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<big>'''L1&trade; Wiki Project Team'''</big>

2006 08 23 Wednesday

Most of what you need to know about navigating the wiki is on the main page [[The Bose® L1™ Wiki]]. For some background on the project see [[The Bose L1™ Wiki Project]].

The plan is to incorporate this into our online community by linking into the wiki (this site) when people need reference material, and to continue to build up the knowledge as we go along. We are basically live now, but at this point the only people who know about it are those who have been invited to this page. To get back to this page, in the menu (at the left) click '''Wiki Team'''. I will eventually move that link, but for now I wanted it to be really easy to find.

== How you can help ==
#[[Special:Userlogin|Create your account]] (when you get there click '''Create an account ''') (30 seconds max) 
# After you create your account go to the top menu and click '''preferences'''  [[Media:WikiInstructions.gif|Preview of what you will see]]



=== Take a look around ===
There are a couple of easy ways to find things.

The sort of expected navigation approach using the navigation links on the left side of the page
* go to the Users Guide OR
* type a key word into the Search box (also on the left side) OR
* click the link for a random page (You can do that as many times as you want for a fast flash around the wiki)

* You can find all the articles where you are mentioned by doing a search by your firstname or your forum ID.
* If you want to experiment with the editing process try the [[Sandbox]]

==== Any comments you have would be great ====
Add a comment by clicking the '''discussion tab''' at the top of any page. Then click the '''+''' tab that will appear to add a new comment. 

Please sign your comments with four tilde symbols <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> and the system will insert your name, date and time.

Let's use the discussion feature to do the same thing for the overall project - right here on this page.

=== Edits ===
* Fix anything you see that looks like it needs fixing.
* Hit the '''edit''' tab on any page that looks like it needs help, and give it a shot.

* Please use '''Summary''' and '''Show Preview''' before '''Save Page'''
It looks like this: [[Media:WikiSummary.gif|Please use Summary and Show Preview before Save Page]]

* '''Suggestion''' Save your work on your machine before you hit '''Save Page'''. We are on the web and sometimes there are temporary connection problems. I usually have a copy of Notepad running when I'm creating posts on the forum for this very reason. OK - so before you hit '''Save Page''' click in the editing window, use Ctrl-a (select all), Ctrl-c (copy to clipboard), paste it into Notepad. Then if anything bad happens, you still have your copy.

* If you want to experiment with the editing codes try the [[Sandbox]]

* PLEASE keep image uploads small. If you can link to them it would be much better as my server connection is not very fast. It is fine for text and images under 50k but it gets sluggish beyond that. If you have a large image you want to display here, for now - please drop me a note in the discussion page and I'll contact you.
- thanks [[User:ST|ST]] 04:38, 24 August 2006 (GMT-7)

=== New Pages ===

If you want to add new pages, take a look at this list of [[Special:All pages|All the current pages]] and you'll get an idea of the naming convention. Not hard wired, but I think you'll get the feel for it.


=== Templates for  L1&trade; components ===
When referring to components of the  L1&trade; System please use these templates  <nowiki>{{{ some code }}} </nowiki>. The templates will be automatically expanded in the text with a link to a page defining the term. 

<nowiki>{{A1}}</nowiki> displays as  {{A1}}

<nowiki>{{A1 EB}}</nowiki> becomes {{A1 EB}}

<nowiki>{{B1}}</nowiki> displays as {{B1}}

<nowiki>{{L1}}</nowiki> displays as {{L1}}  

<nowiki>{{L1 CR}}</nowiki> displays as {{L1 CR}}

<nowiki>{{PAS}}</nowiki> displays as {{PAS}}

<nowiki>{{PS1}}</nowiki> displays as {{PS1}}

=== Templates for other things ===

<nowiki>{{Bose}}</nowiki> becomes {{Bose}}

<nowiki>{{forum}}</nowiki> becomes {{forum}}

=== Categories ===

Categories are optional, but extremely powerful and easy to use. They allow us to tie related pages together.

As you create or edit a page, you can add any number of [[Special:Categories|categories]]. For example if you are creating a page about a microphone technique you would add this.

<nowiki>[[category:Microphone]]</nowiki>

=== Uploading Files ===
Hint: I find it easier to write the article first and add the images after.

# Put  the '''<nowiki>[[Image:MyImageName.jpg]]</nowiki> ''' tag in the article first. 
# Save the article
# There will be a link to the 'nonexistent' image. 
# Click the link and the wiki will take you to the image upload page with the 'Destination filename' already filled in with the name you specified in the tag. (Where it says "Please put a name here e.g. Plane-wave.jpg in the image below).
# Browse to the file on your local hard drive
# Add some notes about the image (so we can find it with Search later
# Upload the file.

[[Image:UploadingImages.gif]]

== It's Live ==

Please remember that the site is basically live and public now so for any really goofy stuff, try to do that in the Sandbox page and I'll clean it up later.


== Create Your Account ==
(30 seconds max)

Look for '''Create account / login''' at the top right of the screen.

After you create your account go to the top menu and click '''preferences'''

[[Image:WikiInstructions.gif|frame|left]]


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