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A namespace contains articles. A namespace refers to the entire hierarchy of a specific parent forum and its respective child forums. -
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The Namespace Manager, accessible via VaultWiki > Namespace Manager, is where you will do the majority of namespace management. When you enter this section, you will be presented with a table where each row is a namespace in th
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A [b]namespace[/b] contains articles. A namespace refers to the entire hierarchy of a specific parent forum and its respective child forums.
In each namespace, each article title in a Wiki forum is unique to that article. Every namespace has a unique prefix to the title variable in article URLs, usually the Title of the namespace.
If you visit the [help]Namespace Manager[/help], you will see a list of some pre-defined namespaces. These namespaces, as well as others that can be installed using modifications, each have special functions.
[h=2]Editing Namespaces[/h]
The process for creating and editing namespaces is essentially the same. There are a number of Yes/No options, which should be pretty self-explanatory. There are also a number of input fields, outlined below.
[image]vw_space_top.jpg|thumb|right|Namespace Settings[/image]Enter the Title of the namespace. This will be used as a prefix for article URLs, and it will appear in the forum list by this title. -
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The Namespace Manager, accessible via [COLOR="DimGray"]VaultWiki > Namespace Manager[/COLOR], is where you will do the majority of namespace management. When you enter this section, you will be presented with a table where each row is a namespace in the database. -
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You can enter a Display Title if you want the namespace to be called something else in the forum list, but this is optional. -
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In the first column, [I]#[/I], you will see the ID of the namespace. -
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Enter the BB-Code tag for the namespace. Wrapping some text with these tags will link to an article with that title, and will look for it in this namespace. -
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The second column, [I]Title[/I], shows the name of the namespace. Sometimes an alternative Title may appear below this in bold-face. -
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Enter a Display Order to arrange your namespaces on the forum list. A setting of will hide the namespace. -
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[image]namespace.jpg|center[/image]
The third column, [I]BB-Code Tag Name[/I], shows the BB-Code tag that can be used to link to articles stored in that namespace. -
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[image]vw_space_forum.jpg|thumb|right|Namespace Forum Settings[/image]The Top-Level Forum is the forum where articles should be saved. Valid selections for this field are forums that have the following settings:
[list][*]Parent Forum: No One
[*]Act as Forum: Yes
[*]Forum is Active: Yes
[*]Forum is Open: Yes
[*]Enable wiki in this forum: Disabled (yes that's right)[/list] -
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The fourth column, [I]Display Order[/I], allows you to define the order that the namespaces appear in the forum list. This setting overrides the forum setting for the main forum in the namespace. You can make changes to the Display Order here and click 'Save Display Order' to apply those changes. -
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Display in Forum is useful because most forum styles only like top-level forums with "Act as Forum: No". Selecting a Display Forum will treat the namespace as a child of that forum. The namespace will even inherit its permissions. However, if you do use this setting, make sure that the Top-Level forum actually has a Display Order in the Forum Manager, or no one will have access to the namespace. -
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The fifth column, [I]Controls[/I], allows you to:
[list][*][I]Edit[/I] - this takes you to a page where you can edit each of the namespace's general settings
[*][I]Forum[/I] - this takes you to a page where you can edit each of the namespace's forum settings
[*][I]Rebuild[/I] - this will attempt to fix articles in the namespace that may be broken
[*][I]Delete[/I] - this allows you to remove the namespace from the database. The corresponding forums will not be removed.[/list]