Thank you for helping us build Teampedia! The more activities you =To add, an activity just enter the larger name of the activity in the box below and more useful this database press "Create Activity"=* This will betake you to a templated page where you can enter all the information about your activity.* You can press "Show preview" to preview what your final version will look like.* And make sure you press "Save Page" at the bottom of the page to save your activity!* To play around with editing formats visit our [[Sandbox]]* Or for more info on editing formats visit the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wikipedia:Cheatsheet]<center>
'''Adding an activity to Teampedia is easy!'''
* Make sure you are on the "Main Page". <inputbox>type=create* Click on the "edit" tab right above the section titled "Full List of Team Building Activities" buttonlabel=Create Activitypreload=Template:Activity</inputbox>
* Below the last item on the list write this (making sure '''Thank you surround the title with double brackets):for contributing to Teampedia!'''</center>
<nowiki>| [[name of the activity you'd like to add]]</nowiki>
* Press "Save page" at the bottom of the screen. When you return to the [[Main Page]], and the text you entered in between the brackets will now be a link =Alternate methods to a new page in <font colorcreate pages:="red">red</font>. Just click on that link and start typing!
* '''To keep the There are several ways to start a new page consistent with . These can vary based on the formatting type of other activities you can add this [[Template:Activity | Activity Template]] to your page by copying and pasting this code onto started, as well as the page, wiki and pressing "savenamespace." <nowiki>{{subst:Template:Activity}}</nowiki>
* Once you save, you will notice the template headers on your new page== Using Wikilinks ==MediaWiki makes it very easy to link wiki pages using a standard syntax (see [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links Help:Links]). When If you are in edit mode(or anyone else) create a link to an article that doesn't exist yet, the headers have equal signs "link will be coloured red, <nowiki>===span style="color: #ba0000">like this</nowikispan>" before and after each heading so they stand out.
* You can Clicking a red link will take you to the edit page for the new article. Simply type in your text, click save and the appropriate information after each headernew page will be created.
* The '''Objectives''' and '''Group Size''' headers have special code in them which Once the page has been created, the link that activities to others that are similar, e.g.will change from <span style="color: #ba0000">red<nowiki/span> [[Categoryto <span style="color:Icebreakers#002bb8;">blue</Warmups]] [[span> (<span style="color:Category:Icebreakers/Warmups| Icebreakers/Warmups]] [[Category:Small]] [[:Category:Small| Small]] #5a3696;">purple</nowikispan>for pages you've visited) indicating that the article now exists.
* Feel free to delete any line of code for Creating a category which does not apply page this way means that right from the start, the page will be linked from at least one other place on the wiki (and typically you will want to your new activity or add in a line following the same syntax for a new categorymesh it into other related pages later).
* As == From the search page ==If you type, periodically hit "Save Page" at search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box and “{{int:go}}” button on the bottom left of the screen. After page) then you save your information, it will take you back be provided with a link to create the new page and out of edit mode. NOTE: Make sure you wait until this happens or else your information will be lost!
* == Using the URL ==You can hit "show preview" at the bottom of use the wiki's URL for creating a new page .The URL to get a look at what your final version will look an article on this wiki is likethis:<code><nowiki>http://www.teampedia.net/wiki/index.php?title=</nowiki> '''ARTICLE'''</code>
* And donIf you replace <code>'t forget ''ARTICLE'''</code> with the name of the page you wish to "save create, you will be taken to a blank pagewhich indicates that no article of that name exists yet. Clicking the "!!{{int:edit}}" at the top of the page will take you to the edit page for that article, where you can create the new page by typing your text, and clicking submit.
== Create redirects to your new page == Don'''THANK YOU t forget to set up redirects when you create a page. If you think another person may search for contributing to Teampedia!''the page you've created by using a different name or spelling, please create the proper redirect(s). See [[Help:Redirects]].
