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== New markup ==
<<TableOfContents(3)>>

== News ==
=== Hosting sponsor ===
The wiki is hosted on a new machine. The hardware and bandwith are sponsored by [[http://www.dg-i.net/|Dembach Goo Informatics (dg-i.net)]].

=== New wiki markup ===
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 [[http://debian.org/]], [[FrontPage]], [[DebPkg:dash]]<<BR>>
 [[http://debian.org/|Website]], [[FrontPage|Wiki]], [[DebPkg:dash|Dash]]
 [[http://www.debian.org]], [[FrontPage]], [[DebPkg:dash]]<<BR>>
 [[http://wwW.debian.org|The website]], [[FrontPage|The wiki]], [[DebPkg:dash|Dash]] package...
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 [[http://debian.org/]], [[FrontPage]], [[DebPkg:dash]]<<BR>>
 [[http://debian.org/|Website]], [[FrontPage|Wiki]], [[DebPkg:dash|Dash]]
 [[http://www.debian.org]], [[FrontPage]], [[DebPkg:dash]]<<BR>>
 [[http://wwW.debian.org|The website]], [[FrontPage|The wiki]], [[DebPkg:dash|Dash]] package...
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 Note that moinmoin 1.7 automatically create anchors based on headers text.  Note that moinmoin 1.7 automatically create anchors based on the headers title.
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'''More about moinmoin...''' See also ''[[HelpOnLinking#Ifyouusedmoinbefore...|If you used moin before...]]'', and release infos of moinmoin [[MoinMoin:MoinMoinRelease1.6#A1.6.0_release_infos|1.6]] and [[http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinRelease1.7#A1.7.0_release_infos|1.7]] . '''See also'''
 {i}
''[[HelpOnLinking#Ifyouusedmoinbefore...|If you used moin before...]]'', and release infos of moinmoin [[MoinMoin:MoinMoinRelease1.6#A1.6.0_release_infos|1.6]] and [[http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinRelease1.7#A1.7.0_release_infos|1.7]] .
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== Accounts ==
 * You can change your theme (previous theme was {{{rightsidebar}}}. The current one is {{{modern}}}).
 * You can now rename your account (make sure you _rename_ your homepage).
Click on <<GetText(Settings)>>, then <<GetText(Preferences)>>
=== Secure https access ===
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== FAQ ==
 ''(none yet)''
You can now use https to securely sign into the wiki.

 Note: When you publish an URL (in mailing list, bug reports...), we recommend that you do not post https URL (to avoid "untrusted" SSL certificates problems)

=== Anti-spam ===

Very soon, we are going to enable a tool to help preventing spam. This is a text based WikiPedia:CAPTCHA (named [[MoinMoin:HelpOnTextCha|TextChas]]). Before saving a page, you will need to answer a ''challenge'' like shown in the picture below:
 {{attachment:TextCha.png}}

=== New Theme ===
||<tablestyle="float:right; width:100px; background:transparent; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em; border-style:none;"> {{attachment:rightsidebar_tn.png}}<<BR>>The old {{{rightsidebar}}} theme.||

The wiki has switched to moinmoin's current theme ({{{modern}}}).

If you have an old account on the wiki, you might want to select the current theme, in your account preferences (Click on "<<GetText(Settings)>>", then "<<GetText(Preferences)>>").
<<BR>>
<<BR>>
<<BR>>
<<BR>>

== Hints and Tips ==

=== Renaming your account ===
You can now rename your account (make sure you _rename_ your wiki homepage too). Click on <<GetText(Settings)>>, then <<GetText(Preferences)>>


=== Team homepages ===
 * The wiki.debian.org/Teams/${team} is a good place to get new contributors...
 * A "News" section is a good idea (with links to interesting mails like "Bits from $FooBar team", interesting threads on the mailing list, like squeeze road-map and status updates)

=== Important/Permanent material ===
If you link to your wiki page from some Debian material (alioth, documentation, package...), then add the page to the category "[[CategoryPermalink]]" so we can prevent 404s. Also make sure use use http link (i.e not https).

=== Watch your favourite pages ===
You can subscribe to the pages that matters to you, so you are notified of contributions to those pages.

== Credits ==

Big thanks to the DDs that handled the hard work migrating the wiki (pabs, luca and zobel).
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 * DebianWiki migrated Announcement ~-<<BR>>http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/03/msg00884.html -~
## == Done ==
## Review "EditedSystemP
ages"
## Review InterWikiMap
## Update the DebianWiki/EditorGuide
## Send an announcement http://lists
.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/03/msg00884.html
## * DebianWiki migrated Announcement ~-<<BR>>http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/03/msg00884.html -~
 * The [[MigrationStatus]] page.

The Wiki was migrated to moinmoin 1.7. Here are some things you might want to know:

News

Hosting sponsor

The wiki is hosted on a new machine. The hardware and bandwith are sponsored by Dembach Goo Informatics (dg-i.net).

New wiki markup

The markup is much more consitent than is used to be:

Links : Links are now written between double square brackets:

  •  [[http://www.debian.org]], [[FrontPage]], [[DebPkg:dash]]<<BR>>
     [[http://wwW.debian.org|The website]], [[FrontPage|The wiki]], [[DebPkg:dash|Dash]] package...
    • is rendered as:
    Note that moinmoin 1.7 automatically create anchors based on the headers title.

Macros: Macros are now written between angular brackets 1:

  •  <<TableOfContents()>>, <<BR>>, <<Anchors(foobar)>>, <<FootNote(This is a test Footnote!)>>

See also


Secure https access

You can now use https to securely sign into the wiki.

  • Note: When you publish an URL (in mailing list, bug reports...), we recommend that you do not post https URL (to avoid "untrusted" SSL certificates problems)

Anti-spam

Very soon, we are going to enable a tool to help preventing spam. This is a text based CAPTCHA (named TextChas). Before saving a page, you will need to answer a challenge like shown in the picture below:

  • TextCha.png

New Theme

rightsidebar_tn.png
The old rightsidebar theme.

The wiki has switched to moinmoin's current theme (modern).

If you have an old account on the wiki, you might want to select the current theme, in your account preferences (Click on "Settings", then "Preferences").



Hints and Tips

Renaming your account

You can now rename your account (make sure you _rename_ your wiki homepage too). Click on Settings, then Preferences

Team homepages

  • The wiki.debian.org/Teams/${team} is a good place to get new contributors...
  • A "News" section is a good idea (with links to interesting mails like "Bits from $?FooBar team", interesting threads on the mailing list, like squeeze road-map and status updates)

Important/Permanent material

If you link to your wiki page from some Debian material (alioth, documentation, package...), then add the page to the category "CategoryPermalink" so we can prevent 404s. Also make sure use use http link (i.e not https).

Watch your favourite pages

You can subscribe to the pages that matters to you, so you are notified of contributions to those pages.

Credits

Big thanks to the DDs that handled the hard work migrating the wiki (pabs, luca and zobel).

See Also


  1. This is a test Footnote! (1)