The Cheshire Environment Wiki has been set up for the benefit of everyone interested in the Environment and Sustainable Living in Cheshire - from 'expat' Wirral in the west to Macclesfield in the east; 'newcomer' Warrington in the north to Nantwich in the south.
Here you'll find:
- links to local websites (are we short of any?)
- a Green Guide (please edit!)
- forums (join in!)
- articles in preparation for publication (this is currently for the Vale Royal Environment Network Newsletter, but why stop there?)
- News and Announcements
WHY A WIKI?
A wiki is a website that is created by you, the users. It is bottom-up, not top-down like a typical website. Some wikis sit on the servers of their creators: that wasn't an option for us, so we chose wikidot. Which means the server is somewhere in the US… Thanks, wikidot and US!
In order to participate, click here. Unfortunately, wikidot cannot handle hotmail addresses - hotmail's spam filter is over-aggressive. If you've a hotmail address, please supply us with an alternative email address (eg from work) for activation purposes; after that you'll be able to use the wiki from home using the same address for logging on.
ENJOY!
The following is left here temporarily for reference
If this is your first site
Then there are some things you need to know:
- You can configure all security and other settings online, using the Site Manager. When you invite other people to help build this site they don't have access to the Site Manager unless you make them administrators like yourself. Check out the Permissions section.
- Your Wikidot site has two menus, one at the side called 'nav:side', and one at the top called 'nav:top'. These are Wikidot pages, and you can edit them like any page.
- To edit a page, go to the page and click the Edit button. You can change everything in the main area of your page. The Wikidot language is easy to learn but powerful.
- You can attach images and other files to any page, then display them and link to them in the page.
- Every Wikidot page has a history of edits, and you can undo anything. So feel secure, and experiment.
- You can choose different themes in the Site Manager, and you can write your own theme if you know CSS.
- To start a forum on your site, see the Site Manager » Forum.
- The license for this Wikidot site has been set to Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 License. If you want to change this, use the Site Manager.
- If you want to learn more, make sure you visit the Documentation section at www.wikidot.com
If you've already created other sites
Then we don't need to tell you how addictive Wikidot is. But maybe it's worth reminding you of some of the advanced Wikidot features:
- You can run your Wikidot site on its own web domain name.
- You can use Google Analytics to measure traffic going to your site.
- Soon, we'll be offering you advertising options to create revenue from your sites.
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