TechDocuments General Setup Information

The website that you are most likely looking at is a knowledge repository created via a wiki. For an explanation of what a wiki is, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikis

Stats Table

Wiki Software	Dokuwiki	http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki
Storage Location	UMBC AFS	/afs/umbc.edu/public/www/gradbusiness/techdocuments/
Medium	Web	http://www.umbc.edu/gradbusiness/techdocuments/
Medium	ASCII text1)	/afs/umbc.edu/public/www/gradbusiness/techdocuments/data/pages/

How You Should Create New Content

See the included wiki syntax for details.

Edit the homepage.
Add a new topic or link to the homepage as a link in a list. Try to stick to the existing format.
Save the homepage.
The new link can then be clicked on to take you to a “blank” page.
Create the new page that the link will point to for content.

Remember To Link Content

...for this is one of the nice things about webpages and wiki’s. You should link and cross reference as much information as you can. This helps in the understanding of unknown concepts and key terms that a reader may not be versed in.

See the included wiki syntax links section for details on how to link to exterior pages or pages on this wiki.

1) the text can be backed up or converted to other formats very easily