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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.
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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 currently '''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''. Pages or Categories that are linked to but not yet created appear as [[red link]]s.
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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.
  
All Categories are attached, directly or indirectly, to [[:Category:Root]]. Start at [[:Category:Root]] to work down any branch of the tree of Categories. For an overview, see [[Site Map]].
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Words to the wise: "Learning to use the Internet is a full-time job."
  
==Main Categories==
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==Starting points==
'''[[:Category:Internet tools]]''' - (note: software is considered a tool):
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All Categories are attached, directly or indirectly, to [[:Category:Root]].
*[[:Category:Webuser tools]]
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*[[:Category:Webmaster tools]]
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An explanatory list of the main Categories and Sub-Categories can be found here: [[Category List]]
*[[:Category:Network tools]]
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*[[:Category:Host tools]]
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The following pages were intended as starting points (but they are incomplete and likely to be replaced by others):
'''[[:Category:Internet culture]]''' - (note:information and content are considered cultural productions):
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*[[How to use a web browser]]
*[[:Category:Social media]] - (note: online games are considered social media)
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*[[How to make a website]].
*[[:Category:Cyberculture]]
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*[[:Category:Metaverse]]
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See also the manually-created [[Site Map]].
'''[[:Category:Internet protocols]]''':
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*[[:Category:Network protocols]]
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*[[:Category:Web protocols]]
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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