====== Notes for Editors ======

Editing page content is easy. Please follow the notes above the edit-toolbar (when editing a page) to get you started with dokuwiki.

Most entries are still barebone meta-information (only visible in box or index) with little extras or few comments.

There is a template of meta-information that we'd like you to fill in. The wiki page can extend as needed.

<note tip>
If you don't know where to start, the [[wiki:editors_lounge|Editors Lounge]] should provide some hints on what needs to be done.

You could also fulfill some [[wiki:request|user requests]].
</note>

===== Meta-Information =====
The meta-information is used to classify entries and provide specific layout independant information
  * each meta entry is unique (eg. there can be only one ''screenshot'' per entry)
  * it should be straight forward to fill in or update most meta links like ''title'', ''desc''(-ription), ''screenshot'', ''link'', ''author'' etc.
  * ''Meta:version'': latest //stable// version number
  * ''Meta:releasedate'': the release date of the latest version for a project or the date of the last update for a document (e. g. an online article).  Format: ''yyyy-mm-dd'' (e. g. 2008-11-31). Please add this information to give other users a hint on how old a specific information/app is.

===== Tags =====

Tags are use for navigation, link-structure and feature-display.
Tags form categories, the members of which are listed in ''apps/categories///name_of_tag//'', e. g. [[apps:categories:snd]]

Re-assigning tags is not as easy as we would like to have! At the moment new categories are generated by using a new tag in any wiki page. 

  * every entry can have multiple tags (space separated)
  * cut and paste [[:apps:index|category]] names (feel free to add tags not listed there if you see a need for them)
  * use underscores within one tag, use space to separates tags: ''%% {{tag>first_tag second_tag and_a_third forth}} %%''
  * look up [[:apps:index|existing category tags]] and extend this list by hand editing after inventing new tags (this last step will soon be automated)
    * the category page corresponding to a tag is **not** automatically generated, but has a generate-template (just click create and save). 

===== Creating new entries =====

==== Bookmarklet - the easy way ====

There is the possibility to use [[wiki:bookmarklet|this bookmarklet]] to submit new apps more comfortably.

==== Manual approach ====

  * All applications or projects have their own wiki page in ''/apps:all://name//''
  * choose a name for the application
  * visit the ''/apps:all://name//'' directly (e. g. [[http://apps.linuxaudio.org/apps/all/nonexistant_page]])
  * edit the page to create it - we have a button for that, too:
{{NEWPAGE>apps:all|newpagetemplate=:site:lappstemplate&newpagevars=@TAG@,new}}
  * add tags and meta information as described above

===== Deleting entries =====

Clear the page to delete it, but consider a redirect if:
  * the page could be referenced by other pages
  * the page name is an alternative name or shortcut for a project (e. g. clm for Common Lisp Music)

===== Redirecting pages =====

Clear the page (particularly the tags section could cause confusion) and add:

  ~~REDIRECT>namespace:page~~

E. g. you'd like to redirect "apps:all:sc3" to "apps:all:supercollider":

  ~~REDIRECT>apps:all:supercollider~~


===== Comments on specific entries =====

We are considering to use dokuwiki also for comments and blogging, but until we decide so, we encourage to add comments directly to a wiki page under an appropriate heading at the bottom.

use the [[:wiki:start|wiki]] for suggestions or join discussion about ongoing work there.