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=Welcome to our second article.=

This is not so much an article per se, but more of a set of guidelines to the more advanced controls in Wikispaces. These are some of the controls we did not cover in any of our videos or instructions on other pages of this site. Please read them over.

There is no expectation that you post anything on the discussion boards after reading this page, but feel free to do so if you are inspired!

How to Link to a New Page
1. Click the button toward the top of the screen.

2. Type the text you want that you want to turn into a hyperlink.

3. Select the text with the cursor. 4. In your toolbar there are two images of chain links. They are subtly different. Click the one on the left. A dialogue box appears.

5. Where it says //Page Name//, enter a name for the page that you wish to link your text to. Click the //OK// button. By clicking //OK// you actually create the page that you are linking to as well as the link. This is a little weird and will take a little time before it seems normal. Click the Save button in your toolbar.

How to Link to an Existing Page
1. Click the button toward the top of the screen.

2. Type the text you want that you want to turn into a hyperlink.

3. Select the text with the cursor. 4. In your toolbar there are two images of chain links. They are subtly different. Click the one on the left. A dialogue box appears.

5. Instead of just clicking "OK," this time click on "external link" near the top of the dialogue box. Type in the web address of the page to which you would like to link, and click "OK" to close the dialogue box.

6. Click the Save button in your toolbar to save your changes to the page.

How to Import a File or Image and Post it to Your Wiki.
2. Click the //Insert Images and Files// button in your tool bar. It is the picture just to the left of the TV icon in your toolbar. It looks like this:

3. From here you must do three things.


 * //Locate// the file you want to upload on your computer or network.
 * //Upload// it to wikispaces server
 * //Insert// the file into the desired place into your wiki.

To //Locate// the file, click the //Browse...// button. Navigate to the file you want to use in your wiki. Once you have located the file, click the //Open// button on your dialogue box. To //Upload// the file to the wikispaces server, clik the //Upload// button. To //Insert// the file into your wiki, grab the icon and drag it into your page where you would like the file to appear in your wiki.

4. Close the //Insert Images and Files// box by clicking the "X" in the corner of the box.

5. Save changes to your page.

How to Send a Message to ALL Members of a Wikispace
Wikispaces has an easy-to-use messaging feature.

To open your mail, click the envelope next to your user name near the top right of the page.



You can compose a message and send it to ALL members of a space by using the drop-down menu. Then, just type your message and hit send.

How to Send a Message to an INDIVIDUAL User
Wikispaces has an easy-to-use messaging feature.

To open your mail, click the envelope next to your user name near the top right of the page.



If you do NOT want to send the message to all members, but instead wish to send a message to just one individual user, be sure you type or paste the user name in the "To:" field instead of using the drop-down menu. Then, just type your message and hit send.