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   Welcome, TWikiGuest! 

Welcome to TWiki! This is a TWikiSite (pronounced twee-kee site), a meeting place to work on common interests. Anyone can contribute using any web browser. TWiki looks like a normal web site... except that it encourages contribution and editing of pages, questions, answers, comments and updates.

"Wiki" systems are fundamentally editable web pages.  It's a fun and useful way of communicating asynchronously over the web for many existing intranet and public Internet sites.  TWiki is simple to learn and use.  It aims to provide a transparent way for you to publish and exchange your ideas with others over the web.

On this page: 
  What's in a TWiki?
   Some things to do
   Some basics 
  Editing a topic
   Creating a new topic
   Viewing the history of a topic
   Attaching files and images
   Embedding objects
 
 


 What's in a TWiki?
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+ Webs: A TWikiSite is divided into webs, each one represents an area for collaboration. This site has the following webs: IVOA, IVOA.PDL1RFC, IVOA.PhotDM1, IVOA.Spectral2, IVOA.SpectralDM2, Know, Main, Sandbox, TWiki
  Topics: Each web is made up of hyperlinked topics that appear in your browser.
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+ Webs: A TWikiSite is divided into webs, each one represents a workspace for collaboration. This site has the following webs: IVOA, IVOA.PDL1RFC, IVOA.PhotDM1, IVOA.Spectral2, IVOA.SpectralDM2, Know, Main, Sandbox, TWiki
  Topics: Each web is made up of hyperlinked topics (wiki pages) that appear in your browser.
  Some things to do 
 

 Browse. This is a site like other sites. Read and follow interesting links.
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+ Write. Speak your mind! From your browser you can change or add to anything you see in a TWiki topic. Use regular text or TWikiShorthand.
  Experiment.  Edit your personal page or visit the Sandbox web.
  Organize. You can learn to use TWikiForms and FormattedSearches to include topic information - for example, classify pages by subject, status, or date.
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+ Write. Speak your mind! From your browser you can change or add to anything you see in a TWiki topic. Modify content with an easy to use WYSIWYG editor.
  Experiment. Visit the Sandbox web and create as many topics as you like.
  Organize. You can learn to use TWikiForms and formatted searches with SQL-like queries to include topic information - for example, classify pages by subject, status, or date.
  Learn more. Some good places to start: 
 TWikiTutorial is a 20-minute tour of TWiki essentials. 
  ATasteOfTWiki is a short introduction training course for beginners. 
  WikiReferences links to selected articles and books about wiki technology and online collaboration.
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+ WikiSyntax - simple syntax for edits
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+ WikiSyntax - simple wiki syntax for those using raw edit instead of WYSIWYG editor
  GoodStyle - recommendations for edits
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  Some basics
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+ Editing a page:
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+ Editing a topic
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+ click Edit at the bottom of any topic and make your changes
  click [ Preview Changes ] at the bottom to verify the topic (use your brower's Back button if necessary)
  click [ Save Changes ] You've now edited the topic!
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+ Creating a page
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+ Click Edit at the top or bottom of any topic and make your changes.
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+  Note: Don't worry if you make a mistake. Everything is version controlled, you can easily go back in time. 
 Click Save - you've now updated the topic!
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+See a question mark link "?" behind a WikiWord? That means that there's no topic yet for that NewWikiWord13653. If you want to create a topic for that WikiWord, just click on the question mark. The topic will be created and you will be in the editor window.
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+ Creating a new topic
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+ See a red-colored WikiWord? That means that there's no topic yet for that NewWikiWord52046. Simply click on the red-link to create a topic with that name. Add your content and save. Done!
  To create your own topic, invent a BrandNewWikiWord name and put it into an existing topic. Click on the red-link of BrandNewWikiWord to create the topic.
  Viewing the history of a topic
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+Click History at the bottom of a topic
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+ Click History at the bottom of a topic.
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+ Attaching files
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+ Attaching files and images
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+Click Attach to upload and attach any type of file.
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+ Click Attach to upload and attach any type of file.
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+ When attaching an image file (.gif, .png, .jpg), check the "link" checkbox to embed the image into the topic. Edit the topic to move/resize the image.
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+ Embedding objects 
 

 Raw edit a topic and paste YouTube videos, Twitter feeds and other objects.
 

Related topics: UserDocumentationCategory, TWikiTutorial, ATasteOfTWiki, TWikiVariables, WikiSyntax, TWikiDocGraphics

-- Contributors: TWiki:Main/GrantBow, TWiki:Main/JonReid, TWiki:Main/MikeMannix, TWiki:Main/PeterThoeny

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