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Available Help

  • Use the links in the navigation panel under "Sub-Topics" to find help for using the wiki, to view or report bugs and to make suggestions.

About This Site

  • This site consists of a content directory structure and a set of php programs which present the content and provide page creation and modification services.
  • The content is completely separated from the presentation details, or the "container". Associated with each content.html file is a modifiable information file which defines the title of the page, the presentation style to be used and a few more settings. There are defaults for all of the settings, and they can be modified at any time using the "change appearance" service.
  • The content can be modified using the "edit content" service. Previous versions of the content are automatically archived in a subdirectory of the particular content directory.
  • Files to which links are to be made in the content can be uploaded into a subdirectory of the content directory. This functionality is available under the "manage files" service.

Presentation Suggestions

  • Font selection is important for visibility. For Firefox, you can change the size with ctrl- and ctrl+. You can change the font through the tools -> options -> content -> advanced route. Fonts vary on different platforms, and the monitor resolution makes a difference too. Compare your current display to this screen capture from Firefox 2 using the Fedora 7 system default sans serif font on a 1900x1200 monitor.
  • As for choice of browser, Firefox works well. This site is W3C xhtml 1.0 compatible, a standard which IE does not necessarily support precisely. Appearance using other browsers has not been tested.