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I'm [[User:Michael|Michael Slattery]]. This is my guide to using the [[Internet]]. You will find here (when the site has been more developed) information about what I know how to do on the web, which is only a tiny slice of what can be done. "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars_longa,_vita_brevis Life is short, art is long]."
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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.
  
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==Under Construction==
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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.
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The site is currently '''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''. In these first stages of construction, short articles will be added in order to establish the '''structure''' of the site. The articles will be expanded later by adding more detail. Articles that are linked to but not yet created appear as [[Red Links]].
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==Navigate this site==
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Words to the wise: "Learning to use the Internet is a full-time job."
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See the Site Map for a list of all Categories and all Pages: [[Site Map]]
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All Categories on the site are attached to the [[:Category:Root|Root]] Category, either directly or indirectly. You can thus start at here and work down the tree of categories: [[:Category:Root]]
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==Main Categories==
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==Starting points==
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Basic Internet Use:
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All Categories are attached, directly or indirectly, to [[:Category:Root]].
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*[[:Category:Webuser Tools]]
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*[[:Category:Social Media]]
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*[[:Category:Cyberculture]]
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Advanced Internet Use:
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*[[:Category:Webmaster Tools]]
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*[[:Category:Network Tools]]
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*[[:Category:Network Protocols]]
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Scaffolding (to be removed)
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*[[:Category:Scaffolding]]
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==Companion Site==
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An explanatory list of the main Categories and Sub-Categories can be found here: [[Category List]]
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See the companion site [http://interdb.net Michael's Internet Data Base]
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The following pages were intended as starting points (but they are incomplete and likely to be replaced by others):
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*[[How to use a web browser]]
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*[[How to make a website]].
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See also the manually-created [[Site Map]].
  
 
==Is this website a wiki?==
 
==Is this website a wiki?==
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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==
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Comments or questions may be addressed to: michaelrobertslattery(at)gmail(dot)com
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Send email to: slatteraz(at)gmail(dot)com

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