<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>HelpForBeginners</title></articleinfo><para>A <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/WikiWikiWeb#">WikiWikiWeb</ulink> is a collaborative hypertext environment, with an emphasis on easy access to and modification of information.  </para><para>You can edit any page by pressing the &quot;edit&quot; link. Depending on the selected user interface theme you may find this at the top, in the sidebar area or at the bottom of the page. Capitalized words joined together form a <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/WikiName#">WikiName</ulink>, which hyperlinks to another page. Clicking on the highlighted title searches for all pages that link to the current page.  Pages which do not yet exist are linked with a question mark or in bold red; just follow the link and you can add a definition.  That is also the way to create a new page: add a new <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/WikiName#">WikiName</ulink> to an existing page, save your modification, click on your new link and create the page (more details on <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/HelpOnPageCreation#">HelpOnPageCreation</ulink>). </para><para>You are encouraged to edit the <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/WikiSandBox#">WikiSandBox</ulink> whichever way you like. Please restrain yourself from editing other pages until you feel at home with the ways a wiki works. </para><para>To learn more about what a <ulink url="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiWeb#">WikiWikiWeb</ulink> is, read about <ulink url="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WhyWikiWorks#">WhyWikiWorks</ulink> and the <ulink url="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiNature#">WikiNature</ulink>. Also, consult the <ulink url="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiWebFaq#">WikiWikiWebFaq</ulink> and <ulink url="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OneMinuteWiki#">OneMinuteWiki</ulink>.  This wiki is also part of the <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/InterWiki#">InterWiki</ulink> space, which means you can easily refer to a wealth of information available through other public wiki sites. </para><para>Good starting points to explore a wiki are </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para><ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/RecentChanges#">RecentChanges</ulink>: see where people are currently working </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/FindPage#">FindPage</ulink>: search or browse the database in various ways </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/TitleIndex#">TitleIndex</ulink>: a list of all pages in the wiki </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/WordIndex#">WordIndex</ulink>: a list of all words that are part of page title (thus, a list of the concepts in a wiki) </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/SiteNavigation#">SiteNavigation</ulink>: a page leading to the different indexing schemes of the wiki </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/WikiSandBox#">WikiSandBox</ulink>: feel free to change this page and experiment with editing </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/HelpOnEditing#">HelpOnEditing</ulink>: the starting point to learn everything about wiki markup </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para>For more help, see the <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/HelpContents#">HelpContents</ulink> and the <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HelpForBeginners/HelpIndex#">HelpIndex</ulink> pages. </para></article>