How to Create Pages
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How to Create Pages and Upload Content
Create Pages
Create Pages by
- Searching for the title of your project in the search bar at the left. If the search comes back with zero results, you will be asked to create a page with that name.
- Create the page and click edit at the top.
- Copy the contents of this page as a template starting point for your page
- Choose one or more categories (shown on the main page) that you feel your project falls into and create a category tags such as [[Category:Algorithmic Composition]] or [[Category:Interactive Systems]]. You can see all of the categories from the main page.
- Add a description and links to the content you're submitting by formatting them as [//www.mylink.com The Thing My Link Goes To].
- See steps below for uploading and linking to content
- Once your page is complete, click save and review it. Go to the main page and ensure that your page shows up in the proper categories.
Complete List of Categories:
[[Category:Interactive Systems]] [[Category:Multimedia]] [[Category:Gaming]] [[Category:Pedagogy, Theory, and Research Resources]] [[Category:Development Toolkits]] [[Category:Music (classical)]]
Uploading Content
Upload Content by
- Mapping a network drive (WPI support info) to:
\\media\Media\Academics\Depts\HUA\Manzo
- Create a sub-folder for your project
- The ‘web link’ to files put in that location will be:
http://media.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/Manzo/[filename.xxx]
If you create folders in there then: http://media.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/Manzo/[foldername]/[filename.xxx]
Embed Video and Audio
Embed Video by
- You may embed YouTube video with the following tag:
<youtube>VideoID</youtube>
Note: The VideoID for your video is the alpha-numeric code after v= in the URL once uploaded to YouTube. Alternately, if you look at the “Share” link for a video, it’s the code at the end. E.g.: for http://youtu.be/sUC-20Z_EKM, the ID would be sUC-20Z_EKM.
Embed Audio by