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==What is Ludocity?==
 
==What is Ludocity?==
  
Ludocity is a public information wiki resource for pervasive games and related activities, where anyone can write up a game, print out someone else's game, organise a gaming event, or comment, report or collaborate on the games they're interested in.
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Ludocity is a public resource for pervasive games and related activities, which contains full rulesets and handouts for various pervasive games, all released under a CC-Attribution-NonCommercial licence so that you can run them locally with the game designers' blessings.
  
 
==What is a wiki?==
 
==What is a wiki?==
  
A wiki is a web site that anyone can edit. Each page has an "Edit" link, which opens up an editable text version of that page (with simple markup to indicate bold, italics, headers and things). Users can make any changes they want to, and then click "Save Page" to have those changes applied immediately. (There's a permanent history of each page, so we can undo any mistakes.)
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A wiki is a web site that anyone can edit.
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Ludocity runs on the same software as [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]. Each page has an "Edit" link, which opens up an editable text version of that page, with some buttons for bold, italics, headers and other markup. Users can make any changes they want to the article, and then click "Save Page" to have those changes applied immediately. (There's a permanent history of each page, so we can undo any mistakes.)
  
 
==How do I edit a page?==
 
==How do I edit a page?==
  
Ludocity requires that you [[Special:Userlogin|create an account]] before you start editing.
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Just click the "Edit" link on any page. You'll see a simple text version of that page, which you can edit like any other text window.
 
 
Once you've created an account, just click the "Edit" link on any page. You'll see a simple text version of that page, which you can edit like any other text window.
 
  
 
To add italics, links, titles and other effects, you can either use the coloured buttons along the top of the edit window, or type the markup directly (see [[Help:Editing]] for a list of valid wiki markup).
 
To add italics, links, titles and other effects, you can either use the coloured buttons along the top of the edit window, or type the markup directly (see [[Help:Editing]] for a list of valid wiki markup).
  
If you want to play around with editing to get a feel for how it works, feel free to edit the [[Ludocity:Sandbox|Sandbox]] article.
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If you want to play around with editing to get a feel for how it works, feel free to edit the [[Ludocity:Sandbox|Sandbox]] article as much as you like.
  
 
==How do I create a page?==
 
==How do I create a page?==
  
In your browser's URL bar, enter the URL where you would want your page to go (if you wanted to start writing up a game called "Monkey Tennis", you'd go to [http://ludocity.org/index.php/Monkey_Tennis http://ludocity.org/index.php/Monkey Tennis]), and you'll be told that:-
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Enter the name of the page you want to create in the "search" box at the top of the site, and click "Go". If there's already a page with that name, you'll be taken to that page, so should think of something else to call yours. If the page doesn't exist, though, you'll be told:-
  
:"There is currently no text in this page, you can search for this page title in other pages or create this page."
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:''There is no page titled "{whatever you typed}". You can create this page.''
  
 
Click "create this page" to get an edit window, and start writing.
 
Click "create this page" to get an edit window, and start writing.

Latest revision as of 17:22, 15 July 2013

What is Ludocity?

Ludocity is a public resource for pervasive games and related activities, which contains full rulesets and handouts for various pervasive games, all released under a CC-Attribution-NonCommercial licence so that you can run them locally with the game designers' blessings.

What is a wiki?

A wiki is a web site that anyone can edit.

Ludocity runs on the same software as Wikipedia. Each page has an "Edit" link, which opens up an editable text version of that page, with some buttons for bold, italics, headers and other markup. Users can make any changes they want to the article, and then click "Save Page" to have those changes applied immediately. (There's a permanent history of each page, so we can undo any mistakes.)

How do I edit a page?

Just click the "Edit" link on any page. You'll see a simple text version of that page, which you can edit like any other text window.

To add italics, links, titles and other effects, you can either use the coloured buttons along the top of the edit window, or type the markup directly (see Help:Editing for a list of valid wiki markup).

If you want to play around with editing to get a feel for how it works, feel free to edit the Sandbox article as much as you like.

How do I create a page?

Enter the name of the page you want to create in the "search" box at the top of the site, and click "Go". If there's already a page with that name, you'll be taken to that page, so should think of something else to call yours. If the page doesn't exist, though, you'll be told:-

There is no page titled "{whatever you typed}". You can create this page.

Click "create this page" to get an edit window, and start writing.

How do I create a game page?

See the "creating a game" page for full details.