Work Wiki
This can probably get archived since this never ended up happening.
I think I found the best wiki platform I'm going to come across. ShoutWiki uses MediaWikisoftware, is free to use, and does not impose very many limits on its users.
Now all I need to do is start writing pages. I might ask Kim if she has any materials that I can pull in for training, how-tos, and other random information.
The only problem I'm noticing is that some pages could start to get unwieldy. Is there an easy way to pull sections out and turn them into their own pages? Kind of like the TiddlyWiki feature, "Excise", only I don't want to transclude the content.
Things to Include
Main Page
- New Hires Start Here
- Important links
AdHub Policies
- Calling off
- PTO requests
- Dress code
How To Use This Wiki
- Include some helpful wikitext formatting tips
- Navigation tips
- Where things are
- Overview of features and their uses
- Uploading images
- Creating an avatar
- Naming files for upload to wiki
How To Create A New Page
- First search to see if the page exists
- Check to see if the information you need is part of another page
Training
- New-hire orientation
- How-To guides for people who forget things
- Expanded ad jacket walkthrough
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Improving workflow tips
- Tabs
- Tables
- Taking screenshots
- Batch Renaming in AdobeBridge
- Making Photoshop actions
- Rebuilding ads from a PDF (illustrator)
- Creating AdobePhotoshop Actions
- List of fonts
- Stock sites
- Printing a list of ads from AdTracker (Ctrl+R, select Microsoft Print to PDF from the dropdown)
- How to find the Getty Images share preview link
- Finding you way around Windows - for those unfamiliar with it
- Helpful links (include login info when appropriate)
- Identifont
- Getty
- Metro
- Content sites
- Naming files for upload to FTP
- How to make a new queue
- School Report pub yearly
Important Information
- Column widths
- Common ad sizes
- Bleed instructions
Troubleshooting
- Issues with Windows
- Issues with AdTracker
- Keeps crashing
- Getting a pop-up that says blank
- Remote Desktop Assistance (Chrome RDP)
- Issues with Adobe software
- Keeps crashing
- Warning dialog
- DPS Linkin panel not scrolling
Ad Reps
- Include pertinent info about each ad rep - DO NOT use the wiki to badmouth reps!
- Name
- Location
- Known issues
- Known accts. and pubs (link to the wiki page)
Employee Info
- Each employee should have a user page with specific info
- Current projects for each designer
Private Pages (Admin only)
- Newsletter info (find a way to cycle through these without repeating)
- Terminology
- Tips
- Reminders
- Other filler
- Manager/Supervisor info
Customizing The Interface
Side Bar
The Syntax:
*header name (e.g. navigation) **page name|title displayed to users **another page|another title *another header **yet another page|and title
What kinds of headers?
- People
- Designers
- Managers
- Supervisors
- Ad Reps
- Coordinators
- Sites
- HM - Hagerstown
- HT - Bloomington
- PN - Petoskey
- SB - South Bend
- SD - South Dakota
- SO - Somerset
- WT - Watertown
- Training
- Help
- AdTracker
- Adobe
- Windows
- Remote Server
What kinds of links?
Can sidebar headers be made collapsible?
TOC
Use built-in polling feature to ask people what kinds of info they want to add?
Things I Need To Figure Out
- How to create/edit templates correctly (what kind of formatting is needed to do specific things? Check forums.)
Templates
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates
- Ad rep pages
- User profile (as part of each user's page)
- Ad process
- Ad description
Testing
Make a page just for testing things. This will give me a sandbox to link to pages that would otherwise be orphaned. I really need to start making templates and this will help get that going.
GateHouseMedia Wiki
Uploading Images
File names must contain:
- Site Code (SD)
- Customer Name (Kens)
- Acct. # (191873)
These should all be separated by dots/periods.
Examples:
- SD.KENS.123456
- HM.ERNST.12345