== Simple steps to create guides such as Tutorials or How-Tos ==


Contributing documentation to the Deviation project as a user can be valuable to all users. The process of creating a Wiki document can be daunting if it's a once-in-a-while activity. Our goal in this How-To doc is to provide the simple steps to create your document. \\

Here's links to complete references for **[[https://www.dokuwiki.org/page| creating]]** and **[[wiki:syntax|formatting]]** Wiki documents.\\

You need to have registered and to be logged in to create a document. \\

These simple steps are only to create a new internal document. Here we go... \\ \\
1 - Locate the page that will contain a link to your document. Intuitively, one would think that the actual document should be created first. Not in this case. \\
2 - Go to the [[https://www.deviationtx.com/wiki/guides#programming_guides|Programming guides]] page. \\
3 - Choose Edit in either the Tutorials or How-Tos section. \\
4 - Using the following syntax (without quotes), add the text for the new link:
       "* [[The title for my new document]]" 
5 - Save the document and you'll see the link in red text. \\
6 - Clicking the link will bring you to the new page you are about to populate. \\
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7 - Click on the pencil icon to Edit This Page and create your document.