The KesWiki - Recently Updated Pages

A Wiki for Keswick, Ontario, Canada

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	A Wiki is an Open, Collaborative Community Website where EVERYONE is welcome to contribute content by creating, editing or adding to its pages. All that is required is a free registration, so join "The Keswiki" by signing up here. Remember this is YOUR site to change as you will.
	It can be an Wikipedia, a Bulletin Board, a Photo Album, a Digital Scrapbook, an Entertainment Guide with reviews & recommendations, an Artists Gallery, a School Project, a place to publish, write a Blog, brag about your kids & generally exchange ideas - all rolled into one. Our only limitation is our own imaginations because the paint never dries, hence the reason this great application is named "Wetpaint".

Justin's Page

Sandy98 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:45:30 CDT

JUSTIN'S PAGE

This is my school project page.

The KesWiki Guide

Sue2012 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:00:56 CDT

Welcome

Wikis are websites that everyone can build together.

It's easy!

About This Wiki

Before you get started... Read the Code of Conduct below to get an idea of what is and isn't appropriate behavior for this wiki.

Wiki Code of Conduct

To foster the best possible experience for all, the Tudors Wiki community respectfully requests that its visitors and contributors honor the following code of conduct:

Respect your peers — Treat others and their contributions with respect and foster considerate dialogue.
Do not use offensive language — Inappropriate, crude, or abusive language is not acceptable.

Report inappropriate behavior — Remove and/or report disrespectful or provocative content, but refrain from seeking vigilante justice.

Don’t pilfer material — Don’t publish content to which you have no rights. Text must be in your own words or quoted and given credit to the author. (eg. copying & pasting passages or even whole pages from wikipedia or any other website is not acceptable and will be deleted. Hotlinking without authorisation is also forbidden)

It’s about you as a community but not about YOU as an individual — This site exists to support an organic and communal body of cohesive information.

Share the experience — Be an ambassador of the community by enrolling others in the discussion, sponsoring a good debate, and setting a good, collaborative example.

Never give out your personal contact information (phone number, address etc) to another member - UNLESS you are absolutely sure you WANT contact with them. It is safe online practice not to do this.

For a more exhaustive list of legal do’s and don’ts, refer to the site’s Terms&Conditions.

FORUM DISCUSSION threads on "The Keswiki" :

Remember we all have our opinions, try not to dominate threads by repeating your opinions over & over.
Don't attack a person's character even if you disagree with their opinion.
Trolling (non-constructive, negative comments for the sake of being disruptive) is unacceptable
Threads or posts will be deleted if they are flame-baiting (attempting to start a non-constructive, contentious argument especially with the use of insulting words).
A moderator has the right to delete threads or responses that contain spam advertising, irrelevent content, inappropriate or offensive language or content.

New to "The KesWiki"?

Fill out your profile (link at the top of the screen) to let others know about you!
Introduce yourself on the home page "New members thread".
Before rushing into posting anything, take time to look around and see how the site is set up or you may put things in the wrong place and it will be deleted.
check out the menu on the left under the heading "Wiki pages" & remember to drill down on the headings because some headings have several pages

First Time Here?

Check out the help page for all the basics on how to edit pages, create your own and find your way around here. Here's some tips:

Make small edits. If you make small edits, and save your work frequently, you'll be less likely to save after someone else has saved. You also won't risk losing all the work that you just put into it.
Be understanding. Understand that someone will very possibly come after you and delete all the text you just wrote. Try not to be offended by it. Remember everyone can see the whole page history (there's a link at the bottom of each page) and Moderators can revert to any previous page in the event of a large amount of good text going missing.
Avoid posting long paragraphs of text if you want people to read it. Eye-tracking studies show that online readers tend to skip large blocks of text. Lists, buttons & menus are easier on the eye.

FAQ

How do I change a page?

1. Click on the "EasyEdit" button and a tool bar will appear.
2. Each page has a format so make sure you stick with that. Type in your new text, edit what's there or paste a text (ctrl c / ctrl p).You can use the formatting buttons on the tool bar to change alignment & size & colour of the font etc.

3. When you are satisfied, click "Save".

(note: the Home page & Guideare locked - all other pages can be edited.)

How do I ADD a page?

1. Check the menu on the left hand column headed "Wiki pages" and you will see below the pages, the words
" Add a page".
2. If you are just adding a general page, click "Home" and click "Add a page"
3. If you want to add a page to a specific profile or other page, click that first and then hit "Add a page"
4. Follow the directions that will pop up (simple as that)
5. If you choose "blank page", you will have to set up your own format. Otherwise you can choose one of the formats already available on the drop down menu.

Try and make your page look interesting with pics and text. Lots of text can be tedious to read.

Formatting help & other FAQ

I. Image Size and Quality:
Images really make our wiki stand out from others. We have a number of contributors who have found some really nice images and they're now contained on our pages. However, there are a few things to keep in mind when selecting and formatting images. Good images are very nice. Bad images can make a wiki look unprofessional and, in some cases, confusing and ugly. Please also keep in mind that there is a format to each page and try to stick with the standard format as much as possible so that its easy to navigate for everyone.

