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<blockquote>This hands-on session for non technical users emphasizes the "need to know" aspects of Web publishing, wikis, information design and Semantic Mediawiki.</blockquote>
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= Acronyms =
|Code postal=G5V 1B9
 
|Rue=14,1 boulevard Taché Est
* SMW = Semantic Mediawiki
|Ville=Montmagny
* MW = Mediawiki
|Ministère=MESSF(Emploi)
* CC = Creative Commons
}}
 
= Web publishing =
 
== Access models ==
* Fully open
* Require login
* Require created accounts to edit (closed editing)
* Require created accounts to access (fully private)
 
Access models can be changed over time.
 
== Accessibility ==
 
* Making sites accessible generally increases usability
** [http://asyourworldchanges.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/using-the-curb-cuts-principle-to-reboot-computing/ The curb cuts principle]
* Mediawiki is accessible, SMW has issues (forms)
* Value content over appearance
* Good tags for images
 
[[File:Copright continuum.jpg|right|500px]]
 
== Terms of use ==
 
* Creative Commons - share with options for attribution, non-commercial, changes
** [http://creativecommons.org/choose/?jurisdiction=ca Choose your license]
* Traditional copyright - by permission only
 
* Re-using content
** [http://search.creativecommons.org/ Find CC media]
 
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= Using Mediawiki =
 
''Mediawiki is the underlying software of Wikipedia. It is robust, supported by a large community and supports hundreds of useful extensions.''
 
== Creating pages ==
 
* How to name pages
** One topic per page
* Short, avoid special symbols, sentence form
* Code and matching brackets
* Basic markup — <nowiki>[[]] , [], |, {{}}, {{{}}}, [[File]] headings, bold, bullet points</nowiki>
* Linking
** Brainstorm using links
* Categories
* Uploading images and files
** What not to upload
** Subcategories
* Moving pages
* Deleting pages
* Templates - used for consistently reused content
 
=== Making pages look good ===
 
''CSS is the style system of Web pages and can also be used in Mediawiki. Like wiki markup, learning can be progressive.''
 
* CSS styling <nowiki><div style="background: orange">Hello world</div></nowiki>
** Avoid losing meaning (don't use <nowiki><big></nowiki> for headers), keep it simple
* Re-using styles [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]
* Hiding MW's menus and changing the 'skin'
 
= Semantic Mediawiki =
 
[[File:SMW_logo_180px.png|right]]
 
''SMW is an extension ecology of MW that allows marking up content for re-use and create easier to use forms and views.''
 
* Meaning through relationships
* What properties does your content need to be useful?
** Triples
* Inline annotations
* [[Special:Ask|Queries]]
* [[Special:CreateClass|Creating a class]] (template, properties, forms)
** One topic per page
** Formlink <nowiki>{{#formlink:Comment|comment||Comment[Topic]={{PAGENAME}}}}</formlink></nowiki>
* Subtypes
* Basic inference
 
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= Converting content or sites =
 
* [http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/ Pandoc]
* Convertors for [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Convert2MediaWiki Open Office], [http://wikieducator.org/Microsoft_Launches_Open_Source_Filter_for_Mediawiki Microsoft Word]
 
= Hosting =
 
* Export a site, modularize by category
** Complete site export
* [[Special:Version]]
* Free light/startup hosting
* Inexpensive Mediawiki with SMW option
* Wikia
* Self-hosting
 
= Getting help =
 
[[Category:SemWeb]]

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