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A Gentle Introduction to BRBlogs

The Biblical Recorder wants to encourage community conversation at its site.
So we offer blog space to those who want to not only participate in other discussions, but also to begin their own.
It is a simple process.
Instructions follow:

Terms&Conditions:

These are the rules. By using BRBlogs, you agree to follow and to be bound by them.

Register:
Participation requires registration. It's just a matter of taking responsibility for the decision to publish.

Registration is fast, simple, straightforward and, as backup, we explain how.
Once you're registered, login is a breeze. Set a cookie. We aren't interested in your buying habits, like some social networking sites.

Comment:

Filing comments is easy if you aren't a spambot or other automaton.

Create your own blog

Create your own BRBlog. They're free!
When you finish filling out the weblog creation form:

You will have named your blog.
You will have given it an address in BRBlogs space.
You will have choosen a theme (or "skin" if you prefer that term). The three below are relatively new. There are many others.

You will be ready to publish (if you wish).

Blog It!

Registered?
Blog set up?
Write your first blog, using a built-in blog editor or one of the compatible blog editing applications. Post from your cellphone, or via text messaging.

Text isn't your way?

Post a pod-cast.
Or a video-cast.

Promote It!

You do want to be famous, don't you? Promote it so the world can find it (or not, as you see fit).

Manage It

There are sound guidelines for blog management and in particular for handling the comments your readers make.

FAQ

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Register

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Register with BRblogs

After reading this guide, use the navigation menu at left to go to "BRBlogs Front" of the Editor's Journal.
Or right click on the link, and from your browser's pop-up menu select the item which opens the front page in a separate browser window.
If you open the registration form in a separate window, you can view the instructions while you register.

On the front page, click on the "Register" button, which is at the right-hand end of the toolbar (this link also works).
That will take you directly to the "New User Registration" page.
Fill out the resulting form, being careful to provide a valid, working email address. Click for a larger version of the image at left If the image fills your screen and conceals the "close button," use your browser's "back" button to return here. Otherwise, close the image by clicking the "close" button in the lower, right-hand corner of the image.

Select a password which is easy to remember but hard to guess.
It is wise to use a number or two, as well as a punctuation point. Never use anything anyone can readily associate with you. There are clearly written guidelines.
Follow them, and you will have observed due password caution.
We don't want anyone to guess your password and convert your blog to their own purposes.
If you wish to blog anonymously to everyone other than our staff, choose a "Username" which is unlike either your given name or any nickname you have ever had.
The "Username" is the second name you enter. It is the name you will use with your password when you login.
You should enter your real name in the blank labled "Full Name."
Give a complete, working email address where we can reach you if we need to do so.
We sometimes send updates regarding the operation of the blog, or enhancements in the blog software that you need to know about in order to properly use your account.
Similarly, you may find occasion to seek our help in resetting your password.
In that event, your registered email address will be used as a part of verifying your identity.

We do not send unsolicited commercial email. Any unsolicited commercial email you received that pretends to be from us is a fraud and we would like to know about it.

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FAQ

127.0.0.1 — 2007-12-03T21:12:02Z
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a legal guide for bloggers that a layman can read?

Answer: We recommend the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Legal Guide For Bloggers

When does the Editor add new Journal entries?

Answer: There is no set schedule. As a practical matter, new entries are often posted several times a week and may be posted more than once a day.
How often are reader comments reviewed and approved for the moderated sections of the Editor's Journal?

Answer: As frequently as staff time permits. Please be patient with us.

Sometimes, comments made after regular working hours, on weekends and on holidays must await the beginning of another regular work day. Most are approved (or not) shortly after they are posted.
Do I need to create an account?

Answer: Well, no. If you wish to visit and read the material here, without commenting or making use of other services the Editor's Journal provides, no.
Why must I register to post comments and enjoy other site features?

Answer: Most fundamentally, spam. That plague forces us to set barriers of ever increasing height to frustrate the efforts of spammers to convert the site into an automated spam distribution machine. Verified registration is one of those barriers.

More importantly, the Editor's Journal software was created and configured to support an online community. An online community has members who are responsible for their online behavior. Registration is a way of accepting, affirming and exercising that responsibility.

How do I create an account?

Answer: Start here.