Avoid using the editor's built-in picture resizer. This tends to destroy the quality of the images and makes it difficult to see the content of the image clearly. Use a free picture editor such as Picasa to change the size of the images and

Keep picture sizes standardized and manageable. Look to see how big the other pictures are on the page and reformat your pictures so that they are roughly the same size. They may require cropping so that they are the same general shape. Also, remember that people have different monitor resolutions and something that may look great on your monitor could force ugly formatting on someone else's. Try to never exceed 600 pixels for the width of any image. Of course, there are exceptions.

Don't post poor quality images. We're not trying to be the biggest Tudors wiki, but rather the best Tudors wiki. If an image is too small, increasing it's size will cause distortion and poor quality. It's better to either leave the image small and clear, or leave it off altogether. One good quality image that took a couple hours to find is a better contribution than ten poor quality images.

II. Different Monitor resolutions:
Different people have different monitor resolutions. The low end is probably 800X600, while most people won't be using more than 1600X1200. That means that when you're creating your tables, there's a wide range of how your page will be viewed. Because people have different monitor resolutions, it's important to make sure that your pages can be visible to most people. Keeping the content of your page no wider than 750 pixels (change in "Edit Table") is a good guideline to follow because it will contain enough content for the higher resolution viewers and will still be manageable by people on the lower end of the scale.

III. Suggest links:
While this feature works nicely for some of the content, it must be used in moderation. It is not sufficient to click Suggest Links, then click accept all, and then be done with it. Sometimes, the Suggest Links feature links to inaccurate content . Other times, it repeatedly links to pages that appear throughout a page. Generally, if a particular link is found throughout a page only link to it periodically. It keeps the text clean.
Accurate and extensive linking is crucial to the effectiveness and structure of a wiki, and can be tedious work. It's generally best for the links to be added at the page's creation, so that we can ensure the comprehensiveness of our links.

IV. Italics vs. Quotation Marks:
Italics are used for all film titles. Quotation marks are used for all books. If you are quoting something that a character said, then use quotation marks. Most of the pages already contain formatting hints. When in doubt, use the same formatting that appears earlier on the page you're editing.

V. Bullet-points:
Bullet points are an effective way to break the text down into manageable chunks. You can make your own custom bullet-points by using the indent feature on the EasyEdit Toolbar. Sometimes this is useful if you have a long bullet-point that wraps around an image to the right. If you use the bullet point feature, the text won't actually wrap until the following bullet-point. This work-around was used in sections I and II on this page.

VI. Colors:
Stick primarily to the default colors.You shouldn't ever have to change the color of the text. The links will automatically change to the blue color when you link them to something. You don't have to worry about manually changing the color of the links.

VII. Templates:
If there's a template for the page you're trying to create, take advantage of it. They also serve as good models for understanding the basics of the Wetpaint editor. The use of templates will help to ensure that our wiki has consistent formatting within sections. If you've decided to create a new section, make sure that you create a template for the material that will contained within that section so that all of the pages will be stylistically unified.

VIII. Alignment:
If you have problems with alignment of pictures or tables use right click and make sure that the Text Wrap is set on the first option. If it's set on the other options, the tags can get switched and you may have a formatting nightmare. If you want to align a table, you need to right click, Select table, and then click the alignment button on the EasyEdit Toolbar.

IX. Text Size:
The default text size is 12pt and should be used for most text. In some cases for emphasis, size 14 works well, but bold can be used for emphasis in most cases. Size 14 is most appropriate on text-heavy pages where there may be a need for different levels of emphasis.

X. Copy and paste:

copy = control C
paste = control P
Be careful when using this means of adding information as this may result in hotlinking from another site using someone elses unnauthorized bandwidth. Only for use within the wiki and moving something from one place to another. Everything else should be downloaded and added through the "Photo" button or text should be typed.
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XI. Creating Tables:

The backbone of the wetpaint editor is tabling. Tables can be nested within other tables to allow for some flexibility in creating different "content spaces" on the page. The screenshot to the right is nested within a table (to provide a spacing buffer between the text and the image) that has cell margin=10, width =100, etc. Don't worry if you don't get these right the first time. You can always come back to these settings and change them if you want. Through the edit table window, you're able to define the number of cells in the table and how much space is between each cell (or the table border). Below is a description of each option:

1) Rows: This option allows you to set the number of rows in the table (Rows go horizontally, left and right).

2) Columns: Allows you to set the number of columns (vertically, up and down) in a table. A one row, one column table is a single cell (see Table 1). Single cell tables are useful for placing a border around text or images. You can also use a single cell table to create borders around other tables (see Table 2 for an example of the framing table with a hidden border and Table 3 for an example with a visible border).

