Help:User Page Creation

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It is easy to create and personalize your user page.

  1. Login in to Saintapedia
  2. Go to your User Page using the link or click on your username in the upper right hand portion of the page
  3. On the "There is currently no text" page, click on the "Enhanced editor" under "Create this page using..."
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  4. Select the "Basic user page" from the drop down list and click "Load." (see image below)
  5. Add an edit summary, such as "create page from template", and save the page
  6. Use the "Edit" tab to open the page using Visual editor.
  7. Add your name, phone, and email address in the appropriate locations.
  8. Finished editing by clicking the "Save changes" button in the top right corner of the page

Congratulations! You have created your first page in Saintapedia!

Your first edit

We also suggest you add a link on your User Page to the Cheat sheet. To do this,

  1. Start editing the page by clicking on tabs in the upper right hand corner of the screen
  2. Go to the "Favorite pages" section heading
  3. Add a new line,
  4. Add a bullet by typing * and a space to create a bullet. This works in both editors. See Help:Visual editor#Lists and indentation for more details.
  5. Add an internal link with the name "Cheat sheet"
  6. Click save.

Congratulations you just made your first edit to a Saintapedia article! Anytime you are logged in you visit your User Page by clicking on your username in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

You can also review every edit ever made to an article page if you click on the view history.