Wikieducator rich text editor tutorials/Editing basics/First edit

For your first edit you will add some content to your personal page in the wiki, called your User page.

Congratulations. You have now made your first edit and published to the Internet.

The difference between the "Save page" and "Show preview" buttons
For the time being we are only concerned with the "Save page" and "Show preview" buttons. "Show preview" is useful to get a quick look at what your page will look like before it is actually saved.

Warning - the "Show preview" button does not save your edits on the WikiEducator website. You must click the "Save page" button after previewing your page.

However, in the preview mode you can scroll back down to enter more text, or fix something that doesn't look right. Clicking the "Save page" button will save your page on WikiEducator and put your page back into view (published) mode.

Good etiquette
Adding content to your User page is a good way to let others know that there is a real person behind all that great content you've been authoring :-) Your User page can also be used as a place for people to contact you to ask questions or collaborate on projects, and a way to let others know what you are working on in the wiki or what your specialties are. In addition, working on your User page is a good way to practice wiki editing. Later we will create a page off of your User page for just this kind of practice.