How to Edit
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Logging In
You already have access to this wiki, whether you know it or not. Just click the "Log In" link up at the top and select "Sign In With Twitter". This will redirect you to Twitter where you can authorize this site to connect with your Twitter account. Keep in mind that we don't read anything in your Twitter stream, and we don't post anything. It's just to allow us to let you log in here without needing a separate username and password.
Editing Pages
If you've never used a wiki before, editing might be a little confusing. If you need more information about the markup language that is used for formatting things, check out MediaWiki Editing Help
Global Navigation Notes:
- The wiki sidebar lives at MediaWiki:Sidebar
- The header bar lives at Template:Tw-head-core
Interesting Macros
Twitter Handle
{{tw|@USGSLandsat}}
- use this to easily & systematically insert links to folks twitter pages, replace twitterhandle with the actual handle, duh!
- example:
@NASASocial
Box
{{box|Check out nearly 3 million Landsat imagse from around the Globe. http://landsatlook.usgs.gov}}
- puts some text in a box to highlight the material
- example:
Imagebox
{{imagebox|farm6.static.flickr.com/5272/5914847021_46f3a2f0a0_m.jpg|[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/5914847021/in/set-72157627138691222 STS-135 Tweetup Official Picture]<br><small>Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)</small>}}
- a nicely formatted image box that floats to the right
- note, for the URL to the image, do not put
http://
in front - example:
Countdown clock
{{countdown3|id|2digityear,month,day,hour,minute,format}}
- where format is 0 for seconds only, 1 for long, 2 for short
- if you need more than one clock per page, each one much have a unique id
Example (short):
Example (long):
Permission
You don't need permission to make changes here. This is your website, so be bold!
Ad Astra!
