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          <rev user="Soho" timestamp="2014-03-12T18:47:51Z" comment="" xml:space="preserve">__NOTOC__
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*Added articles on [[Building a Foundation responsive template]] and [[Building a Twitter Bootstrap template]]
*Added article on powerful yet under-documented [[UDT_CONTENT_SEARCH_REPLACE|UDT_CONTENT_SEARCH_REPLACE]] feature
*Added article on new [[Userdata_functions|userdata functions]]
*New main page for wiki (you're looking at it)
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*'''[[How_to|How to...]]'''
*[[Custom_Templates|Custom template specs]]
*[[Creating_a_basic_plugin|Creating a basic plugin]]
*[[Plugging-in_to_the_Page_Editor|Plugging-in to the Page Editor]]

*[[Special:Popularpages|List of most popular pages]]
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*[[Creating_a_basic_plugin|Creating a basic plugin]] - Step by step &quot;Hello World&quot; example
*[[Userdata_functions|Userdata functions]] - Gotta store miscellaneous settings, prefs, and such? Make things easier on yourself.
*[[Plugging-in_to_the_Page_Editor|Plugging-in to the Page Editor]] - Want your own drag-and-drop object?
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*[[Custom_Templates|Custom template specs]] - The skinny on all #variables#, special files, etc.
*[[Template_Boxes|Using Template Boxes]] - Brief tutorial on using template boxes
*[[Building a Foundation responsive template]] - A walk-through on making a Zurb Foundation template
*[[Building a Twitter Bootstrap template]] - A walk-through on making a Twitter Bootstrap template
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*'''[[Special:Allpages|View all wiki pages created so far]]'''


==General Wiki Usage Tips==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia Style Guide]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Navigation_bar Editing the side nav bar]
* [http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/09/25/soholaunch-pro-edition Soholaunch links]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ#Basic_Usage Editing/Creating Pages]
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Category#Putting_an_item_in_a_category Creating Categories]</rev>
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