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This website is a [[hyperlink]]ed set of how-to instructions about using the [[Internet]]. For how to use this site, see [[Start Here]].
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This website is a beginner's guide to using the [[Internet]].
  
The site is currently '''under construction'''. Any text that is unfinished or in doubt is '''marked in bold characters'''. Articles that are linked to but not yet created appear as [[Red Links]].
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The website has been created by [[User:Michael|Michael Slattery]] in order to help make the basic tools of the Internet available to the uninitiated.
  
[[User:Michael|Michael Slattery]] presents this information to help Internet users, and also as a showcase for the practice of [[Convivial Tools]] and [[Usability]]. The main goal is to provide convenient instructions to help make the basic tools of the Internet available to the uninitiated.
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==Under Construction==
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The site is currently '''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''. In the first stages of construction, short articles will be added in order to establish the '''structure''' of the site. The articles will be expanded with more detail later.
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Any text that is unfinished or in doubt is '''marked in bold characters'''. Articles that are linked to but not yet created appear as [[Red Links]].
  
 
==Navigate this site==
 
==Navigate this site==
*Getting started: [[Start Here]]
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All categories are attached to the [[:Category:Root|Root Category]], either directly or indirectly. You can thus start at the root category and work down:
*Root category of the site: [[:Category:Root]]
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*Root category: [[:Category:Root]]
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Main Categories:
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*[[Social Media]]
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*[[]]
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*[[]]
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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]].
 
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]].
  
==Site development short-cuts (to be removed)==
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==Scaffolding (to be removed)==
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*[[Site Map]]
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*[[Notes]]
 
*[[Sandbox]]
 
*[[Sandbox]]
*[[Site Map]] (incomplete)
 
 
*[[Special:Wantedpages]]
 
*[[Special:Wantedpages]]
*[[Notes]]
 
*[[:Category:Developer Pages]]
 
  
 
==Contact==
 
==Contact==
 
Comments or questions may be addressed to: michaelrobertslattery(at)gmail(dot)com
 
Comments or questions may be addressed to: michaelrobertslattery(at)gmail(dot)com

Revision as of 08:10, 19 June 2009