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Once you have written your page you should add it to one (or more) of the [[Special:Categories|Physiopedia categories]]. <br>
Once you are done writing or editing a page you should add it to one (or more) of these [[Special:Categories|Physiopedia categories]] so it can be indexed properly.  


To add a page to a {{ns:category}}, simply click the 'wikitext' button and put the following in the page you are editing:  
To add a page to a {{ns:category}}, follow these instructions:
 
#Click the '''Edit''' button at that top right hand corner of the page and select "Edit Source" from the drop-down menu.
  <nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{ns:category}}:''NAME'']]
#Enter the following code at the bottom of the editing box:  
 
  <nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{ns:category}}:''NAME'']] where ''NAME'' is the name of the {{ns:category}} you want to add it to.  
where ''NAME'' is the name of the {{ns:category}} you want to add it to.  
#Then click on the '''Save page''' button at the bottom of the page.
 
#The page should now be categorized. To confirm, click on '''Category''' located in the middle of the top grey toolbar on the page.
Any number of {{ns:category}} tags may be added to the page and the page will be listed in all of them. {{ns:category}} tags can be added wherever you like in the editing text, but in general, they are added at the very bottom for the convenience of other editors.  
#A drop-down menu should appear with the category you just added being listed
 
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Any number of {{ns:category}} tags can be added to a page and the page will be listed in all of them.  
You can see a list of catergories to select from on [[Template:Categories|this page]].  
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You can see a list of categories to select from on [[Template:Categories|this page]].  


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Revision as of 09:17, 30 July 2017

Once you are done writing or editing a page you should add it to one (or more) of these Physiopedia categories so it can be indexed properly.

To add a page to a Category, follow these instructions:

  1. Click the Edit button at that top right hand corner of the page and select "Edit Source" from the drop-down menu.
  2. Enter the following code at the bottom of the editing box:
[[Category:NAME]] where NAME is the name of the Category you want to add it to. 
  1. Then click on the Save page button at the bottom of the page.
  2. The page should now be categorized. To confirm, click on Category located in the middle of the top grey toolbar on the page.
  3. A drop-down menu should appear with the category you just added being listed


Any number of Category tags can be added to a page and the page will be listed in all of them.
You can see a list of categories to select from on this page.