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Hi JMichaelTX,

I'm looking for detailed documentation on how to start, manage, and
use the group.io wikis. If anyone has links to this info, please post.

I don't know that there is any, yet. That's one of the hazards of using this still-new service - the official help page (note, singular) is still rather limited, though it has been improving lately.

So, what are the basics?

One thing to know is that wiki page editor is (almost exactly) the same as the message editor. So most of this page will be helpful for page composition:
/g/GroupManagersForum/wiki/Message-composition-tips-and-tricks

Naturally, the devil is in that "almost".

One difference is the behavior of the Enter key versus Shift+Enter is reversed. In the wiki Enter starts a new paragraph, Shift+Enter starts a new line.

Another difference is that the Wiki has an Icons button in the Advanced Toolbar, where the message composition has a Special Character button. I don't understand why the wiki editor doesn't have both features: neither set of characters is a subset of the other.

The Icons are drawn from Font Awesome, and may not be available in a member's email interface, which I think explains why that feature isn't in the message composition window.


But the Special Characters is just the set of HTML named character entities. I see no reason wiki editors shouldn't have easy access to them.

*Submitted for your review, comment, and revision:*
Wiki Guide for Users and Editors

Excellent start! I've added it to the "Advice to Group Members" section of GMF's Wiki home page, replacing the two it links to. You may think it is too rough to be promoted this way, but it isn't that much rougher than some of the other pages.

My apologies for not asking for permission first.

None needed: GMF's wiki needs all the help it can get. ;-)

So, I guess my biggest question at this time, why can't I create a
page on the primary group (sub-group) of interest to me:

Presuming that you've logged on as a member of that group, it is possible the group management has restricted access so that only moderators can add or edit wiki pages.

If you are a moderator of that group, perhaps it's Wiki control is set to "Disabled". But I think in that case you'd be asking "Where is the wiki", not why can't you create a page.

Shal
GMF Owner