Help:Starting a new page

From Skipper2Skipper

There are several ways to start a new page

Please read this bit first

Please prfix page you create with a country. Gor example, the page for Le Havre is not [[Le Havre]], but [[France:Le Havre | Le Havre]]. If this syntax makes no sense, go HERE after you have read this page. If you have created a page in error, don't forget to delete it.

Using Wikilinks

It is very easy to link pages together using a standard syntax (see Links). If you (or anyone else) creates a link to an article that doesn't exist yet, the link will be coloured red, like this.

Clicking a red link, will take you to the edit page for the new article. Simply type your text, click save and the new page will be created.

Once the page has been created, the link will become light blue, indicating that the article now exists.

Using the URL

You can use the wiki's URL for creating a new page. The URL to an article of the wiki is something like this:

• http://www.skipper2skipper.com/index.php/ARTICLE    or

If you replace ARTICLE with the name of the page you wish to create, you will be taken to a blank page which indicates that no article of that name exists yet. Clicking the "edit" page tab at the top of the page will take you to the edit page for that article, where you can create the new page by typing your text, and clicking submit.

From the search page

If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box and 'go' button on the left of the page) then you will be provided with a link to create the new page. (Note that this technique doesn't work if you use the 'search' button).