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 ===== Look around ===== ===== Look around =====
  
-Start with: [[Grassroots+is+best|New to wikipatterns? Start here.]] for a guide to the major stages of wiki adoption. Wikipatterns contains nearly 100 pattern and anti-pattern pages which offer **strategies and techniques for making your wiki more successful** . This wiki is intended to be a toolbox — as you look around, choose the patterns that you think will help your wiki succeed, apply them and see what happens!+Start with: [[tour:Grassroots+is+best|New to wikipatterns? Start here.]] for a guide to the major stages of wiki adoption. Wikipatterns contains nearly 100 pattern and anti-pattern pages which offer **strategies and techniques for making your wiki more successful** . This wiki is intended to be a toolbox — as you look around, choose the patterns that you think will help your wiki succeed, apply them and see what happens!
  
 ===== Sign up and create an Account ===== ===== Sign up and create an Account =====
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 When you sign up, you can edit any page on this site (you **won't** be added to any mailing lists, your email is hidden from other users). It's a great way to get involved with Wikipatterns, and if you're new to wiki, it's a good way to try your hand at editing. When you sign up, you can edit any page on this site (you **won't** be added to any mailing lists, your email is hidden from other users). It's a great way to get involved with Wikipatterns, and if you're new to wiki, it's a good way to try your hand at editing.
  
-<HTML><ol></HTML> +  * [[?do=register|Create an account]], if you haven't done so already 
-<HTML><li></HTML> [[http://www.wikipatterns.com/signup.action|Create an account]]  , if you haven't done so already<HTML></li></HTML> +  * [[?do=login|Login with your new user name]]
-<HTML><li></HTML>Click the Your Space link near the bottom of any page. +
-|{{:/images/icons/emoticons/information.gif?16x16}}|If you don't see the Your Space link you can click on your username at the top right of the page (Welcome yourusername)| +
-<HTML></li></HTML> +
-<HTML><li></HTML>On the page that appears, you'll see a box like this:<HTML></li></HTML><HTML></ol></HTML> +
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-|{{:/images/icons/emoticons/information.gif?16x16}}|You can create a personal space to keep your own pages and news.| +
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-Click the link to create a personal space. +
-  - Once your space is ready, click the edit tab, and add whatever you like to your new profile page! +
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-==== Add a picture to your profile ==== +
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-Click the Preferences link near the bottom of any page, then Edit Profile, and Profile Picture. Smile for the camera. {{:/images/icons/emoticons/smile.gif?20x20}} +
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-|{{:/images/icons/emoticons/information.gif?16x16}}|If you don't see the Preferences link you can click on your username at the top right of the page (Welcome yourusername)|+
  
 ==== Edit a pattern ==== ==== Edit a pattern ====
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 ==== Add a new one ==== ==== Add a new one ====
  
-Click the "Add a pattern" button above to create a new page. If you're adding a **Pattern** , please include the following categories in your page: +  - Go to the [[start]] page and edit it
- +  - Add your new pattern as a link to one of the four main lists.  
-  * Title +  - Save the page, your new link will be red 
-  * description of the pattern (unlabeled section) +  - Follow the red link and create the missing page
-  * Usage (labeled section) +
-  * Examples (labeled section) +
-  * Related Patterns (labeled section) +
-  * Further Reading (labeled section) +
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-If you're adding an **anti-Pattern** , please include the following categories: +
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-<HTML><ul></HTML> +
-<HTML><li></HTML>Title<HTML></li></HTML> +
-<HTML><li></HTML>What is it? (labeled section)<HTML></li></HTML> +
-<HTML><li></HTML>How do I notice it? (labeled section)<HTML></li></HTML> +
-<HTML><li></HTML>How do I fix it? (labeled section) +
-|Rate this pattern:||9 votes| +
-<HTML></li></HTML> +
-<HTML><li></HTML>Related Patterns (labeled section)<HTML></li></HTML> +
-<HTML><li></HTML>Further Reading (labeled section)<HTML></li></HTML><HTML></ul></HTML> +
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-==== Have fun! ====+
  
 +Please refer to the [[the_wikipatterns_pattern_language|Pattern Language]] and [[the_wikipatterns_antipattern_language|Antipattern Language]] pages on what you should include on your page.
  
  
how_to_use_this_wiki.txt · Last modified: 2018/11/15 20:47 by splitbrain