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If you are a member of FALC and wish to volunteer for an event or edit a page, please read the Cautions/Limits page after you finish this page and then select Log In (or Register) from the User section at the bottom of the Tools menu on the right. 

The first time you try to Log On you will be prompted to register.  Have a password in mind. Please use the same e-mail address that you have given to FALC previously.  You will have to respond to an e-mail message from Editme to complete the registration process.  It's essential that you record your User Name, e-mail address and Password to assure your future access to Wiki editing.

After logging in select the appropriate page from the Menu on the left and then select Edit from the Page section of the Tools menu on the right and make the appropriate changes. The editor will come up with the Content tab at the top of the page highlighted.  Stay on this tab as using the other tabs may result in a corrupted page. Everything that you need to do to edit a page can be done with the tools shown in the editor's toolbar. Please add your new text content at the top of the pages - just below the blue line.  If you are editing someone-else's entry it would be helpful to indicate your changes in color.  Note that there is a Line-Out-Text button.  If you are only volunteering for an event check Minor Edit and then Save at the bottom of the page - and you're finished!  More substantial changes should be given a few words of description - and you're finished!  Don't forget to Log Off.

There's really nothing to it.  It's very much like entering text into a message or Word document. New users should spend a few minutes learning the editor's functions by moving the cursor over each of the little tool icons in the toolbar at the top of the edit page. There's a lot of editing power available via the various tools. Some of the tools are also available by right clicking on highlighted text.

These Wiki pages are completely interactive and their usefulness depends on the input of the members.  Consistent with the Cautions/Limits page please feel free to use the Wiki pages as you see fit to promote FALC and the visual arts in general.  You are also encouraged to make corrections and remove outdated or inappropriate material.

Note:  Some of the links to the Wiki from the FALC main website will likely take you directly to the proper page for the editing action you wish to take.

If all you are doing with the Wiki is entering your name and info. on the volunteer pages you can stop reading here.  Others may want to read on:

If your content requires a table (as on the Office Volunteer Signup page) you may find it easier to design the table in Excel and then copy and paste it into your Wiki page.  Then right click on it, choose Table Properties and adjust the Width to 100%.  Printing out your table after members have made entries will be cleaner if: (1) only the table is highlighted and the browser's File--->Print--->Print Selection function is used, or (2) the table is copied back into Excel for printing.

If you do much entering of information you will probably want to install the spelling checker that works with the editor.  If you find that the "Install iespell?" link does not work the first time that you click on the Check Spelling button, go here to get a copy.

If you want to better understand how Editme works here are some helpful links:

(1)  You can practice using the Editme editor in the Editme "sandbox."  You will have to Log In, but you can use admin for the Name and demo for the Password.

(2)  The Editme Users' Wiki has links to several helpful pages.

(3)  The Editme Online Help page is a great source of info.  However, it may tell you more than you want to know.