How to Post your File to a Wiki.

Create a space and add your information

1. Using your browser, navigate to the wiki

The ALA Conference Materials Archive at http://presentations.ala.org/index.php?title=Main_Page, which had been used for posting presentations given at ALA meetings, is currently being rethought and retooled because of the severe spam it has endured. No one can post to it at this time.

Try posting presentations to the specific event wiki (e.g., Midwinter 2011, http://alamw.ala.org/2011/index.php?title=Main_Page) under Pre-Midwinter Institutes, Interest Groups, or Special Events. Don't forget to post either a link to the wiki or the content itself to ALA Connect. 

2. Create an account and log in

The link for creating an account is in the upper-right corner of the screen, in blue text: Log in / create account. It's a simple email process with a verification that should take about a minute.

After you’ve logged in, click the square logo in the top-left corner to get back to the Main Page.

3. Find where to put your information

On the Main Page, click on the date of your session.

To add a listing for your event, click the “edit” tab at the top of the screen.

The editing screen will open and you will add your event information like this:

==Event Title==

Date, Time, location

Sponsoring group name

Description of event

List of speakers

The equals signs on each side of the Event Title are code that indicate the text will be a second-level head. The empty line between lines of text create line breaks.

Scroll down the page and save your work. Your can preview it first if you wish. Just be sure to save.

Uploading a File to the wiki

1. Upload

In the “toolbox” section of the left-had navigation, click on the “Upload File” link

Browse for the file. Optional: Add a summary.

Click the Upload file button.

2. Get the link to your file

The next screen will have a heading: “Image: Your File Name”. Under the heading on the left side will be the name of your file displayed as a link.

Copy the link to your file by right-clicking on it and selecting “Copy Link Location” or “Copy Shortcut.”

3. Add File Link to Your Entry

Navigate back to your page by clicking the logo in the top-right corner and selecting the date of your event. Your entry should appear now and there should be a link to [edit] on the far-right side. Click edit.

In edit mode,

1) paste the URL onto the page

2) Make the text a link by adding a single square bracket around the URL. [http://presentations.ala.org/images/3/3c/yourdocname.doc] It will display like this:

[1]

Optional: You can add a title for the item by leaving a space between the URL and the title like this: [http://presentations.ala.org/images/3/3c/yourdocname.doc Presentation Test Document] It will display like this:

Presentation Test Document

Save your work before you exit the editing screen.

4. Proofread your page and make sure the link works.

Learn More

If you’d like to learn more about wikis or practice using one, use ALA’s wiki that’s been specifically designed as a practice area. It’s called the wiki sandbox and in addition to being a functional wiki that you can work with it’s also full of instructions and information to help you learn about wikis and best practices.

http://training.ala.org/sandboxwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

The wiki also links to the ALA Wiki Guide ( http://training.ala.org/wikis/wikiguide.pdf), which contains the Style Cheat Sheet.