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Create a New Page In Physiopedia

Original Editor - Kim Jackson Top Contributors - Kim Jackson, Vidya Acharya and Alexandra Stead

Before you Create Your Page

You can create new pages where you feel there is a gap and would add value to rehab professionals. Before creating a new page, you should first check whether there are any similar pages already on Physiopedia, as we want to avoid duplications. Once you have done this and found no similar page, you can flag your suggestion to the Physiopedia team on Slack for review. If there is no page already on the site covering your chosen topic, you can easily create a new page by following the steps below.

Preparation

Think about what makes a good Physiopedia page.  It should have clearly written evidence-based (i.e. referenced) content that is relevant to our clinical practice. Links, images, videos (where relevant) all add to the page. One thing that makes our Physiopedia pages stand out from other websites (like Wikipedia) is that they are clinically relevant.  Be sure to highlight the importance of physiotherapy techniques and methods, with videos where possible.

  1. Choose a topic - first, you must choose a page to create.  Choose a topic that interests you and/or is relevant to your current practice. If you are struggling to come up with a topic choose a page from the wanted pages category or an anatomy page to add to the anatomy category.
  2. Search -  now you should check that this page doesn’t already exist within Physiopedia. Use the ‘search’ box to check what is already available. Make sure that you search using all the terms that might refer to the topic that you have chosen, for example for tendinopathy you should search for:  tendinopathy, tendinosis, tendinitis, etc.  If the topic that you have chosen already exists, please choose another topic!

Demonstration

Creating new pages in Physiopedia can initially be a daunting task, but once you have done one, it becomes much easier the next time! Please watch this quick video which goes into more detail on how to create a new page:

Creating Your Page

To begin, you will need to create a new page. We then recommend adding a template. There are lots of page templates available for you to use, as previously discussed, so you never need to completely start a page from scratch. Always ensure you have our quality standards in mind when building a page, as these are best practices for content creation, layout and formatting of Physiopedia pages. We recommend you read what makes a good Physiopedia page, to understand the key components of a page.

Detailed Instruction

Please follow the steps below to direct you on how to create a new page:

  1. Create Page - Click here to create a new page.
  2. Naming your Page - Choose a brief, straightforward title for your page. Make sure it reflects the content on that page and also please avoid abbreviations and special characters such as backslash ("/"), apostrophe (" ' "), colon (":"), coma (" , "), or ampersand ("&").Avoid medical abbreviations, as well as the backslash ("/"), apostrophe (" ' "), coma (" , "), or ampersand ("&") symbols.
  3. Add a Template - Once you have created your new page you should add a Template to your page. You can see a list of Templates here, at least, you should add the New Page template. When you have chosen the template you wish to use follow these Adding Templates instructions.
  4. Add under construction banner - As soon as a page is created, it is automatically visible to the public. Therefore, make sure to add the ‘under construction’ template.
  5. Edit the Page - Once your template has been added you can make edits to the page to add content. You are welcome to change any sub-headings or create new ones as you feel is appropriate.  Your page doesn't have to be long, as long as the content on the page gives enough appropriate information on the topic it'll be good!  
  6. References - the content that you add to the page should be supported by evidence where appropriate. Please make sure that you use the referencing functionality correctly. See the Adding References tutorial for help.  You don't need to add lots of references, just a few to demonstrate that you know how to do it!
  7. Add Media - all pages are enhanced by the addition of images and/or video. You should add a video and an image to your page. See the Adding Images Tutorial and the Adding Videos Tutorial.
  8. Add Categories - make sure that you categorise the page. See the Adding Categories tutorial. You can see a list of categories here.
  9. Add your name as the original editor - it is important to credit the people that contributed to the Physiopedia content. See Adding Editors tutorial.
  10. Team review - Once you have completed your new page you should submit it (including the page link) to the Physiopedia team via Slack so that they can review your work and provide feedback.
  11. Remove under construction banner - Once you have completed the page and had it reviewed, remove the banner and you have now completed the page!

External Page Suggestion

If you are not part of the Physiopedia Editorial Team, but have a suggestion for a new page, please contact us. Equally, if you want to get involved with content creation and editing, please see what editor volunteer roles we have available.

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