Help:Sandboxes: Difference between revisions

Let's suppose that you have created an article in a Sandbox page, and now you want to "publish" it, that is, put it in the main Proteopedia database where anyone can edit it, and give it a suitable title. (A protected Sandbox page can be seen by anyone, but only you can edit it. It is not a good permanent home for a completed new page.)

Do not use the ''move'' tab at the top of your Sandbox. This will create a permanent redirect from your Sandbox to the new title, which is not appropriate

 

#Create a new page with an appropriate permanent title, following the procedure at [[Help:Editing#How_To_Create_A_New_Page|How To Create A New Page]].

#In a separate tab or window in your browser, view your completed Sandbox page.

#Edit your Sandbox page.

#Select the entire contents of the wikitext box and copy it.

#Edit your new, appropriately titled page.

#After you confirm that the new, appropriately titled page is correctly displaying the complete content, you may delete the wikitext in your Sandbox page if you wish.

 

'''Important:''' After you move your Sandbox to a new title, loading a molecular scene that you created in your Sandbox into the [[Scene Authoring Tools]] has an extra step. After you ''Show'' the ''Scene Authoring Tools'' and click the tab ''load scene'', you will need to enter the full title of the Sandbox page (something like User:Your_Name/Sandbox_1) into the ''Page name'' slot. Only then will your scenes appear in the ''Scene name'' menu. Once you have loaded and saved a scene in the new page, it will appear on the menu automatically without this extra step.