Once you have successfully registered a Touchstone Account, you should now see additional options on the top right of each page.

In addition to the 'Tools' tab, you should now have access to the 'Edit', 'Share', and 'Add' tabs.

Editing

To edit an existing page, press the 'Edit' button or the 'E' key. This will open the Edit screen for that page, where you will see all of the existing content.

From here you can add to and edit the page using the fairly straight-forward formatting tools along the toolbar above the edit box.

For more advanced formatting and content, you can use the 'Insert'>'Other Macros' tool to open the Macro browser. From here there are a number of more sophisticated page layout and navigation tools. For further explanation on how to use these, select the 'Help' button at the top right of the Macro browser.

When completing your edits for a page, you may want to use the 'Preview' button before the 'Save' button to ensure that the changes taking places on the page are the changes you intended to make. Additionally, although the changes you made will automatically be recorded, it is good practice to include a brief description of your changes in the 'What did you change?' box at the bottom of the Edit screen.

For more robust explanations of each element of the Edit screen, visit the Main Help Page.

Sharing

The 'Share' tab simply allows you to send the page to another user through their username or e-mail address.

Adding

In order to create a new page, press the 'Add' button to display a drop-down menu. The most common option here is 'Add'>'Page', although you can also use this tab for adding comments and attachments.

Keep in mind that the page you are currently viewing when you choose to Add a new page will be the 'parent' of your new page. That is, the page you create will be displayed as being a 'child' or sub-page of the 'parent' page.

In order to keep things organized on this wiki, try to make a habit of creating new pages under pages they are directly related to. They will then show up in the page tree on the SRT Wiki Home under their relevant topic.

When you Add a new page, you will open a blank Edit screen. Fill in the title bar at the top with the name of your page, and enter the information in the canvas below. It is good practice to separate different subjects with various headings and sub-headings, available under the drop-down menu normally labelled 'Paragraph'. This will make the page easier to read and navigate, particularly if it is a large page with numerous different subjects. In this case it may be desirable to use the 'Table of Contents' macro. It can be found in the Macro browser under the 'Navigation' tab.

You can also add attachments to pages if you have a file you would like other users to be able to download directly from the page. To do so, select 'Insert'>'Attachment' and upload the file. For particularly large files, it may be preferable to use an external file-hosting site and insert a link to that page instead.

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