<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>HelpForBeginners</title></articleinfo><section><title>Help for Beginners</title><para>A <ulink url="http://id3.org/HelpForBeginners/WikiWikiWeb#">WikiWikiWeb</ulink> is a collaborative hypertext environment, with an emphasis on easy access to and modification of information.  </para><para>You can edit any page by pressing the &quot;edit&quot; link. Depending on the selected user interface theme you may find this at the top, in the sidebar area or at the bottom of the page. Capitalized words joined together form a <ulink url="http://id3.org/HelpForBeginners/WikiName#">WikiName</ulink>, which hyperlinks to another page. Clicking on the highlighted title searches for all pages that link to the current page. Links to pages which do not yet exist have different text color (usually gray) or have a question mark; just follow the link and you can add a definition.  That is also the way to create a new page: add a new <ulink url="http://id3.org/HelpForBeginners/WikiName#">WikiName</ulink> to an existing page, save your modification, click on your new link and create the page (more details on <ulink url="http://id3.org/HelpForBeginners/HelpOnPageCreation#">HelpOnPageCreation</ulink>). </para><para>You are encouraged to edit the <ulink url="http://id3.org/HelpForBeginners/WikiSandBox#">WikiSandBox</ulink> whichever way you like. Please restrain yourself from editing other pages until you feel at home with the ways a wiki works. </para><para>To learn more about what a <ulink url="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiWeb#">WikiWikiWeb</ulink> is, read about <ulink url="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WhyWikiWorks#">WhyWikiWorks</ulink> and the <ulink url="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiNature#">WikiNature</ulink>. Also, consult the <ulink url="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiWebFaq#">WikiWikiWebFaq</ulink> and <ulink url="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OneMinuteWiki#">OneMinuteWiki</ulink>.  This wiki is also part of the <ulink url="http://id3.org/HelpForBeginners/InterWiki#">InterWiki</ulink> space, which means you can easily refer to a wealth of information available through other public wiki sites. </para><para>Good starting points to explore a wiki are </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para><ulink url="http://id3.org/HelpForBeginners/RecentChanges#">RecentChanges</ulink>: see where people are currently working </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="http://id3.org/HelpForBeginners/FindPage#">FindPage</ulink>: find some content or explore the wiki </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="http://id3.org/HelpForBeginners/WikiSandBox#">WikiSandBox</ulink>: feel free to change this page and experiment with editing </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="http://id3.org/HelpForBeginners/HelpOnEditing#">HelpOnEditing</ulink>: the starting point to learn everything about wiki markup </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para>For more help, see the <ulink url="http://id3.org/HelpForBeginners/HelpContents#">HelpContents</ulink> and the <ulink url="http://id3.org/HelpForBeginners/HelpIndex#">HelpIndex</ulink> pages. </para></section></article>