A Simple Guide To Wikis
A wiki is an editable text-based website online . But one does n't will need to understand any complex HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE , or anything also known as that to use a wiki. A wiki is really only a bit bit more complex than a word-processor, but MUCH more powerful, seeing that instead of only being 1 page, it really is lots of pages, lots of other linked up in concert.
I'll show you the simple way easy it using a wiki later, but first I'd like to share you why wikis are so informative .
Wikis are of help , because they let you apparatus any data you want, in any way that you. want. Rather than constrain you with a specific way of structuring things, you can. link things unitedly in any way that you want. This means you can set things up as. simple, or as complex as you like.
Because they are so compromising , there are literally millions of uses for wikis. Some uses. include :. Keeping a daily journal. Brainstorming. Managing investment funds properties. Implementing a GTD system (As described by David Allen). Research. Running a business.
Some wikis also let multiple users share an edit the same data. An interesting.
example of your online is the Wiki Encyclopedia where a people are collaborating to.
make a free online encyclopedia.
Perhaps the best way to present how a wiki works is with an example. Let's say you have a page, called "HomePage" that says "Hello, this is my first wiki. page.".
We want to change it, by making the word "first" in bold.
Start by clicking the edit button. You will see the following :. Hello, this is my first wiki page.
Using the keyboard, change the written text to look like this :. Hello, this is my * first * wiki page.
When you save the changes, you will see that the word first has become bolded. That's because any text surrounded by' *" becomes bold.
Now, we'd like to add a new page with a link. In HTML this can be quite complex,. but in a wiki, it's really easy.
Click edit, and change the text to this :. Hello, this is my * first * wiki page. And this is a link to my (second page).
When you save, you will see that your particular words "second page" have become a link. That's seeing that any text surrounded by bracket becomes a link.
To change "second page", just click on the link. If "second page" already existed, we. would now see the materials of that page. But it does n't exist yet, so the wiki makes. a blank page called "second page" for us, so shows us that page. We can. change that page by clicking edit, like before.
Lets change "second page", to say this :. And a link to a page as regards to (oranges).
When we save, there will be a link to an "oranges" page. Click on the oranges link,. and click edit to say :. My favorite fruit.
We have now created three pages :. The first page, called "HomePage". The second page, called "second page". The third page, called "oranges".
Lets add a link from the HomePage to the oranges page.
Go back to the HomePage, and click edit. You will see :.
Hello, this is my * first * wiki page. And this is a link to my (second page).
Now, lets add a third line, so the page becomes :.
Hello, this is my * first * wiki page. And this is a link to my (second page). And, do n't forget the (oranges) page.
During which we save, we now have a link to the oranges page from the HomePage. If we.
click on the "oranges" link, the period it does n't take us to a blank page. That's.
because there is already a page called "oranges". It takes us to the existing.
"oranges" page that says "My favorite fruit.".
See how simple it is! In no time in the least, we have made 3 pages. It's really that simple,. just use bracket to create links! There is a great deal more to wikis, but the. fundamental concept is the link creation.