How do I select a good password?

Answer: Use eight or more characters.
Include a number or two, and a punctuation point.
Never use anything anyone can readily associate with you.
There are well-respected guidelines which go into some detail without becoming unduly technical.

How do I submit a comment?

Answer: First, you must create and account and log in.

Your browser must have cookies enabled.

Second, when you have read an Editor's Journal entry to which you wish to respond, click on the "Post A Comment" or "Comments" link at the end of the piece.

Third, enter your comment in the "Comment" text box.

Fourth, and this is not required but we do recommend it use the "preview" button to preview your work.

Make sure every word is spelled correctly and be especially careful of the facts. Once you submit your comment, it is "written in stone." Our only alternatives will be to publish it as is. Or discard it.

After you post your comment, the owner of the blog on which you are commenting will make a decision about where to post your comment for the public to read. The bloggers here are a varied group, but comments are rarely rejected unless they are obviously spam.

What kinds of articles/comments should I submit for publication or make available via my blog here?

Answer: The Biblical Recorder first concerns itself with matters of interest to Baptists. Thus the Editor's Journal also concerns itself with matters of interest to Baptists. Comments submitted here should be of interest to Baptists. They should also observe common courtesy, give excruciatingly careful attention to factual accuracy and avoid being hurtful.

What is the purpose of the small icons that appear beside or below each blog posting?

Answer: Each icon denotes a section or topic. It is linked to a search function. Clicking on it will generate a list of stories and comments on the same topic.

What do you do to when the black hats try to break into the site?

Answer: Our Webmaster redoubles our security measures. Southern Connections works with the hosting provier to contact the administrators of the machines used in the attacks. They forward the information collected to the relevant ISPs. They also forward that information to law enforcement authorities as appropriate.
Who retains copyright to and/or ownership of comments and stories posted here?

Answer: When you post a comment and/or story here, you grant the Biblical Recorder the right to display your comment and/or story in whole or in part on the page on which you post it and on any other pages maintained by the Biblical Recorder and in any other Biblical Recorder publications at is sees fit.

By posting material here, you also grant the Biblical Recorder the right to remove your comments or stories or if the offense is sufficiently grave your entire blog at the discretion of the editor and without notice or explanation.

Otherwise, you retain copyright to the materials your create.
What is your privacy policy?

Answer: We do not sell or otherwise distribute the email addresses of our users or other information about visitors and/or registrants. Your account is for your convenience. We try to keep it that way.

Question: Is anything about my account available to other users?

Answer: Yes, if you choose to make it available. Registration instructions linked to above explain hot to remain as anonymous as you choose to be.

Again, information you disclose to the Biblical Recorder when signing up and setting your preferences is not necessarily published. As is always the case when privacy is at issue on the Internet, some care must be taken, but you can blog here with effective anonymity.

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MultiMediaBlogging

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Podcasting or videocasting
You can distribute audio, video or other media files, using the weblog's newsfeed, as well as link to those files from within a roller blog entry.
In RollerWeblogger, the supporting blog software, the file is first included within a weblog entry.
That process is not automatic, although the RollerWeblogger software provides some help.

Record your Podcast or other permitted multimedia file (a process that is outside the scope of this tutorial).
Upload your Podcast to a server from which it will be streamed or otherwise delivered, making a plain text note of its complete URL.
Create a new weblog which includes a link to the Podcast or other multimedia file. If, for example, you have created a movie to be streamed from YouTube, that service recommends code while in our experience works well in a Roller blog page.
In the lower-half of the weblog editor page, there is an expandable control
labelled Advanced Settings. Click there to expand it, revealing the Enclosure URL field, and paste your Podcast URL into that field.
Save the weblog as a draft and preview it. Or publish it. In either case, you should see that the Advanced Settings control has detected the content-type and file-size of your the multimedia file.
If not, the file was inaccessible. Double-check the URL, reload it as above and save as draft or publish it.
A successfully published multimedia files will be added to publishing blog's RSS feeds as an <enclosure>.

