Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 1154342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,694 pages of information and 247,077 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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* [http://www.example.com External 'Hyper'links] can also be added using the button on the function bar above.
* [http://www.example.com External 'Hyper'links] can also be added using the button on the function bar above.


* To add a thumbnail image, aligned right, see the edit tab on the [[Test image position]] page for more options.
* To segment your content in to subject areas, use the capital A button of the above functions. It will automatically generate a contents section at the top of the page when several of these 'level 2 headlines are added.
 
 
''' Adding an image
 
* The house style is to use thumbnail images, aligned to the right, in chronologically ascending order.


* To segment your content in to subject areas, use the capital A button of the above functions. It will automatically generate a contents section at the top of the page when several of these 'level 2 headlines are added.
* See [[Test: Image Processing]] to learn how to prepare an image for upload.
 
* To add a thumbnail image, aligned right, view the edit tab on the [[Test image position]] for script and [[Test: Linking Images]] for the general procedure and tips.





Revision as of 11:09, 1 October 2014

Page names / Titles

  • Never use the '&' (ampersand) in a page name - it will never be found again!
  • Abbreviate 'Company' to 'Co' in page names
  • Do not use 'Ltd' / 'plc' and similar in page titles as companies change their legal status during their life-time

Page content

  • Body text should be short paragraphs (unbulleted) and commence with a year or date whenever possible.
  • Paragraphs are listed in date order ascending, so list by earliest reference first.
  • Try and give the reference to each paragraph of information using the 'ref' button in the edit bar above.

Edit Tab Function Buttons

When in 'Edit mode, edit function buttons will appear to aid your creation and organisation of your page.

  • To segment your content in to subject areas, use the capital A button of the above functions. It will automatically generate a contents section at the top of the page when several of these 'level 2 headlines are added.


Adding an image

  • The house style is to use thumbnail images, aligned to the right, in chronologically ascending order.


Category Assignment and Defaultsort

  • Please assign as many suitable categories as possible referring to the 'All Categories list' as necessary.
  • Particularly for Pages made as a name as the title, please add in the default sort script the Surname first followed by an initial, so that it will appear in the correct alphabetical section within it's category listings.
  • For an example, please use the edit tab to view the 'hidden' script below.



Footer All pages need the following code at the bottom (immediately before the 'Category' tag) (Use Edit tab to see the code)

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