Tips for Wiki Authors

Here are some tips to get you started editing your Confluence Wiki:

• Start by pointing your browser to
  http://wiki.wesleyan.edu
  • your personal wiki address is:
    http://wiki.wesleyan.edu/display/~your_wesleyan_userid
• Click the login button on the upper right of the page
• Sign in with your Wesleyan email userid/password
  note:Confluence is part of the single sign-in so if you are already logged in you will not be prompted for your userid/password
• You may see a box with a tour of the newest wiki features - either take the tour or close the box with the button in the lower left of the box

Dashboard:

• The column on the left shows you All spaces you have access to
• Clicking the Favourite button in the left column will show your personal space
• The column on the right shows you the most recent updates to any space you have access to

Space

• to enter your space click on the Favourite button in the left column and click your space name

Add a Page:

• to add a page go to the upper right and select Add/Page
• type over New Page in the top text box and give you page a title
• in the large box enter the content of the page
  • use the edit tools to format your content
• Location
  • select the place in hierarchy for this page
  • under New parent page type in the name of the new parent
• Restrictions
  • you can restrict the viewing and editing of the page by adding userids
  • these restrictions are for this page only
• Labels
  • optional - can enter keywords about the document for easy searching
• Save
  • Save the page into your space

Edit:

• Make changes to any page by using the Edit button in the upper right
• You can change the title, content, location, restrictions or labels
• Save the page when done editing