Jackson County Resource Directory - User contributions [en]

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Benjamin:

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[[Category:Local Institution]]
[[Category:Staff]]
== Agency Information ==
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Name:

Category:

Service Area:

Purpose:

Hours of Operations

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== Additional Information ==

Address:

City:

State:

ZIP:

Phone:

Phone 2:

Fax:

Email:

Website:

Facebook URL:

Other:

== Contact Information ==

Name:

Title:

Address:

City:

State:

ZIP:

Phone:

Fax:

Email:

== Program Information ==

Title:

Time:

Location:

Description:

Cost:

Contact:

Phone:

Special Instructions:

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NewPage

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Benjamin:

[[Category:Staff]]

The WikiMedia software is extremely powerful and extremely strange to get used to. There are many, many functions available that are not shown in any kind of editor or toolbar. This page will provide step by step instructions for specific functions and tools that will be most used. Have this page open in a separate tab or window to refer back for certain functions. This may change in the future as well.

== Creating a new page / Finding a current page ==

These two things are lumped together because they are one in the same. Searching for "library" will show you pages titled library AND, if there is no page named "library," will give you a link to create a new blank page titled Library.

The first thing you will probably want to do is replace the blank page with the generic new page template. Do this by copy/pasting this tag into the new blank page:
<nowiki>{{subst:NewDirectory}}</nowiki>

This will place the text into your new page in an editable state (after you SAVE the page) so you can remove unused sections or add more or whatever you want to do. The first thing you should do is edit the <nowiki>[[Category:]]</nowiki> tag to whatever is appropriate such as Religious or Church or Business or what have you. Each page can be in multiple categories - simply repeat the <nowiki>[[Category:something]]</nowiki> with a different category name for each one you want to use. You can view a list of existing categories by opening the [[Special:Categories]] page under Tools > List of Pages or (Currently) from the link on the main page.

If the category you need to use doesn't already have a page it's best to create one, even if it's just a brief description (businesses located in Jackson County, for example). When you view a category page it acts as a directory, automatically displaying all pages within that category. If that page doesn't exist you can still add it, but the link (shown at the bottom of your new page) won't take you anywhere and the page won't be linked in any directory.

== Uploading and Inserting Media ==

You can both upload an image to this server and embed it into your page or embed it using a URL. It's usually best to save it to your computer from whatever source it is, then upload it here - if you embed an image from a URL and then the image is removed on THEIR server it also breaks here. They may also change the image to whatever they want and our server will still load it without knowing any different.

To begin, click "Upload File" under Tools to the left. All files are dumped into a main repository with whatever name you set then embedded into whatever page you want.

Begin by clicking "Browse" under Source File to pick an image on your computer. Then you'll set the "Destination Filename," which is how you'll embed the image in your new page. Don't worry, after you finish the upload you'll be taken to the finished image and you can copy the filename from there.

Directly below that is the Summary box where you'll enter a short description of whatever the image you just uploaded is. This should be short and direct - "Main Entrance of the Seymour Library" for example. Ignore the License drop down and click Upload File at the bottom to finish. The "File:filename.xxx" at the top is what you can paste into the appropriate part of your page. The NewDirectory template has a generic image code you can edit to paste into. Make sure there's only one "File:"

To insert a thumbnail instead of the entire picture, use code like this (example yanked from [[Shneck Medical Center]] ):

<nowiki>[[File:2014-porsche-919.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Race Car Picture]]</nowiki>

to create the image to the right.
[[File:2014-porsche-919.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Silly car picture]]

Any text entered below the <nowiki>[[File:....]]</nowiki> line will then appear to the left of the image like this, meaning you can place a pic at the top of the page and not disturb the rest of the information. This can usually go right under the first <nowiki> == Section Header Text == </nowiki> to match the look of the [[Shneck Medical Center]] page.

Main Page

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Benjamin:

Jackson County Resource Directory:About

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Benjamin: Created page with "This wiki was created and is maintained by Jackson County Public Library's Information Services department."

This wiki was created and is maintained by Jackson County Public Library's Information Services department.

Main Page

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Benjamin:

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<strong>Welcome to the Jackson County Resource Directory!</strong>

This is just an example of what the thing looks like

Visit [[NewPage]] for steps on creating a new Resource Directory page.

== Browse Pages by Category ==
All pages are sorted into categories based on the type of institution - local businesses, places of worship, government buildings, etc..

Click [[:Special:Categories]] to be taken to a listing of all categories, or use the Search box above.

== Getting started ==
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]

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Benjamin:

User talk:Admin

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What is this page even

== Wikimedia Usage ==

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Template:NewDirectory

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Benjamin:

[[Category:Local Institution]]
[[Category:Staff]]
[[File:File.png|350px|thumb|right|alt text]]
== Agency Information ==

Name:

Category:

Service Area:

Purpose:

Hours of Operations

<includeonly>[[File:File.png|400px|thumb|right|Change this to descriptive text]]</includeonly>

== Additional Information ==

Address:

City:

State:

ZIP:

Phone:

Phone 2:

Fax:

Email:

Website:

Facebook URL:

Other:

== Contact Information ==

Name:

Title:

Address:

City:

State:

ZIP:

Phone:

Fax:

Email:

== Program Information ==

Title:

Time:

Location:

Description:

Cost:

Contact:

Phone:

Special Instructions:

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Benjamin: Porsche's 2014 919 LMP1 hybrid race car, powered by 8 MegaJoule electrical and 2.0 liter 4 cylinder hybrid power plant.

Porsche's 2014 919 LMP1 hybrid race car, powered by 8 MegaJoule electrical and 2.0 liter 4 cylinder hybrid power plant.