How To Register

The IWA WaterWiki aims to be THE online reference point for water, wastewater and environmental science and management issues. Alongside this it provides a wider set of features that will enable community discussion and interaction:

The wiki is a collaborative website that everybody can read and anyone can edit. In order to edit the WaterWiki you must first complete a simple registration process.

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Getting Started

  • Enter the website by going to www.iwawaterwiki.org/
  • Click Register on the home page
  • Complete the basic registration form by giving your full name and a valid email address
  • you will also need to come up with your own username and password
  • a confirmation email will be sent to your email account
  • follow the link in the confirmation email to complete the registration process
  • N.B. if you do not recieve the confirmation email, you could try checking your spam filter

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Create a User Profile

Your User Profile can show as little as your name, but if you wish to create a profile for the whole community to see, you can:

  • Add your title, position and contact details
  • Describe your role or research interests, attach a CV., link yourself to an Organization Profile on the site.
  • Registered users of WaterWiki can contact other users through the messaging system.

How to Create a User Profile

  • Once you have registered, Click on your name i.e. David Burns located at the top of the home page next to Log-out  

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  • This will bring you onto your profile page
  • To add information about yourself Click Modify Profile
  • Input the relevant data into the form

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Create an Organization Profile

This feature allows you to create a presence on the WaterWiki for your organization, department, research project or working group that will highlight their work to the water community.

  • You can create a short profile for an organization you belong to,  describing your organization, its function and role. 
  • You can provide contact details and links to your organization’s resources on the web – or related articles on the Wiki.

How to Create an Organization Profile

  • Click Organizations under the Browse menu on the homepage
  • This will bring you to the Organizations Space
  • Click Add a new organization
  • Click Organizations under the Browse menu on the homepage

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Creating the Profile

  • Having clicked Add an Organization, type in the name of your organization
  • Click Create
  • This will bring up a blank profile of your organization
  • Complete the profile by providing the relevant information about your organization

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Create Links for your Profile

  • Link your organization to other web pages, profiles or sites
  • Click on the Link icon in any of the information boxes and select the page that you would like to link to.

Insert Tables, Images or Macros

  • Use the various icons in any of the information boxes to insert tables, Images or Macros
  • For more information on these functions see ‘How to Create an Article'

Edit your Profile

  • To change or amend your organization's profile, click edit organization profile
  • Make your changes and then click Save and View

Search for an Organization Profile

  • To search for an Organization click Search on the homepage
  • Type in the name of the Organization
  • Choose Organizations under the drop-down menu

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last modified by Victoria Beddow on 2010/06/23 10:02
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