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authorThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2008-11-14 00:07:38 +0100
committerThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2008-11-14 00:07:38 +0100
commit84bac506a38900563a938ecc97ec638dda736f02 (patch)
treee3356804331355cc19920d23598bdb21e7bf9198 /contributing
parent02bcc0768865302843ef96183f825a2453dd5d12 (diff)
parent8f929bde2919c770b1f26397567526626e0683f2 (diff)
Merge branch 'homepage'
Diffstat (limited to 'contributing')
-rw-r--r--contributing/web_pages.mdwn (renamed from contributing/wiki.mdwn)22
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/contributing/wiki.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages.mdwn
index 36948e05..8227e7d1 100644
--- a/contributing/wiki.mdwn
+++ b/contributing/web_pages.mdwn
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ projects:
* Install your changes *early* and *often*: don't hold your contribution back
until you think it is perfect.
-Before doing any changes, you are encouraged to play a bit in this wiki's
+Before doing any changes, you are encouraged to play a bit in the
[[sandbox]], to become familiar with the [[ikiwiki/Markdown]] syntax. Get some
[[help_on_formatting|ikiwiki/formatting]].
@@ -27,12 +27,10 @@ Feel free to ask questions or report problems on every page's [[discussion]]
sub-page. They're reachable from the *Discussion* link on the top of the page,
which will, when selected, create a new page if there isn't one yet.
-Every page on the site is editable. Feel free to join in, but we do have some
-simple requests. In an ideal wiki, everyone is equal and shares equal rights,
-liberties, responsibilities and common sense. Please try to match the *tone*
-of your topics and edits with the existing topics. If we all pull in the same
-direction the site will be more useful for everyone, especially for our own
-use.
+Every page on the site is editable, like in a wiki. Feel free to join in, but
+we do have some simple requests. Please try to match the *tone* of your topics
+and edits with the existing topics. If we all pull in the same direction these
+pages will be more useful for everyone, especially for our own use.
# Edit Via the Web Interface
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ use.
When you found a page you want to work on, just follow the *Edit* link on the
top of the page. When doing this for the first time, this will first transfer
you to a page where you have to create a wiki account. After logging in, you
-can edit the wiki pages.
+can edit the pages.
# Working on a Checkout of the git Repository
@@ -122,14 +120,14 @@ personal working copy. You'll finally have to explicitly install your changes
into the master repository, see below.
-You can also locally get the whole wiki rendered to html pages:
+You can also locally get the whole set of pages rendered to HTML:
$ wiki/render_locally
[...]
- scanning contributing/wiki.mdwn
- rendering contributing/wiki.mdwn
+ scanning contributing/web_pages.mdwn
+ rendering contributing/web_pages.mdwn
- Now open `wiki.rendered/index.html' to browse the wiki pages.
+ Now open `wiki.rendered/index.html' to browse the pages.
If you like what you've done, then it's now time to publish your changes.