Terms

127.0.0.1 — 2007-11-30T18:38:17Z
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Responsibility

You are the publisher of your work here.
Without reservation, you are legally responsible for your writing, works and other publication in your blog space.
If you are courteous and considerate in your writing and require those whose comments are published in your space to observe the same guidelines, issues of law are unlikely to arise.
In the event that legal issues do arise as a consequence of your work at BRBlogs, however, by using this service you agree to hold the Biblical Recorder harmless against costs, damages and liability of all kinds and without regard to limit.

We recommend that U.S. residents acquaint themselves with the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Legal Guide For Bloggers.
Residents other other countries should consider the list of international legal resources maintained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Qualifications fo Membership

BRBlogs is not a closed community.
Prospective members are neither pre-screened nor screened after they sign up.
People are not kicked out for having polite differences with the other members.
Everyone is welcome here as long as they are respectful of others and careful of the facts.

Courtesy
Much has been said about the no-holds-barred nature of blogosphere debate, and a great deal of it is exaggerated.
Courtesy is more persuasive than vitriole.
at BRBlogs, courtesy is a requirement of use.
Although there are no courtesy police, no matter how strong your views, you are expected to be courteous here.
Courtesy helps build and maintain the tone of civil discourse that is the historic hallmark of the Biblical Recorder and which are required for a functional virtual community.
Even if it fails to come to the editor's attention, abuse tends to be self-punishing. Abuse almost inevitably inspires similar treatment, directed at the abuser. If abusive behavior does come to the attention of the editor, it may result in the abrupt suspension of the abusers BRBlogs privileges. The editor reserves the right to take action without notice or explanation.
That said, never curse or overtly insult anyone in a comment filed here or by way of a blog post here. Should that behavior come to the attention of the editor, suspension of privileges may result.
Never, even in jest, communicate a threat.

Trolls
No trolls. No trolling. Trolling is the posting of provocative statements for the purpose of inciting reaction, and has no place in a thoughtful virtual community. It may come to the attention of the editor and if so will be dealt with at his discretion.
The editor may delete the offending comment or blog entry. If it is a blog entry, he may invite the user to edit, replace or delete it. Or he may delete it himself. Unreformed trolls will be banned.

Promotion to the top of the front page

Yes, the editor may do that sometimes.
Your decision to write in this space gives him permission.
His decision to promote one of your entries means he thinks it is well-expressed and has earned a wide audience. Whether he agrees with your expressed opinion or not is irrelevant.

Volume
There is no automated throttle on the the size or frequency of posts.
If a user's blogging becomes so hungry for bandwidth that it calls itself to our attention, that is probably a signal that the user needs his or her own, dedicated blog space.
That is unlikely to occur. If it does, arrangements can be made.
Commercial activities

No commercial activities. Advertisements have their place in the Biblical Recorder classifies or among the display ads.

Promotion to the top of the front page
Yes, the editor may do that from time to time. Unless you exclude your blog from front page aggregation, your decision to write in this space gives him permission. His decision to promote one of your entries means he thinks it is remarkably well-expressed and has earned a wide audience. Whether he agrees with you or not is irrelevant.

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SocialBookmarking

An unknown author — 2007-11-30T18:38:03Z
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Social Bookmarking Made Quite Easy
Share the spirit, and your insight.
Social bookmark your favorite BRBlogs.
BRBlogs offers four, built-in links to social bookmarking sites and one to an information-rich forum.
At any such site, large numbers of other members may adopt your tags, or perhaps only one or two will.
Either way, the intelligence of the crowd is at work.
Their decisions and yours, together, bring the collective human intelligence of the site's members to bear on the task of making useful sense of the Web.
Your tags and other decisions and theirs together categorize links in ways that search engines cannot.

Four easy steps
We can distill your social bookmarking startup down to four, easy steps:

Register(get an account) on a social bookmarking site, paying careful attention to the stated rules, practices, policies and (especially) the FAQ.
Log in and, if the site features intense user interaction, lurk for a while.

Just watch what the others do and say and note the responses they evoke.

After you understand how the site works, and how its regular users behave, make your first recommendation or comment.
Note the response (if any).
Decide how useful your approach is for you (they are your bookmarks).
Adjust your aim as needed, and bookmark again.

The social bookmarking sites (plus a forum) to which we offer links are:

Del.icio.us is the easiest to use and the surviving, thriving pioneer. The term "social bookmarking" came from del.icio.us. They pioneered the use of folksonomy tags, and their system works.
No need to lurk.
Just get an account and start filing and tagging bookmarks there.
It is an efficient way to organize research links and share your decisions with whomever is interested.
Interaction with others permitted, encouraged and not required.

