History of The Absolute Beginners Guide 2.0
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I would like to propose these pages are written by beginners for beginners in the way that questions would be asked.
No offense but sometimes those who write technical documentation know what they mean but don't explain it in plain english!
The 'solutions' here may not be perfect but will get the result. They may of course change as the beginners who contribute find a 'better' way.
If any developers drop by perhaps you may like to offer alternatives but remember - plain english is spoken here (:rolleyes:)
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~~red:Some words in the Wiki think they are links~~
This is because BW automagically (ie 'hey presto') thinks words that have an underscore or a hyphen in them, or that are written in caps, are going to be a new page.
An underscore is a common way for titles to be written instead of running all the words together.
So if this is annoying you, you will need to go to the __Admin__ drop-down menu, choose __Wiki__ and slide across to __Wiki settings__.
You will see a series of tabbed pages. Click on the __In and Output__ tab
On this page is the checkbox for__ Wikiwords__. (I understand these were called Hotwords in previous versions perhaps). If you uncheck it, then you won't have the 'problem' with words wanting to be links.
Remember to go to the bottom of the page and choose __Change Preferences__
~~red:How do I create a link to another wiki page?~~
On the page that you want to link from, put 2 open parentheses around each end of the word.
(I haven't worked out how to 'escape the code' and show this without the wiki wanting to link the example too - see: )
((yourword))
I'll try by spreading the example out:
( (yourword) )
but you will have to take the spaces out from the parentheses.
When you save this page, this word will appear to want to create a link. Simply click on the word and it will take you to creating a new page.
~~red:How do I create a link to a board?~~
1 Create the board first.
Go to __Boards tab __and scroll down to __Create new Board__. Give it a title and a description as you wish and __Save__ the page.
Then go back to the __Boards tab__ and choose the __Boards Home__ option.
This lists your boards. Hover your mouse over the name of the board you want to link to and note the number of the board down the bottom of your browser.
Then on the page that you want to link from, use square bracket to enclose the path to find the board.
Again, because this is a wikipage itself, it will want to make a link too!
So you see this:
[/sitename/boards/index.php?b=#|boardname]
The path that is inside the square brackets looks like this:
/sitename/boards/index.phph?b=#|boardname
'sitename' will be the directory that your bitweaver was put into
'#' is the specific number of the board that you want to link directly to
'boardname' is the name that you want to appear on the page that you want to link from
~~red:How do I get Wiki pages to link when I am using a foreign language or special characters?~~
This is still under discussion in the forums.
One person got the Wikilinks to work in the German language by:
Going to the __Admin tab__, scrolling down to __Wiki__, across to __Wiki settings__, where you see several tabbed pages. Go to the __Wiki settings__ tab. Find the __Wiki Link Format__ and choose __Complete__
And another person, also for a Wiki in German, chose: __Latin__
So go figure!
I would like to propose these pages are written by beginners for beginners in the way that questions would be asked.
No offense but sometimes those who write technical documentation know what they mean but don't explain it in plain english!
The 'solutions' here may not be perfect but will get the result. They may of course change as the beginners who contribute find a 'better' way.
If any developers drop by perhaps you may like to offer alternatives but remember - plain english is spoken here (:rolleyes:)
---
~~red:Some words in the Wiki think they are links~~
This is because BW automagically (ie 'hey presto') thinks words that have an underscore or a hyphen in them, or that are written in caps, are going to be a new page.
An underscore is a common way for titles to be written instead of running all the words together.
So if this is annoying you, you will need to go to the __Admin__ drop-down menu, choose __Wiki__ and slide across to __Wiki settings__.
You will see a series of tabbed pages. Click on the __In and Output__ tab
On this page is the checkbox for__ Wikiwords__. (I understand these were called Hotwords in previous versions perhaps). If you uncheck it, then you won't have the 'problem' with words wanting to be links.
Remember to go to the bottom of the page and choose __Change Preferences__
~~red:How do I create a link to another wiki page?~~
On the page that you want to link from, put 2 open parentheses around each end of the word.
(I haven't worked out how to 'escape the code' and show this without the wiki wanting to link the example too - see: )
((yourword))
I'll try by spreading the example out:
( (yourword) )
but you will have to take the spaces out from the parentheses.
When you save this page, this word will appear to want to create a link. Simply click on the word and it will take you to creating a new page.
~~red:How do I create a link to a board?~~
1 Create the board first.
Go to __Boards tab __and scroll down to __Create new Board__. Give it a title and a description as you wish and __Save__ the page.
Then go back to the __Boards tab__ and choose the __Boards Home__ option.
This lists your boards. Hover your mouse over the name of the board you want to link to and note the number of the board down the bottom of your browser.
Then on the page that you want to link from, use square bracket to enclose the path to find the board.
Again, because this is a wikipage itself, it will want to make a link too!
So you see this:
[/sitename/boards/index.php?b=#|boardname]
The path that is inside the square brackets looks like this:
/sitename/boards/index.phph?b=#|boardname
'sitename' will be the directory that your bitweaver was put into
'#' is the specific number of the board that you want to link directly to
'boardname' is the name that you want to appear on the page that you want to link from
~~red:How do I get Wiki pages to link when I am using a foreign language or special characters?~~
This is still under discussion in the forums.
One person got the Wikilinks to work in the German language by:
Going to the __Admin tab__, scrolling down to __Wiki__, across to __Wiki settings__, where you see several tabbed pages. Go to the __Wiki settings__ tab. Find the __Wiki Link Format__ and choose __Complete__
And another person, also for a Wiki in German, chose: __Latin__
So go figure!