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Unlike regular websites, Socialtext gives you, the reader, the power to change the site. This is as simple as typing. The entire website is open for you to improve. If you've ever scribbled notes in the margin, highlighted a page, or wanted to fix a typo, you will shine with Socialtext.

Editing a page

Simply double-click where you want to edit. Alternatively, click the Edit This Page link at the top of each page. Editing works much like your favorite word processor. Just type!

Once you're done, you can either Save your changes, or Cancel them if you want to back out. You can also Preview your work to make sure it looks correct.

Find out more about editing.

Create a new page

Click on New Page in the workspace header. You will see a new page to edit. Change the name of the page by editing the title in the field on top. Put the text of the page in the larger space below. Click Save.

You can also create a new page by making a link on an existing page. While editing, select the text to link and click on in the toolbar. Or, you can just put the name of the page you wish to create in square brackets, like this: [Title of New Page], and the link will be activated when you save the page.

After saving, the link will appear with a dashed underline, which means the link refers to a page that does not exist. Whenever you click on a dashed link, you can create the missing page.

Rename a page

To rename a page, click on Edit this page and then modify the page name in the text field on top. Then save the page. Note: This will create a new page with the given title. The original page will still exist in the workspace since you may still have links pointing to it. If you would like to remove the original page, be careful to Search the workspace for all references to the new page to change them to point to the new page. Then you can delete the page safely.

Delete a page

To delete a page, select More Actions from the edit menu. Select Delete Page. You will be asked to confirm that the page should be removed.

Duplicate a page

To duplicate a page, select More Actions from the edit menu. Select Duplicate Page. From here you provide a new page name. You may as choose to duplicate attachments and categories along with the text of the page.

Send page to another workspace

To publish a page to another workspace, select More Actions from the edit menu. Select Send Page to Another Workspace. From here you provide the destination workspace and a new page name (optional). You can choose to duplicate attachments and categories along with the text of the page.

Add a comment

To comment on a page, select Add Comment from the edit menu. A pop-up window will open for your comment. Your comment will be saved to the bottom of the page, along with your name and the time of the comment.

Attach a file

An abbreviated list of the attachments to a page appears under the page title. Click on (add) next to Attachments to add a file. See Attached files for more on the mechanics of attaching a file.

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