This is a list of frequently asked wiki related questions and their corresponding answers.
For now most of the FAQs can be found in Ithaca Wiki User Guide.
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How do I include an image without uploading it to Ithaca Wiki?
To include an off site image simply paste in the url of the photo. So if the photo was located at http://wherethepictureis.com/thepicture.jpg you would just paste http://wherethepictureis.com/thepicture.jpg into the page. The wiki sees that it's an external link and then sees that it's an image, so it displays it.
When should I do this?
Do this when you don't really think the image needs to be in the Ithaca Wiki. Uploading an image (By clicking on Images in edit and then including attachment:thefilename in the page's text) is preferred most of the time. When you upload an image it will be here for years to come, whereas if you just link to it (by pasting the URL) then it will likely disappear in a few years. An example might be a photograph that's very personal (for your page on here). Again, for most cases, uploading is preferable.
Can I link to a certain part of a page? For instance, Coffee/Cafes on the Restaurants page?
See Help with Linking.
- What do you folks think about the notation ["Page name":anchorname Link text]?
How do you delete or rename a page?
To delete click edit, then in the blue box right below the please comment about this change section, click delete. To rename click Edit and then click "Rename", right next to the delete button. Links to the old name will automatically redirect to the new page.
I accidentally deleted some images from a page, is there an easy way to recover them?
Go into "Info" then "Files" and click on the "deleted images" button. You can then click "revert" to move an old image back on to the page.
How do I make 'redirects' ?
See Help with Linking.
How do I see what IP Address an edit was made from?
When you are looking at Recent Changes, you can simply mouse over the username of the person who made the edit. The IP address is the title, so it should appear in a small pop-up. If the user did not have a username the IP adress will show up directly without even doing a scroll over.
How do I attach images to a page?
When you go into the Edit tab for a page, click the "Files" button. This will give you some instructions on uploading an image and putting it inside of the page (under "How do I do this?"). Just remember to add the "[[Image(filename)]]" line to the page's text where you wish for the image to appear, where filename includes the extension of the file. This means if I upload mypicture.jpg I would put the line "[[Image(mypicture.jpg)]]" where I wanted that picture, or if it was mybirthday.gif it would be "[[Image(mybirthday.gif)]]".
How do I see which pictures are on a page?
By going into "Images" in the Edit tab you may see the pictures attached to the page already and choose to view them and manage them ("del", if you have the privileges, deletes the picture).
What are the conventions for linking and naming?
Check out Help with Linking or Ithaca Wiki User Guide.
Is there a way to see a list of all the pages in the wiki?
Check out All Pages.
Can I see which pages link to a particular page?
Yes. Just go to the page, click on the info icon, and then the "Links" tab. This will display the outgoing links for that page as well.
My image looks horrible with a border, is there a way to remove it?
In the event your image looks bad with a border, you can use the markup "borderless:myimage.png" in place of "attachment:myimage.png" and that will remove the default border. In most every case an image looks good with a border (especially in the case of photographs), so keep this in mind.
How do I force a one-lined return?
[[BR]] will force a single-return. Normally, just put two returns between blocks of text. It's more readable that way. Sometimes you need to use [[BR]] for pretty looking layout, such as in a table (which don't yet support returns properly). Most of the time, when people write things like:
something
another thing
another thing
They are really making a list of items. In these cases you should make a list. See Help with Lists.
I made a page about myself, my business, and/or my organization, but someone keeps editing it! How do I get them to stop messing with my page?
The simple answer is you can't. However, you may revert the page to undo these changes if you have a good reason to do so. Please Note though, that this isn't a personal web hosting service, nor is it a venue for advertisement. A page may contain information about you or your organization/business, but it's not your page and may be changed by anyone else at any time. So it is highly frowned upon to revert someone's edits for the sole purpose to help your business or make you look better (see wiki ethics).
As it says on the "Edit" page immediately below the "Preview", "Save Changes", and similar buttons, by contributing to the Ithaca Wiki you agree to release your contributions according to a Creative Commons license that allows anyone to make derivative works, as long as prior contributions are properly attributed. Fortunately for us all, the wiki automatically maintains a list of all prior contributions - see the "Info" button on any given page. Wiki ethics influence the way we edit as a community, but fundamentally no page is immune from having multiple people edit it. This liberal editing policy helps the Ithaca Wiki build substantial content, and it continues to help the site remain a relevant resource for its intended audience - the community of Ithaca.
* many of the above questions and answers were adapted from other town wiki's, most notably Davis
