User:NotAracham/BeginnerGuide/Outline

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Intent[edit source]

This page serves as an outline for intended content and subpages to serve as onboarding for new wiki owners freshly joining Miraheze, with an eye towards those users migrating from other hosts.

The following list is a working document and subject to change.

Outline[edit source]

Landing page:[edit source]

  • Intro: You have left fandom, This is a miraheze
  • Requesting a wiki
    • Content policy link/primer
    • What to consider when requesting a wiki
    • How to form requests
    • Expectations after filing
  • Congrats, you got a wiki, what's next?!
    • General descriptions of advanced topic subpages
    • Include a Navbox to subpages

Subpages:[edit source]

  • Extensions
    • What are they
    • Which ones are good for replicating Fandom
    • Other recommended extensions
  • Skins
    • Which ones are close to Fandom (Cosmos is primary)
    • Example cosmos layout
      • what attributes change what
      • How do I preview changes?
  • Roles
    • No such thing as owner
    • don't delete bureaucrat
    • Don't touch implicit groups
  • Importing pages from Fandom
    • Generating fandom export
    • Filing request for Miraheze import
    • Bonus: what's the deal with images? How do I get those too?
  • Templates and modules
    • What is a template? how do I use it?
    • What is a module? how do I use it?
      • How do I import these things quickly?
      • How can I manually import these things?
    • Example: How do I make infoboxes?
      • Step-by step deeeeep-dive on portableinfobox
      • Other types of infoboxes
  • Common issues starting out:
    • Everyone can edit, how can I fix this?
    • I'm getting a 'sanitized CSS' error, how do I fix this?
    • File Licensing: How? Why?
      • Create templated easy-to-use-licensing files?!
  • How do I SEO? WikiSEO tips!
  • replacement discord widget info [1]