OpenWetWare:Getting started/Editing your user page

1. Introduction

2. Editing your user page

3. Creating your lab wiki

4. Contributing to community pages

5. Becoming a power user

Starting Your User Page

Perhaps your user page is the most comfortable place for you to start editing. A brief description of who you are and what you are doing will help others feel comfortable with your edits and may even lead to productive collaborations.

Click on your username to edit

To access your user page, log in, then click on your username at the top right of any OpenWetWare page. Then, click on the edit tab. If nothing has been added to your page you will be brought directly to the edit screen.

Formatting

Breaking up your page into different sections will make it much easier to read. If you create enough different sections, a table of contents like the one at the top of this page will be created automatically.

What You Type	What You Get
Start your sections as follows: ==New section== ===Subsection=== ====Sub-subsection====	New section Subsection Sub-subsection Start with a second-level heading (==) as opposed to first-level headings (=). Use subsequent levels (second, third, then fourth levels). Table of Contents automatically adds to an article containing four+ sections. If appropriate, place subsections in an appropriate order (i.e. alphabetical, numerical, etc).

You can see what your page now looks like by clicking Show preview.

Adding Content

What You Type	What You Get
===Contact Info=== Your Name Lab Address Phone or E-mail ===Education=== * Years, PhD, Institute * Years, MS, Institute * Years, BS, Institute Fill in your educational background. ===Research Interests=== # Interest #1 # Interest #2 # Interest #3 Or add a brief description of your research interests.	Contact Info Your Name Lab Address Phone or E-mail Education Years, PhD, Institute Years, MS, Institute Years, BS, Institute Research Interests Interest #1 Interest #2 Interest #3 Or add a brief description of your research interests.

Adding Links

What You Type	What You Get
Internal Link - among OpenWetWare pages [[Protocols]] External Link - for other web addresses [http://www.pubmed.gov PUBMED]	Internal Link - among OpenWetWare pages Protocols External Link - for other web addresses PUBMED

Further Information

Now that you know some of the basics you can edit your user page as you please.

• The formatting we have described here is covered in somewhat greater detail at simple wiki editing examples.
• Also, check out this useful tutorial from wikipedia.
• If you're interested you can also add pictures and tables to pages.

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