Sometimes We visit websites with ridiculous layout and incorrect information ,
we all wish if we could to fix it up .
I remember few years back I thought how good it would be
if I could edit it from the view source menu,
unfortuantely that cannot happen.
However you can still edit and change the looks of a page,
no you don't need to know any HTML or other languages.
People put your hands together for the WIKI WIKI WEB
WiKi wIkI?
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WIKI WIKI stands for 'Quick' in Hawaiian.
It was developed by Ward Cunningham in 1995.
It was supposed to be called 'Quick Web' but he happened to
see a Hawaiian bus called 'Wiki Wiki Bus' and liked the name.
It is the easiest way to create and edit HTML documents. All you need is a browser!
How does one protect it from Vandals?
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It is human nature to try to disrupt something that is working fine.
People do try to tamper with the wiki pages.
TO prevent this, users are usually given a guest type login which saves the file temporarily,
the moderator then checks for the authenticity and
validity of the edited page and decides if it has to be saved or discarded.
Right, how do I edit the pages?
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On pages you will find the 'edit this page' link click on it
and you are ready to rumble. You find a text box with the text of the page with formatting, you can edit it.
Here are some sample formatting options.
to create a new page called New Page,
all you have to do is type New Page in the page, you'll find a '?' in front of it,
click on it and 'New Page' is created and you are ready to poppulate it.
Here's how you can format...Type the contents as it is to get the given formatting.
```Heading
``Smaller heading
> Indented Text
>> More indentation
* Bullet
* second level bullet
1 Nubered text with nuber one
* Sub point
Normal Text
''Italics''
'''Bold'''
''''Bold italics''''
---- the four dashes make a horizonntal line
the effect and cause is self explanatory here.
Other resources on Wiki
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http://en.wikipedia.org/: This is the ultimate online encyclopedia I have seen and it keeps growing.
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki: First ever wiki
In the next issue I will speak about the etiquettes on a Wiki site. Until then see ya!
Queries ,suggestions and comments are welcome.
Vaishak Suresh
http://www.geocities.com/vaishaksuresh
vaishaksuresh.mailnew@com (interchange . and @)
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