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== How do I help? == | == How do I help? == | ||
Because we're beta testers, we should be giving our thoughts on things that work and things that don't. So when you find something you really like or dislike — or maybe that you just don't understand — pop on over to [[Thread:143084]] to give your thoughts. | Because we're beta testers, we should be giving our thoughts on things that work and things that don't. So when you find something you really like or dislike — or maybe that you just don't understand — pop on over to [[Thread:143084]] to give your thoughts. | ||
The main thing you can do is to simply keep it enabled and ''try'' to use it. | |||
== What if it doesn't work? == | |||
[[File:VEMoreMenu.png|thumb|right|The "more" menu has a lot of important parts to it, including the option right at the bottom. You can use a version of what Wikia calls "source mode" without having to leave the VE. The drawback? No auto-suggestion yet.]] | [[File:VEMoreMenu.png|thumb|right|The "more" menu has a lot of important parts to it, including the option right at the bottom. You can use a version of what Wikia calls "source mode" without having to leave the VE. The drawback? No auto-suggestion yet.]] | ||
The VE doesn't handle every single editing situation. Yet. | |||
So if you ever get to a point where you can't understand how to make the editor work, there are two things you can do: | |||
#Click on "more" and then pull down to "source mode". That will allow present a window that works similarly to the edit window you're used to. Unfortunately, this version of "source mode" doesn't have auto-suggestion, so it may not be right for every situation — especially if you're not ''quite'' sure of the names of the articles you want to link to. | #Click on "more" and then pull down to "source mode". That will allow present a window that works similarly to the edit window you're used to. Unfortunately, this version of "source mode" doesn't have auto-suggestion, so it may not be right for every situation — especially if you're not ''quite'' sure of the names of the articles you want to link to. | ||
#If you need to get to ''actual'' source mode, simply go do your edit pull-down and choose "classic editor". That will dump you back in "normal" edit mode. (If you have to do this, though, ''please'' go to [[Thread:143084]] and tell us what you were trying to do and why you couldn't do it.) | #If you need to get to ''actual'' source mode, simply go do your edit pull-down and choose "classic editor". That will dump you back in "normal" edit mode. (If you have to do this, though, ''please'' go to [[Thread:143084]] and tell us what you were trying to do and why you couldn't do it.) | ||
' | Although it's possible to turn off the VE in your [[Special:Preferences]], '''we urge you not to'''. You can simply use VE in most situations, and then pull down to "classic editor" if you're doing something that's beyond the VE's current powers. | ||
Note that the VE is not active in every [[namespace]]. ''Primarily'' it is available only in the "main" namespace (or namespace 0, for the technically minded amongst you). Your editing experience on the forums or in, say, the '''Theory''' namespace will for the moment be unchanged. | Note that the VE is not active in every [[namespace]]. ''Primarily'' it is available only in the "main" namespace (or namespace 0, for the technically minded amongst you). Your editing experience on the forums or in, say, the '''Theory''' namespace will for the moment be unchanged. | ||
[[Category:Help]] | [[Category:Help]] | ||
