About one hour. Do it in order.
Accounts and addresses
- To do: I have the address of the public site, bookmarked.
- To do: I have the address of the administration or the Editor, bookmarked (The site and the administration).
- To do: I signed in with my own account, not a shared one (Signing in for the first time).
- To do: I changed the temporary password to my own, stored in a password manager.
- To do: I turned on two-step sign-in, or I know my site does not offer it (Your password and two-step sign-in).
A look around
- To do: I found My drafts and My pending items on the dashboard.
- To do: I opened Content structure and found the part of the site I will work on.
- To do: I opened Media and found where pictures and files go.
- To do: I found Help and searched for "publish" (Finding your way around).
Practice (on a test page, if possible)
- To do: I asked where I may practice.
- To do: I created a test article, published it and looked at it on the site (Adding a news item).
- To do: I changed it and published again (Changing a page).
- To do: I went back to the first version (Undoing a mistake).
- To do: I removed it, found it in the trash, and asked whether to restore or leave it.
Words and people
- To do: I read the glossary once.
- To do: I know who my administrator is, and how to reach them.
- To do: I know whom to tell when the site is down (Who to call).
- To do: I know whether my changes need approval, and who approves.
Before I go home
- To do: I stored or discarded every draft I started.
- To do: I signed out (on a shared computer, always).
Related pages
- Checklists
- Onboarding new staff
- Getting started
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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