Editing and Posting

How to Use The Wiki 

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. 2007 members have been preapproved for the same e-mail address that has been given to FALC previously - use it for speedy approval.  You will have to respond to an e-mail message from Editme to complete the registration process.

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 and make the appropriate changes. Please add your totally new text content at the top of the pages - just below the blue line.  If you are editing someone elses 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.   It would help most new users to spend a few minutes learning the editor's functions by moving the cursor over each of the little icons in the toolbar at the top of the edit page.   There's a lot that can be done by clicking on the right tool.

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.

Sometimes none of the existing pages on the menu on the left will be suitable for the content that you envision.  When this is the case please contact the webmaster at 851-2542 to discuss your need and to select a name for your new page or pages.  The webmaster will then establish the page and put a link to it on the left menu, and it will be ready for you to add your content.  Note that subpages can be added to the Discussion Page without involving the Webmaster.

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.