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Purpose of a Family History Center/Library wiki page
The purpose of a family history center/library wiki page is to disseminate information about the center, including it's operational hours, contact information, classes and services they offer.

Information not allowed on the FHC page
NOTE: All changes to Family History Center pages are monitored by FamilySearch staff and inappropriate information as described above will be removed.
 * Adding extensive information about training for Temple and Family History consultants is NOT appropriate, especially when links to this information includes LDS doctrinal phrases.
 * Information for priesthood leaders should NEVER be listed on a FHC wiki page as all direction is given from priesthood authorities in the area and not by family history centers/libraries.
 * The page should also NOT be used to communicate ward and stake goals or be used by the ward to give announcements or local leadership responsibilities.

LDS doctrinal information in the Research Wiki
The wiki audience is world-wide, to individuals of many faiths, who love genealogy for the sake of genealogy work. The FHC Wiki page is not a place to put information about LDS doctrine. This includes PowerPoint presentations and other documents that may include doctrinal information in them. See the Wiki Purpose and Appropriate Topics for more information.
 * LDS doctrinal information does NOT belong on the pages of this Wiki.

-PAGE TWO-Text Editing of pages-

Page sections are optional

 * Your wiki page was created with a number of sections already there.
 * These sections are not required on every page.
 * You are welcome to add sections that are helpful for your patrons and to delete sections that are not applicable or helpful to your center.

Link to your FHC from other pages

 * Add links to your center page from other pages that might relate to your center such as the city and county locality pages in the Wiki.

Add details about your center

 * To add details about your center, you must first be granted editing rights.
 * To request, editing rights, fill out this form. Within 48 hours, you will receive an email notifying your editing status.
 * Once you are able to edit, use the following instructions to edit your center page:
 * 1) Open the Wiki in your browser.
 * 2) Log into the FamilySearch Wiki website.
 * 3) Navigate to your center Wiki page.
 * 4) Click on the Edit tab in the top right corner of your Family History Center page to edit in Visual Editor.
 * 5) For more instructions on editing with VisualEditor, click here

Editing FHC pages

 * 1) Replace any instructions that are in parenthesis and italics with information about your family history center you find on the wiki page.
 * 2) Remove the headings you will not be using from on the page. You can always add the headings back in the future. To see what was there before, you can click on the "History" tab at the top and click on a date to view what the page looked like at that point in time.

Bullets, numbered lists and indents
These pages were created with the idea of having "section headings" with information about each topic under each section heading. Most of the sections already include bullets underneath, but some do not. To add information below a heading, put your cursor on the end of the row and hit enter. To add bullets, numbered lists, or indented paragraphs, you can use the number,bullet, and indent icons in the VisualEditor toolbar at the top of the page.

If you prefer to edit in Wikitext, click on the Edit Source tab in the top right corner of the wiki page and use the following instructions:

For more instruction and details on creating lists using Wikitext coding click here
 * 1) Bullets. Type a * at the beginning of a line.
 * 2) Numbered lists. Type a # at the beginning of a line.
 * 3) Indented paragraphs. Type a : at the beginning of a line. if you want to indent two times, type::. You can also type: in front of * or # to indent bullets or numbered lists.
 * 4) Useful Wiki Code. For other useful wiki codes to spice up your FHC page see Help:Formatting

Examples of United State Family History Center pages
Family History Center pages run from bear bones to detailed and elaborate. For examples of Family History Center pages throughout the United States, click here

-PAGE THREE-Images and PDF-

Uploading Images
You are welcome to take a photograph of your building or the inside of your center to add to your page. (Do not include living people in the photograph.)


 * 1) All images must be previewed and uploaded by missionaries in behalf of the community to make sure they are appropriate for all viewers.
 * 2) To submit a photograph of your center to FamilySearch Wiki for approval, use the Submitting images for approval wiki article. It includes the process of submitting the images and photographs.
 * 3) You should receive an email from Wiki Support letting you know your image was approved. If you do not get an email, check the Wiki after 48 hours to see if your image has been uploaded.

Placing Images
Once the image has been uploaded to the Wiki data base, you will need to place it on the page. There are two ways to do this:

USING VISUAL EDITOR: The procedure is detailed in the Visual Editor page. USING WIKITEXT: The procedure is detailed in the Wikitext Images

Linking to PDF Handouts
If you have class handouts that have been uploaded to the wiki, you can link directly to the handout so the PDF automatically opens when a patron clicks on the link. Here are the steps to create a link to a PDF file: Here are the steps abreaviated:
 * 1) You have to know the name of the PDF file such as: "File:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf"
 * 2) Next, change the word "File" to "Media" so it looks like this: "Media:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf"
 * 3) Then, place opening and closing brakcets  and  on either end of this link like so: [[Media:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf]]
 * 4) When you place this coding on a page, it will appear like this: [[Media:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf]]
 * 5) If you would like to have a better title than the name of the link, you can add after "pdf" a pipe character "|" along with the name of the PDF file you would like to your patrons see such as "Beginning Research Techniques"
 * 6) Here is the what that bit of code will look like: [[Media:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf|Beginning Research Techniques]] .  Notice the | character separating the name of the link from it's title.
 * 7) On your page this is what you will see: [[Media:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf|Beginning Research Techniques]]
 * 8) After you have created this link you can copy and paste it where you want it on the page.
 * File:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf
 * Media :Beginning Research Techniques.pdf
 * Media:Beginning Research Techniques.pdf
 * Beginning Research Techniques
 * Don't forget the pipe | symbol between the link and the name you give it.

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SUB PAGES

 * If you checked out FHC pages from the above like you may see some with more than one page.
 * Some of the larger FHC's have many pages such as:Riverton FamilySearch Library.
 * Obviously this is a very large facility, but if you think another page for more detail information would be helpful, here is the procedure to add more pages to you FHC main page.

Creating sub pages
Antioch California Family History Center/Class Schedule
 * The procedure is simple.
 * First, copy and paste the title of your Family History Center in the search box above.
 * While still typing in the search box, add a / and the name of your subpage, for example:
 * Hit the ENTER key and you will get in the search results, showing this name you entered in red, meaning that the page has not be created yet.
 * Click on the red link and an edit box will appear.
 * To activate the page, enter a word or two (doesn't matter what they are) and hit "Save page."
 * With the page now in existance, click "Edit" in the toolbar and edit as you normally would in Visual Editor.

Get help in creating sub pages
If the above procedure seem a bit much for you, you can get help from Wiki Missionaries by clicking on "Contact Us" on the left sidebar.

Linking to more than one sub page

 * If you will be creating sub pages, you will need to create a menu showing these pages so your patrons can click on the the links to get to the sub pages.
 * Here is an example of what you might consider using as a menu:

The links in red are false links and are only for examples.

Creating the menu

 * Open up a sandbox page. If you are familiar with sandbox pages click here.
 * Copy and paste this coding.
 * All you have to do is type the proper information after the equal signs.
 * Not all the fields have to be filled in. What is left blank will not show up on the menu
 * Here is a sample:

Placing the menu on the page
1. Click on "Edit source" of the heading under which you want the menu to appear. 2. Copy and paste from your sandbox under the heading like so: 3. Click "Save page" at the bottom of the edit box. 4. Check the page, if it is not exactly where you want it, you can use Visual Editor to move it or go back in Wikitext editor and move what you pasted to a different area in the page.