How to use Carlpedia (one long Tutorial!)

The image below gives an overview of the menus in Carlpedia. The menus give you access to all the available actions on your Carlpedia site.

Now you will create a page in your new space.

1. Under the 'Add' menu, select 'Page'.
   
   
   
2. A new, blank page appears.
   
   
   
3. Click in the box near the top of the screen, where the words 'New Page' appear. The words 'New Page' will disappear. Type a title for your page (e.g. 'About this space').
   
   
   
4. Click in the large 'Rich Text' area, below the symbols 'B I U'. Type a sentence or two (e.g. a description of your space).
   
   
   
5. Press the 'Enter' key twice, to create two new lines.
   
   
6. Select 'Heading 2' from the 'Text Styles' box above the 'Rich Text' area, then type 'This is a big heading'.
   
   
   
7. Press the 'Enter' key twice more to create two more new lines.
   
   
8. Select 'Heading 5' from the 'Text Styles' box, then type 'This is a small heading'.
   
   Below the 'Rich Text' area you will find the page's Location, Restrictions and Labels. You don't need to change anything at this time.
   
   
9. Click the 'Save' button.
   
   
10. You can now see your newly created page.
    

In the previous step, you created a page with some sample content. Now you will edit the page you have created and add some more content.

Opening the page for editing

1. If you are not already viewing the page, go to the page you want to edit.
   
   
2. Click the 'Edit' button on the page you want to edit. The button looks like this:
   
   
   
3. Click an empty line in the large 'Rich Text' area, below the symbols 'B I U'.
   
   
   
4. Press the 'Enter' key twice to create two new lines.

Inserting an image

1. Click the 'Insert Image' icon on your page.
   
   
   
2. The 'Insert Image' window will appear. Click the 'Browse' button.
   
   
   
3. A popup window will appear. Select an image file from your computer or your network.
   
   
4. In the 'Insert Image' window, click the 'Attach' button.
   
   
5. Your image appears in the 'Insert Image' window. Click the image you have just attached, to ensure the file name appears in the 'Filename' box.
   
   
   
6. Click the 'OK' button.
   
   
7. Your selected image now appears on your page.

For more information about working with images, please see the documentation.

Inserting a link

1. Press the 'Enter' key twice to create two more new lines.
   
   
2. Type the following sentence: 'What is a wiki?'.
   
   
3. Select the word 'wiki', then click the 'Insert Link' icon on your page.
   
   
   
4. The 'Link Properties' window will appear.
   
   
   
5. In the 'Link' box, type 'http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/wiki.jsp'.
   
   
6. Click the 'OK' button.
   
   
7. The word 'wiki' is now a link.
   
   
   

For more information about working with links, please see the documentation.

Inserting a table

1. Press the 'Enter' key twice to create two more new lines.
   
   
2. Click the 'Insert Table' icon on your page.
   
   
   
3. The 'Insert/Modify Table' window will appear. Click the 'OK' button.
   
   
   
4. A table with two rows and two columns now appears on your page.
   
   
   
5. Click in the column headings or other table cells to add your content to the table.
   
   
   

For more information about working with tables, please see the documentation.

Saving your changes

1. Click the 'Save' button to save your page.

Now you will change your Carlpedia 'Full Name' (that is, the name by which you are known to other Carlpedia users) and profile picture (that is, the picture by which you are known to other Confluence users).

1. Log in to Carlpedia, if you are not logged in already, by clicking the 'Log In' link at the top right of your Carlpedia screen.
   
   
   
2. From the menu under your name, select 'Profile'.
   
   
   
3. The 'Profile' view of your user profile appears.
   
   
   
4. Click the 'Edit' link within the 'Personal' section on the right-hand-side of this view.
   
   
5. In the 'Full Name' box, correct the spelling or type an alternative version of your name (e.g. a nickname).
   
   
   
6. Click the 'Save' button.
   
   
7. Your Full Name has now been changed.
   
   Hint: Changing your Full Name does not affect your login name (i.e. username).
   
   
8. Still in the 'Profile' view, click 'Picture' at the left of the screen.
   
   
   
9. Click the 'Browse' button, and select a photo of yourself (e.g. a GIF, JPG or PNG file) from your computer. Then click the 'Upload' button.
   
   
   If you don't have a suitable image file, select one of the 'Default Icons' instead. Here are some of them. You will find more on your Profile Picture screen.
   
   
   
10. If the picture you selected is too big, you can now trim it. You will see your picture, with a highlighted box somewhere in the middle. Click and drag the box so that it covers the area of the picture you want. Pull the corners of the box in or out to select a larger or smaller area.
    
    
    
11. Click the 'Save' button. Carlpedia will use the area of the picture which you have selected, and will resize it to the required size (48 pixels by 48 pixels).
    
    
12. Your profile picture will appear next to any comments that you add and next to your updates on the Dashboard. Here's an example:
    

Now you will add a comment to the page that you previously created. (See Creating a page.)

1. Go to your new page.
   For assistance on finding the page, please see Using the Dashboard earlier in the tutorial.
   
   
2. Click the 'Add Comment' link at the bottom of the page.
   
   
   
3. A 'Rich Text' area appears at the bottom of the page.
   
   
   
4. Type a remark about the page.
   
   
5. Click the 'Post' button.
   
   
6. Your comment now appears at the bottom of the page, together with your name, the profile picture you added previously (see Updating your user profile) and the time your comment was made.
   
   
   

Now you will create a news item in your new space.

Hint: Perform these instructions in the new browser window which you opened previously. (See /wiki/spaces/~dfoxgrov/pages/4522213).

1. Under the 'Add' menu, select 'News'.
   
   
   
2. A new, blank news item appears.
   
   
   
3. Click in the box near the top of the screen, where the words 'New News' appear. The words 'New News' will disappear. Type a title for your news item (e.g. 'Latest update').
   
   
   
4. Click in the large 'Rich Text' area, below the symbols 'B I U'. Type several sentences.
   
   
   Below the 'Rich Text' area are the page's Labels and Posting Day (which defaults to today). You don't need to change anything at this time.
   
   
5. Click the 'Save' button.
   
   
6. You can now see your newly created news item.