Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 115342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 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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'''Page names / Titles
'''Page Titles and new pages


* Check that the page doesn't already exist, but under a slightly different title by using a broad search term and checking through the results.
* Check that the page doesn't already exist, but under a slightly different title by using a broad search term and checking carefully. If the name doesn't exist then then you will get an option to create a new page.


* Never use the '&' (ampersand) in a page name - it will never be found again!
* Never use the '&' (ampersand) in a page name - it will probably never be found again! There can also be problems with any character that is not one of the 26 + 10 alphanumeric characters...


* Abbreviate 'Company' to 'Co' in page names
* Always 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
* Do not use 'Ltd' / 'plc' and similar in page titles as companies change their legal status during their life-time


''' Page content
'''Page Content


* Body text should be short paragraphs (unbulleted) and commence with a year or date whenever possible.  
* Body text should be short paragraphs (unbulleted) and '''commence with a year or full date''' whenever possible.  


* Paragraphs are listed in date order ascending, so list by earliest reference first.
* Paragraphs are listed in '''date order''', 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.  
* '''Give the source reference to each item of information''' using the 'ref' tag. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citation#Citation_density Wikipedia: Inline citation]


'''Edit Tab Function Buttons
* Where most of the page information comes from a single source then include that under the 'References' section in the page footer


When using the 'Edit Tab', edit function buttons will appear to aid your creation  and organisation of your page.
'''External Links


* '''Bold''', ''Italic text'' and [[clickable links to other Grace's Guide pages]] can be achieved by using the edit buttons where necessary.
* [http://www.example.com Name of link] can also be added for external Hyperlinks


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


* To segment your content into subject areas, use the 'capital A' button from the edit options. It will automatically generate a contents section at the top of the page when several of these 'level 2 headlines are added.
* The house style is to use thumbnail images, aligned to the right, in chronologically order.


* Image should be compressed and set to a max width of 760 px and under 200kB. This speeds up the page download times and reduces storage space on the servers.


''' Adding an image
'''Category Assignment


* The house style is to use thumbnail images, aligned to the right, in chronologically ascending order.
* Assign as many suitable categories as possible referring to the [https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Special:Categories&offset=&limit=5000 All Categories existing list] as necessary.


* See [[Test: Image Processing]] to learn how to prepare an image for upload.
* All company pages should have a category 'Town - xxxx' or 'Country - xxxx'


* 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.
* All person pages should have categories for 'Biography' and 'Biography - xxxx' and 'Births - #### - ####' and 'Deaths #### - ####'


* Be free to create new categories.


'''Category Assignment and Defaultsort
''''Defaultsort


* Please assign as many suitable categories as possible referring to the 'All Categories list' as necessary.
* For person pages, add in the default sort script the Surname first followed by Forenames, so that it will appear in the correctly in alphabetical order within it's category listings.  
 
* Particularly for pages made with a name as the title, please add in the default sort script the Surname first followed by Forenames, so that it will appear in the correctly in alphabetical order within it's category listings.  


* For an example, please use the edit tab to view the 'hidden' script below.
* For an example, please use the edit tab to view the 'hidden' script below.


{{DEFAULTSORT: Brunel, Isambard Kingdom}}
{{DEFAULTSORT: Brunel, Isambard Kingdom}}
* Note, although this is largely applicable to 'People Pages', it will also be the case with ships, starting with SS or HMS for example and any pages with prefixes.


''' Footer
''' Footer


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


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
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{{DEFAULTSORT: }}
{{DEFAULTSORT: }}
[[Category: Town - ]]
Category: see above

Revision as of 13:32, 21 April 2021

Page Titles and new pages

  • Check that the page doesn't already exist, but under a slightly different title by using a broad search term and checking carefully. If the name doesn't exist then then you will get an option to create a new page.
  • Never use the '&' (ampersand) in a page name - it will probably never be found again! There can also be problems with any character that is not one of the 26 + 10 alphanumeric characters...
  • Always 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 full date whenever possible.
  • Paragraphs are listed in date order, so list by earliest reference first.
  • Where most of the page information comes from a single source then include that under the 'References' section in the page footer

External Links

Adding an image

  • The house style is to use thumbnail images, aligned to the right, in chronologically order.
  • Image should be compressed and set to a max width of 760 px and under 200kB. This speeds up the page download times and reduces storage space on the servers.

Category Assignment

  • All company pages should have a category 'Town - xxxx' or 'Country - xxxx'
  • All person pages should have categories for 'Biography' and 'Biography - xxxx' and 'Births - #### - ####' and 'Deaths #### - ####'
  • Be free to create new categories.

'Defaultsort

  • For person pages, add in the default sort script the Surname first followed by Forenames, so that it will appear in the correctly in alphabetical order 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)

See Also

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Sources of Information


Category: see above