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| − | === Assigning Categories ===
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| − | To insert a category designation into a page, all you need to do is write in the necessary category under the “edit” tab. Each category designation should be enclosed in square brackets with a colon in between the word “Category” (with a capital ‘C’) and the category you want to assign to that page. This can be done any number of times. For example, the page I’ve referenced below has three categories assigned to it.
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| − | For the sake of uniformity, the category designation should be located at the bottom of the page, not the top. The top is for template designations.
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| − | The finished page will look like this. Note the formatting of the category links. If you write in the designation at the bottom of the page, that is how it will come out.
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| − | Creating new categories is easy. All you have to do is write the category name you want at the bottom of the page, in the same way that you would write the name of an existing category. For example, in the pictures you’ll see below I assigned the category “Geographical Regions” to the “Brazil” page. I did this by writing “[[Category:Geographical Regions]]” at the bottom of the page.
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| − | At first, the category designation will appear red under the “Read” tab, because you haven’t written anything on the actual category page. See below:
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| − | I assigned that category to a page about the use of the word “vapor” in the book of Ecclesiastes. To add text to the category page and make it blue instead of red, I click on the red text. It brings up the new category page. Then, I write in a sentence or two – or more – about that category.
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| − | When I’m done, I click “save” just as I would for any other page. It ends up like this, with the text that I have written appearing below the title line:
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| − | I can view my category page in the complete list of categories by clicking on the word “Category” under the “Read” tab. Category pages will still appear if they are red, but the website seems to want to make a distinction between pages that have text and pages that don’t, so it assigns them a different color.
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| − | The page linked with the word “Category” gives a complete listing of all the categories on the website. I can find mine now on the list. It reflects that only one page has been assigned that category.
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| − | [This page would be the place to find pre-existing categories for new articles.]
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| − | It is important to note that this main “Category” page cannot be edited like other pages. It is edited by going through the process of adding another category, as I have described.
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