Inquisicorp Staff Intranet Wiki | WelcomeToTheNewIntranet / Questions

Some of the following items are covered on the Welcome to the New Intranet page, but I am including them here to provide a more in-depth explanation.

Q. How can I create a subheading in the menu?

A. Click the "edit SideBar" link at the bottom of the SideBar menu.

Q. What do you do when your menu subheading (or any link) has a questionmark behind or next to it?

A. The question mark means that there is no content on the target page. If you created a link to a new page or submenu item, all you need to do is click the link and add some content. If you linked to a page that already has content, the link code might have a mistake.

Q. How can I make a basic table?

A. See the example below:

Left-Aligned Heading	Centered Heading	Right-Aligned Heading
Left-Aligned Value	Centered Value	Right-Aligned Value
Spanned Cell		:)

The code for that is:

||border=1 width=80%
||!Left-Aligned Heading ||! Centered Heading ||! Right-Aligned Heading||
||Left-Aligned Value || Centered Value || Right-Aligned Value||
|| Spanned Cell |||| :) ||

Q. How can I link to a document on the M Drive?

A. Great question! First, this will be our example file:

file:///M:/FORMS/Letterhead 2006.doc

Navigate to the file you wish to link to on the M Drive.
Copy the document path. (The document path of the sample file is: M:\FORMS).
Paste the document path into the intranet or into a text document.
Change all of the back slashes into forward slashes and add a forward slash to the end of the path. (example: M:/FORMS/).
Copy the filename. (The filename of the sample file is: Letterhead 2006.doc
Paste the filename at the end of the document path. (example: M:/FORMS/Letterhead 2006.doc)
Add file:/// to the beginning of the path: (example: file:///M:/FORMS/Letterhead 2006.doc)
Surround your path with double brackets. (example: [[file:///M:/FORMS/Letterhead 2006.doc]])

You're done! - [[file:///M:/FORMS/Letterhead 2006.doc]] will produce:

file:///M:/FORMS/Letterhead 2006.doc

If you would like to change the linktext, add a "pipe" and your desired text. Example: [[file:///M:/FORMS/Letterhead 2006.doc | Company Letterhead]] will produce:

Company Letterhead

And finally, to have your document open in a new window, use this code: %newwin%[[file:///M:/FORMS/Letterhead 2006.doc | Company Letterhead]] to produce:

Company Letterhead

Q. How can I restore a previous version of a page, and what (if any) are the consequences?

A. To restore a previous version of a page, simply view the page history (link at the top right) and select the version you would like to restore the page to, or the change you would like to undo. There are no consequences for restoring a page, or undoing a change.

Q. What exactly IS the Wiki Sandbox? Is it the same thing as the "practice area"?

A. Yes! The "wiki sandbox" is just a practice area. Although, don't feel like that is the only area where you can practice! :)

Q. What colors can I use?

A. Any color! That is, if you can provide a hexadecimal color code. Otherwise, these are the built in colors:

Black (type: %black% Black)
White (type: %white% White)
Red (type: %red% Red)
Yellow (type: %yellow% Yellow)
Blue (type: %blue% Blue)
Gray (type: %gray% Gray)
Silver (type: %silver% Silver)
Maroon (type: %maroon% Maroon)
Green (type: %green% Green)
Navy (type: %navy% Navy)
Purple (type: %purple% Purple)

And if you DO have a hex color code:

Orange (type: %color=#ff9900% Orange

Q. Can I use different fonts?

Yes! By using "Wiki Styles" you can change the font. Here are 4 examples:

Arial Font

%font-family=arial%Arial Font%%

Times Font

%font-family=times%Times Font%%

Verdana Font

%font-family=verdana%Verdana Font%%

Georgia Font

%font-family=georgia%Georgia Font%%

Q. Can I upload files?

A. Yes! But... linking to them on the M Drive is better because:

There are no file type limitations.
There are no file size limitations.
If an edit needs to be made, you simply edit the file on the M drive, and don't need to "re-attach" the file.

But if you still wish to upload a file, see the upload section on the Welcome to the New Intranet page.