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==Howto Information==
 
==Howto Information==
As time permits and as volunteers come forward, HOWTO articles will appear here...it is one of the main goals of this site.
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If you solve a problem, why not contribute your solution to this website as an article that others can easily find?  Adding or editing articles is very easy.
  
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== Editing from OpenOffice ==
*[http://blog.i64.pl/PiosBlog/200610/29-linux-keyboard-shortcuts-you-should-know-about/ Keyboard shortcuts]  are very handy.  If you don't use your keyboard more than your mouse, then does that make you a mouseketeer?
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http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/wikipublisher Sun has a new extension to [[OpenOffice]] that allows you to write wiki articles from right in your word processor.
 
 
* PHP is the scripting and programming language that powers much of the worlds' websites (including this one).  The time has come for me to add a section to this site providing some organized tips for using [[PHP]].
 
 
 
*I finally decided it was time to learn [[how to (re)build a Linux Kernel]].  I wanted to [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Hotplug use a USB flash memory device], and unfortunately, Debian Sarge is not well-equipped to do so like more desktop-oriented distributions like Mandrake or Suse.  Upgrading my Debian Sarge distribution to use the 2.6 Linux kernel, plus the udev system will hopefully solve this for me.
 
*[[Video Editting]] describes how to take your home movies off your digital camcorder (miniDV format), put them on your computer, edit them, convert them to a compressed format or other format suitable for posting on the web, or burning them to DVD and CD for sharing with family and friends.
 
 
 
==HOWTO==
 
* [[Fixing_locales]]
 
* [[Upgrade Mediawiki]] - details of the latest upgrade to version 1.6.1 on 2006-04-07
 
* [[Decoding Microsoft Outlook Attachments]]
 
* [[Lowercase files]]
 
* [[Play video arcade games]]
 
* [[Insert Watermark in OpenOffice.org Writer]]
 
* [[video playback on Linux| Play Video on Linux]] using Xine
 
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* [[upgrading to Fedora Core 2]] from Fedora Core 1
 
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== Help using this website: See the main wikipedia ==
 
== Help using this website: See the main wikipedia ==

Revision as of 01:23, 21 October 2008

Howto Information[edit | edit source]

If you solve a problem, why not contribute your solution to this website as an article that others can easily find? Adding or editing articles is very easy.

Editing from OpenOffice[edit | edit source]

http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/wikipublisher Sun has a new extension to OpenOffice that allows you to write wiki articles from right in your word processor.

Help using this website: See the main wikipedia[edit | edit source]

There is a volume of 'help' information available at the main wikipedia site, so that effort is not reproduced here. See the Help Table of Contents

Please see documentation on customizing the interface and the User's Guide for usage and configuration help.

Linked Images[edit | edit source]

By default, this system is configured to show an image and link to it's description page. Sometimes, you want to use an image to link to a page of your choice. There are many ways to make mediawiki link images, ( and mw:Wikipedia:10 things you did not know about images on Wikipedia) but the most convenient that we settled on here is to use the Icon extension The syntax (described at Icons) is

{{#icon: Info.png|Info|24|Special:Help}}

Also, [[Media:foo.pdf]] would produce a link to a pdf document, so [[Media:Ejbdesignpatterns.pdf]] produces a link to http://freephile.com/wiki/images/6/6d/Ejbdesignpatterns.pdf

See also