Create a page

FYI with the new skin we don't have the option to reject changes before publishing. Pages will be marked not yet patrolled (at least for admin?) to show which ones need review - need to say will be checked and could be edited/rejected by admin

Add a new approach in three easy steps:

• Step 1 - Create a new page
• Step 2 - Add content to your new page
• Step 3 - Publish on the Disaster Risk Gateway wiki

Instructions for creating a new page

Step 1 Create a new page: Navigate to Create a page, by clicking on Get started, then Create a page. Here you will need to create a new page for your example approach by adding it to the list. You will need a title and short (one-line) summary:

1. Click Edit icon in the top banner of the page.
2. Copy and paste the text below into the editor box, and replace ADD TITLE HERE with your page title, and ADD DESCRIPTION HERE with a short summary:

    [[ADD TITLE HERE]]: ADD DESCRIPTION HERE

3. For examples, see Multi-hazard Risk Assessment
4. Click on Show preview at the bottom of the page to review your addition
5. When you’re happy with it, click on Save changes
6. This will have created a new page for your approach which you now need to add content to (which should appear red as a page that does not exist yet).

Step 2 Add content to your new page: The easiest way to add content is to copy from an existing page and edit the text. That way you do not have to worry about formatting.

1. Navigate to an existing approach and click on the title link. Click Edit and copy all the text, including formatting. Then click cancel at the bottom of the page
2. Navigate back to the Multi-hazard Risk Assessment or Multi-hazard Risk Management page and click on the title of your new entry (which should appear red as a page that does not exist yet). This will open a new page with the title of your approach
3. Click Edit
4. Paste the copied text, and edit each section with details of the approach you are contributing. Please be as detailed as possible. Please note, you should not have to make any changes to the formatting.
   • Year of publication
   • Access: please indicate whether the approach is open access, available to download, behind a journal paywall, licensed from an organisation etc.
   • Link: please provide link(s) to the project / approach website or relevant publication
   • Organisation(s) / Author(s): please provide details of contributing organisation(s) and or author(s)
   • Description: please provide a detailed overview of the approach, ensuring that that the text is adequately referenced where appropriate and do not copy text subject to copyright.
   • Technical considerations: Please provide details of any technical considerations that a user would need to be aware of: e.g. coding language, file type, software requirement, required input data, etc.
   • Keywords: Keywords should describe the key attributes of your submission.

Step 3 Publishing: During the wikithon, there are two ways you can publish new pages. You can either publish in the Practice publishing page first (link at the bottom of this page), then when you feel comfortable, publish directly in the Disaster Risk Gateway either under Multi-hazard Risk Assessment or Multi-hazard Risk Management. Or, if you are comfortable using a wiki, you can skip the Practice publishing step and publish directly in the Disaster Risk Gateway main pages.

1. Click on Show preview at the bottom of the page to review your changes / additions. Please be aware of copyright and ensure you have not directly copied any text from a source without permission. Any contributions you make to Disaster Risk Gateway are with the understanding that all materials you provide (text, images etc.) will be publicly available and are required to follow the content standards. See Terms of Use.
2. When you are happy with it, click on Save changes
3. Practice publishing:
   1. Navigate to Practice publishing by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.
   2. Click the Edit icon in the top banner of the page.
   3. Copy and paste the text below into the editor box, and replace ADD TITLE HERE with your page title, and ADD DESCRIPTION HERE with a short summary:

       [[ADD TITLE HERE]]: ADD DESCRIPTION HERE

      An example is given in the Practice publishing page.
4. Publishing on the Disaster Risk Gateway main pages:
   1. Navigate to the Main page by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.
   2. Click on Multi-hazard Risk Assessment or Multi-hazard Risk Management depending on where you feel your approach is best located. You can add a link to your page in both categories if appropriate.
   3. Click the Edit icon in the top banner of the page.
   4. Copy and paste the text below into the editor box at the bottom of the list, and replace ADD TITLE HERE with your page title, and ADD DESCRIPTION HERE with a short summary:

       [[ADD TITLE HERE]]: ADD DESCRIPTION HERE

5. Your new page will be publicly visible, but with a note at the bottom stating 'page not yet patrolled'. The Disaster Risk Gateway team will review and approve or reject publication. Please be aware that the Disaster Risk Gateway team retain the right to reject or edit any contributions. We will contact you though the Disaster Risk Gateway if there are any issues with your submission.

Practice publishing

Publish on the main site

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