MoodleDocs:Page features

This is a brief introduction to some features we use on a Moodle documentation page for those who may not be familiar with a wiki.

Show page picture, circle and label elements see page comments.

Content area

This area should take up most of your screen and is on the right side.

• Internal links - Your browser will show links to other pages in like this, and links that do not work like this.
• External links - External links look like this: Moodle.org
• Category links - links to one or more indexes on a catagory can be found at the bottom, here is an example that shows links to the Teacher index and Block index
• Page sections - Pages are usually divided by sections and sometimes sub sections
• Page index - A page index appears when there are more than 3 sections on a page. It can be turned off with the hide link. We have disabled the index on this page.
• Template lists - Some pages will have a box that appears on the right, with a list of links to related subjects. Usually this box will appear on the new page.
• Template images -There are a few standard visual images that are used. A common one indicates the Moodle version . Such as which usually appears on the right side of the page.
• Help file paths -

Left column area

• Handy links -
• Search - Very handy. Go only shows a specific page, Search reveals every page that contains one or more words of your search.
• Toolbox - More links to help navigate, often used by contributors

Page Banner

On the upper right, are links for each user. We encourage you to become a registered user

• Username - this will take you to your profile page
• My talk - the page comment tab on your profile page (polite area for others to leave messages
• Preferences - A place to modifiy how MoodleDocs looks for you
• My watch list - A list of your watched pages have changed in date order
• My contributions - A list of all your contributions
• Log in/out -

Page tabs

The tabs on the top are a typical wiki feature.

• Article - shows the page
• Page comments - allows people to comment on the page, without it appearing on the actual page.
• Edit - This opens an html editor (see guide to contributors)
• History - A list of past changes to the page, with buttons to compare
• Watch - as a registered user,

See also

• Help:Contents homepage for MoodleDoc help
• Zipped MoodleDocs for a local install