Help:Tips

From PicoSatPortal

Using Categories

There are 4 main categories in PicoSatPortal :

• Articles
• Projects
• Participants
• Products&Services

When you add a new page, you should place it in one of these categories to make it visible to other members.

For that, you just have to add the magic word [[category:name_of_category]] at the end of your page.

Nota :

• If you create a page to announce a special event, use the category Events.
• Members is not a category. It is a special page showing every registered user who edited their personal page. To edit your personal page, click on your username on top of the website banner or use the write page.

Using banners

Banners are a sort of templates that you can include in a page. The most useful one is the Draft banner.

Place this banner on top of pages with missing information. This will incite other members to complete the page if they can.

To place this banner, simply write {{draft}} on top of a page in wikitext editing mode

Wiki Syntax	Result in article
{{draft}}	This article is a draft. If you think you can add information on it, please feel free to do so.
{{template}}	This page is a template Use it to easily create new articles through the write page. Once your page is created, remove this banner by removing the word {{template}} in wiki editing mode.

Including Templates

Some template pages have been created in order to make your life easier when creating a new article.

For example, when you create a new project using the corresponding button in the write page, a template is automatically preloaded.

However, if you follow a red link (internal link to an empty page) about a CubeSat project, there will be no preloaded templates but you can load one in three simple steps :

• Add the magic word {{subst:project}} in your empty page.

• Save the page. The "project" template will appear.
  
• Edit your page to complete and customize it.
  

You can also use of the {{subst:name_of_template}} command to add a floating information box at the right of your article, as in this article.

The syntax is then {{subst:infobox}} or {{subst:infobox rocket}}.