Working with the Wiki

Quick reference

• 00:04 So far in this course, we've created a site,
• 00:07 we've seen how we can add lists, libraries, contact lists,
• 00:11 calendars, task lists, and we've also seen how to upload documents.
• 00:17 And having all of these different pieces of content floating around is
• 00:21 absolutely fine, but we need a way to bring them all together so
• 00:25 that they're accessible to our team, and that is where wiki pages come in.
• 00:29 Now the site that we've created, if you remember all the way back to
• 00:33 the beginning of the course, this site is based on the team site template.
• 00:38 And when you create a team site in SharePoint,
• 00:41 it automatically comes with something called a wiki page library.
• 00:44 And the way to think about a wiki page library is, it really is just a homepage.
• 00:49 So what you're looking at now on the screen is essentially the wiki page for
• 00:55 this site.
• 00:56 And a wiki page brings together lots of different pieces of content.
• 01:00 So you can see here, I have news, I have quick links,
• 01:03 I have a little part over here called documents, then I have activity.
• 01:08 And these are what we call web parts all brought together on a wiki page.
• 01:14 I'm going to to talk about web parts in a lot more detail a bit later on in this
• 01:17 section.
• 01:19 But for the time being,
• 01:20 I just want you to grasp the concept of the wiki page library.
• 01:24 Now if you want to create your own homepage or wiki page,
• 01:27 then you can definitely do that as well.
• 01:29 So maybe I want to create almost like a mini site within this site for
• 01:34 a specific training team.
• 01:37 So maybe I have four training teams, and I want each of them to have their own
• 01:41 little site for all of their relevant information.
• 01:44 What I could do is create another wiki page or homepage, and
• 01:49 then, add a link on to this main homepage.
• 01:52 So let's take a look at how we can create a brand new wiki page.
• 01:56 Once again, this is done using an app.
• 01:59 So if I click the New drop-down, let's go down to App.
• 02:04 From here, I can scroll through my list of templates, or if I'm looking for
• 02:08 a specific app, I can type in wiki at the top here and hit Enter.
• 02:13 And there we go, Wiki Page LIbrary.
• 02:15 Now I need to essentially give my new wiki page library a name.
• 02:20 So this is going to be for Training Team 1, so let's just call it that,
• 02:25 Training Team 1, and click on Create.
• 02:27 And once again, this is where you'll find all of your content.
• 02:31 So if I scroll down, I could see, there is my wiki page, let's click on it.
• 02:36 And it's going to take me straight to a page that just has some information about
• 02:40 the wiki library.
• 02:42 So if you want to read up a little bit more about exactly what a wiki library is,
• 02:46 then you do have some information in here.
• 02:48 And you can see here, it says, you can get started and
• 02:51 add content to this page by clicking Edit at the top of the page.
• 02:54 So there is the Edit button all the way in the top right hand corner.
• 02:58 And then we have a little bit of information about what exactly is a wiki
• 03:02 library.
• 03:02 So a wiki library is a document library in which users can easily edit any page.
• 03:09 The library grows organically by linking existing pages together by
• 03:13 creating links to new pages.
• 03:15 And what I can do here is, I can click the Edit button,
• 03:18 it's going to put my page into edit mode.
• 03:21 And then if I want to remove all of this, I can.
• 03:23 I can simply select it all and
• 03:25 delete it because I don't really need it once I've read that information.
• 03:29 I can then start adding content that is relevant to Training Team 1.
• 03:35 Now for the time being, I'm not going to get too much into this at the moment,
• 03:39 I'm just going to add in the text, Hello World, and
• 03:42 then click the Save button in the top corner.
• 03:44 Now what I want to do here is I want to take this page and
• 03:47 I want to add it as a link on my homepage.
• 03:50 So whilst I'm here, I'm going to grab the URL, Ctrl-C to copy,
• 03:55 I'm going to close down this page, and go back to my homepage because what I'm
• 04:01 going to do is, I'm going to add a link to Training Team 1 in this quick links area.
• 04:07 So once again, I'm just going to put my page into edit mode.
• 04:11 I'm not going to say Add Links, I'm going to add from a link because I have it
• 04:16 copied to my clipboard, and then Ctrl-V to paste that in, and click on Insert.
• 04:22 I can then change the title, so instead of just saying Home, I'm going to say
• 04:27 Training Team 1, and then close this pane down, and click the Republish button.
• 04:33 So every time you change something on a web page,
• 04:36 you must make sure you republish, because that will set those changes live.
• 04:40 And now very quickly, I've managed to add a direct link to Training Team One.
• 04:45 So if any of my team members are here, they can see, okay,
• 04:48 this is where I need to go because I'm part of Training Team 1 and
• 04:52 all of my information is going to be on this page.
• 04:56 Now obviously, we haven't added anything yet, but hopefully you get the idea
• 05:01 as to how you can link through to almost any Internet sites from the homepage.

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