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What Is This?

  This is a wiki- which is a kind of collaborative website. Wikis try to put as little as 
  possible in the way of people sharing useful content in a manageable way. 
  You can edit any page, add comments, and create new pages on the spot. Intuitive 
  text formatting rules are used to simplify the process of writing and linking pages.
  The idea is to keep the text that people edit simple, so it's readable as is, and, 
  most importantly, editable by anyone, without sacrificing attractive presentation.

  For more about the software and design of this wiki, see ZWiki and CommonPlace

Navigation

  Each page has a unique name, which is used for the title, url and
  hyperlinks between pages; these are most often made by joining
  capitalized words together. See ZWiki:WikiName.  Links like the last one
  (two wikinames separated by a colon) lead to another site.  In full
  mode, pages are arranged in a hierarchy.

  * To see which pages link to this one, click "View Related Pages"

  * To search all pages, enter text in the search field and click the search button

  * To list pages by last edit time, visit RecentChanges from the navigation bar above

  * To see previous edits, click "View Page Revisions" at the foor of each page

  * To see all pages in this wiki, click AllPages from the navigation bar above


Email Subscription

  If you see a "Subscribe to" link to the right of a page's name, you can subscribe 
  to that page or the whole wiki to receive comments by mail. If configured, subscribers
  may also send comments by mail.

  * To receive comments (not edits) by mail, click "subscribe"; if
  necessary, enter your email address and click "Change"; click the page
  or wiki subscribe button to toggle your subscription status (green means
  you are subscribed).

  * To send comments, just reply, or send mail to the wiki's mail address.
  Your comment will appear on the original comment's page, or on the page
  whose wiki name appears in your mail's subject, or on the site's
  default mail-in page. (Check with site owner for availability of this feature.)


Editing

  You have full editing rights to any page, unless restricted by the site
  admin or page owner. SandBox is the place to play with wiki page 
  editing. You could open it in another window to test the things you read here.

  * Add a comment using the form at the bottom of the page

  * Click "edit" to change the page's content; it will be formatted and
  linked according to the TextFormattingRules.  
  You may also be able to upload a file or choose other options here.
  
  * Create new pages by adding a unique wiki name to an existing page
  and then clicking on the question mark beside it in view mode.

  * After you have configured a user name, in full mode you may also be
  able to reparent, rename and delete pages using the form at bottom.

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  Formatting Rules in a Nutshell

   It's possible for the site admin or a page editor to set different
   rules; these are the default currently used on most Zwiki sites.
   See TextFormattingRules for a complete reference to editing.

   0. Wiki names, [freeform page names in brackets], http://URLs ,
   "structured text-style links":someurl and ZWiki:RemoteWikiLinks are
   made into hyperlinks

   0. Text beginning and ending with &#42;, &#42;&#42;, _ or ' is
   *italic*, **bold**, _underlined_ or 'monospaced' respectively

   0. One or more non-blank lines are run together form a paragraph; blank
   lines separate paragraphs

   0. A one-line "paragraph" followed by a more-indented paragraph makes a
   heading

   0. A paragraph beginning with - or * or 0. and a space makes a bullet
     or numbered list item; a more-indented list item starts a sub-list

   0. HTML tags may be used if necessary;
      on sites which permit it,
      DTML tags (server-side code) may also be used 

   0. Some or all of the above rules may be escaped,
     by putting ! at the beginning of a link or a line !LikeThis;
     by enclosing text in single quotes 'LikeThis' ;
     or by indenting text after a paragraph ending with a double colon ::

      LikeThis  
      escapes <HTML tags> and &dtml-too;

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Finding Out More

  More about Commonplace: CommonPlace:HomePage

  More about Zwiki: ZWiki:FrontPage, ZWiki:ZwikiDocs, ZWiki:ZwikiFAQ

  More about wiki: WikiWikiWeb:FrontPage, WikiWikiWeb:EvolutionOfaWikizen