OpenWetWare:Getting started 2
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.
To access your user page, log in, then click on your username at the top right of any OpenWetWare page. Then, click on the 
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
|
Adding Content
| What You Type | What You Get |
===Contact Info=== Your Name Lab Address Phone or E-mail ===Education=== * Year-Year, PhD, Institute * Year-Year, MS, Institute * Year-Year, BS, Institute Fill in your educational background. ===Research Interests=== # Interest #1 # Interest #2 # Interest #3 Or add a brief description. |
Contact Info
Your Name Education
Research Interests
Or add a brief description. |
For something more snazzy, use this template!
You can see what your page now looks like by clicking 
.
Adding Links
| What You Type | What You Get |
'''Internal Link''' OpenWetWare pages [[Protocols]] ''External Link'' web addresses [http://www.pubmed.gov PUBMED] |
Internal Link OpenWetWare pages External Link web addresses |
Click 
and you're done!
Remember to save periodically; unsaved information will be lost if browser is closed.
Further Information
With these basics, you can easily edit your User Page.
- Detailed formatting information: simple wiki editing examples.
- Also, check out tutorial from wikipedia.
- To add pictures and tables to pages.
Set Up Your Lab Wiki
Redirect Your Lab Site
- The Endy lab webpage (http://web.mit.edu/endy) points directly to the Endy lab page on OpenWetWare. The primary advantage of this approach is that instead of a single member of the lab being responsible for maintaining the lab website, any member of the lab can easily edit and improve the site. The navigation bar, such as the one on the Endy research page, is useful for traversing through webpages within the site and gives some continuity to the lab pages.
Lab Page Templates
Below is a small selection of templates to get your lab page started.
- Click on link below image
- Copy + Paste onto your lab page
- Modify them to your liking!
Feel free to create your own unique lab format!
Organize Internal Lab Functions
- Labs can also uses the wiki for a number of lab internal functions. In the Endy internal site, lab members post information on their lab meetings, retreats, lab chores, ordering, etc. Again, since every member of the lab can edit the site and can access it from anywhere, it makes communication about administrative matters easier.
Orient New Lab Members
- The Lauffenburger lab posts up information for new lab members. This is especially useful for large labs that have a steady influx of new people and visitors. Rather than the lab manager having to go through all the procedures and answer a bunch of questions, you can just direct the new person to a site to save time.
