Find existing library wikis

MIT Confluence wikis: http://wiki.mit.edu/

Look at "ALL" tab.  Some wikis you will only see if you are logged in.  It will prompt you to login with certificates, but you may also use Touchstone and login using your kerberos name and password.

Add a wiki to "My Favorites" on the dashboard:

  1. On the "ALL" tab, click on the star to the right
  2. If you are already on the wiki, go to "Browse Space" > "Advanced" tab > click "Add Space to Favorites" (if you just click on the star at the upper right of the home page, it will only save that page under "Favorite pages" (a different list on the Dashboard)

Editing a wiki

Add a new page to the ESL PlaySpace - there are 2 ways of adding a new page:

  1. Click on "Add page" link near upper right, you will create a "child" page of the page you are on (you can move it around in the hierarchy later if you want)
    - add content to a new page: Rich text is easiest, but you can choose Wiki markup if you want to look at/edit the wiki syntax
    - in this method you will need to add a link to this new page in the text of the page if you want one, although it already does appear as a "child" at the bottom
  2. Go to Edit tab
    - put your cursor on the page where you want the link to the new page and click on the link icon
    - type the name of your new page in the link box and click on OK
    - Save your change and click on link on page - this will bring you staright into tediting mode on the new page

Edit an existing page: choose the "Edit" tab (if there is no edit tab then you do not have permissions to edit)

Editing/formatting text: The icons above the edit box provide many options, including formatting text, creating links (including to attachments), and inserting images:



Advanced editing:

For some advanced editing, you may need to go to the Wiki Markup tab:

 You can put text inside a box and choose the color and type of border.

Some "macros" exist which can be used, even in the regular (aka "Rich Text") mode:

Create alert boxes:

My note

This is what you need to know.

Warning

Insert warning message here!

Useful Information

This macro is useful for including helpful information in your confluence pages

Handy Hint

Isn't this handy?

Add a search box:

Add a list with checkboxes: 

Unknown macro: {dynamictasklist}

Wiki administration: permissions, etc. 

Permissions for wiki: 

  • go to "Browse Space" on upper right and then the "Space Admin" tab
  • can restrict by groups or individuals (remember to save changes!)
  • do not give "Anonymous" users the ability to do anything more than view
  • only admins can set permissions for entire wiki

Restrict a single page:

  •  go to edit mode on the page
  • at bottom, next to "Restrictions" choose "EDIT"
  • you can choose to restrict viewing or just editing
  • you can choose yourself, individuals or groups
  • any admins of the wiki can override this restriction

Should you use the ESL wiki or get a new wiki? 

If the project or work originates from ESL, feel free to use the ESL wiki, even if non-ESL people will be working on it.  If the project is large enough and ongoing, you may want to request a separate wiki for it anyway. Many library committees and projects already have their own Confluence wikis.  http://libstaff.mit.edu/web/guidelines/wikis.html

Request a new wiki - MIT Libraries guidelines for new wikis

Migrating to the new wiki:

  • you are responsible for migrating any pages that are your own, or for your individual group; Darcy and Ryan will be migrating the shared pages
  • once you have migrated your pages, point to them from the old wiki and delete the pages on that other wiki so that others do not edit them or mistake them for the most recent versions
  • there is no easy tool for migrating, but copying and pasting works fairly well and you can export pages as PDFs or Word documents if that is a viable option (see "Info" tab)
  • not everything needs to be moved!
  • ask Darcy for help and tips
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