AFS Wiki A GUIDE FOR THE SPONSORED PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT LAST UPDATE: FEBRUARY 5, 2015

TOPICS COVERED  News Items and Global Link  Coming Together Newsletter and Formatting  Wiki Tables  Suggestions for update(s)

News Items and Global Link (page 1 of 2)  The AFS Wiki’s news items index appears in a volunteer’s Global Link home page (bottom left).  Unless it’s a minor edit, best practice is to create a new page as a news item.  Wiki: Access news items via the home page (bottom right).

News Items and Global Link (page 2 of 2)  Sign in, go to News Item page at  Click Edit tab at the top, then above the most recent item, follow exactly the formatting below.  Choose a strong headline.  At bottom, click Save page button.  Click your new link (should be red.)

Coming Together Newsletter and Formatting  CTN formatting policy: over 200 words requires a Wiki page.  Let’s assume you already have an item written, and all image/file(s) selected. When in doubt, remember…  C REATE : How to build the page, upload files, display them on the page.  T INKER : Adjust formatting for readability.  N ARROW : Shorten original item to a blurb with link to AFS Wiki.

CTN: C is for CREATE (page 1 of 2) Put everything onto the Wiki. You can adjust and modify later!  Make a new page as a News Item. Click your new link, and click the Edit tab.  Paste in all of your text.  Open a New Tab, open the AFS Wiki again, and go to upload page.  Upload:  These file types are the only approved types for upload to the Wiki. png, jpg, gif, eps, pdf, doc, wmv (video!), mp3 (sound!), xls, ppt, odt,ods  See next page for Upload details.

CTN: C is for CREATE (page 2 of 2)  On upload page, Click Browse and attach file (top center).  Check Ignore Any Warnings box, then click Upload file button (far right).  When new page appears, copy the name of your files, and paste into your new Wiki page (bottom center). File:Nameoffile.format  Note: size limits (max: 4MB) are rigid.

CTN: T is for TINKER  Files for Display and Linking  You have already pasted the file name(s) you copied from the Upload page(s). Now modify:  Attachment/Document: [[Media:2014 AFS IEW Contest Finalist List.pdf]]  Image/Graphic: [[File:File.png|200px|thumb|left|alt text]]  px is short for “pixels,” or image size; alt text is space to write in a caption.  To get the vertical line symbol, hold SHIFT + press BACKSLASH (above ENTER key).  You lose bold, italics, and bullets when you make a wiki page, but let’s get them back!  Highlight text to format, and press Bold or Italics buttons.  Open Advanced drop-down for additional features.  Click Show preview or Save page button(s).

CTN: N is for NARROW  Return to your original text document.  Trim down the text, keeping it as narrow as possible.  Avoid unnecessary redundancy.  Include a link! (Bit.ly trims size of link, enables click tracking)  Send new blurb to CTN submitter.

CTN: Create, Tinker, Narrow YOU’RE DONE!

Wiki Tables: How to build a table within Wiki  Bottom line: time-consuming but possible.  You cannot copy and paste a table/chart, unless you take a screenshot (Print Scrn key, next to F12 key) of an Excel file, and upload that image to the AFS wiki.  In Edit mode, click Advanced button, then press the Table icon (1, to the left) to create a blank table.  Adjust to your liking (# of rows, columns, sortable) and click Insert button (2, bottom left).  A blank table will appear in your page. Replace Header text with column titles; replace Cell text with cell data. tables

Wiki Tables: An Easy Method for Complex Charts  Open a new browser tab, and follow this link:  Open an excel spreadsheet.  Copy any cells that you’ll want displayed as a table in the Wiki.  Paste into link below, and press Submit Query button.  Copy result and paste into your wiki page (must be in Edit mode).  Save or preview your page.

Minor But Important Note(s)  The AFS Wiki Catalog [[Category: Sponsored Programs]]  Dormant attachments and untethered pages get deleted.  To link from one page to another, just add [[Page Title]] to the body of the page.  You can re-label your attachments/files with this symbol | (hold SHIFT + press BACKSLASH)  New title will be on the right side of the symbol. See below.  [[Media:2014 AFS IEW Contest Finalist List.pdf | 2014 IEW Contest Finalists List]]

Questions? Suggestions for Update? THANK YOU.