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Thank you for helping us build Teampedia! The more activities you add, the larger and more useful this database will be!
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'''Adding an activity to Teampedia is easy!'''
 
'''Adding an activity to Teampedia is easy!'''
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* Make sure you are on the "Main Page".  
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* Once you are ready to create an article just enter the article name below and press "Create Activity"
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* This will take you to a templated page where you can enter all the information about your activity
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* You can press "Show preview" to preview what your final version will look like.
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* And make sure you press "Save Page" to save your activity!
  
* Click on the "edit" tab right above the section titled "Full List of Team Building Activities"
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<createarticle>
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type=createarticle
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preload=Template:Activity
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buttonlabel=Create Activity
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</createarticle>
  
* Below the last item on the list write this (making sure you surround the title with double brackets):
 
  
<nowiki>| [[name of the activity you'd like to add]]</nowiki>
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'''THANK YOU for contributing to Teampedia!'''
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* Press "Save page" at the bottom of the screen. When you return to the [[Main Page]], and the text you entered in between the brackets will now be a link to a new page in <font color="red">red</font>. Just click on that link and start typing!
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* '''To keep the page consistent with the formatting of other activities you can add this [[Template:Activity | Activity Template]] to your page by copying and pasting this code onto the page, and pressing "save."
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To play around with editing formats visit the [[Sandbox]]
<nowiki>{{subst:Template:Activity}}</nowiki>
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* Once you save, you will notice the template headers on your new page. When you are in edit mode, the headers have equal signs "<nowiki>====</nowiki>" before and after each heading so they stand out.
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* You can type in the appropriate information after each header.
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* The '''Objectives''' and '''Group Size''' headers have special code in them which link that activities to others that are similar, e.g.:
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<nowiki>
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[[Category:Icebreakers/Warmups]] [[:Category:Icebreakers/Warmups| Icebreakers/Warmups]]
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[[Category:Small]] [[:Category:Small| Small]]
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</nowiki>
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* Feel free to delete any line of code for a category which does not apply to your new activity or add in a line following the same syntax for a new category.
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* As you type, periodically hit "Save Page" at the bottom of the screen. After you save your information, it will take you back to the page and out of edit mode.
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NOTE: Make sure you wait until this happens or else your information will be lost!
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* You can hit "show preview" at the bottom of the page to get a look at what your final version will look like.
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* And don't forget to "save page"!!
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'''THANK YOU for contributing to Teampedia!'''
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Revision as of 02:46, 11 June 2007

Adding an activity to Teampedia is easy!

  • Once you are ready to create an article just enter the article name below and press "Create Activity"
  • This will take you to a templated page where you can enter all the information about your activity
  • You can press "Show preview" to preview what your final version will look like.
  • And make sure you press "Save Page" to save your activity!

<createarticle>

type=createarticle
preload=Template:Activity
buttonlabel=Create Activity

</createarticle>


THANK YOU for contributing to Teampedia!


To play around with editing formats visit the Sandbox