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[edit] Logging In

MIT Beijing Club Website uses Facebook login to authenticate users, and allow them to edit and contribute content to this site.

• If you aren't logged in, look on the top-right corner of any MIT Beijing page and you will find the Log in link.
• This link will redirect you to Facebook where you will be asked to enter your credentials.
• If you do not have a Facebook account, you will have the option to make one on the Facebook login page.

[edit] Editing Your Profile

When logged in, each user will have a link to their username on the header navigation bar. Take a look on the image below.

Click on the username link, and you will go to your own personal page, that anyone can edit. You can add information to that page as you see fit. See example.

Some things that are nice to have in your profile page:

1. When you graduated.
2. Link to your personal website.
3. Where you work.

[edit] Adding a Page

Adding a page is one of the best ways to contribute to the MIT Beijing Website, and there are several good techniques to make sure that your page has good information, and is linked into the MIT Beijing Website wiki in all the right places. Follow these steps to add a page:

1. Search. Every page on MIT Beijing Website has a search box. Please search for terms related to your topic. If a page already exists about your topic, contribute to that page, instead of creating a new page.
2. Once you have found that no page on your topic exists, identify one or more pages already on MIT Beijing Website that are related to your topic and edit that page.
3. After you save the related page you will see a Red Link which you can click on to edit the page.
4. Good content is key to a good page. Pages with the highest page views often have pictures and well written, interesting text about the topic.
5. Linking is key. Make sure to link your page to other relevant pages, otherwise it may be hard for others to find your page. One good way is to put a marker on relevant maps.

[edit] Editing a Page

Most pages will have an Edit option at the top of the page, allowing logged in users to add content. Click on it to edit the contents of a page.

[edit] Adding Images

You can add an image to any page by using the tags in the table below. You may want to upload an image to the site to show in your page, in which case, you need to go to the Uploads page. To view a list of already uploaded images that you can embed in a page, go to the Image List page.

Description	You type	You get
Embed image (with alt text)	[[Image:Example.jpg|MIT Beijing Website]]
Link to description page	[[:Image:Example.jpg]] [[:Image:Example.jpg|MIT Beijing Website]]	Image:Example.jpg MIT Beijing Website
Link directly to file	[[Media:Example.jpg]] [[Media:Example.jpg|MIT Beijing Website]]	Media:Example.jpg MIT Beijing Website
Thumbnail (centered, 100 pixels wide, with caption)	[[Image:Example.jpg|center|thumb|100px|MIT Beijing Website]]	MIT Beijing Website
Border (100 pixels) Results in a very small gray border	[[Image:Example.jpg|border|100px]]
Frameless Like thumbnail, respect user preferences for image width but without border and no right float.	[[Image:Example.jpg|frameless]]

[edit] Uploading a File

You can upload files that you are interested in sharing with other users of this site. Do not upload copyrighted material. The upload page gives logged in users the ability to upload files. A full list of updated files is also available for browsing. A common reason to upload a file is to provide an image for use in a page. Directions for embedding images are listed on this page.