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Before you start with the first data entry, please contact ingrid.matschinegg@oeaw.ac.at for the user account.  
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Before you start with the first data entry, please contact ingrid.matschinegg@oeaw.ac.at for the user account. Data input should be done by registered contributors only.  
Data input should be done by registered contributors only.
 
  
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== How to create a single entry for a source document the animalwiki?  ==
  
== How to create a single entry for a source document the animalwiki? ==
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'''Step one:''' Log in with your personal user name and password.<br>
  
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'''Step two:'''<br>
  
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Choose a title for your entry or a corpus of your entries (e.g.,&nbsp; "Cats in letters", "Cattle trade", "Removing lice from one's hair") and write it into the search field. <br>
  
'''Step one:'''
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If this title doesn't yet exist you are asked to create a new page that automatically gets this title. <br>
  
Click at the "sources" button on the navigation-bar
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If this title already exists you can open the page and continue the entry with new data.<br>
and navigate to the type of source you have information about.
 
  
Choose the region and period for the piece of information you want to document and click on the field at the table
 
  
  
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'''Step two:
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'''Step three:'''<br>
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If it is the first document in this group, a new window will open. Give the sourcepiece a short title and put it in [[]]
 
  
eg. [[xyz]] and click on the save button. After saving this, the title appears in red letters - which indicates a link to a new document which is empty.
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Enter your text. For text formats use the "rich editor" or insert the formatting characters.
  
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Click on the title of your new document - an empty editor field opens.
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Click at the "sources" button on the navigation-bar and navigate to the type of source you have information about.  
  
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Choose the region and period for the piece of information you want to document and click on the field at the table
  
'''Step three:'''
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Enter your text. For text formats use the editor or insert the formatting characters. 
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'''Step two:''' If it is the first document in this group, a new window will open. Give the sourcepiece a short title and put it in [[]]
  
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eg. [[Xyz]] and click on the save button. After saving this, the title appears in red letters - which indicates a link to a new document which is empty.
  
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<br> Click on the title of your new document - an empty editor field opens.
  
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== Embedding images ==
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Allowed image formats are: jpg png gif
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== Embedding images  ==
  
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Allowed image formats are: jpg png gif
  
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<br> Upload is possible for registered users only. Click on the Upload file button in the toolbox
Upload is possible for registered users only. Click on the Upload file button in the toolbox
 

Revision as of 08:46, 1 June 2012

Before you start with the first data entry, please contact ingrid.matschinegg@oeaw.ac.at for the user account. Data input should be done by registered contributors only.


How to create a single entry for a source document the animalwiki?

Step one: Log in with your personal user name and password.


Step two:

Choose a title for your entry or a corpus of your entries (e.g.,  "Cats in letters", "Cattle trade", "Removing lice from one's hair") and write it into the search field.

If this title doesn't yet exist you are asked to create a new page that automatically gets this title.

If this title already exists you can open the page and continue the entry with new data.



Step three:

Enter your text. For text formats use the "rich editor" or insert the formatting characters.


Click at the "sources" button on the navigation-bar and navigate to the type of source you have information about.

Choose the region and period for the piece of information you want to document and click on the field at the table


Step two: If it is the first document in this group, a new window will open. Give the sourcepiece a short title and put it in [[]]

eg. Xyz and click on the save button. After saving this, the title appears in red letters - which indicates a link to a new document which is empty.


Click on the title of your new document - an empty editor field opens.



Embedding images

Allowed image formats are: jpg png gif



Upload is possible for registered users only. Click on the Upload file button in the toolbox