Changes: Help:New page

Revision as of 13:37, 22 April 2016

Template:Needs editor update Starting a new page on Wikia takes only a couple of clicks and is an important part of contributing to a community.

Watch to learn how to create a new page

Click on the "Contribute" button on top right of your community. Here you will be presented with a dropdown menu where you will see a link to "Add a Page".

The "Create a new article" box will open.
You can choose the article name by typing it in the box. This name will become the last part of the page's URL.

Decide between a standard page layout or a blank page. The standard layout provides image and video placeholders as well as section headings. The preload contents for the "Standard layout" are stored at MediaWiki:Createpage-with-video on your community and can be edited by local admins.

A second way to create a page is by clicking on any red link on your community (which is created by linking to a page that does not exist). You will then be brought into the editor where you can add your content.

The "Editing" tab of Special:Preferences includes options for page creation:

Use a blank page as default for creating a new page - this makes the 'Blank page' option the default on the 'Create a new article' box.
Disable "Create a new article" flow - if checked, this disables the box for you.

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-*Decide between a standard page layout or a blank page. The standard layout provides image and video placeholders as well as section headings. The preload contents for the "Standard layout" are stored at <code>[[MediaWiki:Createpage-with-video]]</code> on your <span style="font-weight:normal;">community</span> and can be edited by local admins.
+*Decide between a standard page layout or a blank page. The standard layout provides image and video placeholders as well as section headings. The preload contents for the "Standard layout" are stored at <code>[[MediaWiki:Createpage-with-video]]</code> on your community and can be edited by local admins.
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-*A second way to create a page is by clicking on any red link on your <span style="font-weight:normal;">community</span> (which is created by [[Help:Links|linking to a page]] that does not exist). You will then be brought into [[Help:Editing|the editor]] where you can add your content.
+*A second way to create a page is by clicking on any red link on your community (which is created by [[Help:Links|linking to a page]] that does not exist). You will then be brought into [[Help:Editing|the editor]] where you can add your content.
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