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| Files can be uploaded to the wiki and then made available or used on various pages. | | Files can be uploaded to the wiki and then made available or used on various pages. |
- | == First learn ==
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- | PCSAR's wiki has a few special features that help us manage files, which are described below.
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- | But first you'll need to understand how files are managed generally by the mediawiki software.
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- | Please read | + | [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Managing_files "Managing file"] |
- | [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Managing_files Mediawiki's "Managing file"] | + | description that is for all mediawiki sites. |
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- | which talks about how to manage files generally on any mediawiki site.
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- | == Confidential files ==
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- | Files that should not be readable by everyone in the world can be placed in the confidential members-only portion of the wiki.
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- | To do that, prefix the file name with "<code>Members:</code>" when filling in the
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- | "'''Destination filename:'''” of the upload form.
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- | So for instance if the file was a quote from a company that was giving us a great deal on a product, the source filename might be <code>2016-03-30 acme quote.pdf</code>, you would change the destination filename to <code>Members:2016-03-30 acme quote.pdf</code>.
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- | Files that begin with <code>Members:</code> are only accessible to people who are logged in with that access.
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- | Note that you have to get the prefix exactly right:
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- | * The prefix is "<code>Members:</code>"
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- | * It can't be "<code>Member:</code>" -- it has to be plural, "<code>Members:</code>"
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- | * There can't be any space between "<code>Members</code>" and the colon. "<code>Members :</code>" won't work
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- | * There can't be anything in front of the "<code>Members:</code>". "<code>Some Members:</code>" won't work
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- | Any of these mistakes will make the file still visible to the world.
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- | == Image: ==
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- | PCSAR is using an older version of mediawiki where files that have been upload have their
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- | file description page starting with <code>Image:</code> instead of <code>File:</code>.
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- | Use <code>Image:</code> anywhere instructions might say <code>File:</code>.
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- | == Linking to files ==
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- | PCSAR's wiki has some easier and
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- | [[Help:Linking to files|additional ways to link to files]].
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- | == Scanning ==
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- | Don't scan pages you've printed. There's an {{link|General computer skills/Scanning printed pages|easier way}}.
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- | == Choosing the type of file ==
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- | When you're scanning and uploading a page, it's generally better to
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- | save them as PDFs rather than JPGs. That's because PDFs will be printed
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- | as full pages identical to the page you scanned. JPGs will often get
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- | scaled and end up a different size. JPGs make sense if you're scanning
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- | something that is going to be embedded in a page (like a photo).
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