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Help:Editing

2007-05-12T13:19:15Z

172.141.204.223: /* Adding a new Member Page */

== Editing an existing page ==

In its simplest form, editing an existing page is a straightforward as clicking a button and typing away!

You can do this for the whole page by clicking the '''edit''' ''tab'' at the top of the page or for each section by clicking the small [edit] ''link'' on the right by the section heading.

Do so now (using your browser's Back button to periodically return to this page). Click the '''edit''' ''tab'' at the top of this page and have a look at the '''edit''' window. You will see the same text you are reading here but without the formatting.

The formatting that you see when this page is displayed is achieved by the use of special ''symbols'' or ''codes'' which are placed around individual words or sections of text to tell your browser how it should render them. For instance the word ''symbols'' in this sentence is written in the edit window with double inverted commas around it. It is displayed however in italics.

<blockquote><nowiki>''symbols''</nowiki></blockquote>

becomes

<blockquote>''symbols''</blockquote>

The section headings are surrounded by double equal signs (=). So this section begins

<blockquote><nowiki>== Editing an existing page ==</nowiki></blockquote>

To a certain extent that is all there is to it. Type some text and add formatting to it as required. I'm not going to list all of the formatting codes here. A full list can be found in the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Media Wiki Help Pages] and this is meant as a quick guide to editing the SLT Archive Project.

[[Image:Editing-toolbar-example1.png|thumb|300px|The Editing Toolbar being used to add an internal link]]

One last thing however before we move on to more interesting things like adding images or links. Look at the edit window again and you will notice that it has a toolbar above it. Rather than typing (and having to remember) the special formatting codes the most commonly used ones are on the toolbar and you can highlight a piece of text and click the appropriate button to apply the formatting, just as you could in your favourite word processing application.

== Adding Links ==

We may like to have certain parts of our page ''link'' to other pages. In the list of productions we have appeared in for instance a production title may link to the page for that production. Or a name may link to a page for that particular member.

'''Internal Links'''

These are links to other pages within the SLTWiki and are the easiest links make. All pages in SLTWiki have a ''page title'' and if you use this page title in your text you can directly link to that page.

For instance if I mention Prompt Corner in my text it is a doddle to link to the Prompt Corner page simply by adding double square brackets around its name. Therefore

<blockquote><nowiki>[[Prompt Corner]]</nowiki></blockquote>

in the code becomes

<blockquote>[[Prompt Corner]]</blockquote>

in the document.

Note that this linking is not automatic. Links aren't created when we type a word or phrase which corresponds to a page name. We have to create them ourselves by adding the double square brackets in the code or by clicking the internal link button on the toolbar (see above image).

What if we don't want to use the exact words that are in our page title but still want to link to that particular page? I might, for instance, want to link to the Prompt Corner page using the text [[Prompt Corner|Our Studio Theatre]].

A glance at the code for this page will show you how this is achieved but here is the code below.

<blockquote><nowiki>[[Prompt Corner|Our Studio Theatre]]</nowiki></blockquote>

We still have the double square brackets but within them we have two pieces of text seperated by a pipe character (|). Before the pipe we have the ''name of the page we wish to link to'' and after it the ''text which we want to appear on the page as the link''.

'''External Links'''

We may also wish to link to external web pages or sites

This process is very similar to the above except that we use ''single square brackets'' and a ''space'' instead of a pipe character.

So

<blockquote><nowiki>[http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk The South London Theatre Website]</nowiki></blockquote>

becomes

<blockquote>[http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk The South London Theatre Website]</blockquote>

Please note that the '''http://''' part of the url is mandatory but that any text after the first space can be used to denote the link. SLTWiki also adds an arrow graphic to show that this is an external link which leaves the SLT site.

== Adding images ==

Image help coming.

In the meantime see [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files Media Wiki's Help page]

== Adding a new Production Page ==

All Production Pages on the SLT Archive should be based on the same template in order to provide consistency thoughout the site and to make it easy for users to set up new pages.

The process of creating a new page should be perfomed using these simple steps.

# Create a link to your production in the [[SLT Productions]] page.*
# Visit the [[Production Page Template]].
# Click the Edit tab to see the code for this page.
# Highlight all of the text in the code window and copy it to the clipboard.
# Close the page without saving any changes.
# Return to the [[SLT Productions]] page and follow the link to your new page. This should be blank.
# Paste the template code into the edit window.
# Edit the code adding your production's details.
# Save the changes.

<blockquote> '''*Important Note: Your new page title should include the year of production!'''</blockquote>

That is, we should not call a page '''The Crucible''' as this does not uniquely identify a production. Calling it '''The Crucible (2007)''' will differentiate it from other productions of this play. This is important even if we know that the play has not been produced at SLT before! There is no reason to believe that it will not be produced again.

