Difference between revisions of "Help:Tutorial/Edit an article"

Latest revision as of 18:46, 18 June 2014

This tutorial presents the mechanics of editing (or creating) an article.

The best way to learn how to edit an article is to read the tutorial on creating an article. Then come back here for what little more is needed:

As for creating an article, you must be a registered user to edit an article. (see the tutorial on registering).

To edit an article, simply click on the tab: 'Edit with form'. If you have read the tutorial on creating an article, you know what is needed to edit.

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-This tutorial presents the mechanics of editing (or creating) an article.  If you are creating an article, and it is your first, please read about creating your first article.
+This tutorial presents the mechanics of editing (or creating) an article.
-Civicwiki has attempted to make editing (and creating) articles easy.
-:This tutorial is a detailed set of instructions for using the SemanticWiki form we have created for article creation and editing.
-First thing first:  You must be a registered user to edit an article on CW.  To register, [[Special:UserLogin|start here]].
-=====Catalog your article:=====
+The best way to learn how to edit an article is to read the tutorial on [[Help:Tutorial/Create an article|creating an article]].  Then come back here for what little more is needed:
-The window at the top of the form lists all the categories that currently exist, under which you can catalog/assign your article.  To assign it correctly, you must be familiar with the top level categories.  That familiarity can only be obtained by reading the introduction on the portal pages for the top level categories.
+As for creating an article, you must be a registered user to edit an article.  (see the tutorial on [[Help:Tutorial/Registration|registering]]).
+To edit an article, simply click on the tab: 'Edit with form'.  If you have read the tutorial on creating an article, you know what is needed to edit.