Digg has an active community of users. Interesting items consistently boil up out of the ratings process and there appears to be little spam. If del.icio.us seems too tame (not to me), perhaps Digg should be your next stop.
FYI, I have tagged Biblical Recorder items as "Baptist" here. They got some attention, none of it negative.
Although if you're into the civilized rough and tumble, just go straight to the SlashDot forum.

FURL seems to be almost as gentle with newcomers as del.icio.us. It is designed to foster the creation of systems of "contacts" whose views you value. Currently they seem to have a problem with spam.

SlashDot is a forum (not a bookmark site) where, the collective human intelligence of the members is brought intensely to bear on topics and sites of interest.
User debate is informative, often intense, frequently funny and may gently blister your hide off.
Lurk first.
Wear your asbestos trousers for your first participatory outings
Worth the trouble if you have the time and inclination.
Learn there. Save your social bookmarks elsewhere.
Simpy , where the emphasis is on bookmarking with a social-network dimension. Higher signal to noise ratio than FURL and some do prefer it to the competing sites.

They're all free, although you may have to view the occasional ad.
Why not let a social bookmarking site help you organize your next Web-based research project?
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UsingTheEditor

127.0.0.1 — 2007-11-30T18:38:02Z
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Pick an online editor

There are two online editors at BRBlogs.
Below is an image of the rich text editor while in use.
The rich text editor does a lot of the HTML insertion work for you.
Most of it, actually.
There are of course sometimes good reasons for doing the HTML "by hand."
If you have such reasons, the text editor is available to serve you.

If the image fills your screen and conceals the "close button," use your browser's "back" button to return here. Otherwise, close the image by clicking the "close" button in the lower, right-hand corner of the image.

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LeftMenu

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Main
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Register
Comment
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Set Prefs
Blog
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Bookmarking
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Promote It
Manage It
FAQ
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WikiEtiquette

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When editing pages just keep the following rules in mind:
General

Be nice - don't be rude or offensive.
Write in a way that is easy to understand and avoid local slang or phrases. Many of those who will read your text may not have English as their first language.
Don't delete other people's contributions (unless you know what you are doing)
Don't use too many acronyms (or at least, have a page explaining them)
Avoid the "click here" phrase!! Don't say: "More info about etiquette can be found here" but use "More info about etiquette can be found at WikiEtiquette". I'd suggest avoiding it for external links as well.
Contribute only original stuff. Links are fine, but don't cut-and-paste from copyrighted things.
Correcting typos is quite okay - in fact, it's a very good habit, since it makes the web page more readable.
About comments

You are free to contribute anonymously, but it is preferred that you sign your comments with your name (or handle). It is common to prepend the signature with '--' like this: -- Janne Jalkanen (While you're at it, you are free to create your own wikipage and tell us about yourself.)
A good way is also to put your name first, like this: Janne Jalkanen : I'd like to say that...
Think before you comment. WikiWiki is not a high-speed conversation board. It's not a news server either. What you say will stay here forever (yeah, we do take backups) for everyone to see and comment.
Creating WikiNames

A good WikiName is short and descriptive. If the name is logical and easy many more people will link to it.
Although you can take a whole sentence and crunch it up to make a WikiName, it is better style to restrain it to at most 5 words.
Instead, try to use WikiNames like you would use as chapter titles in a book.
This Wiki allows you to create pages with a single word as a name, but try to use at least two words - we don't want to exhaust the name space :-).
Double-check WikiNames for typos - otherwise someone will create a misnamed page! Misnamed pages are bad, since linking to them requires more effort than to a logical, correct WikiName.
Refactoring pages

Refactoring is the process where you sum up a page, shortening it, making it more accessible. Anyone who feels up to it may go ahead, but we suggest that you leave it up to frequent (experienced) visitors.

Be objective - both pros and cons have to be represented correctly.
Be careful with signed contributions - don't change their meaning.
Give credit where credit is due.
Use 3rd person or plural instead 1st person singular in your summary.
(Thanks to Sensei's library for this initial text.)

