FAQ

Are you having trouble accessing your account, changing your preferences, or setting up email notifications?

FAQs you will find on the Help:Accounts page:

• Can I invite new users to join EcoliWiki?
• How can I get an account in EcoliWiki?
• What do I do if I forget my username?
• What do I do if I forget my password?
• How do I change my username?
• How do I change my password?
• Can I customize EcoliWiki?
• What is the My Watchlist link and how do I add topics to my watchlist?
• Can I get email notifications when a page on my watchlist is modified?
• What is the User Contribution link?

If you are having trouble adding information into the EcoliWiki,

FAQs you will find on the Help:Add Info page

• How do I edit using MS-Word?
• How do I add references?
• What do I do if someone changes what I wrote?
• Is there any way to keep people from editing my entries?
• How do I import a large data set into the Ecoliwiki?
• How do I add links?
• How do I add tables?
• How do I get an image to show up in a page?
• Can I import data from an Excel spreadsheet?
• How do I add categories?
• How do I make suggestions?
• How do I add a new plasmid?
• How do I know if it's right?
• What if my information doesn't fit in to any templates?

How do I find? FAQs

Finding Gene-Related Information

If you know the actual gene or gene product name

Type it into the search box on the left hand side of the browser window and click Go. You will be taken directly to the Quickview page for that gene. There you may select the specific tab to display the desired information.

If you don't know the specific name or the product is called something else

You need to perform a search. Type in the name of the item you wish to find and click the Search button. This will search text within the pages and will result in a list of pages where that word is located. Click the page link you want you will be taken to that page.

Finding Information Related to Plasmids

To find plasmid already in the wiki, type it in the box and click the Go button.

How do I find additional help if I need it?

If you need additional assistance, please email the Ecoliwiki staff at Ecoliwiki@gmail.com and we will be happy to answer your questions.