The MediaWiki Manual - ManualsFountain.com - professional manuals for end-users of open source software

Dear implementor of MediaWiki's for end-users,
  
We know that professional support documentation for end-users of MediaWiki is hard to find. That is why we have created an excellent and professional collection of video-tutorials for you. High-quality how-to video-tutorials only, English spoken, with subtitles in various languages.

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The video-tutorial below is part of our MediaWiki manual. In this movie, end-users learn three different ways to create a new page in a wiki. Click play to view the movie (00:04:08).


Video-tutorial: Create a new page. Special features: the clickable movie-index on the left, and the subtitles.
Subtitles can be switched off [x] and are available in various languages.

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Our professional manuals have a lot to offer. You'll get:
12 professional tutorial movies, covering all the basics of how to work with MediaWiki.
A pleasant voice-over in English.
All movies subtitled in English, or Dutch, German, French and Spanish, and soon in other languages as well. Handy if you can't use audio or want to read along in your own language.
Our tutorial movies are created for end-users. Little or no technical knowledge is required.
Free updates of your manual for 1 year.
If there is a relevant feature change, we will update our tutorial movies accordingly. And our old movies stay available too, in case you don't want to upgrade your installation of MediaWiki.
An additional PDF with links to other sources for help, for those who want to go even deeper.


What do you learn?

End-users will learn all the tasks required for common use, such as:
In our tutorial movies you learn the basic principles of MediaWiki and get an overview of all important interface elements.
You will learn how to change your preferences, and how to use the full power of search in your wiki.
And of course, we teach you how to edit your pages, organize them in sections and categories, and how to make them look good.
You learn how to create a new page, make redirects, make internal and external links, move pages and use images.


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12 excellent and professional video tutorials, covering all the basics of working with MediaWiki for end-users.
English voice-over, subtitled in the language of your choice.
Free updates of the manual for a full year.
An additional PDF with links to other sources for help.
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Dick Haan, owner of AlphaWax and user of MediaWiki, says:

These video-tutorials really work, and it's much easier than reading. 
We are really happy with this manual from ManualsFountain. We all use MediaWiki. It is our company's 'collective memory'. Everybody adds and edits articles. And for non-frequent users like me, who forget stuff, it is really handy to quickly  view a movie again, and see how you make a link in the wiki, add an image, etc.
Marc Barteling, founder of ManualsFountain.com, says:

Before I started with ManualsFountain, I worked for an Internet company that implemented open source applications, such as PHPNuke and MediaWiki. And we always faced the same problem: we couldn't find documentation that was really cut out for our end-users, let alone documentation that was in our own language. So in the end we made our own.  And I'm sure we were not the only ones. That problem is now solved.



What topics are explained in the manual?

The MediaWiki manual offers video-tutorials on:
Basic principles MediaWiki
Watch this movie if you'd like to know what MediaWiki is, what it does and what it can do for you.
Rob Rooken, owner of ENEM E-mail Solutions and user of MediaWiki, says:

These video-tutorials were a relief. Professional, to the point and fully foccused on me, a Mediawiki end-user. After watching a few tutorials, filling our wiki with content was easy. Now, when my co-workers claim they really want to add articles to our wiki, but don't know how, i simply refer them to the Manualsfountain tutorials.

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Interface MediaWiki
Using the interface of a Wiki in the right way will help you quickly find, edit and add information.
Topics: sidebar | page tabs | user links
Changing your preferences
This movie will teach you how to create a new account, and change various settings.
Topics: create account | change password | email functions
Searching
Wiki's can contain a lot of information. Luckily there are different ways to conduct a smart search.
Topics: go | search | special search page
Editing your pages
Editing a page in a Wiki is not difficult. But it is important that you do it correctly and that other users can track your changes.
Topics: changing a page | edit summary | preview a page | save page | recent changes
Organizing your pages
Wiki's can contain a lot of information. Therefore, it is vital that the information is organized well, on a page and within the Wiki.
Topics: sections | table of contents | categories
Making your pages look good
In this movie you will learn how to make your pages look better so that they really stand out.
Topics: text style | new paragraph | bulleted lists | horizontal lines
Creating a new page
One of the main features of a Wiki is that everyone can contribute. And if you want to add a new page, there are different ways to do that.
Topics: using WikiLinks | from the searchpage | using an URL
Making redirects
By using redirects, you can make sure that users of a Wiki always find what they are looking for. Even if they misspell a word or if an entry exists under different names.
Topics: making a redirect | viewing a redirect | changing a redirect
Using internal links
Linking to other pages within the Wiki allows you to show how pages are related.
Topics: internal links | different label | links to anchors | links to images
Using external links
Linking to pages outside the Wiki adds a lot of value, if it's done properly. Luckily, the syntax for creating external links isn't that difficult.
Topics: using external links | different label | numbered links | mailto links
Using images
After watching this movie you will know how to upload images and how to use them in a Wiki.
Topics: uploading an image | format | alignment | size
Moving a page
Page names are important in a Wiki. By moving a page you can give a page a new name, for example if the scope of a page has changed.
Topics: moving a page | undoing a move | recent changes
  More sources for help
In this PDF, you will find useful links to other sources of help.

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