TheRules

127.0.0.1 — 2007-11-28T15:30:48Z
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Responsibility

You are the publisher of your work here. As the publisher you own it, and without reservation you are legally responsible for it. If you are courteous and considerate in your writing, issues of law are unlikely to arise. In the event that legal issues do arise as a consequence of your work in this space, however, by using this service you agree to hold the Biblical Recorder harmless against costs, damages and liability of all kinds.

Qualifications fo Membership

BRBlogs is not a closed community. Prospective members are neither pre-screened nor screened after they sign up. People are not kicked out for having polite differences with the other members. Everyone is welcome here as long as they are respectful of others and careful of the facts.
Courtesy
Much has been said about the no-holds-barred nature of blogosphere debate, and a great deal of it is the product of exaggeration. Courtesy is more persuasive than vitriole. At BRBlogs, courtesy is a requirement. No matter how strong your views, you are expected to be courteous here. Courtesy helps build and maintain the tone of civil discourse that is the historic hallmark of the Biblical Recorder. Even if it fails to come to the editor's attention, abuse tends to be self-punishing. Abuse almost inevitably inspires similar treatment, directed at the abuser. If abusive behavior does come to the attention of the editor, may result in the abrupt suspension of the abusers BRBlogs privileges. That said, never curse or overtly insult anyone in a comment filed here or by way of a blog post here. Should that behavior come to the attention of the editor, suspension of privileges may result. Never, even in jest, communicate a threat.
Trolls
No trolls. No trolling. Trolling may come to the attention of the editor.

Promotion to the top of the front page

Yes, the editor may do that sometimes. Your decision to write in this space gives him permission. His decision to promote one of your entries means he thinks it is well-expressed and has earned a wide audience. Whether he agrees with your expressed opinion or not is irrelevant.

Volume
There is no automated throttle on the the size or frequency of posts. If a user's blogging becomes so hungry for bandwidth that it calls itself to our attention, that is probably a signal that the user needs his or her own, dedicated blog space. That is unlikely to occur. If it does he may delete the offending comment or diary entry, replace them with artful gibberish or take some other action. Unreformed trolls will be banned.
Commercial activities

No commercial activities.

Promotion to the top of the front page
Yes, the editor may do that from time to time. Unless you exclude your blog from front page aggregation, your decision to write in this space gives him permission. His decision to promote one of your entries means he thinks it is remarkably well-expressed and has earned a wide audience. Whether he agrees with you or not is irrelevant.

UndefinedPages

An unknown author — 2007-11-28T15:30:48Z
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Here are the pages that have not yet been created. Why don't you go and create a few?
Image
JSPWikiPlugins
Janne Jalkanen
Named Headings
PNG
PageFilters
ThisPageDoesNotExist
WikiAttachments
WikiForms
WikiName
WikiVariables
WikiWiki

(Back to Main).

TextFormattingRules

An unknown author — 2007-11-28T15:30:47Z
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When you've figured out how the editor works, then you should read WikiEtiquette so that you would know how to use your newly acquired skills...

Table of Contents

Quick reference

Writing text

Adding pictures

Headings

Bulleted lists

Numbered lists

Definition lists and comments

Text effects

Preformatted text

Linking around

Linking to a WikiPage

Linking to external sites

Footnotes

InterWiki links

Tables

Styles

Managing your Wiki

Conflicts

Deleting pages

Adding new pages

Attaching files

Variables, plugins, forms and other special functions

Inserting variables

Inserting plugins

Inserting forms

Quick reference

---- = Make a horizontal ruler. Extra '-' is ignored. \\ = force a line break, \\\=force line break and clear. [link] = creates a hyperlink to an internal WikiPage called 'Link'. [this is also a link] = creates a hyperlink to an internal WikiPage called 'ThisIsAlsoALink'. [click here|link] = creates a hyperlink to an internal WikiPage called 'Link', but displays the text 'click here' to the user instead of 'Link'. [1] = Makes a reference to a footnote numbered 1. [#1] = Marks the footnote number 1. [[link] = creates text '[link]'. !heading = small heading with text 'heading' !!heading = medium heading with text 'heading' !!!heading = large heading with text 'heading' ''text'' = prints 'text' in italic. __text__ = prints 'text' in bold. {{text}} = prints 'text' in monospaced font. * text = makes a bulleted list item with 'text' # text = makes a numbered list item with 'text' ;term:ex = makes a definition for 'term' with the explanation 'ex'

Writing text

You don't need to know anything about the Wiki text formatting rules to use Wiki. Just write normal text, and then use an empty line to mark a paragraph. It's just like writing an email.

