== What is a Wiki? ==
A Wiki site is a collection of Wiki pages.    The main aim of a Wiki site is to make it easy for anyone to contribute and share information.

== Logging in for the first time ==
When you first use this Wiki, you should set up your account. You can do this as follows:

 * Click on the {{{Login}}} button at the top right of the screen.
 * Go to the User Preferences page from there
 * On the new screen, complete the text boxes labelled {{{Name}}}, {{{Password}}}, {{{Password, Email}}}
 * In the {{{Name}}} textbox, give the name we have sent you
 * Then click on {{{Create Profile}}}.
 * A new user profile will be created for you and you will be logged in immediately.
 * The UserPreferences screen will be displayed.  Click on the button labelled {{{FrontPage}}}.
== Logging in the next time ==
You are now a known user, you can log in as follows:

 * Click on the {{{Login}}} button at the top right of the screen.
 * On the new screen, just complete the text boxes labelled {{{Name}}} and {{{Password}}}.
 * In the {{{Name}}} textbox, you will need to type the username we sent you
 * Click on the {{{Login}}} button.
 * The UserPreferences screen will be displayed.  Click on the button labelled {{{FrontPage}}}.
== Logging out ==
You can log out as follows:

 * Click on the {{{UserPreferences}}} button at the top right of the screen.
 * On the new screen, scroll down until you see the {{{Logout}}} button.
 * Click on the {{{Logout}}} button.
== Now to the exciting stuff: creating/editing Wiki pages ==
It is easy to create a new Wiki page or edit an existing one:

 * You can create a new page in the Wiki as follows:
  * go to a URL like: [[http://wiki.oss-watch.ac.uk/YourName|http://wiki.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg-public/YourName]]
   . where {{{YourName}}} is replaced by something like {{{TonyBlair}}}
  * click on {{{Create new empty page}}}
  * replace the text {{{Describe TonyBlair here.}}} by some text of your choice.
  * at the end of your text include the text {{{@}}}{{{SIG@}}} and this will add your name and the time to the text
  * scroll down and click on {{{Save Changes}}}
 * And that's it: the Wiki now has a new page that anyone can read by going to a URL like [[http://wiki.oss-watch.ac.uk/YourName|http://wiki.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg-public/YourName]]
 * You can edit any Wiki page by clicking the {{{Edit}}} button at the top or the bottom of the page.
 * End your changes with the text {{{@}}}{{{SIG@}}} and this will add your name, the date and time to the text.
 * Within a Wiki page, you can create a link to another Wiki page by using joined capitalized words like {{{PitfallsWithOpenOffice}}} or with {{{["pitfalls with OpenOffice"]}}}.
 * You can find out more about how to format what you type by going to HelpOnEditing or SyntaxReference.
Instead of creating your own page, you could visit the WikiSandBox; this is a page where you can do experiments.

== Some info about the buttons at the top of the page ==
 * You can get back to the frontpage using the {{{FrontPage}}} button at the top of the screen.
 * You can see where people are currently working by using the {{{RecentChanges}}} button.
 * You can search or browse the collection of Wiki pages in various ways using the {{{FindPage}}} button.
 * You can access all of the help pages using the {{{HelpContents}}} button.
 * You can edit a page by clicking the {{{Edit}}} button.
  . Note {{{Immutable Page}}} will appear instead of the {{{Edit}}} button if you are not allowed to edit the page.
 * You can see what changes have recently been made to a page by using the {{{Show Changes}}} button.
 * You can see the revision history for a page by using the {{{Get Info}}} button.
== Pointers to some information about Wikis ==
This wiki uses some software called MoinMoin. To learn more about what a WikiWikiWeb is, read about MoinMoin:WhyWikiWorks and the MoinMoin:WikiNature. Also, consult the MoinMoin:WikiWikiWebFaq.