#+TITLE: Wiki profile
#+SHORT-TITLE: profile
#+KEYWORDS: website builder
#+TOC-KEYWORDS: manuals
#+DESCRIPTION: using the website builder + hosting at Lean Web Solutions

* Related topics
- [[http://howto.leanws.com/links][http links]]
- [[http://howto.leanws.com/audio][embedding audio]]
- [[http://howto.leanws.com/image][inserting images]]

* Purpose
[[https://profile.leanws.com/wiki][profile.leanws.com/wiki]] is the main page needed to control your wiki:
- create\/erase\/edit web pages,
- upload auxiliary files: images, music, PDF, etc.

* Header
The table at the top of the page summarizes info about all of your wiki accounts:

| id  | published on      | updated | next payment     |      |
|-----+-------------------+---------+------------------+------|
| LMN | firstwebsite.com  | date    | $2 on XX\/YY\/2022 |  |
| XYZ | secondwebsite.pro | date    | $2 on XX\/YY\/2022 |  |

where LMN and XYZ are numerical IDs,
and clicking  brings you to this account section (useful if you have several wiki accounts).

Initially the domain name for your website(s) will be wa-XYZ.leanws.com; in order to customize the domain name, click "configure this wiki account".

* File types
Each wiki account contains three types of files
- (text) configuration files: menu.conf and wiki.conf,
- (text) source files, one file per page, and
- auxiliary files: [[http://howto.leanws.com/image][images to be displayed]] on your web pages, and other [[http://howto.leanws.com/links][files to be downloaded]]

* Source files
These are text files from which HTMLs are generated.

To create a new web page, type its address in the input field next to "create new page" and press *Enter*.
The address should be one word, lower register English letters or numbers or hyphen are allowed.

There are two special pages:
- *index* is the default page displayed by default when people open your website, and
- *toc* contains reference to all of the web pages. You cannot overwrite *toc*.

Files are sorted alphabetically; updating them is straightforward:
- in order to rename a file, change its name in the input field and press *Enter*,
- clicking  erases the file,
- click   to replace the file with the one stored on your computer,
- ckick  to edit the file online (do not forget to click "Save" to save the changes),
- ckick  to download the file.

* Preview updates
After you update the file (by either uploading  its new version or editing  it online) you might want to preview it prior to publishing (making it available to everyone).
Click  to preview your changes. If the result seems o.k., publish it by clicking ; otherwise edit the source again.

Clicking  withdraws the web page without removing it.
A withdrawn page can be edited and previewed, but remains accessible only to the website owner until they decide to publish  it.

If you have accidentally erased your web pages, click "configure this wiki account" and find backups there if any. (Backups made daily, auxiliary files are not saved.)

* Other files
** Control files
- wiki.conf: [[variables][contains variable values]].
- menu.conf: controls top menu.

** Auxiliary files
[[http://howto.leanws.com][Pictures]], [[http://howto.leanws.com][audio files]], and [[http://howto.leanws.com][everything else]].

To upload an auxiliary file, first create it by typing its name (do not forget the extension) in the input field next to "create new file" and press *Enter*.
Your new file will appear in the table, and now you can click   to upload the file from your computer.
Whatever is the name of the file you upload, it will be renamed to the name written in the table.