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== Add a new chapter to the Developer's Guide ==
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The Developer's Guide in the Wiki uses many standard markup features of MediaWiki.  This Contribution guide assumes that you already have some knowledge of MediaWiki markup.
  
== Add a page to the Developer's Guide ==
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OpenOffice.org documentation is organized using the subpages feature of MediaWiki.  The subpages group the document contents together, give structure to the documents, and keep similarly named pages apart.
  
== Remove a page from the Developer's Guide ==
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The Developer's Guide is located at Documentation/DevGuide, and each chapter is an additional subpage:
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* The chapter titled First Steps is in Documentation/DevGuide/FirstSteps
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* The chapter titled Professional Uno is in Documentation/DevGuide/ProUNO/
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* etc.
  
== Insert an IDL link ==
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A page in the Developer's Guide has several elements that are mandatory.
  
== Select a Category ==
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* The link to the Table of Contents (TOC) for the chapter
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* The DISPLAYTITLE
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* The page content
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* The PDL
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* The Category
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=== The TOC ===
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The TOC template is used to insert a navigation tree or Table of Contents (TOC) on the right side of the Wiki page.  The TOC template is documented in the [[Template:Documentation/MasterTOC|MasterTOC]] template page.
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==== Add a new chapter to the Developer's Guide ====
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To add a new chapter to the Developer's guide:
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# Add at least one page to the Wiki
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# Create a chapter specific TOC
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# Add the new chapter TOC to the main Developer's Guide TOC at [[Template:Documentation/DevGuide/DevGuideTOC]]
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# Add the new pages to the chapter TOC
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==== Add a page to the Developer's Guide ====
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==== Remove a page from the Developer's Guide ====
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=== The DISPLAYTITLE ===
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=== The PDL template ===
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=== The Category ===
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== Insert an IDL link ==
  
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{{PDL1}}
 
[[Category:Documentation]]
 
[[Category:Documentation]]

Revision as of 12:54, 3 March 2008


The Developer's Guide in the Wiki uses many standard markup features of MediaWiki. This Contribution guide assumes that you already have some knowledge of MediaWiki markup.

OpenOffice.org documentation is organized using the subpages feature of MediaWiki. The subpages group the document contents together, give structure to the documents, and keep similarly named pages apart.

The Developer's Guide is located at Documentation/DevGuide, and each chapter is an additional subpage:

  • The chapter titled First Steps is in Documentation/DevGuide/FirstSteps
  • The chapter titled Professional Uno is in Documentation/DevGuide/ProUNO/
  • etc.

A page in the Developer's Guide has several elements that are mandatory.

  • The link to the Table of Contents (TOC) for the chapter
  • The DISPLAYTITLE
  • The page content
  • The PDL
  • The Category

The TOC

The TOC template is used to insert a navigation tree or Table of Contents (TOC) on the right side of the Wiki page. The TOC template is documented in the MasterTOC template page.

Add a new chapter to the Developer's Guide

To add a new chapter to the Developer's guide:

  1. Add at least one page to the Wiki
  2. Create a chapter specific TOC
  3. Add the new chapter TOC to the main Developer's Guide TOC at Template:Documentation/DevGuide/DevGuideTOC
  4. Add the new pages to the chapter TOC

Add a page to the Developer's Guide

Remove a page from the Developer's Guide

The DISPLAYTITLE

The PDL template

The Category

Insert an IDL link

Content on this page is licensed under the Public Documentation License (PDL).
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