User talk:Ericjcockrell

Hi Ericjcockrell -- we are excited to have Chicago Music Wiki as part of the Wikia community!

Starting a new wiki can be overwhelming, but don't worry, the Wikia Community Team is here to help! We have put together a few guides to getting started. They say imitation is the best form of flattery so absolutely check out other wikis on Wikia for ideas on layout, ways to organize your content, etc. We are all one big family at Wikia and the most important thing is to have fun!


 * Our guide to Getting Started gives you 5 things you can do right now to set your wiki up for success
 * We also put together some Advice On Starting a Wiki which provides a more a in-depth look at some of the important things you should consider when building a wiki
 * If you are new to wikis in general than we recommend checking our new user FAQ

If you need help (which trust me we ALL do) you can access our full in-depth help at Help Wikia, or email us through our contact form. Also, you can visit our live #wikia chat channel any time. A lot of the veteran "Wikians" hang out here so its a good place if come if you want to get some advice or simply make friends.

Now, go edit! We look forward to seeing this project thrive!

Best wishes, Catherine Munro

Hello
Hi, I'm Wendy, a helper with wikia. You've done an absolutely fantastic job customizing this wiki and setting it up. I especially love your logo! I did notice that you aren't categorizing your pages, and added some very basic categories. You should alter them for how you think the information is best organized, but please do put pages into categories. It helps keep information organized and lets visitors easily navigate/find your content! If you happen to have any questions, or I can help you with anything (a favicon??), please let me know on my talk page! -- Wendy (talk ) 04:19, 30 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi again. Making a favicon is (relatively) easy.  Just pick a nice graphic -- something that will shrink down and still be recognizable works best.  Then go to this website.  Upload your image, and it will create the favicon.  Save it to your machine, and then upload it to the wiki at [[Image:Favicon.ico]].   Then be patient :).  You won't be able to see the favicon on the image page, and it may take a few hours (or longer...) before it shows up in the menubar in place of the little yellow "w" that's there now.  Let me know if you run into problems, or have any other questions!  -- Wendy  (talk ) 23:25, 1 June 2008 (UTC)