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Dharmawiki article structure has many features that are user friendly both for the Authors as well as the Readers. This page introduces a new Author to different Articles structured in the lines of Wikipedia and have the following features.

Dharmawiki article structure has many features that are user friendly both for the Authors as well as the Readers. This page introduces a new Author to the different Articles structured in the lines of Wikipedia and have the following features.

# Well inter-linked, or cross-referenced. Highlighted text in blue color is seen in an article, it means there is a link to a relevant article being built with further in-depth information. Holding the mouse over the link will often show to where the link will lead.  

# Well inter-linked, or cross-referenced articles. Highlighted text in blue color is seen in an article, indicates that there is a link to a relevant article being built with further in-depth information. Holding the mouse over the link will often show to where the link will lead. On clicking over it, it will lead the reader to the full article.  

# Hierarchy of articles is built through the Category structure. This helps the Authors and Readers to easily navigate through the site and add relevant pages.

# Hierarchy of articles is built through the Category structure. This helps the Authors and Readers to easily navigate through the site and add relevant pages under relevant headings.

# Articles have a page layout which is simple, highly organized and powerful in design. Page aspects include

# Articles have a page layout which is simple, highly organized and powerful in design. Page aspects include

## Table of contents

## Table of contents

## Sections (lead section) and Subsections following the lead section or Introduction

## Sections (lead section) and Subsections following the lead section or Introduction

## Reference Links

## Reference Section

## Images

## Images

## Tables

## Tables

## Flowcharts

## Flowcharts

## Formatting tools (such as bullet points and numbered lists)

## Formatting tools (such as bullet points and numbered lists)

## Templates (such as To Be Edited) to point an author to the further requirements of the article

## Templates (such as To Be Edited) to point any author to the further requirements of the article

## Use of Devanagari characters from the Special Characters list.

## Use of Devanagari characters from the Special Characters list.

# At the end of most articles, there is a relevant References section where the references cited in the article are automatically placed as a built-in feature of the software. Links to external websites and pages, reference material, and organized categories of knowledge which can be searched and traversed in a loose hierarchy for more information are listed.  Links within the articles may be given to other repositories such as Shodhganga theses, Dictionaries such as  Shabdakalpadruma and Vachaspatyam.

# At the end of most articles, there is a relevant References section where the references cited in the article are automatically placed as a built-in feature of the software. Links to external websites and pages, reference material, and organized categories of knowledge which can be searched and traversed in a loose hierarchy for more information are listed at the end of the article under Notes section.  Links within the articles may be given to other repositories such as Shodhganga theses, Dictionaries such as  Shabdakalpadruma and Vachaspatyam.

# Creating Articles is elaborated here in the further sections (More information is available in the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.)

# Creating Articles is elaborated here in the further sections (More information is available in the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.)

# New authors are required to familiarize themselves with the software guidelines for editing or formatting as follows:

# New authors are required to familiarize themselves with the software guidelines for editing or formatting as follows:

# From a URL  

# From a URL  

== From a link ==

=== From a link ===

Once logged in with their credentials, Authors may click on the [https://dharmawiki.org/index.php/Special:CreatePage Create New Page] link on the Side bar or on top of the Article next to the Discussion Page to Create a New Page with appropriate title format as defined in the standard [[Formating Guidelines]]. Once created the content can be added into the page in a simple way.   

Once logged in with their credentials, Authors may click on the [https://dharmawiki.org/index.php/Special:CreatePage Create New Page] link on the Side bar or on top of the Article next to the Discussion Page to Create a New Page with appropriate title format as defined in the standard [[Formating Guidelines]]. Once created the content can be added into the page in a simple way.   

[[File:Create new page button 1.jpg|thumb|

[[File:Create new page button 1.jpg|thumb|

* Once a page is created from the red link, refresh the original article which led you to this page, the link becomes blue in color indicating that the page now has content.  

* Once a page is created from the red link, refresh the original article which led you to this page, the link becomes blue in color indicating that the page now has content.  

== From a New Search ==

=== From a New Search ===

Another way to create a new page is when you notice a search is not returning any results of valid nature. The search results shows a red linked word which can be potentially created as a new page by following the steps as described above.

Another way to create a new page is when you notice a search is not returning any results of valid nature. The search results shows a red linked word which can be potentially created as a new page by following the steps as described above.

[[File:Search Results.JPG|border|center]]

[[File:Search Results.JPG|border|center]]

* The search results will say that no such page exists. You can create a new page by clicking on the 'red linked' name.

* The search results will say that no such page exists. You can create a new page by clicking on the 'red linked' name.

== From a URL ==

=== From a URL ===

[[File:Adhikara URL.png|thumb|673x673px|

[[File:Adhikara URL.png|thumb|673x673px|

'''Example of entering the requested title in UR'''L

'''Example of entering the requested title in UR'''L