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Visual 30 Second Message = [[Welcome To AboutUs]]
 
Visual 30 Second Message = [[Welcome To AboutUs]]
  
(HomePage) Welcome to AboutUs.org.  We are a guide to websites that you can edit.
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(HomePage) Welcome to AboutUs.org.  We're a guide to websites that you can edit, because we're a wiki.
  
''(At [[Support-Intelligence.com]] [[WikiPage]])'' This is an example of a page about a website on AboutUs.  It has a basic description of what the website is, three links to the site (the thumbnail of the homepage, the title of the page, and "Visit Website"), different ways to contact them, related websites and categories/tags.  You can also see that this article has been viewed # times and edited by these people.  To find a page about a website use the search / Find! bar and type in the website's URL, like *Foo.com*.
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To find the AboutUs page about a website use the Find! bar and type in the website's address, like [[InCatch.com]].
  
(*Foo.com*) If you know something about *Foo.com* you can click the edit button and add to or update the page.  (To edit pages here at AboutUs you need to login to a free account.)
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Our pages start very basicThis page has categories, related websites, ways to contact them, a basic description of what the website is, and three links to the website (here, here and here).
  
I happen to know that the contact info for *Foo.com* needs to be updated, so I'll just click "edit", change the information and click save page. That's all there is to it.
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If you know something about [[InCatch.com]] you can click the edit button and add to or change the content of its AboutUs page. (To edit pages here at AboutUs you need to be logged in, so I will do that.)
  
Here is an example of a page that has been worked on a bit.  You can see that it has some additional features such as an image and YouTube video...
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I'm going to edit the page and make a simple punctuation change.
  
For more information click "Need Help?" or "What is AboutUs?" (highlight these links at the top left).
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[[UltimateGlobes.com]] is an example of a page that has been edited and worked on a bit more.  You can see that it has a more robust description of the site, images and even a YouTube video.  You can also see how many times the page has been viewed and who it has been edited by in the box to the right.  In total, millions of people view our pages each month.
  
Please feel free edit or create the page on AboutUs for any domain you like. AboutUs.org is the place for ''you'' to describe the websites and organizations that matter to you.
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For more information about AboutUs and how to edit click "Need Help?" or "What is AboutUs?" at the top left.
  
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Now it's your turn.  Search for a website in the Find! bar above and start editing!
 
 
Needs a nice "close"... I hate to suggest "enjoy the wiki", but something warm, welcoming & fun. [[User:Julia|Julia]]
 
:Added a closer, that make sense to you Julia? [[User:Steven Walling|Steven]] | [[User talk:Steven Walling|talk to me]] 13:45, 14 October 2008 (PDT)
 
  
 
=== separate screencasts for [[How to log in]] and [[why login]] ===
 
=== separate screencasts for [[How to log in]] and [[why login]] ===

Latest revision as of 18:50, 15 October 2008




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