This does not mean however that you have to refer to the production this way in the text or display the year whenever you wish to link to the correct page. Remember that you can use the text

<blockquote><nowiki>[[The Crucible (2007)|The Crucible]]</nowiki></blockquote>

to produce

<blockquote>[[The Crucible (2007)|The Crucible]]</blockquote>

'''What does the template contain?'''

The template contains the following section headings.

* Introduction
* Cast
* Crew
* Reviews
* Gallery
* Reminiscences and Anecdotes
* See also
* External Links

This represents a basic skeleton for your page onto which you can add the flesh. You may be able to think of other sections which would be of interest, in which case you should feel free to add them.

== Adding a new Member Page ==
All Member Pages on the SLT Archive should be based on the same template in order to provide consistency thoughout the site and to make it easy for users to set up new pages.

The process of creating a new page should be perfomed using these simple steps.

# Create a link to the member in the [[SLT Members' Pages]] page. The page title shoul be the member's name.
# Visit the [[Member Page Template]].
# Click the Edit tab to see the code for this page.
# Highlight all of the text in the code window and copy it to the clipboard.
# Close the page without saving any changes.
# Return to the [[SLT Members' Pages]] page and follow the link to your new page. This should be blank.
# Paste the template code into the edit window.
# Edit the code adding your production's details.
# Save the changes.

'''What does the template contain?'''

The template contains the following section headings.

* Acting Roles
* Productions as Director
* Interests
* External Links

This represents a skeleton for your page onto which you can add the flesh and is very basic.

People will have many different skills and areas of interest so should feel free to add and remove sections as appropriate.

It is important however to remember that this is the South London Theatre archive and should reflect our work at SLT. Outside productions and other achievements should be kept to a minimum with relevant external links where appropriate.

== Adding a new Year Page ==

== See also ==

== Extenal Links ==

SLT History

2007-05-12T13:14:50Z

172.141.204.223: /* History of South London Theatre */

[[Image:ext3a.jpg|thumb|300px|South London Theatre]]

== History of South London Theatre ==

The '''South London Theatre''' is a Community theatre in West Norwood in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. Founded in October [[1967]], it is now a busy theatre venue, presenting over 22 shows annually in two auditoria: the 100 seater proscenium arch [[Bell Theatre]] and a 50 seater studio theatre named [[Prompt Corner]], it also has a private basement bar open 364 nights a year which is host to regular social events and a monthly Stand-up comedy show called [[SLTee-Hee-Hee]].

The plays produced include all genres; Shakespeare, comedy, classics, pantomime, musicals, and modern cutting-edge drama. New writing is particularly encouraged as are aspiring directors. There are plenty of roles behind scenes and help and encouragement is given to new members.

There is a very active youth group (known as the "South London Youth Theatre") as well as children's classes. The children have their own showcases and are also encouraged to participate in the main productions.

The Gothic revival style building was originally a fire station, built in 1881. It retains much of that original character for example it is the only Fire Station for horse drawn tenders which still has the look out tower and doors still in place. The building should always retain its histroic features as the frontage of the building is grade two listed building. It had a short history as a fire station as it was built for horse-drawn fire engines and the new motorised appliances were too big for the doors, which could not be extended. The area behind these doors, where the appliances and horses were kept, is now the [[Bell Theatre]] stage. Between its life as a fire station and it role now as a theatre, the building was a hall for the local church and an illegal boxing venue.

The design for the conversion to a theatre was by [[Owen Luder]] (later to become President of the Royal Institute of British Architects on two occasions and a well-known Dulwich personality), the original design for the building was probably designed by Richard Pearsall, in the Metropolitan Board of Works Architect's Department.

Like all old buildings it requires a lot of maintenance and a renovation is planned which should make the building fully accessible and able to accept performances from external theatre companies.

For those interested at simply looking around the building, it does tours for a weekend in September as part of [[Open House London]], the last was in 2006 on the 16th and 17th.

The South London Theatre is a member of the [[Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain]].

==See also==
* [http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk home page] of the South London Theatre.
* [http://www.aitaiata.org AITA/IATA] - International Amateur Theatre Association
* {{MySpace|southlondontheatre|South London Theatre}}

SLT History

2007-05-12T13:09:50Z

172.141.204.223: /* History of South London Theatre */

[[Image:ext3a.jpg|thumb|300px|South London Theatre]]

== History of South London Theatre ==

The '''South London Theatre''' is a Community theatre in West Norwood in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. Founded in October [[1967]], it is now a busy theatre venue, presenting over 22 shows annually in two auditoria: the 100 seater proscenium arch [[Bell Theatre]] and a 50 seater studio theatre named [[Prompt corner]], it also has a private basement bar open 364 nights a year which is host to regular social events and a monthly Stand-up comedy show called [[SLTee-Hee-Hee]].

