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Here are the steps to follow: | Here are the steps to follow: | ||
| − | + | # Create a link to the new article on this wiki by editing a portal page or the article that you want to be the parent of the new article. For example, <code><nowiki>[[Article Name|Link Text]]</nowiki></code> yields [[Article Name|Link Text]]. | |
| − | + | # Please name your pages in TitleCase, with underscores between words, for instance, "Tutorial_Linux_Getting_Started". You can not put spaces in page names. | |
| − | + | # Click on that link to bring up the edit page. Type a title and save it. | |
| − | + | # Note the url of this new page. | |
| − | + | # In another window, go to the old page. | |
| − | + | # Choose edit. | |
| − | + | # Copy all the source off the old page, and paste it into your favorite editor. | |
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:: at the top of the old page, type the following line: | :: at the top of the old page, type the following line: | ||
:: <code><nowiki>[[module Redirect destination="http://www.example.com/base/"]]</nowiki></code> | :: <code><nowiki>[[module Redirect destination="http://www.example.com/base/"]]</nowiki></code> | ||
| − | :: replacing the url with the url of your new page you noted in step | + | :: replacing the url with the url of your new page you noted in step 4. |
| − | + | # Go back to your editor. | |
| − | + | # Replace all <code>[[[</code> with <code>[[</code> | |
| − | + | # Replace all <code>]]]</code> with <code>]]</code> | |
| − | + | # Replace all <code>**</code> with <code><nowiki>'''</nowiki></code> | |
| − | + | # Replace all <code>//</code> with <code><nowiki>''</nowiki></code> | |
| − | + | # Find all lines that start with + or ++ or +++ or ++++ | |
| − | + | # Edit them so that the line is enclosed in the same number of = signs == This is header 2 == (note that spaces are required.) | |
| − | + | # Paste the result into the new-page window in the new wiki | |
| − | + | # Save. | |
| − | + | # Perform any clean-up editing required. In particular you may need to edit links to other pages. | |
'''[[A list of existing pages that need to be converted can be found here]]''' | '''[[A list of existing pages that need to be converted can be found here]]''' | ||
Revision as of 06:48, 20 July 2009
Please help us convert pages from the old wiki.
Here are the steps to follow:
- Create a link to the new article on this wiki by editing a portal page or the article that you want to be the parent of the new article. For example,
[[Article Name|Link Text]]yields Link Text. - Please name your pages in TitleCase, with underscores between words, for instance, "Tutorial_Linux_Getting_Started". You can not put spaces in page names.
- Click on that link to bring up the edit page. Type a title and save it.
- Note the url of this new page.
- In another window, go to the old page.
- Choose edit.
- Copy all the source off the old page, and paste it into your favorite editor.
- at the top of the old page, type the following line:
[[module Redirect destination="http://www.example.com/base/"]]- replacing the url with the url of your new page you noted in step 4.
- Go back to your editor.
- Replace all
[[[with[[ - Replace all
]]]with]] - Replace all
**with''' - Replace all
//with'' - Find all lines that start with + or ++ or +++ or ++++
- Edit them so that the line is enclosed in the same number of = signs == This is header 2 == (note that spaces are required.)
- Paste the result into the new-page window in the new wiki
- Save.
- Perform any clean-up editing required. In particular you may need to edit links to other pages.
A list of existing pages that need to be converted can be found here