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=To Do List=
=Migration Procedure=
We need to make sure all pages on the calontiri wikispace have been successfully migrated to this new wiki.


Recurrent/Ongoing:
Check the "[[Uncategorized Pages]]" here to see what pages haven't been reviewed yet.
* Add plain character redirect pages (Magnus) for people with special characters in their names (Magnús) for ease of searching (see below)
* Check "Recent Changes" for vandalism (link in left sidebar)
* Make new pages for people mentioned in court reports
* Update footer boilerplates with the dynamic template code <nowiki>{{FooterBoilerPlate}}</nowiki>
* Polish up pages with damaged formatting
* Upload devices from the Kingdom Armorial
* Tag people with the relevant categories (Groups, Activities, Service, other affiliations, Awards)
* Tag images with the relevant categories (Amory, Graphics, Photos, Projects, Scrolls)


=Creating Redirects=
Cross-reference with the http://calontiri.wikispaces.com/People and http://calontiri.wikispaces.com/Events on the calontiri wikispace (since People and Events are the bulk of the pages on the old wikispace).
It sometimes happens that a name has special characters which are hard to type and which the wiki doesn't index with the plain characters as usually expected.


In such cases, a page with the plain name can be created for indexing/search purposes with the following command to automatically redirect to the "real" page with the special characters:
==Pages that migrated sucessfully==
Find new migrated page on calontiri.info


<nowiki>#redirect [[pagename]] source</nowiki>
*Fix formatting problems.  Bullet lists (* or use icon on VisualEditor Bar), and italics (' ' or Ctrl-I) often don't convert properly.
*Make sure images are okay (if not, see instructions below)
*Add categories to the bottom of the new page - Category:People, Category:Vatavian, Category:Scribe, etc.
**on VisualEditor, the Category tool is found under the triple - icon on the right side between the ? icon and the pencil icon
**Don't have to put in all possible categories to begin with, but the main category such as People or Events at least
*Save the changes.


=Creating New Accounts=
Click on any new categories you just created and make sure their parent categories are correct.
New users can be created by sysops ("bureaucrats"), in the following manner:


#Go to Special:Userlogin, when logged in as a sysop.
Go back to old wikispace page
#Click on "Create an account" link to get to the account creation form.
#Enter the username and the new user's email address, and click the "by email" button.
#The account will be created with a random password which is then emailed to the given address (as with the "forgot password" feature). The user will be requested to change password at first login; when this is done, the e-mail address will be marked as confirmed.
#:<small>When you click the "create account" button instead, you have to manually send the user his password. If you've set $wgMinimalPasswordLength=0 (default configuration up to version 1.15) and you've left the password field blank, the user will be emailed an e-mail address confirmation request but will be unable to access Special:Confirmemail to perform the confirmation. Instead, the user will get an error (unless you've added it to $wgWhitelistRead); the user will be able to login with a blank password and then confirm email, but their password will not have been reset (it will have to be reset manually).</small>


==Fixing Old Accounts==
*Change tag from "people" to "people moved" or from "event" to "event moved"
#Log into hosting account
*Add note at top of old page, ''"This page has been moved to calontiri.info"''
#Active Products/Services
*Lock the old page (under the ... button)
#Log in to cPanel
#phpMyAdmin
#Databases
#mathurin_mw19473
#mwwr_user
##user_password or user_newpassword = [BLOB - 137B]
##So how to see the blob...? and fix it?


=Templates:=
==Pages that didn't migrate sucessfully==
Find old unmoved page on calontiri wikispace
 
*Right-click on any images and save to a folder on your computer to be uploaded to the new wiki later.
 
*Open the old page for editing.
*Convert view to Wikitext Editor using the menu "down arrow" on the right side of the edit bar
*Copy the encoding.


