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I'm [[User:Michael|Michael Slattery]]. This is my guide to using the [[Internet]]. You will find here information about what I personally know how to do on the Internet - which is pretty little - using a [[Windows]] computer. See also my [http://interdb.org Internet Database] about specific people and services on the Internet.
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This website is [[User:Michael|Michael Slattery]]'s personal guide to using the [[Internet]]. It reflects my limited experience of using the web, mostly via a computer running [[Microsoft Windows]]. The site is currently rudimentary, an incomplete [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_in_progress work in progress]. Pages that are linked to but not yet created appear as [[red link]]s.
  
This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_in_progress work in progress]. Work on the site is going slow. The starting point is the (incomplete) page called [[How to make a website]].
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The companion to this site is my [http://interdb.org Internet Database], which contains a hodge-podge of poorly-digested information about people, websites and other stuff connected with the Internet.
  
Pages that are linked to but not yet created appear as [[red link]]s. All Categories are attached, directly or indirectly, to [[:Category:Root]]. See also the [[Site Map]].
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Words to the wise: "Learning to use the Internet is a full-time job."
  
"Learning to use the Internet is a full-time job." (You can quote me on that.)
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==Starting points==
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All Categories are attached, directly or indirectly, to [[:Category:Root]].
  
==Main categories and sub-categories==
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An explanatory list of the main Categories and Sub-Categories can be found here: [[Category List]]
'''[[:Category:Internet protocols]]'''
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*[[:Category:Network protocols]]
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The following pages were intended as starting points (but they are incomplete and likely to be replaced by others):
*[[:Category:Web protocols]]
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*[[How to use a web browser]]
'''[[:Category:Internet tools]]''' (software is considered a tool)
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*[[How to make a website]].
*[[:Category:Webuser tools]]
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*[[:Category:Webmaster tools]]
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See also the manually-created [[Site Map]].
*[[:Category:Network tools]]
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'''[[:Category:Internet services]]'''
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*[[:Category:Internet hosting]]
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*[[:Category:Web hosting]]
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'''[[:Category:Internet culture]]''' (all Internet ''content'' is considered to be culture)
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*[[:Category:Social media]] (online games are classed under social media)
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*[[:Category:Cyberculture]]
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*[[:Category:Metaverse]]
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'''[[:Category:Other]]'''
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*[[:Category:How-to]]: how-to instructions
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*[[:Category:Narratives]]: introductory or explanatory texts
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*[[:Category:Scaffolding]]: used to construct the site
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==Is this website a wiki?==
 
==Is this website a wiki?==
This website runs on [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] software, which is the wiki software used by Wikipedia. This might give the false impression that the website is a wiki. But in fact only registered users can edit pages, and the only registered user at the moment is [[User:Michael|Michael Slattery]].
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This website runs on [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki], the wiki software used by [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]. That might give the impression that the website is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki]. But in fact the only authorized user is [[User:Michael|yours truly]].
  
 
==Contact==
 
==Contact==
Address comments or questions to: slatteraz(at)gmail(dot)com
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Send email to: slatteraz(at)gmail(dot)com

Latest revision as of 12:09, 23 January 2014