http://wiki.solarsails.info/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Help%3ANewsHelp:News - Revision history2026-04-29T23:54:13ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.21.1http://wiki.solarsails.info/index.php?title=Help:News&diff=4310&oldid=prevBen at 17:29, 20 June 20122012-06-20T17:29:52Z<p></p>
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</table>Benhttp://wiki.solarsails.info/index.php?title=Help:News&diff=3963&oldid=prevBen: /* Writing news items */2009-07-01T21:49:17Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Writing news items</span></span></p>
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</table>Benhttp://wiki.solarsails.info/index.php?title=Help:News&diff=3957&oldid=prevBen: Help for the News page.2009-07-01T21:26:37Z<p>Help for the News page.</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The [[News]] page contains news items on solar sails.<br />
Two extensions, [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiArticleFeeds WikiArticleFeeds] and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:XFeed_-_RSS_Feed_Aggregator XFeed], are used.<br />
WikiArticleFeeds is used in [[News]] to generate a news feed.<br />
XFeed is used on the [[Main Page]] to display the latest news.<br />
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==Subscribing==<br />
Readers of SolarSailWiki can keep up with news by subscribing to the following links on the [[News]] page:<br />
* http://wiki.solarsails.info/index.php?title=News&action=feed&feed=rss for RSS<br />
* http://wiki.solarsails.info/index.php?title=News&action=feed&feed=atom for Atom<br />
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==Writing news items==<br />
To write a news item, generate a new section on the [[News]] page. For example: <nowiki>==News Item==</nowiki>.<br />
Below the section heading, type the text of the news item.<br />
The FIRST link (either Wiki or HTML) in the news item will be used as the story link in the news feed item.<br />
To sign and date the news item, type <nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki> at the end.<br />
For example:<br />
<nowiki><br />
==First Solar Sail Flies==<br />
[http://news.com/first_solar_sail_flies.html News.com: First Solar Sail Flies!]<br />
It is an historic day for solar sailors everywhere, as the first solar sail takes flight.<br />
--~~~~<br />
</nowiki></div>Ben