and end (<nowiki>}}</nowiki>) of the text in step '''3C'''. These brackets are very important because the mark the beginning and end of the section. If you miss the brackets, then you will see a whole bunch of random text on the screen instead of the section. If you miss the brackets, you may see something like the text below, instead of the section in step '''3F'''.