Help:User pages

links that appear when you are logged in

The wiki automatically creates links for every registered user, of the form User:Username. A set of links is visible on the upper right of every view; the one with your username links to your user page. Just like other pages in the wiki, this link is red if the page has not been created yet and blue if it already exists.

Use your user page for your public profile

You can put anything you want on your user page (and because EcoliWiki is a wiki, others can edit your user page too). The EcoliHub community colleague search looks at the text in user pages to find people with matching keywords, so it is useful to put information about your research interests on your user page.

Content you can add

In addition to text, there are several ways you can modify your User page. These can make your User page an alternative to a personal homepage.

Subpages for your User Page

You can organize a set of wiki pages like a personal website by creating subpages in the wiki. To make a subpage, add the subpage title after a /, like this:

Main_page/Sub_page

Adding yourself to Categories

Like any other wiki page, you can add your personal User page to Categories. You can use some of our predefined Categories, such as [[Category:Users who can help you get an account]] (assuming you are willing to help others get an account). Or you can make up your own, such as a Category for your institution or for members of your lab.