You can always Edit this page (look at the left sidebar) to see how the different effects on this page are used.

Adding pictures

You can embed any image in the wiki code by putting the image available somewhere on the web in one of the allowed formats, and then just linking to it. For example, this is an inlined PNG image: .

If you specify a link text ([this one here|http://example.com/example.png]) it becomes the ALT text for those who either can't or don't want to view images.

You can also attach an image, and refer to it as if it were any other page. See WikiAttachments for more information.

If you need more layout control (or things like captions), check out the Image -plugin. It can do oodles more than just simple embedding.

The list of accepted image types depends on the Wiki. See the SystemInfo page for a list of the different image types.

Headings

JSPWiki gives you three kinds of headings: A small one (denoted by starting a line with a single exclamation mark '!'), a medium-sized one (two exclamation marks), or a large one (three marks).

All headings also generate a "named anchor", so that you can refer from other wikipages to this wikipage. See Named Headings for more information.

Bulleted lists
Use an asterisk (*) in the first column to make bulleted lists. Use more asterisks for deeper indentation. For example:
* One * Two * Three ** Three.One

creates

One
Two
Three
Three.One
Numbered lists
Just like with bulleted lists, but use a hash (#) instead of the asterisk. Like this:
# One # Two # Three ## Three.One

creates

One
Two
Three
Three.One
If you want to write the list item on multiple lines, just add one or more spaces on the next line and the line will be automatically added to the previous item. If this sounds complicated, edit this page for an example, below.

This is a single-line item.
This is actually a multi-line item. We continue the second sentence on a line on a line of its own. We might as well do a third line while we're at it... Notice, however, as all these sentences get put inside a single item!
The third line is again a single-line item for your convinience.
Definition lists and comments

A simple way to make definition lists is to use the ';:' -construct:

Construct
Something you use to do something with

Another nice use for the ';:' is that you can use it to comment shortly on other people's text, by having an empty 'term' in the definition, like this:

;:''Comment here.''
Which would be seen as
Comment here.

Text effects

You may use bold text or italic text, by using two underscores (_) and two single quotes ('), respectively. If you're on a Windows computer, make sure that you are using the correct quote sign, as there is one that looks the same, but really isn't.

Preformatted text

If you want to add preformatted text (like code) just use three consecutive braces ({) to open a block, and three consecutive braces (}) to close a block. Edit this page for an example.

Linking around

Links are an integral part of Wikis.

Linking to a WikiPage

Just type the name of the page within brackets: [Like this]. This will create automatically a link to a page.

Note also that this Wiki can be configured to support standard CamelCase linking (if it's supported, the word CamelCase should be a link). It's off by default, but if your friendly administrator has turned it on, then well, CamelCase all you want =).

Linking to external sites

The link can also be a direct URL starting with http:, ftp:, mailto:, https:, or news:, in which case the link points to an external entity. For example, to point at the java.sun.com home page, use [http://java.sun.com], which becomes http://java.sun.com/ or [Java home page|http://java.sun.com], which becomes Java home page.

Footnotes

These are a special kind of hyperlink. By using nothing but a number inside a hyperlink you create a reference to a footnote, like this [1], which creates a footnote[1]. To make the actual footnote, you just put a [#1] where you want that footnote to point at. Look below to find the footnote.

You can also make a named footnote, just as if you were doing a normal hyperlink. For example, this refers to the same footnote[Footnote number 1] as the footnote above, but this refers to another footnote[2].

InterWiki links

You can also do links between different Wikis without knowing the URL. Just use a link in the form [Wiki:WikiPage] and JSPWiki will create a link for you. For example, this link points to the JSPWiki TextFormatting rules. Check the SystemInfo page for more information on which Wiki links are available.

If an InterWiki link is not supported, you'll get a notification of it on the page when you save your page.

