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What is a

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wiki?

A wiki is an environment for wiki content. We have the following wikis:

What is a child page?

A child page is a page that is subordinate to another. 

  • When you are viewing any page, you can

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  • determine whether it has one or more child pages.

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  • In most wikis wiki spaces on the NCI Wiki scroll to the end of the page. If there is a count of the child pages and , the sidebar provides a list of links , representing the page has child pages .If necessary select the link for the count of child pages to Show the child pagesthe current page.
  • To create a child page, select click the Create button above the document windowContent icon in the upper right, select a template, and click Create. Create child pages for content that is related to the content of the higher level page, but more specific.

What is a wiki space?

A Confluence wiki space is a group of pages that are administered together. For readers and page , authors, and editors, a space serves to organize pages on closely related topics in one place.

To navigate to and browse a wiki space:

  • Select Click Spaces in the upper left and select the link for a space in from the list on the Dashboard.

A space opens at its " wiki home page. " Like every Confluence page, this " wiki home page " can have " child pages."

  • Scroll to the end of the page to see the To view the links to the " child pages, open the sidebar."

What is a

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page family

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Typically the child pages of a " wiki home page " are " home pages " for major topics in the space. The Wiki FAQs, Tips , and Guidelines page is an example of a " wiki home page " with child pages.

Each child page can serve as a topic " home page, " the top level page of a " page family. " A space can contain many " page families."

Each topic " home page " can have any number of " child " pages. Each " child " page in turn can also have " child " pages. This forms a hierarchical grouping of pages (page family) on one topic.

To see view the page hierarchy:

  • Select the Pages option on the Browse menu above the document window.
  • Then select the Tree link to see the page hierarchyClick the Tools (...) icon above the page title, on the right side of the page. Select View in Hierarchy.