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#Click on the link "edit/add..." below the news entries on the [[Main Page]].
#Click on the link "edit/add..." below the news entries on the [[Main Page]].
#Insert a story headline (including the current date).<br>Format: '''<nowiki>*[[YEAR-MONTH-DATE: TITLE]]</nowiki>'''<br>Example: ''<nowiki>*[[2005-06-20: InfoVis:Wiki upgrades to MediaWiki 1.4.5]]</nowiki>''
#Insert a story headline (including the current date).<br>Format: '''<nowiki>*[[:News: YEAR-MONTH-DATE: TITLE]]</nowiki>'''<br>Example: ''<nowiki>*[[:News: 2013-08-27: InfoVis:Wiki upgrades to MediaWiki 1.21.1]]</nowiki>''
#"Save page"  
#"Save page"  
#Click newly created Wiki link (red) and edit the text of your entry
#Click newly created Wiki link and edit the text of your entry
#Assign TWO categories to your entry (News + Archive)  
#Assign TWO categories to your entry (News + Archive)  
## '''<nowiki>[[Category:News]]</nowiki>''' (without this, it won't appear in the RSS feed)
## '''<nowiki>[[Category:News]]</nowiki>''' (without this, it won't appear in the RSS feed)
## '''<nowiki>[[Category:YEAR/MONTH]]</nowiki>''' (this is important for the archive)
## '''<nowiki>[[Category:YEAR/MONTH]]</nowiki>''' (this is important for the archive)
:Example: ''<nowiki>[[Category:News]][[Category:2005/06]]</nowiki>''
*[[:News: 2019-05-03: CFP: VINCI 2019, Deadline May 22, 2019]]
 
== Example ==
 
=== Story Headline (on [[Main Page]]) ===
<nowiki>*[[2008-03-14: Review Volunteering for Vis, InfoVis, VAST]]</nowiki>
 
=== News entry ===
<nowiki>''InfoVis:Wiki'' was upgraded to [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] version 1.4.5 for reasons of security and reliability.
 
[[Category:News]]
[[Category:2005/06]]
</nowiki>
 
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Latest revision as of 11:03, 4 May 2019

  1. Click on the link "edit/add..." below the news entries on the Main Page.
  2. Insert a story headline (including the current date).
    Format: *[[:News: YEAR-MONTH-DATE: TITLE]]
    Example: *[[:News: 2013-08-27: InfoVis:Wiki upgrades to MediaWiki 1.21.1]]
  3. "Save page"
  4. Click newly created Wiki link and edit the text of your entry
  5. Assign TWO categories to your entry (News + Archive)
    1. [[Category:News]] (without this, it won't appear in the RSS feed)
    2. [[Category:YEAR/MONTH]] (this is important for the archive)