Mary Sue and Lawrence, There has to be someplace that you go to create a new page. Your notes don't give a clue as to that. Just typing on some other page doesn't seem to do it. Where? How? Jim Shields who much prefers raw HTML and FTP. At 10:23 AM 2/3/03 -0800, you wrote: >Dear All, > >Lawrence and I are working on getting the pbs wiki going so we won't have >to use his so I haven't had a lot of time to help all of you who have been >struggling to figure out how to use Lawrence's wiki. There is a bit of a >learning curve for me the non techie and it is very time consuming. I >appreciate your efforts in trying this out and I appreciate the others who >have jumped in to help like Sheila and John. > >I am trying to create clear instructions for everyone that will help you. >The beauty of a wiki is that everyone can use it and help make it better. >The disadvantage of a wiki is that anyone can make changes. My >GettingStarted page which I created to give you all tips to tell you how >to put your information and picture location on our page so it will be >easy for everyone to read keeps getting relocated. I have several times >put it on our page and this morning it was gone again so I put it back. > >I suggest that everyone who plans to upload images or provide information >for our wiki go to this page and print out the instructions. They are much >clearer than the instructions for editing that appear on the very bottom >when you edit and which I can't change. After you have printed out the >instructions then go to the bottom of the page and push edit. You will >then see how it looks when you are working on it and before it is saved >and I have examples to illustrate every point. Please don't edit the >GettingStarted page for now although you can send me ideas for improving >it. If you want to know how to create a wikipage to put in pictures for a >genus or how to italicize a botanical name or how to make sure the >wikilink is on its own line the information is here. GettingStarted will >be on our page so you can refer to it unless someone moves it again and if >they do please someone put it back. >http://ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/pcwiki/… > > >If you just want to practice your editing skills you can use the SandBox. >Type whatever you want and save it and see how it looks. >http://ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/pcwiki/… > > >Once we get our Pacific Bulb Society web page up and operational all this >information can go there and remain secure. In the meantime I will make a >note of this archive number so I can refer everyone to this information so >I won't be repeating it over and over. > >Procedure for images for this list: > >1. First you need to upload the message. To do this go to: >http://ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/pcwiki/… >The Browse key will allow you to find where on your computer you have >stored the image file. > >2. Be sure you have named your file something short that tells what it is >and do not put spaces in the title. Either string the words together or >use underlines or dashes. Eg. Worsleya-rayneri.jpg, Worsleya_rayneri.jpg >or Worsleyarayneri.jpg. Otherwise it may not wrap well. You will have an >opportunity to give us the complete name of what you are sending in your >post and also when you describe your image on the wiki page. > >3. Find the file and push upload. After the file has been transferred from >your computer to the server you will be given the url location. Make a >note of this or copy it and paste it directly in your email so you won't >lose it. > >4. Identify in the subject of your post what the image will be so that >everyone will know what it is. Example: Crocus image > >5. Tell us about your image in the post and then include the url if you >have not so already. > >6. Please add this url to our wikipage listed below by editing the page >(go to the bottom and push edit) and pasting the url where the plant would >go in alphabetical order. Above the url write identifying information >about your picture in a couple of sentences. (Full name of plant, country >of origin, garden grown or in the wild, photographer, perhaps suitability >for which garden zone) and then type in three % signs before your wikilink >(your url that you have pasted.) When you edit you can see how everyone >else has done it and copy their style or refer to GettingStarted for more >information. > >Exactly what you put here we haven't decided for sure. We don't want it to >be too long, but I think knowing which country it comes from would be >information I'd want to know and also some idea of who might be able to >grow it would be really helpful. If you don't know all this information >include what you do know. You can create a wikipage just for yourself as >the photographer if you want to and choose what information you are >willing to go on the web. To do this follow the instructions in >GettingStarted. Or you can just give your name but we do want to know >whose picture it is. >7. Preview you changes to make sure it looks like you intended and save >your changes. You can save and then edit it if it needs fixing. > >To view images posted to the PBS wiki site or to put the images in that >you have already posted to this group go to: >http://ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/pcwiki/… > >If you did not make a note of your url when you uploaded it you may be >able to find it in your email if you sent it to us or in the archives if >you didn't keep that email. You also can find it by going to the list of files: > >http://ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/pcwiki/… > >Look through the list of files until you find your file. Click on it to be >sure and then copy the url from your Browser location window and paste it >in our page as directed above. > >Don't be put off by all these instructions. I tried to make them as >complete as I could so I covered all the possibilities. Once you do this a >couple of times you find it isn't that difficult. > >I hope this will answer all the questions. Perhaps a few of you who have >figured this out (hint Sheila) would be willing to help those people who >are stuck until I have more time. > >Mary Sue > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. +1-317-896-3925 Member of INTERNATIONAL CLIVIA CO-OP