Web-of-Life is a Wiki Wiki Web, and each page is part of a group, listed as a category. Some of the groups (categories) are listed on the sidebar to the left for easy access to an index page, to assist easy access to all pages. The existing categories on the sidebar are just a suggestion. Other categories can be created. By using categories a meaningful grouping of pages can be achieved. This system does not allow subgroups, i.e. we can't create categories within categories, but we can create meaningful lists of pages within a category, using headings and lists of links.
If we are going to have more categories than the sidebar will hold comfortably, we can list all the categories on the page All Categories, grouped in a meaningful way.
Each page should have a meaningful title, expressing its content, which can be a Wiki Word or a simple word. Each page can then be referred to and linked to from other pages by its groupname and its title.
One shortcoming in this Pm Wiki system is that one needs to decide first in which category a new page should be created, before actually writing it. So it needs some forethought. And to move it into a new category is not so easy, it is a matter of cutting and pasting the content into a new page. Also pages can only belong to one category, not several, unless one duplicates them.
Please read more about how to create and edit pages at Tips For Editing?.
Before adding or editing any pages please spend some time practising in the Wiki Sandbox.
See Search Wiki about using the Search box.
Page Structure:
Header
Clicking on the Web-of-Life logo takes you back to the Home Page.
Clicking on the Group name (category) underneath the logo takes you to the category index page.
Latest News
Latest News is a page appearing inside the header and a space for very short announcements which will appear on all pages.
Side Bar
The Side Bar holds the main navigation menu with links to all major categories and help pages. Look at All Recent Changes to find the latest changes and new pages. Group Changes are the Recent Changes of one category (group). The name of the group appears on top of the search box, underneath the logo. Clicking on the group name takes you back to the group index page. The search box enables easy wiki-wide text searches. See Search Wiki.
Content with Title
The title is the page title. Content consists of text and images.
Content Footer
The footer underneath the page content enables actions on the page:
- read returns to seeing the page
- edit opens the page edit window
- print outputs the page for printing
- history shows the page edit history
- crossrefs gives cross-references of the page title (from where is the page linked?)
- category displays all page links of the category the page is in