Basics of Using This Wiki

1. Creating a pbWiki identity. (If you already have one, you may use it for this class if you wish.)

• Go to https://my.pbwiki.com/new.php.
• Enter your email address and password. You may use any email address you like as long as it is valid.
• When you receive the confirmation email, click the link to set up your pbWiki account. Note: The URL is very long and will split across two lines. You may need to cut and paste the URL into your browser if clicking on it gives you the "Sorry, that didn't work" error.
• The link will take you to your Profile page. Enter your name or a screen name in the “Your Name” box along with any other information you like. (If you use a screen name, I will ask that your group page include a list of screen names and corresponding real names so that I can keep track of who is who.) Click “Save.”
• You will be taken to the “Wikis you participate in” page. Enter leap207 in the “wiki name” box and the wiki password (available on your wiki handout or on ANGEL) in the “wiki password” box and click “Join wiki.

2. Creating a basic page.

• Go to http://leap207.pbwiki.com.
• Once there, click on the “New Page” link at the top of the page.
• Give your new page your name (i.e., Jennifer Flint, Michael Smith, etc.), select “No Template,” and click “Create New Page.”
• Copy and paste the following text into the box:

!!My Name

[Sandbox]

**Hometown: **

Major:

• Click “Save.” You have now created a page of content. The double exclamation point gives you a heading. Brackets are used to create links to other wiki pages. You need to make sure the text inside the brackets is spelled exactly right in order for the link to work. Enclosing text in double asterisks makes it boldfaced.
• Now click the “Edit page” link at the top of the page. This will take you back to the text you just pasted in. Edit the information here to make it a page about yourself.
• If your last name has a letter other than the first capitalized, you will not be able to capitalize it without breaking the wiki code. (e.g. Susan Mcdonald) You can try making your name all one word and see if that works.

3. Customizing your page.

• pbWiki has a page which tells you all about the different formatting options: http://yummy.pbwiki.com/WikiStyle .
• If you would like to add any additional information, you may do so. (Please keep it clean.) To add links to other websites (your MySpace, for example), use the HTML a href tag or just type the URL into the page.
• To add a picture, copy and paste the URL of the picture and put brackets around it. If you want to resize it so that a large image doesn't take up the whole page, use the HTML img tag and set a width. Do not use the “add images” function as this takes up space in our file area on the wiki. It’s always best to use images you own.  If you do not own them, you MUST give them credit (where it’s from, who took the picture, date you accessed it).
• Note that while editing pages requires the course password, these pages may be read by anyone on the Internet. Therefore, do not put any information on your page that you would not want random people to see.

4. Link your personal page to your group space.

• Go back to http://leap207.pbwiki.com and choose your group.
• Click on “Edit Page” and add a link under “Class Members” to your personal page. You simply need to add your name in brackets. Make sure not to delete anyone else’s links.
• That’s it for now… you may want to read your classmates’ pages as well!

5. Creating your group space.

• Once your group has chosen a name, one person from that group should create a page for it. Go through the same "new page" process as above, but choose the "Group Project" template when you create it. This will give you a more complex page to work with as a starting point. Of course, you should use your group's name as the name of the page.
• View an example at Sample Group Project -- notice I have added a link to the CAS section and a picture here. Again, please use the a href tag instead of the "add images" function so that we do not run out of space.
• You do not have to stick with this template -- the extras are for your benefit. Look at the code in the "edit page" view to see how the boxes, images, etc. are done.
• If members of your group used screen names instead of real names to register, please put a list somewhere on this page so that I know who is who.
• This space is for your group to use, so personalize it any way you wish.

Many thanks to the folks over at CAS100B for the text for these basic steps!