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To make our resources easily navigable for community members, please follow these guidelines for creating, editing, and maintaining articles in our knowledge base. Each howdoi page should answer a question (ex. How do I find a list of Riverdale Google Calendars). This is so that articles stayed focused on the question at hand. | To make our resources easily navigable for community members, please follow these guidelines for creating, editing, and maintaining articles in our knowledge base. Each howdoi page should answer a question (ex. How do I find a list of Riverdale Google Calendars). This is so that articles stayed focused on the question at hand. | ||
== | == Before you begin writing your article == | ||
Every article should start with the <code><nowiki>{{abox}}</nowiki></code> template. With this template, you will fill in the following information to correctly categorize and maintain articles in our wiki. | Every article should start with the <code><nowiki>{{abox}}</nowiki></code> template. With this template, you will fill in the following information to correctly categorize and maintain articles in our wiki. | ||
[[File:Aboxsample.png|none|thumb]] | [[File:Aboxsample.png|none|thumb]] | ||
To use this template, you can either start typing <code><nowiki>{{abox}}</nowiki></code> and then search for the "abox" template, or you can click [https://howdoi.riverdale.edu/wiki/Template:Abox here for the abox template]. Once you copy and paste the code, click on '''''Edit source''''', and then paste the block of text (for the template) at the top of your article. Â | To use this template, you can either start typing <code><nowiki>{{abox}}</nowiki></code> and then search for the "abox" template, or you can click [https://howdoi.riverdale.edu/wiki/Template:Abox here for the abox template]. Once you copy and paste the code, click on '''''Edit source''''', and then paste the block of text (for the template) at the top of your article. Â | ||
== | ==Writing your article== | ||
Each howdoi page should answer a question (ex. How do I find a list of Riverdale Google Calendars). This is so that articles stayed focused on the question at hand. | |||
* each page starts with an <nowiki>{{abox}} and ends with a {{CategoryTemplate}}</nowiki> | * each page starts with an <nowiki>{{abox}} and ends with a {{CategoryTemplate}}</nowiki> | ||
* inline images (for instructions) are now added in a very particular way, with a variation of this code:<br> | * inline images (for instructions) are now added in a very particular way, with a variation of this code:<br> | ||