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from the Antique Jewelry University

Contents 1 Creating a User profile page, how to? 2 Step by step 2.1 Profile picture 2.2 Details 2.3 Education 2.4 Experience 2.5 Hobbies 2.6 Additional Information 2.7 Additional images 3 To conclude

Creating a User profile page, how to?

This page helps members creating their own user profile page. Let's start with opening this page in a second browser by copying this page's URL into a new window. This way you can return to it easily every time confusion strikes. You may have to log in again on this new page. Then, click here for the template that we are going to use.

• To copy the code from the template you have to click the 'view source' tab ('edit' for editors) of the page that has just popped up after you clicked the link provided above. The code that you will need to create your user page can now be selected, it is the complicated looking text in the white box.

• select the code and then copy it.

Using the page you just copied the code from, click on your own name that is displayed at the very top of each page. You'll see this:

There is currently no text in this page, you can search for this page     
title in other pages or edit this page.

• Click on edit this page
• Place your cursor in the empty box that pops up
• Right mouse click
• Paste

You can now start adding your profile by replacing the capitalized words, be careful not to change the code because it will affect the appearance of your user profile. If you do delete some of the code by accident you can try retrieving it by hitting 'ctrl + z' in one go. It will undo your previous actions. You can repeat this action several times but not infinitely.

Step by step

Profile picture

Do you want a picture of yourself on your profile page?

"No" -> skip this step, the neutral image that is pictured already will stay where it is.

"Yes" -> follow the instruction below:

• The first capitalized words we encounter in the code are 'YOUR PICTURE FILE HERE'

If you wish to add a picture of yourself so people can put a face to the name you can upload one. Please read this entire paragraph before you start uploading. You will have to open yet another window (there is three in total now). Log in again if necessary and hit Upload file. The upload form is pretty straight forward. After you have uploaded a file you end up at the pictures own page. The page's name will be the file name you have given it, preceded by Image: and followed by the extension '.jpg. This page name can be copied and inserted instead of the 'YOUR PICTURE FILE HERE' in the template code. Make sure the code looks exactly like this:

[[Image:file name.jpg|thumb|right|180px|]]

In words: double bracket - Image: - file name complete with extension - the rest

You can hit the 'Show preview' button below the box to see if it worked. If it doesn't, check the code again to make sure all capital letters given by the upload page are correctly copied and the code looks exactly like the one above.

Details

• substitute 'YOUR NAME HERE', 'YOUR CITY HERE', 'YOUR COUNTRY HERE' and 'YOUR AGE HERE' by your name, city, country and age.

You can hit the 'Show preview' button below the box to see if it worked.

Education

You can list your schooling here by substituting "SCHOOL/COURSE/DIPLOMAS/CERTIFICATES" with your enjoyed education. To add several schools and diploma's start a new line for each diploma and begin with a * sign.

If you wish to insert a link to the school's website you can do this by typing the following code:

[http://your school's www address School's name]

Example: [http://www.antiquejewelryuniversity.com AJU, the best online resource
 on Antique Jewelry]

The example will show up as: AJU, the best online resource on Antique Jewelry

You can hit the 'Show preview' button below the box to see if it worked.

Experience

Here you can add your all your experience. A suggestion has been made by providing the headers 'work', 'authoring', 'publications' but you don't have to follow this. You can add what you want to share and delete the headers you don't need. Start each new experience with a * sign.

If you would like to add a header you can do it by placing a word 
in between == signs. 
 Example: ==Header==

Inserting web pages works exactly as described above under the header Education: [http://www.companywebsite.com Company Name]

Links to published books are applauded, in regard to working experience we tolerate links only relevant to Jewelry, Gemstones etc. Irrelevant links will be deleted by one of our editors.

You can hit the 'Show preview' button below the box to see if it worked.

Hobbies

Here you can substitute 'ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HERE' with your hobbies. Start each hobby on a new line and begin with a * sign.

You can hit the 'Show preview' button below the box to see if it worked.

Additional Information

Here you can add any additional information by substituting 'ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HERE' with what you want to share.

You can hit the 'Show preview' button below the box to see if it worked

Additional images

You may want to add more pictures. This can be done by uploading images and copying their file names, with extension, and pasting them in the image link provided in the template. Substitute 'YOUR ADDITIONAL IMAGE FILE HERE' with the copied file name. If you haven't got a third window open yet, create one now. You will have to open yet another window (there is three in total now). Log in again if necessary and hit Upload file. The upload form is pretty straight forward. After you have uploaded a file you end up at the pictures own page. The page's name will be the file name you have given it, preceded by Image: and followed by the extension '.jpg. This page name can be copied and inserted instead of the 'YOUR ADDITIONAL IMAGE FILE HERE' in the template code. Make sure the code looks exactly like this:

[[Image:file name.jpg|thumb|right|180px|]]

In words: double bracket - Image: - file name complete with extension - the rest

You can hit the 'Show preview' button below the box to see if it worked. If it doesn't, check the code again to make sure all capital letters given by the upload page are correctly copied and the code looks exactly like the one above.

To add more then one picture repeat the above by copying the code line provided in the template and pasting a different file name in there. If you add several images, list them on a new line each.

The size of the picture can be controlled by the number in the code line.

for instance: [[image:yourchoice.jpg|border|'''300px''']]

The bold '300'px in the line stands for 300 pixels wide. You can change this to your desired size. Use the preview button to check the consequences of your changes before you submit.

To conclude

If you have gone through all the steps above you can do a final preview to see if everything looks the way you intended. If so: 'Submit'

Congratulations! You haven't just made a user profile, no, you have coded a wiki page as well! The coding you learned in this process can be used everywhere on the AJU!