ZWikiFeatures - ZWikiFeatures

ZWiki has some special features which are helpful when building and navigating a wiki. The are already good pages for: the hypertext features of WikiName; the RemoteWikiName linking mechanism of RemoteWikiURL; and the the formatting features of StructuredText. The remaining features can be divided between email features, history features, information architecture features, and user interface features. One way to uncover these features is to tour the user interface.

A Tour of the ZWiki User Interface

Moving clockwise around the interface, these are the user interface features you will find.

SiteLogo: top left corner of page
The SiteLogo graphic links to the FrontPage.
BreadCrumbs: top center of page
The lineage of the current page is displayed as a nesting breadcrumb list. This is the structure recorded in the PageHierarchy. Be aware that the last breadcrumb has a special function: it is a link to the BackLinks screen. The remainder of the BreadCrumbs link to the indicated page.
PageTitle: right of logo
The last entry in the BreadCrumbs is the PageTitle. The PageTitle links to the BackLinks screen for the page.
RecentChanges: top right corner of page
The changes link accesses a list of the pages that have most recently been edited. This is a good way to keep up with changes in the wiki.
ContentsPage: top right of page
The contents link on the top right points to a table of contents.
HelpPage: top right corner of page
The help link accesses the HelpPage.
UserOptions: top right corner of page
The options link accesses the UserOptions page where you can store various personalisations into a cookie. In particular, you should store your user name.
SubscribeLink: top right corner of page
The subscribe link accesses the subscription screen. You can have comments on the current page sent to you by email, and if you subscribe to the whole ZWiki you are also notified of new pages. See MailOut.
EditLink: top right corner of page
The edit link accesses a full page text form to edit the page. This is also a good way to view how interesting pages are formatted.
ExternalEditorLink: top right corner of page
The tiny pencil icon allows you to edit the page using an ExternalEditor which is very cool if you get heavily into ZWiki.
SearchForm: top right corner of page
Entering text into the SearchForm and pressing Enter displays a screen listing pages containing an exact match. This interface is replicated in the Related to the SearchPage.

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