The plays produced include all genres; Shakespeare, comedy, classics, pantomime, musicals, and modern cutting-edge drama. New writing is particularly encouraged as are aspiring directors. There are plenty of roles behind scenes and help and encouragement is given to new members.

There is a very active youth group (known as the "South London Youth Theatre") as well as children's classes. The children have their own showcases and are also encouraged to participate in the main productions.

The Gothic revival style building was originally a fire station, built in 1881. It retains much of that original character for example it is the only Fire Station for horse drawn tenders which still has the look out tower and doors still in place. The building should always retain its histroic features as the frontage of the building is grade two listed building. It had a short history as a fire station as it was built for horse-drawn fire engines and the new motorised appliances were too big for the doors, which could not be extended. The area behind these doors, where the appliances and horses were kept, is now the [[Bell Theatre]] stage. Between its life as a fire station and it role now as a theatre, the building was a hall for the local church and an illegal boxing venue.

The design for the conversion to a theatre was by [[Owen Luder]] (later to become President of the Royal Institute of British Architects on two occasions and a well-known Dulwich personality), the original design for the building was probably designed by Richard Pearsall, in the Metropolitan Board of Works Architect's Department.

Like all old buildings it requires a lot of maintenance and a renovation is planned which should make the building fully accessible and able to accept performances from external theatre companies.

For those interested at simply looking around the building, it does tours for a weekend in September as part of [[Open House London]], the last was in 2006 on the 16th and 17th.

The South London Theatre is a member of the [[Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain]].

==See also==
* [http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk home page] of the South London Theatre.
* [http://www.aitaiata.org AITA/IATA] - International Amateur Theatre Association
* {{MySpace|southlondontheatre|South London Theatre}}

SLT History

2007-05-12T12:46:47Z

172.141.204.223: /* History of South London Theatre */

[[Image:ext3a.jpg|thumb|300px|South London Theatre]]

== History of South London Theatre ==

The '''South London Theatre''' is a Community theatre in West Norwood in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. Founded in October [[1967]], it is now a busy theatre venue, presenting over 22 shows annually in two auditoria: the 100 seater proscenium arch [[Bell Theatre]] and a 50 seater studio theatre named [[Prompt corner]], it also has a private basement bar open 364 nights a year which is host to regular social events and a monthly Stand-up comedy show called SLTee-Hee-Hee.

The plays produced include all genres; Shakespeare, comedy, classics, pantomime, musicals, and modern cutting-edge drama. New writing is particularly encouraged as are aspiring directors. There are plenty of roles behind scenes and help and encouragement is given to new members.

There is a very active youth group (known as the "South London Youth Theatre") as well as children's classes. The children have their own showcases and are also encouraged to participate in the main productions.

The Gothic revival style building was originally a fire station, built in 1881. It retains much of that original character for example it is the only Fire Station for horse drawn tenders which still has the look out tower and doors still in place. The building should always retain its histroic features as the frontage of the building is grade two listed building. It had a short history as a fire station as it was built for horse-drawn fire engines and the new motorised appliances were too big for the doors, which could not be extended. The area behind these doors, where the appliances and horses were kept, is now the [[Bell Theatre]] stage. Between its life as a fire station and it role now as a theatre, the building was a hall for the local church and an illegal boxing venue.

The design for the conversion to a theatre was by [[Owen Luder]] (later to become President of the Royal Institute of British Architects on two occasions and a well-known Dulwich personality), the original design for the building was probably designed by Richard Pearsall, in the Metropolitan Board of Works Architect's Department.

Like all old buildings it requires a lot of maintenance and a renovation is planned which should make the building fully accessible and able to accept performances from external theatre companies.

For those interested at simply looking around the building, it does tours for a weekend in September as part of [[Open House London]], the last was in 2006 on the 16th and 17th.

The South London Theatre is a member of the [[Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain]].

==See also==
* [http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk home page] of the South London Theatre.
* [http://www.aitaiata.org AITA/IATA] - International Amateur Theatre Association
* {{MySpace|southlondontheatre|South London Theatre}}

SLT History

2007-05-12T12:46:19Z

172.141.204.223: /* History of South London Theatre */

[[Image:ext3a.jpg|thumb|300px|South London Theatre]]

== History of South London Theatre ==

The '''South London Theatre''' is a Community theatre in West Norwood in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. Founded in October [[1967]], it is now a busy theatre venue, presenting over 22 shows annually in two auditoria: the 100 seater proscenium arch [[Bell Theatre]] and a 50 seater studio theatre named [[Prompt corner]], it also has a private basement bar open 364 nights a year which is host to regular social events and a monthly Stand-up comedy show called SLTee-Hee-Hee.

