For content creators

Help for content creators

New pages should reside in the Campus Namespace and optional hierarchy.

An example for Brooklyn Campus Band Vocals would be:

[[brooklyn:Brooklyn/Band/Vocals]]

Creating a new page

Creating a new page can be done in one of the following ways:

From the search box

When a page is searched which does not belong yet, an option is provided to create the new page from the search box.

Using the URL

Typing the URL of desired page provides an option to create a new page. The URL structure would be https://how.doxadeo.org/index.php/<campus name>:NewPage The page will be displayed like below with option to create the new page.

New page

Using wiki links

Wiki links are used to reference pages with simple syntax.

[[<page name|<optional friendly name for page>]]

If the page does not exist, the link will be coloured red.

Editing your new page

Pages can be edited by either:

The default WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor by selecting the blue edit button on page.
Editing source by selecting blue Edit button and selecting source.

A range of different formatting options are available for pages and displaying text.

Some shortcuts to most common used options in source editor include:

Image insertion

Either HTML tags are supported:

Where src is the image location which can be found under the Special:ListFiles page for the image after uploaded. Use the file link minus the site name, i.e. "https://how.doxadeo.org/images/d/d7/Dynamic_EQ_on_S31_for_sibilance.png" Can be referenced as "/images/d/d7/Dynamic_EQ_on_S31_for_sibilance.png"

Wikilinks:

[[File:filename.extension|options|caption]]

Where options include (full options):

Format option: border, and one of frameless, frame (or framed), or thumb (or thumbnail)

Resizing option: one of

{width}px – Resizes the image to fit within the given maximum width in pixels, without restricting its height. x{height}px – Resizes the image to fit within the given maximum height in pixels, without restricting its width. {width}x{height}px – Resizes the image to fit within the given width and height in pixels.

Horizontal alignment option: one of left, right, center, none

Vertical alignment option: one of baseline, sub, super, top, text-top, middle, bottom, text-bottom

Link option: one of
- link={target} – Allows to change the target (to an arbitrary page title, or URL) of the generated link, activable on the rendered image surface; e.g. File:Example.jpg renders as (external link), or File:Example.jpg renders as (internal link).
- link= (with an empty value) – (MediaWiki 1.14+) Displays an image without any activable link; e.g. File:Example.jpg renders as .

If there is a space character between link and the equals sign, the link statement will be treated as a caption.

Embedding Video

[Embedding video] are supported for a variety of sources. To embed a YouTube video:

‎<youtube>foo‎</youtube>

where foo is the video ID from the URL. i.e. if the video's URL is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIlLh6JXugI, then the embed code would be:

<youtube>vIlLh6JXugI</youtube>

Embedding PDF document

To embed a PDF document:

‎[[File:myPdfFile.pdf|page=1|600px]]

The page and size parameters are optional; the default page is page #1. Instead of a size-parameter, you can also use the thumb-parameter, with or without captions, e.g.:

[[File:myPdfFile.pdf|page=1|thumb|My PDF]]

Because PdfHandler extends ImageHandler, you can use all the arguments that you would for an Image -- for example: thumb, right/left, caption, border, link, etc.

If you would like to present a 2-page pdf, for example, do the following:

[[File:myPdfFile.pdf|page=1]] [[File:myPdfFile.pdf|page=2]]

Searching for content

Searching for content within Campus context is performed by adding the Campus namespace as part of the search criteria. If Campus namespace is omitted, search would be across all Campuses.

Watching pages and notifications

Users can optionally receive email notifications whenever pages of interest have changed or added/deleted. Navigate to your user preference page and select

Email me when a page or a file on my watchlist has changed