Greenbusinesshowto

How to Use this Site

BACK TO MAIN PAGE-- CREATING NEW CATEGORIES, SECTIONS AND SUBHEADINGS--SITE INDEX--HELP--CONTACT PERC'''



Adding to this Site

It is recommended that you open these instructions in a separate window so that they can be easily consulted.(go to File, New, and click on Window)

This site is a what is known as a Wiki, so it does not behave like a normal website. If you do not know what a Wiki is please visit User's Guide. This is the users guide for Wikipedia, the webite which the PERC wiki is based off of.

Ways You can Contribute to this Site

The easiest way to make your valuable addition to the site is by adding a link. (A link is a clickable feature, usually highlighted in blue, which will take the user to another page or website)

The type of additions you can make to this site include links to company websites, entries on special books, videos or other products that relate to greening business. You can even talk about your personal experiences and give advice to others under the "success stories" and "advice" sections on the "why should my business go green?" page.(for instructions on adding to these sections, go to:How to add Success Stories and Advice)

For example, if you have a link to the website of a supplier of Environmentally friendly products and office supplies in the Ottawa area such as.... 

The Arbour'

Environmental Shoppe

800 Bank Street, Ottawa, Canada

http://www.arbour.on.ca/



Adding resources to this Site

..The Arbour will be used as the example throughout the rest of this tutorial

STEP 1. Chosing the Right Category,Section and Subheading for your link First you have to chose the right category (listed on the main page) for your entry and go to the page for that category(by clicking on its name), then you chose the appropriate section on that page and click on it. Use your best judgment, keeping in mind that there are more specific sections and subheadings on each category page. If you have checked, and are still sure that there is NOT an appropriate category for your link see the Creating New Catergories,Sections and Subheadings page.Before you create a category make sure that your link does infact BELONG ON THE PERC WIKI WEBSITE. Ask yourself "will an Ottawa Business who is looking to be more environmentally friendly find this useful?". E.g.For the Arbour you would go to the already existing page for "General office supplies"

'''STEP 2. Getting to the EDIT screen''' Once you have found the page that you think your entry should be on, scroll to the bottom of the page. Then you click on the link that says Edit This Page.

Now you can see and edit the code that the page is made out of, which would look something like this (this is only an image and is therefore not interactive. To experiment with formatting wiki pages yourself please visit Sandbox) ...

(The arrows have been added for clarity, you will not see them on the actual page)

STEP 3. Finding the Right Subheading The Blue Arrow  (shown above) points to the line of code that lists the topic subheading, in this case,The Abour will be listed under "Miscellaneous office supplies". Suheadings are the only places under which you can place your link. If you feel that the section heading accurately describes your entry, but a subheading would not, place you entry under a subheading named "General" or "Miscellaneous". Once again, if you feel an appropriate subheading does not exist,go to  Creating New Sections and Subheadings.

STEP 4. Where to Place your Entry After you find the appropriate subheading, you will see a line that says "insert link below here" (where the Red Arrow is pointing). To add your link, you are going to copy a section of code from STEP 6, then paste it BELOW the line that contains the phrase "insert your link below here"..

STEP 5. TEMPLATES

(Templates are the sections of code listed in steps 5 and 6 that are pre formatted for you so you can add your entry while the page itself maintains some visiual unity). you will copy and paste one of the pre formatted code templates listed in STEP 6 (for instructions on how to copy and paste, click on the following link HELP)and fill in the text without altering the extra punctuation and coding. The Template I have chosen for our example "the Arbour" is shown below.

Link To a Company Website Template


 * STEP 5-B... For reference, the image shown below demonstrates the completed template for the Arbour, with the areas that are changeable highlighted blue and the areas that must stay the same highlighted red.



STEP 6. Useful Templates

Here are some templates for listing other resources.

NOTE:With any template, if there is a field to which you do not have the information, delete the entire line of code.

Link To a Company Website Template

Website only Template

Book Template

Video Template

STEP 7. Viewing The Finished Product

Now that you have finished inputing your entry into the page code you can see a preview of what it will look like by clicking on the "show preview" button located beneath the window that has the code in it. You will then see the finished page with the code underneath.

'''IMPORTANT: CLICKING ON PREVIEW DOES NOT SAVE THE CHANGES YOU MADE TO THE PAGE. TO SAVE CHANGES, CLICK THE "SAVE PAGE" BUTTON BEFORE LEAVING THAT PAGE.'''

Your Finished Entry Should look something like this:



General Office Supplies

The Arbour Environmental Shoppe

A Store located in downtown Ottawa that supplies various environmentally friendly products. They carry gift items, food, paper products and other "green" products. You can also order online from their website.

800 Bank Street,Ottawa,Canada

http://www.arbour.on.ca/