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Return to Help Menu =Creating and Editing Pages for Shroud Science Groups Members=

Creating Pages
To create a new page within the current space, use the "New Page" link in the sidebar.

Advanced technique. When editing a page, create a link to a non-existent page. This will create a new blank page with the name you choose. You can then edit this blank page by typing in the URL (shroud.wikispaces.com/newpagename) and clicking on the edit tab at the top of the page.

Note that the "New Page" link will only be present if you are a registered user and have logged in.

Editing Pages
Each editable page on has an "edit" tab or button at the top of the page. Click on the "edit" button to bring up the page editor. The page editor allows you to add text and pictures to a page and to format that page. The editor has two editor modes, a visual mode and a plain text mode.


 * 1. What's the visual editor?**

Wikispaces' visual editor lets you see the final look and feel of a page before you save it. It's just like using a word processor. (Javascript is required for this editor.)


 * 2. What's the text editor?**

The text editor allows you to edit the raw wikitext of a page. This is something like simplified HTML coded page.


 * 3. How do I switch between the two editor modes?**

When in the visual editor, click "Use Text Editor" to switch to text mode. When in the text editor, click "Use Visual Editor" to switch to visual mode. You can set your default editor mode in your personal Settings page.


 * 4. What's the difference between the 'edit' button and the 'edit navigation' link?**

The edit link at the top of the page edits the page that you are currently viewing. Each page can be thought of as a document within your space. Your documents can be linked together.

The edit navigation link on the left edits the content that appears in the Navigation bar on each page. That content is intended to be sort of an index for the site so that your users can easily move around in the space.

Please do not edit the navigation section unless you are an organizer or an experienced user.

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