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Welcome to Maktaba, an open library for ElimuShare.
Please Note: This website is beta version. This means, a lot of things might change with time. However, the content you create will not be lost as a result.
Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.
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Getting started
How to use Maktaba.
Creating content
To create or edit content that is your work or others' and which is not an archive of another author's work please type the title in the following form.
To create or edit content which is an archive of another author's work or yours such as archiving a book where you need to enter bibliographic information please enter title and select a form:
Form:
Spread the word
Let others know about your work by having your readers share it on twitter and facebook. Copy and paste the following line at the bottom of your content.
<twitterbutton style="2"></twitterbutton><facelikebutton style="2" showsend="0"></facelikebutton>
Page attachment
We are working on an easier way for attaching media.
To attach a file to your content, first upload the file to the wiki and use the following syntax:
To use the full version of the file do:
[[File:File.jpg]]
To use a 200 pixel wide rendition in a box in the left margin with 'alt text' as description do:
[[File:File.png|200px|thumb|left|alt text]]
For directly linking to the file without displaying the file do:
[[Media:File.ogg]]
In order to link to an external file please copy paste the address from your browser's address bar and provide a link to the file as follows:
[http://www.example.com | my external link title]
Protect your content
Non-anonymous authors can protect a page from non-authors. By default the content you create can be edited by anyone. In order to protect your content go to protect tab on the header.
Discussion
Every discussion will have a section title, and will be threaded. Other users can reply to the thread. They can also create new threads. On every page there is a Discussion tab, which is clickable. It should be straight forward.
To can start a discussion on any page by simply clicking on the discussion tab.
More on Getting started
Please follow the following link.
Comments
Leave a comment. Comments section here.
