Creating a New wiki Page

To create a new page, create a link to it from an existing page. For example, if you do not already have a page called 'page 2', typing '[page 2]' will create a new, empty page called 'page 2'.

You can't use the following characters in an Wiki link or title:

• : Colon (this may change)
• @ At
• # Hash
• | Pipe
• \ Back-Slash

Viewing Pages

To move from page to page in Wiki, follow the links within each page. Links with a world icon beside them link to external websites or to attachments. These will open in a new window.

As you navigate around Wiki, your breadcrumb trail will appear at the top of the page. (A breadcrumb trail lists the pages that you have visited in order.) You can use this to return to any page at any time.

Unlike some wiki tools, Wiki does not have a separate menu to navigate through the pages. All navigation must be done through links on the pages.

Searching for Content

To search for content, type your search term in the search box and press 'return'. All pages on that wiki site containing your search terms will be listed. Don't forget that pages which are not in the wiki will not be searched. This includes other Sakai pages (e.g. Schedule, Syllabus) and attachments to the wiki.

This search will be recorded in your breadcrumb trail and you can return to your results page at any time.

Wiki will recognise the 'and' operator but not 'not' or 'or'. For example, searching for 'children and dahlias' will find pages which contain both the word 'children' and the word 'dahlias' but not pages which contain one of the words but not both.

Editing your pages

To edit the contents of a page, select the 'Edit' button at the top of the page. Make your changes in the text box. Then select the 'Save' button at the top of the page.  Your changes will appear in the wiki page for everyone to see.

If you receive a message Permission Denied when you try to edit a page, you do not have permission to update pages. If you think this is a mistake, you will need to talk to your site administrator to change this.

Formatting your page

When you edit the page, you will see a 'cheat sheet' displayed on the page to the right. This gives you a brief introduction to the codes used for text formatting in Wiki. The 'cheat sheet' links to a full help page. Use this help page to get full information on text formatting, including superscripts, different sorts of lists, etc.

Linking to another wiki page

To add a link to another Wiki page, type the name of that page within square brackets. For example, typing '[page 2]' will link to a page called 'page 2'.

If you accidentally delete something that you didn't want to, this is not a problem. See the page history for more details.

Linking to external web pages

To add a link to an external web page, type the full URL including 'http://'. For example, 'http://www.bbc.co.uk'.

You can also click 'external link', which will insert an example link which you can edit.

What happens if someone else is changing the page at the same time?

If someone else has edited and saved the page while you have been editing it, you will see a message to say that the page has altered, and their new page will be displayed above yours. You can then decide to overwrite their changes (using the 'overwrite' button) or to keep their changes (using the 'save' button).