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Contents

 

Getting Started Creating an account on PBwiki & requesting permission to edit pages on this wiki Setting your email notification and other preferences  Creating New Pages Page naming convention Adding a new page using the PolicyOptions templates How the pages fit together on the PolicyOptions wiki Editing Pages Formatting Linking to other pages in PBwiki Linking to web pages outside PBwiki Adding footnote Campus Working Pages

 

You can use the Practice Sandbox if you want to test things out first.  And, if this page isn't enough for you, you can visit two instructional websites provided by PBwiki:

• Learn how to use PBwiki: The PBwiki Manual
• If you prefer video, watch a recording of our popular webinar, PBwiki 101: Your Guide to Wiki Basics.

 

 

Getting Started

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• Creating an account on PBwiki & requesting permission to edit pages on this wiki

This is a three step process:  a) create your personal account on www.pbwiki.com, b) request access to edit pages on this wiki, and c) check your email for confirmation that you have been given permission to edit pages.

 

 

• Setting your email notification and other preferences 

The settings tab gives you the ability to: a) change your email address and password, b) set your preference for being notified by email of changes to this wiki, and c) exit the wiki entirely.

 

 

 

Creating New Pages

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• Page naming convention

 

To make it easier to use the site, we're asking that pages be named as follows —

• Issue Overview Page —> simply use the name of the issue (the shorter the better). For example, 
  • Achievement Gap
• Issue Brief Pages —> use the issue name (same as the issue overview page name) and add a space, dash, another space and the location.  For example,
  • Achievement Gap - USA
  • Achievement Gap - New Jersey
  • Achievement Gap - Princeton, NJ
• Policy Option & Model Program Summary Pages —> give these a name that most closely identifies the option with the prefex of either "Policy Option > " or "Model Program > " ahead of it.  This will make it easier to find these in the list of pages.  For example
  • Model Program > Housing First 
  • Policy Option > Require Federal Work-Study for Service

 

 

• Adding a new page using the PolicyOptions templates

 

We ask that users please use the templates provided for the following pages: issue overviews, issue briefs, and policy option or model program summaries.

 

 

 

• How the pages fit together on the PolicyOptions wiki

 

The lead page for each issue is the Issue Overview page.  Within this page there are links to pages for a) specific policy options and b) issue briefs on the topic that are specific to a local, state, national, or international context.

 

 

 

Editing Pages

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• Formatting

 

The formatting options in PBwiki should be familiar to everyone. 

What you need to know, however, is that cutting and pasting text directly from a Microsoft Word or other word processing document can introduce formatting code that is hard to remove.  So, if possible, either a) re-type your text manually into the PBwiki page or b) save your original document as a text only document before copying and pasting the text into PBwiki.

 

• Linking to other pages in PBwiki

 

There are several ways to link to an existing page in PBwiki:

• use the insert/edit link option found in the toolbar, then select "PBwiki pages" from Link Type menu and then select the specific PBwiki page from the Page pulldown menu
• use the 'insert a link to a new page" found on the right hand sidebar
• use the name of the page found in the list of pages on the right hand sidebar 

 

 

• Linking to web pages outside PBwiki

Use the insert/edit link option found in the toolbar, then select "URL" from the Link Type menu and then type or past the url into the text input field

 

 

 

• Adding footnote

You use the  option on the toolbar where you'll find the Add Footnote option under the PBwiki Magic section.  We ask that you use APSA style for your footnotes (and to footnote everything!).  See more on Research Guide Part 10 - Presenting the Work.

 

 

 

Campus Working Pages

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• How to use working pages for drafting issue briefs
• Features for collaborative researching and writing