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====== Guidelines ====== | ====== Guidelines ====== | ||
- | Below are some basic guidelines we try to follow for this WIKI so that we can have a level of consistency. | + | Below are some basic guidelines we try to follow for this WIKI so that we can have a level of consistency. |
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+ | ===== Page Index ===== | ||
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+ | The page index, is what would be used to link to the page from another page in the WIKI. | ||
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+ | http:// | ||
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+ | And the **page index** for this page is: | ||
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+ | wiki/ | ||
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+ | The index, in most cases, will closely match with the page's title. | ||
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+ | The index should use underscore **_** as the **word separator**.((Knowing what we know now about Google recommending the use of hyphen **-** over underscore **_** for the word separator, it may have been better to use hyphens, but we didn' | ||
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+ | Only alpha-numeric and underscores _ in the index. | ||
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+ | Index should be something simple and short ((Partially so the link to the page is shorter)). The page title can be longer (although long titles should be avoided if possible), and prone to change over time, but the index will always stay the same so should be short and simple. | ||
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+ | Keep things that are more likely to change over time out of the index, such as " | ||
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+ | ===== Page Title ===== | ||
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+ | First, you need to know how to make a page title. | ||
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+ | The page title is used for the link to the page, and in the page breadcrumb listed at the top of the page. Keep this in mind when making a title for your page. | ||
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+ | **Including keywords in the title is great**((As long as the keywords relate to the page contents, of course.)) since it makes the page show up in relevant searches better, but **not at the expense of making sense**. | ||
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+ | Put what it is at the beginning of the file. If you //must// add a few extra keywords to the title to make the page show better in searches, word it so the secondary keywords are at the end. For example " | ||
===== Use of Folders & Pages ===== | ===== Use of Folders & Pages ===== |