Help Guide to tivohelp

Welcome! This website is a collaborative environment where any page can be edited. This simple concept is amazingly powerful. You can think of it as a cross between email and a web site. It's a place for people to communicate. Here are the basics for using this website:

• What do the buttons at the top of the page do?

  Navigating explains what each button you see at the top of the website does.

• How do I create a new page?

  Click on the Edit button at the top of the page on which you want to create the link to the new page. Type the new page name with an asterisk before and after, e.g. *Human Resources Page*. Then click on the save button at the top of the edit page. You will now see the name of the new page.

  Click on the link next to the page name that says "create" and you will be taken to the new page. Type in whatever you want and click on the save button at the top of that page to create the new page.

• How do I link to an existing page?

  Click on the edit button at the top of the page on which you want to create the link to the new page. Type the name of the page to which you want to link, with an asterisk before and after, e.g. *Human Resources Page*.

  You can add anchors to places within a page by adding a line starting with '@' (e.g. '@A Section'). Anchors are used to link to a specific section of a page. Once you add an anchor, you can then link to an anchor as follows '*Page Name@A Section*'. You can omit the page name if the section is on the same page as the link.

  Any link can be given an alias. An alias is a name that appears on the page in place of the actual page name or URL. To create an alias type the alias name, then '>', then the page name. For example to create an alias to a company employment manual, you would type '*My Company's Employment Manual>employment manual*'.

• How do I add a link to an email address?

  A link to an email address will open the user's email program and create a new mail message addressed to the email address of the link. You can create email links by putting the email address between '*'s (e.g. *name@domain.com*). Links to email addresses can also be given aliases (e.g. *John>john@yourcompany.com*)

• How do I add links to pages outside this website?

  To link to a page anywhere on the web, type the page address between '*'s. E.g.*://www.yourcompany.com/welcome.html*. Links to web pages can also be given aliases (e.g. *Our company website>://www.yourcompany.com/welcome.html*).

• How do I add an image?

  Click on the Files button at the top of the page. Press the "Add Document" button on that page. To select the image from your computer, press the "Browse" button. Once you select the image on your computer, press the "Open" button and then the "OK" button. The name of the image will appear on the list of uploaded files.

  Then click on the edit button at the top of the page on which you want to add the image. Type in the name of the image exactly as it appears on the list of uploaded files, with a '*+' before and a '+*' after, e.g. *+CorporateLogo.gif+*. If you have uploaded the image into a subfolder that you created, make sure that you include the name of the folder in the link, e.g. *+myimagefolder/CorporateLogo.gif+*. Then click on the save button at the top of the edit page. The image will then appear on that page.

• How do I add a Word, Excel or other document?

  Follow the instructions above for adding an image and linking to it. A link to the document will be created on the page.

  If the document is a document for Word or Excel, this link enables users who use Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 4 or 5 to open the document directly in their browser if they have Word or Excel on their computer. Netscape and other browser users can download the document to their computer and open the document manually in Word or Excel.

• How do I create bulleted lists, horizontal lines, and tables?

  See our Text Formatting Rules.

• Do I have to know HTML to edit pages?

  No. These pages are designed to work without HTML, or HyperText Markup Language, which is the language used to create most web pages you see. Just type in whatever text you want to add, and hit save. You can create paragraphs by using the "Enter" or "Return" button, just as you do with your favorite word processor. You can also add features such as bulletted lists, horizontal lines, and tables without using HTML. See our Text Formatting Rules for more information.

• Can I add HTML if I want to?

  Yes. These pages will display properly formatted HTML code, provided that you do one of three things. First, you can check the box that says "Do not apply Swiki formatting" at the top of the Edit page. This prevents the carriage returns from being applied. Alternatively, you can manually remove the carriage returns from your HTML. Third, you can put the HTML between '<HTML>' and '</HTML>' tags. This is useful if you want to provide users with an area where they can add non-HTML content on the same page.

  Here are a few HTML tags:

  • To make something bold, surround it with '<b>' and '</b>'.
  • To make something italicized, surround it with: '<i>' and '</i>'.
  • To underline something, surround it with: '<u>' and '</u>'.
  
  

• Someone deleted some content on a page. How do I rollback a page to a previous version?

  Click on the History button at the top of the page. You will see all of the previous versions of that page. If you created the website or have administrative privileges to the site, you will also see a red circular arrow to the right of each version. Click on the arrow to restore the page to that version. This powerful feature can prevent accidental deletion as well as any attempts at vandalism!.

• How do I hide the buttons at the top of the page?

  Click on the Edit button at the top of the page. Check the box next to 'Do not show buttons'. Then click on the save button at the top of the edit page. The page will now display without the buttons.

  To edit a page on which you have hidden the buttons, type '.edit' on the end of the page's url in the address line of your browser and press 'Return' or 'Enter' on your keyboard. This will take you directly to the edit page.

Navigating explains what each button on the page does.

Text Formatting Rules explains how to edit pages.

User Administration explains how to invite new users and manage existing users.

Site Administration explains how to rename the site, delete the site, and other features.