Hi, I would like to add a function/button to the edit window: like the "nowiki" or "italics" button it should create typographical hyphens (“...”) in the textarea. How could that be done? Or is there some extension to do that? Thx Bernhard

      Is it possible for an admin to setup an account for someone in advance?

       Also, what would be a good way to setup a front page for people when they first come to a site?  One wants to have a front page that explains things.  Is that just called Main Page?  And a simple cheat sheet, quick start guide would be good.  I don't want to overwhelm people with a large document that they must read before getting started... well that defeats the purpose of wiki, which means fast.       Can I see examples of how some of you have done your wikis?  What are some good pages that would be desirable to have when starting off with a new wiki?

What did you mean by switching your skins to Vector? I see a few skins that came with mediawiki. On many other sites you might have a Table of Contents or menu system to show people what kind of content exists. Being somewhat new to wikis it did strike me that I do need some way to show people what we have here on the wiki... some people on this list must have an external wiki they can share... what would you do to give people an idea as to what content exists? I guess one could start by showing something in the way of the most recent edits, or new pages. I'm having a little bit of a hard time with this, I don't know why. My natural inclination is to present everything through menus, making it easy to find everything. How do people make the contents of a wiki easy to find. When you are first starting a wiki, you won't expect your users to search for articles because they'd have no expectation of expecting that much to exist on the site. I did find a list of sites in English that use mediawiki but sometimes suggestions are better, from personal experience... how did you get your wiki to take off from the ground floor when you just start? Thanks, Bruce David Gerard wrote: wrote: -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ B. M. Whealton - Web Developer, Programmer, Owner: Future Wave Designs: http://FutureWaveDesigns.com "On Being a Poet and Other Existential Ideas":> http://WordSaladPoetryMagazine.com/words/ Publisher of Word Salad Poetry Magazine: http://WordSaladPoetryMagazine.com/ - Submit your poetry ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

That's nice. Your site is about poetry too. Where do you find your poetry of the week? Is it from famous poets or poets in your community? Bruce nevio carlos de alarcão wrote: What -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ B. M. Whealton - Web Developer, Programmer, Owner: Future Wave Designs: http://FutureWaveDesigns.com "On Being a Poet and Other Existential Ideas":> http://WordSaladPoetryMagazine.com/words/ Publisher of Word Salad Poetry Magazine: http://WordSaladPoetryMagazine.com/ - Submit your poetry ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

On 26 July 2010 02:47, B. M. Whealton <bwhealton(a)futurewavedesigns.com> wrote: Setting the default skin so people at work will see it and think "ah, like Wikipedia, not weird." For an intranet? I just tried to make it so that it benefited them to use it, useful stuff they needed would be on it, etc. - d. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l