Tables

You can do simple tables by using using pipe signs ('|'). Use double pipe signs to start the heading of a table, and single pipe signs to then write the rows of the table. End with a line that is not a table.

For example:

|| Heading 1 || Heading 2 | ''Gobble'' | Bar | [Main] | [SandBox]

gives you the following table. Note how you can use links also inside tables.

Heading 1 Heading 2

Gobble Bar

Main SandBox

Styles

Hi there!
It's actually quite possible to do things like put comment boxes like this directly on your WikiPage. This sample comment box uses the "commentbox" style, as defined in the included "jspwiki.css" style sheet. To make a box like this, just use %%commentbox <text> %%.
In addition to the simple styles represented by the WikiMarkup, we also allow you to put in your own styles. For example:
%%small This is small text %%
uses the defined CSS style called "small", as defined in the jspwiki.css file. These may vary from site to site, and it is up to the site administrator to define a style.
You can also define almost any CSS style command:

%%( font-size: 150%; color: red; ) Hello, world! %%
would render as:
Hello, world!

NOTE You have to mark the end of the text you want to finish being styled using %%!

Managing your Wiki

Conflicts

If someone happens to edit the same page as you at the same time, JSPWiki will prevent you from doing changes and show a conflict page instead. Sorry to say, but the first one to make changes wins...

A word of warning: If you use the Back button of your browser to go into the Edit page, you will almost certainly get a conflict. This is because the browser thinks its still editing an earlier copy of the page.

Deleting pages

Every page has a "More Info..." link on the bottom. If you click on it, you arrive on a page which allows you to, among other things, restore old versions and delete pages. Note that your administrator may have prevented deleting pages arbitrarily.

Adding new pages

Create a link that points to a new (not existing) page using its WikiName. Click that new link, which should now have a question mark (?) suffix and you will get an editor for the new page.

Attaching files

If the administrator of the wiki has configured it, there is a "Attach file..." link at the bottom of every page. Clicking it allows you to attach files into pages. For more information, please see WikiAttachments.

Variables, plugins, forms and other special functions

Inserting variables

There are many possible variables you can insert on a page. The basic form is:

[{$variablename}],

where variablename is the name of the variable you want to insert. Note that variable names are case-insensitive - that is, "pagename" is the same as "paGeNamE" and "PageName".

You can see the list of available of variables at WikiVariables.

Inserting plugins

The basic incantation to insert a plugin looks like this:

[{INSERT <plugin class> WHERE param1=value, param2=value, ...}]

There is more information in JSPWikiPlugins.

Inserting forms

Please see WikiForms.

[#1] Here's the footnote I mentioned.

[The other footnote] The other footnote. Note how it's name is different?

TagConsistently

127.0.0.1 — 2007-11-28T15:30:46Z
127.0.0.1 created this page on Wed Nov 28 09:30:46 CST 2007:

How to Tag, and Why
Your blog's tag cloud can be a dynamic, hyperlinked graphic, reflecting and summarizing your online thought.
Tag clouds can be and are intended to be "mind maps" of a sort.
These mind maps are created in four, straightforward steps.
First, the author selects the tags to attach to each blog entry.
Second, the software adjusts the relative size and color of each to tag to reflect its frequency of use.
Third, the software links each tag to every story to which it is attached via the Tags field in the weblog entry form.
Fourth, if you use the Summary (optional) fields, the story list generated by clicking on a tag is conveniently composed summaries. That makes the search results far easier to use. And of course those summaries are linked to the complete blogs.
The process of writing summaries creates an additional benefit.
Your summary is inevitably an analysis.
Well-considered, each summary adds a layer of useful meaning to your later reconsideration of your online work.
All of this may lead you to wonder if you should acquaint yourself with the theory and practice of the semantic Web.
Perhaps. Do you have time? It will take several days just to skim the scholarly surface.
I do recommend it to you, although you need not master Web Ontology Language in order to create tag clouds that are good tools, rather than toys.
Tag for your own current and future use, not for an imagined audience that might somehow be attracted through cunning tag selection.
Tag to help you organize and clarify the concerns you pursue as a blogger.
Pick tags for the purpose of helping you better understand your own work as it grows in volume and complexity.
If you blog every day and attend to the quality of your work, whatever your interests, the volume, complexity and increasing depth of understanding will come almost unsought and unpursued.
Well-chosen tags will help you see where you have been in this open, online conversation with yourself and perhaps others.
That knowledge will permit you to plan the future direction of your walk.
Along the way and as a side-effect, you will be better understood by others who happen by your blog.
Or so we hope and believe.
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SystemInfo

An unknown author — 2007-11-28T15:30:45Z
An unknown author created this page on Wed Nov 28 09:30:45 CST 2007:

Here are some strategical figures and other interesting things about this particular Wiki. All this information is available in WikiVariables as well, if you want to use them on some other page.

