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 =====The basics===== =====The basics=====
 Hello! I am the current wiki manager Chris Eisenhart, I was a student in the BME235 spring 2015 class. ​ Hello! I am the current wiki manager Chris Eisenhart, I was a student in the BME235 spring 2015 class. ​
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 +This page acts as a ground level tutorial for changing the wiki. The other elements of the class (servers and whatnot) are described on the [[about_the_slug::​about_the_slug | 'About the slug' ]] page. 
  
 During our class the wiki grew so large that we lost track of it. This caused us to repeat a number of analyses, which wasted much of our precious compute power. ​ I am currently the wiki manager, and am working hard to ensure this doesn'​t happen again! During our class the wiki grew so large that we lost track of it. This caused us to repeat a number of analyses, which wasted much of our precious compute power. ​ I am currently the wiki manager, and am working hard to ensure this doesn'​t happen again!
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 First please add yourself as a contributor to the [[about_the_class::​contributors | contributors]] page! It is akin to the 'hello world!'​ exercise and will verify that you can indeed modify the wiki. First please add yourself as a contributor to the [[about_the_class::​contributors | contributors]] page! It is akin to the 'hello world!'​ exercise and will verify that you can indeed modify the wiki.
  
-==Troubleshooting== +1Go to the page.
-You likely encountered this blurb on the front page, "This wiki is publicly readable, but editable only by people with UCSC School of Engineering computer accountsContact Kevin Karplus if you need to edit these pages and do not have such an account.",​ if you cannot '​login' ​to the wiki and are enrolled, please contact [[https://​www.soe.ucsc.edu/​people/​karplus | Kevin Karplus]] to get access+
  
-==Namespaces==+2. Hover over the right side of the page.  
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 +3. Find the 'Edit page' button and click it.   
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 +4. Add your name and email to the page. 
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 +5. Click the 'Minor Changes'​ button then press '​Preview'​.  
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 +6. Verify you did not mess up the table, then press '​Save'​.  
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 +7. **Finish reading this page and the [[about_the_slug::​about_the_slug | 'About the slug' ]] page** 
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 +===Namespaces===
 While you are dong this note the different '​namespaces'​ being used, the contributors page is stored in the '​about_the_class'​ namespace. Namespaces allow the site to be hierarchical (see the Sitemap button on the top right of the page) which enables easy access for non-UCSC institutes. ​ Namespaces are equivalent to UNIX directories,​ so much so that we structure our publicly accessible data after the wiki namespaces! While you are dong this note the different '​namespaces'​ being used, the contributors page is stored in the '​about_the_class'​ namespace. Namespaces allow the site to be hierarchical (see the Sitemap button on the top right of the page) which enables easy access for non-UCSC institutes. ​ Namespaces are equivalent to UNIX directories,​ so much so that we structure our publicly accessible data after the wiki namespaces!
  
-==Style guide==+===Style guide===
 After adding yourself to the contributors page, please take a look at the [[about_the_class::​style_guide | wiki style guide]]. ​ The style guide explains general rules for modifying the wiki. Please be mindful of these rules, the wiki managers take extra care (and time!) to ensure that there as few as possible so please follow them!  After adding yourself to the contributors page, please take a look at the [[about_the_class::​style_guide | wiki style guide]]. ​ The style guide explains general rules for modifying the wiki. Please be mindful of these rules, the wiki managers take extra care (and time!) to ensure that there as few as possible so please follow them! 
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 +==Troubleshooting==
 +You likely encountered this blurb on the front page, "This wiki is publicly readable, but editable only by people with UCSC School of Engineering computer accounts. Contact Kevin Karplus if you need to edit these pages and do not have such an account.",​ if you cannot '​login'​ to the wiki and are enrolled, please contact [[https://​www.soe.ucsc.edu/​people/​karplus | Kevin Karplus]] to get access. ​
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 ====Site managers==== ====Site managers====
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