Table 1

Cell 1

Cell 2

Table 2

Cell 3

Table 3

3) Table width: Table width is a very handy function, but it can also cause some problems. For an explanation of the problems, see Section V: Different Monitor Resolutions. Generally, it's best to select Fit to page and then break the table up into smaller tables later, or embed tables to create the best structure for your page. It's also useful to set the width to 100 pixels for framing images. Considering that most images are going to be larger than 100 pixels across, the table will expand to the width of the image, creating the frame.

4) Cell Margins: Cell margins are the space between a cell and the information inside. Generally, this can be left to the default (3), but sometimes it might need to be modified. 0 is handy for putting a tight border on an image. For a table that contains text or one that borders text, 5 works well. Sometimes, 10 is effective at helping to balance the content of the page (e.g. if the page contains a bulleted list on the left with an image on the right). The Add Table screenshot above is nested within a table that has a cell margin of 10 to help set the image off from the text.

5) Wrap Text: Wrap Text allows you to position text around a table or image. If you're having issues with the alignment of your image or table, make sure this is set to the first option.

6) Table Border: Initially, it might be useful to keep this on the default setting (i.e. show all borders), but as it says, you can (and should!) come back and customize this for every table you create (and possibly each cell). It may help some people to keep the borders visible for their initial work on the page and then come back to hide them later once they have a better grasp of how the layout will develop.

XII . Editing Tables:

You can access the table editor by right clicking on a table. Editing tables is an important part of the formatting process as it allows for more detailed manipulation of the tables. It's best to right click on a table and add a row as opposed to creating new tables. There are a number of options available by right clicking a table:

1) Add/Remove column (up and down): Add column adds to the right of the column that you select

2) Add/Remove row (left and right): Add row adds below the selected row

3) Edit table: see "Creating Tables" above.

4) Edit table cell: discussed below

5) Select table: Select table is a useful option for diagnosing formatting bugs. You can right click on a table, choose "Select table", and then ctrl+x on your keyboard to cut. Then click further down the page and ctrl+v to paste the table away from the troublesome tags (for a brief discussion of "tags" and HTML, see Section XIII on this page). By using select table, you can also create a space between tables if you're not able to select that area. It's also necessary to use select table as opposed to left clicking to access some options such as merge cells.

6) Delete table: Useful for correcting mistakes. It's generally better to use "Select table" before "Delete table" as opposed to left click so that you can be sure which table you are deleting.

7) Merge Cells: If you drag from one cell to another and then right click, you have access to one more option, "Merge Cells". This allows you to combine two adjacent cells and is particularly useful when combined with the "Edit table cell" option for customization of table borders.

XIII. Editing Table Cells:

Screenshot of Edit Table Cell

If you right-click on a table cell, you have the option to edit the borders and background color of that cell . You can make borders appear or disappear. You can also change the width/density of the border. This opens up a number of different options for creating different "content spaces" on the page. Play around with different border combinations.

"Content spaces" are breaks in the text or images that help to organize the page and delimit the boundaries between sections on the page. This page contains a number of examples of different strategies for developing content spaces:

Between Sections I and II, there is single row table with the top, left, and right borders hidden. This kind of table serves as a horizontal divider between the two sections.

The same effect is achieved between Sections V-XII. In this case, lines between sections are created by editing each cell between a section so that only the bottom borders are visible. Here, all of the content is included in one table, whereas from Sections I-IV, each section is contained within its own table.

Notice that between each of the rows containing Images 3-6 below, there is a row of cells with all of the borders hidden. This is a more subtle way to create individual content spaces for each of the images and their respective captions. It's also a good strategy for creating content spaces in sections delimited with horizontal lines.

Fishing

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About Keswick

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Resources - Links

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Sports

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Keswiki Polls

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(It's easy to create a simple on-line poll using the Vizu (or preferably the Polldaddy.com) software. Create your own poll to add to the wiki -- or leave a suggestion for a future poll in the Threads/Comments section (Click on "Start a New Thread" at lower right corner of this page)

History

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Wish Lists

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[Add list of items here]

Our Community Sponsors

Sue2012 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:55:51 CDT

Showcase the companies that support your organization below!

	Many thanks to Pagliacci's Pizza for supplying pizza at our family game night last month!

Bulletin Board

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Art Gallery

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Blogs

Sue2012 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:51:40 CDT

This is a template page

Use this template when you want to use photos and text to tell your story. Click EasyEdit, then highlight this text with your cursor and type over it with your own words: You can write as much as you want!

This sample photo is easy to replace with one of your own: Click the EasyEdit button, highlight the placeholder image at left and hit "delete." Then click the "image" button in the toolbar and use the "browse" button to find the image you want to insert from your computer. It's that easy.

The text can be wrapped around your image, or you can have the text start below the photo. You can also move the photo to the right side of the page. See your choices for photo and text placement by clickin on the photo with your mouse and then clicking "image" on the toolbar.

You can also change the size of your photo by clicking on it once to highlight it, then by clicking the "plus" or "minus" sign in the "Edit Image" toolbox. When you're all done, save your page.

Entertainment

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Photos of Pets

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Photos of People

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Photos of Places

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Share Your Photos

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Post photos from events below!

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Restaurant Reviews & Recommendations

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