Application name ejhelp

Base address http://ejhelp.biblicalrecorder.org/

JSPWiki Engine Version 2.5.139-beta

Character Encoding UTF-8

Total Number of Pages 35

Total Active Sessions 2

Active Wiki Users 74.6.86.235, 74.6.86.235

Current Uptime 42d, 1h 6m 17s

Current Page Provider com.ecyrd.jspwiki.providers.CachingProvider

Real provider: com.ecyrd.jspwiki.providers.FileSystemProvider. Cache misses: 783. Cache hits: 13039. History cache hits: 39. History cache misses: 892. Cache consistency checks: 30s

Current Attachment Provider BasicAttachmentProvider

Available InterWiki links WikiWikiWeb --> http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?%s, JSPWiki --> http://www.jspwiki.org/wiki/%s, Doc --> http://doc.jspwiki.org/2.6/wiki/%s, Wikipedia --> http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/%s, TWiki --> http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/%s, Google --> http://www.google.com/search?q=%s, MeatballWiki --> http://usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?%s, Edit --> Edit.jsp?page=%s

Inlined images are *.gif, *.png, *.jpg

Additional Plugin Search Path

Installed PageFilters

Usability

Do we beautify titles? false

Do we match english plural forms? true

Are CamelCase links used? false

Is HTML allowed on pages? false

RichSiteSummary

Do we generate RSS files? true

If we do, what's the file name? ejhelp.rss

How often is the RSS updated? 360000

Personal information

Here is what I know about you currently:

User name Guest

Login status anonymous

List of currently edited pages

Page Locked by Acquired Expires
No locks exist currently.

JSPWiki home page is at http://www.jspwiki.org/. Welcome!

SearchPageHelp

An unknown author — 2007-11-28T15:30:44Z
An unknown author created this page on Wed Nov 28 09:30:44 CST 2007:

Use '+' to require a word, '-' to forbid a word. For example:
+java -emacs jsp

finds pages that MUST include the word "java", and MAY NOT include the word "emacs". Also, pages that contain the word "jsp" are ranked before the pages that don't.

All searches are case insensitive. If a page contains both forbidden and required keywords, it is not shown.

Click on Find! to perform a search. Click on Go! to go directly to the top result in the search.

Application name	ejhelp
Base address	http://ejhelp.biblicalrecorder.org/
JSPWiki Engine Version	2.5.139-beta
Character Encoding	UTF-8
Total Number of Pages	35
Total Active Sessions	2
Active Wiki Users	74.6.86.235, 74.6.86.235
Current Uptime	42d, 1h 6m 17s
Current Page Provider	com.ecyrd.jspwiki.providers.CachingProvider Real provider: com.ecyrd.jspwiki.providers.FileSystemProvider. Cache misses: 783. Cache hits: 13039. History cache hits: 39. History cache misses: 892. Cache consistency checks: 30s
Current Attachment Provider	BasicAttachmentProvider
Available InterWiki links	WikiWikiWeb --> http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?%s, JSPWiki --> http://www.jspwiki.org/wiki/%s, Doc --> http://doc.jspwiki.org/2.6/wiki/%s, Wikipedia --> http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/%s, TWiki --> http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/%s, Google --> http://www.google.com/search?q=%s, MeatballWiki --> http://usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?%s, Edit --> Edit.jsp?page=%s
Inlined images are	.gif, .png, *.jpg
Additional Plugin Search Path
Installed PageFilters

Do we beautify titles?	false
Do we match english plural forms?	true
Are CamelCase links used?	false
Is HTML allowed on pages?	false

Do we generate RSS files?	true
If we do, what's the file name?	ejhelp.rss
How often is the RSS updated?	360000

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