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Main Administrative Home

This page is the starting point for maintaining the information in this web site. This web site is intended to host public information about St Andrews Presbyterian Church and the various programs sponsored by the Church. Do not use this site for confidential or private information.

The StAndrewsNC web site is a WikiWikiWeb implemented using PmWiki software. Simply put, information in this site is displayed as WikiPages. Multiple WikiPages containing related information are gathered into WikiGroups. Each WikiGroup has its own set of administrators responsible for maintaining the information on the various WikiPages. A group administrator may view any page and edit the pages in their group only. The site administrator has full read/write access to all groups and pages. Each WikiGroup can be customized with its own "look and feel". Specific pages are identified by their WikiGroup/WikiPage. For example, you are currently looking at the GroupAdmin WikiPage within the Main WikiGroup. The current group and page are shown at the top of the menu on the left of the screen.

Click the links below to learn more about this site.

• Descriptions of the site's WikiGroups
• List of site features
• Learn about basic editing
• List of current attachments
• Browse the PmWiki documentation group
• Visit the PmWiki site at http://www.pmwiki.org

Group Descriptions

Church

The Church group contains a variety of pages describing the church and its activities.

Day Care

The DayCare group contains information about the Day Care Center located at St Andrews.

CS962

This group is used by Cub Scout Pack 962. The Pack is chartered by St Andrews Presbyterian Church.

Troop962

This group is used by Boy Scout Troop 962. The Troop is chartered by St Andrews Presbyterian Church.

GS163

This group is the home of Girl Scout USA Troop 163. The troop is hosted by St Andrews Presbyterian Church.

Main

This group is the default group for a PmWiki site. It also houses some of the components needed to run and manage the site.

PmWiki

The PmWiki group is used to house general documentation about the PmWiki software.

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Basic Editing

Editing a page

1. Browse to any page within the group that you administer.
2. Click the "group admin" in the lower left corner of the screen.
3. You will be prompted to enter your group admin password.
4. Once you successfully enter the password, you will be brought to this page.
5. Use the side bar on the left to browse to the page you wish to edit.
6. Click "edit page" on the lower left to edit the page.
7. Click the "Save" button when done editing to save your work.

• The "Preview" button displays a preview of what the edited page will look like (scroll down to see it).
• The "Reset" button resets the text back to its original state before you started editing it.
• To cancel your edit without saving, just hit the back button in your browser.

Adding pictures or other files

1. Make sure you are logged in (you should see the "upload" option at the bottom of the sidebar menu).
2. Browse to any page in the group that you administer.
3. Click the "upload" option from the lower left corner.
4. You will be presented with a form to upload an attachment.
5. Use the "Browse" button to locate the file you wish to attach on your PC.
6. In the "Name attachment as" field, type in a filename to identify your attachment on the website. It does not need to match the filename on your PC. Do not use spaces in the filename.
7. Click the "Upload" button to begin the upload.
8. Once your upload is successfully completed, browse to the page where you want to use the attachement.
9. Edit the page (click the "edit page" option from the sidebar menu).
10. Add the text Attach:filename.xxx to the page (replace filename.xxx with the filename you entered under "Name attachement as".

Creating a new page

1. Make sure you are logged in (you should see the "edit sidebar" option at the bottom of the sidebar menu).
2. Click "edit sidebar".
3. Copy the first menu entry (ex. [[Church.HomePage | Church Home]]) & paste it where you want your new page to appear in the menu.
4. Make sure you leave a blank line above & below entries.
5. Replace the page name (ex. HomePage) with your new page name.
6. Change the menu text (ex. Church Home) to whatever you want to appear on the menu. Keep it short.
7. Save the sidebar page and the normal sidebar page will appear with your new menu entry.
8. The new menu entry will appear with a dashed line and a `? to indicate that it points to an empty page.
9. Click the new entry and begin editing.

Deleting a page

1. Make sure you are logged in (you should see the "edit page" option at the bottom of the sidebar menu).
2. Browse to the page you wish to delete using the sidebar menu.
3. Once you are on the desired page, click the "edit page" option.
4. Delete all of the old text from the page.
5. Add the single word "delete" to the page and save it.
6. All links to the deleted page will still exist and must be removed.

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Feature Descriptions

Side Bar

The side bar page is used to create the menu on the left. The side bar is divided into three sections.

Side Bar - top

The top section is included from the default side bar in the Main group. It displays the current group and page names.

Side Bar - middle

The middle section is customized for each group. It is used to navigate the pages contained within the group.

Side Bar - bottom

This section is also taken from the Main.SideBar. It displays the actions available to the user depending upon their access level. For example, edit page only appears if the user has edit access to the current page.

SearchWiki

The search box in the upper right corner is used to search the site. Entering a "/" alone will display a list of all pages and groups. Clicking the SearchWiki link will bring up the Main.SearchWiki page with additional instructions.

Page Footer

The bottom of each page shows the site administrator's email address, the date the current page was last edited and the copyright notice.

Edit page

The edit page shows quick edit buttons along the top of the edit area that insert formatting codes in the text being edited. You must click the SAVE button below the edit area to save any changes. The RESET button returns the text to its original state without cancelling the editing session. PREVIEW displays a preview of the edited text without saving the changes. You must click SAVE to complete the editing session. To stop an editing session without saving, use your browser's BACK button. An optional Author field is available to "sign" the page.

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Attachment List for the `Main group

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