The plays produced include all genres; Shakespeare, comedy, classics, pantomime, musicals, and modern cutting-edge drama. New writing is particularly encouraged as are aspiring directors. There are plenty of roles behind scenes and help and encouragement is given to new members.

There is a very active youth group (known as the "South London Youth Theatre") as well as children's classes. The children have their own showcases and are also encouraged to participate in the main productions.

The [[Gothic revival]] style building was originally a fire station, built in 1881. It retains much of that original character for example it is the only Fire Station for horse drawn tenders which still has the look out tower and doors still in place. The building should always retain its histroic features as the frontage of the building is grade two listed building. It had a short history as a fire station as it was built for horse-drawn fire engines and the new motorised appliances were too big for the doors, which could not be extended. The area behind these doors, where the appliances and horses were kept, is now the [[Bell Theatre]] stage. Between its life as a fire station and it role now as a theatre, the building was a hall for the local church and an illegal boxing venue.

The design for the conversion to a theatre was by [[Owen Luder]] (later to become President of the Royal Institute of British Architects on two occasions and a well-known Dulwich personality), the original design for the building was probably designed by Richard Pearsall, in the Metropolitan Board of Works Architect's Department.

Like all old buildings it requires a lot of maintenance and a renovation is planned which should make the building fully accessible and able to accept performances from external theatre companies.

For those interested at simply looking around the building, it does tours for a weekend in September as part of [[Open House London]], the last was in 2006 on the 16th and 17th.

The South London Theatre is a member of the [[Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain]].

==See also==
* [http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk home page] of the South London Theatre.
* [http://www.aitaiata.org AITA/IATA] - International Amateur Theatre Association
* {{MySpace|southlondontheatre|South London Theatre}}

SLT History

2007-05-12T12:43:44Z

172.141.204.223: /* History of South London Theatre */

[[Image:ext3a.jpg|thumb|300px|South London Theatre]]

== History of South London Theatre ==

The '''South London Theatre''' is a Community theatre in West Norwood in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. Founded in October [[1967]], it is now a busy theatre venue, presenting over 22 shows annually in two [[auditoria]]: the 100 seater [[proscenium arch]] "Bell Theatre" and a 50 seater [[Studio Theatre Layout|studio theatre]] named "[[Prompt corner]]", it also has a private [[basement]] bar open 364 nights a year which is host to regular social events and a monthly [[Stand-up comedy]] show called SLTee-Hee-Hee.

The plays produced include all genres; Shakespeare, comedy, classics, pantomime, musicals, and modern cutting-edge drama. New writing is particularly encouraged as are aspiring directors. There are plenty of roles behind scenes and help and encouragement is given to new members.

There is a very active youth group (known as the "South London Youth Theatre") as well as children's classes. The children have their own showcases and are also encouraged to participate in the main productions.

The [[Gothic revival]] style building was originally a [[fire station]], built in [[1881]]. It retains much of that original character for example it is the only Fire Station for horse drawn tenders which still has the look out tower and doors still in place. The building should always retain its histroic features as the frontage of the building is grade two [[listed building|listed]]. It had a short history as a [[fire station]] as it was built for horse-drawn fire engines and the new motorised appliances were too big for the doors, which could not be extended. The area behind these doors, where the appliances and horses were kept, is now the Bell [[Theatre]] stage. Between its life as a fire station and it role now as a theatre, the building was a hall for the local church and an illegal boxing venue.

The design for the conversion to a theatre was by [[Owen Luder]] (later to become President of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] on two occasions and a well-known [[Dulwich]] personality), the original design for the building was probably designed by Richard Pearsall, in the Metropolitan Board of Works Architect's Department.

Like all old buildings it requires a lot of maintenance and a renovation is planned which should make the building fully [[Handicapped-accessible|accessible]] and able to accept performances from external theatre companies.

For those interested at simply looking around the building, it does tours for a weekend in September as part of [[Open House London]], the last was in 2006 on the 16th and 17th.

The South London Theatre is a [[member]] of the [[Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain]].

==See also==
* [http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk home page] of the South London Theatre.
* [http://www.aitaiata.org AITA/IATA] - International Amateur Theatre Association
* {{MySpace|southlondontheatre|South London Theatre}}