*People - [[Template:People]]
Create the new page on calontiri.info
*Events - [[Template:Events]]
**Lilies - [[Template:Lilies]]
*Groups - [[Template:Groups]]
*Activities - [[Template:Activities]]
*Cultures - [[Template:Cultures]]
*Awards - [[Template:Awards]]
*Reigns - [[Template:Reigns&action=edit&redlink=1|Template:Reigns]]
*Menus and Recipes - [[Template:Menus]]
*Elevation Planning [[Template:Elevation Planning|Template:Elevation Planning]]


==To use a template:==
*Put the new page name in the search bar
*Click on the name in the search results where it prompts to '''Create the page "_____" on this wiki!'''
*Paste the encoding from the old page into the edit box.
*Correct the formatting problems as above.
*Deal with images as below.


*Open a new page like you normally would.  (Search for "Jane Doe" and click on  the name in the ''"Create the page "Jane Doe" on this wiki!"'' link.)
*Add categories to the bottom of the new page - Category:People, Category:Vatavian, Category:Scribe, etc.
*In the edit box, put the code <nowiki>{{subst:People}}</nowiki>, or other Template name as appropriate.
*Save the new page.
*Save the page without any other coding
*This will substitute in the Template text.
*Re-open the article for editing to personalize it and fill in the blanks.


==Dynamic Template:==
Upload the images you saved above:
There is a special type of ''dynamic'' template used for boilerplates that will automatically update across all the created pages with that command typed in, when the boilerplate is updated.  Aka "template call". Aka transclusion.
* So far the Template:FooterBoilerPlate is the only such template
* Code to include on a page is <nowiki>{{FooterBoilerPlate}}</nowiki>
* This code is on the above templates already, so only needs to be added if a Template isn't being used to create a new page.  Or if an old page is being updated to get rid of the old boilerplate.


=Categories/Subcategories:=
*You have to be logged in to upload images
*Click on Insert -> Media on the VisualEditor Toolbar (or the "Upload File" button in the left toolbar in a separate tab)
*Follow the instructions on the Media edit window or Cut and Paste the image file name (Image.gif, etc. ) into the appropriate area (if not using the VisualEditor)
*Label images as appropriate


*Categories and subcategories are used in MediaWiki to organize pages together much like tags were used on wikispaces.
Click on any new categories you just created and make sure their parent categories are correct.
*Categories are case-sensitive.


==Major categories are:==
Go back to old wikispace page


People - citizens and friends of Calontir. Subcategories for:
*Change tag from "people" to "people moved", etc.
*group membership (Vatavians or Coeur d'Ennui),
*Add note at top of old page, ''"This page has been moved to calontiri.info"''
*persona (Balkan, Breton, Italian, Russian...),
*Lock the old page (under the ... button)
*service (Waterbearers), etc.


Groups - branches, guilds, colleges, and households of Calontir.  Subcategories include:
[[File:Blankpicture.png|right|Person Placeholder]]
*Branches - official groups of the SCA, subcategories Vatavia, Coeur d'Ennui, etc.
*Guilds - official guilds and colleges of Calontir, subcategories - Scribe's Guild, Brewer's Guild, etc.
*Households - unofficial, loosely defined groups of people based on a common interest, noble family, etc.


Activities/Interests
[[File:BLANK TN.GIF|right|Flank Device Placeholder]]
* [[Cultures]] (Balkan Culture, Breton Culture, Italian Culture...)
* [[Arts and Sciences]] (Archery Equipment, Armor, Beverages... simplified from the Kingdom Judging Categories)
* [[Martial]] (Archery, Armored Combat, Cut and Thrust, Equestrian, Seige Weapons)
* [[Service]] (Archery Marshals, Armored Combat Marshals, Arts and Sciences Ministers)


Events - official events in Calontir.  Also can/should be cross-categorized:
=Templates:=
*Branch hosting (eg. Vatavia) and/or
*History (for major kingdom events like coronations)


Resources - kingdom information.  Subcategories:
*People - [[Template:People]]
*Awards and Orders
*Events - [[Template:Events]]
*History
*Royal Lineage
*Songs
*Stories


