6.12 Working with Wiki Folders

Wiki folders contain wiki entries. A wiki is a set of related entries coauthored by folder participants. For example, the best known wiki on the Internet is Wikipedia. Other examples of possible wiki content are glossaries, and policies or procedures.

6.12.1 Organizing Your Wiki Folder

There are various ways that you can organize your Wiki folder.

Setting a Wiki Home Page

Teaming enables you to set an entry to be the wiki home page for any Wiki folder (Wiki Topic).

  1. Locate and display the entry that you want to set as the home page for your Wiki Topic.

  2. Click Set Wiki Home Page in the Entry toolbar.

    The entry is now set as the home page for the Wiki Topic.

Navigating to Your Wiki Home Page

  1. Navigate to the Wiki folder (Wiki Topic) where you want to display the wiki home page.

  2. Click Wiki Home Page in the Wiki sidebar.

    The wiki home page for the Wiki Topic is displayed in the main viewing window.

Creating a New Wiki Topic

You can organize your Wiki entries into separate Wiki folders (Wiki Topics). Wiki Topics are displayed in the Wiki sidebar, in the Wiki Topics section. Also, in the Workspace section of the main sidebar, you can expand your Wiki folder to view your Wiki Topics.

To create a new Wiki Topic:

  1. Click New Wiki Topic in the Folder Entry toolbar.

    The Add New Folder page is displayed.

  2. In the Folder Title field, specify the name of the new Wiki Topic that you want to create.

  3. Click OK.

or

  1. In the Wiki folder where you want to create the new Wiki Topic, click Manage > Add New Folder in the Folder toolbar.

    The Add New Folder page is displayed.

  2. In the Folder Title field, specify the name of the new Wiki Topic that you want to create.

  3. In the Folder section, select Wiki.

  4. Click OK.

Sorting Wiki Entries

You can organize your wiki entries by Activity Date, Creation Date, or Title.

To sort wiki entries:

  1. Click the Sort by drop-down list in the Folder Entry toolbar.

  2. Select how you want to sort the entries in your Wiki folder.

Finding a Wiki Entry

Wiki Entries are stored in Wiki folders (Wiki Topics). When you are looking for a Wiki Entry, first select the Wiki Topic in the Wiki Topics section of the Wiki sidebar where the entry is stored. Then, click the entry in the Wiki Entries section of the Wiki sidebar.

For Wiki Topics that contain many entries, you can use the Find a Page feature in the Wiki sidebar.

  1. In the Wiki sidebar, click the Wiki Topic that contains the Wiki Entry that you are searching for.

  2. In the Find a Page field, begin typing the name of the entry that you are looking for. Click the name of the entry when it appears in the drop-down list.

When you are working with a wiki entry, it can be helpful to review edits from your teammates. For information on how to check the edit history of an entry, see Section 7.10.2, Edit History Reports.

6.12.2 Formatting Your Wiki Entry

Creating Sections and Subsections

Table 6-1 shows how you can create sections and subsections in a Wiki Entry.

Table 6-1 Sections and Subsections

Example

Description

==Section name==

Creates a section heading in the Wiki Entry.

===Subsection name===

Creates a subsection heading in the Wiki Entry.

Linking to Another Wiki Entry

If you know the exact name of the entry that you want to link to, you can enter [[entry name]] in the Description section of the entry to create a link to that entry.