## Please edit system and help pages ONLY in the moinmaster wiki! For more
## information, please see MoinMaster:MoinPagesEditorGroup.
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#acl MoinPagesEditorGroup:read,write,delete,revert All:read
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#language en

= Creating a new page =
## We should test this section with beginners
## Beginner

You create a new page by visiting the page. If the page does not exists, `MoinMoin` will suggest to create it. There are several ways to create a new page:

== By Adding a link on another page ==
 1. Edit another page
 1. Add a link to the new page, either as a WikiName or as `["Name With Spaces"]`
 1. Save the page and click the new link
 1. Click one of the template names
 1. Edit your new page and save it

For more information on linking to other pages, see HelpOnLinking.

== By visiting the page ==
## Can a complete beginner use this?

 1. Enter the address of the new page, e.g `http://example.com/wiki/MyNewPage` in the browser location box and press Enter
 1. Click one of the template names
 1. Edit your new page and save it

 (!) Might not work on all browsers if the page name contains non ASCII characters.

== By using the NewPage macro ==

If the current page uses the `NewPage` macro:
 1. Enter the page name in the text box and click "[[GetText(Create New Page)]]"
 1. Edit your page and save it

Example:
 [[NewPage(HelpTemplate)]]

The `NewPage` macro make it easy to create new pages in one step, using certain template or automatically creating a sub page. For more help on `NewPage` macro, see HelpOnMacros.

== By using the GoTo macro ==

If the current page uses the `GoTo` macro:
 1. Enter the page name in the text box and click "[[GetText(Go To Page)]]"
 1. Click "Create new page"
 1. Edit your page and save it

Example:
 [[GoTo]]

= Creating and using template pages =
## Advanced

To create a template, follow the above description and create a page with a name ending in "'''Template'''". This page will then be added to the list of template pages displayed when you try to show a non-existent page. For example, NonExistentHelpPage has a link to HelpTemplate that loads the content of HelpTemplate into the editor box, when you click on that link.

 (!) The wiki administrator can change the template pages name rules, for example, allow templates pages using multiple languages.

= Variable substitution when saving a page =
## Advanced

[[Anchor(variablesubstitution)]]
The following variables are substituted when a page is saved. Note that they will appear unreplaced in the preview!

|| Variable         || Description                                  || Example ||
|| @``PAGE@     || Name of the page (useful for template pages) || HelpOnPageCreation ||
|| @``DATE@     || Current date in the system's format          || [[Date(2004-08-30T06:38:05Z)]] ||
|| @``TIME@     || Current date and time in the user's format   || [[DateTime(2004-08-30T06:38:05Z)]] ||
|| @``USERNAME@ || Just the user's name (or his domain/IP)      || TheAnarcat ||
|| @``USER@     || Signature "-- loginname"                     || -- TheAnarcat ||
|| @``SIG@      || Dated Signature "-- loginname date time"     || -- TheAnarcat [[DateTime(2004-08-30T06:38:05Z)]] ||
|| @``MAILTO@   || A fancy mailto: link with the user's data    || None - on public sites, better use the Mail``To macro) ||

You can use Home``Page``Name/My``Dict to expand those variables, just put a WikiDict there with your variables and values.

Note that saving template or form definition pages and using preview does ''not'' expand variables. Other than that, variable expansion is very global and happens anywhere on the page, including code displays, comments, processing instructions and other "special" areas of a page you might think are excluded.

= Editor backup =
## Advanced

If you have a homepage (a page with the same name as your user name), each time you save or preview a page, a backup of the text is saved as `UserName/MoinEditorBackup`. If your browser crashed when editing a page and you did a preview, you can get the text from the backup. Use preview often!

## TODO: remove this stupidity, sub page should be allowed always
 (!) If sub pages are disabled, the backup is saved as `UserNameMoinEditorBackup`