Images
To use a template:
* Armory - devices and badges, aka coats of arms
* Graphics - miscellaneous web artwork
* Photos - photographs of people and objects
* Scrolls - scrolls and items created to be scrolls


Some subcategories fall under more than one category/subcategory.  For example, Scribal Arts is a subcategory of Service, but also a subcategory of Arts and Sciences.
* Open a new page like you normally would.  (Search for "Jane Doe" and click on  the name in the "Create the page "Jane Doe" on this wiki!" link.)  
* <nowiki>In the edit box, put the code "subst:People" using double-curley brackets {{ on one side, and double close-curley brackets on the other side. </nowiki>
Categories are assigned by: 
* Save the page without any other coding
* This will substitute in the Template text.
* Re-open the article for editing to personalize it and fill in the blanks.


*If using VisualEditor ("Edit" button), the Category tool is found with the triple - icon on the right side between the ? icon and the pencil icon.
=Categories/Subcategories:=
*If using the text editor ("Edit Source" button), double-square brackets [[ around the Category:Name command, then closed-double-square brackets.
*Categories and subcategories are used in MediaWiki to organize pages together much like tags were used on wikispaces.
*Categories are case-sensitive.


Many pages will belong to multiple categories, and each category needs it's own bracketed command.
==Major categories are:==
*For example, Sofya la Rus is Category:Heraldshill, Category:Russian Culture, Category:Heralds, etc.


The same code is use to create category trees.   
*People - citizens and friends of Calontir.  Subcategories for:
*So the page Category:Vatavians would have the code for Category:Vatavia at the bottom (along with the code for Category:People).
**group membership (Vatavians or Coeur d'Ennui),
*Then the Category:Vatavia, would have the code for its parent, Category:Branches.
**personas (Russians),
*In turn, Category:Branches would have the code for its parent, Category:Groups .
**service (Waterbearers), etc.
*Groups - branches, guilds, colleges, and households of Calontir.  Subcategories include:
**Branches - official groups of the SCA, subcategories Vatavia, Coeur d'Ennui, etc.
**Guilds - official guilds and colleges of Calontir, subcategories - Scribe's Guild, Brewer's Guild, etc.
**Households - unofficial, loosely defined groups of people based on a common interest, noble family, etc.
*Activities - martial, Art & Science, service
*Events - official events in Calontir.  Also should be cross-categorized:
**Branch hosting (eg. Vatavia) and/or
**History (for major kingdom events like coronations)
*Resources - kingdom information.  Subcategories:
**Awards
**History
**Royal Lineage
**Songs
**Stories


=Commonly Used Images=
Some subcategories fall under more than one category/subcategory.  For example, Vatavians is a subcategory of People, but also a subcategory of Vatavia.
[[:Category:Graphics]]


[[File:BLANK TN.GIF|Blank blazon]]
MediaWiki automatically makes a Category page for any category assigned to a page.
[[File:Blankpicture.png|Blank person]]
 
Categories are assigned by putting the relevant code at the bottom of the page:


[[File:Calontiricrosslogo3.png|right]]
*If using VisualEditor, the Category tool is found with the triple - icon on the right side between the ? icon and the pencil icon
[[File:Calontir-Falcon-Web.png|200px|Gold Falcon]]
*If using the text editor, double-square brackets [[ around the Category:Name command, then closed-double-square brackets.


[[File:Calontir.svg|238x238px]]
Many pages will belong to multiple categories, and each category needs it's own bracketed command.
[[File:Calontir-Prince-Color-Web.png|238x238px|Calontir Prince]]


*For example, Sofya la Rus is Category:Hillians (Heraldshill), Category:Russians, Category:Heralds, etc.


{{FooterBoilerPlate}}
The same code is use to create category trees. 


[[Category:Wiki Management]]
* So the page Category:Vatavians would have the code for Category:Vatavia at the bottom (along with the code for Category:People). 
* Then the Category:Vatavia, would have the code for its parent, Category:Branches. 
* In turn, Category:Branches would have the code for its parent, Category:Groups .
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