wikiWhat? No. wikiHow!

WikiHow is the main stage for people to get their way on how to do things, across to others. You know how to do something better than anybody else? Well make a wikiHow page and prove it. A central hub for DIYs and all other types of tasks, wikiHow is the place to go if one wants to learn how to make a face mask while replacing a tire and whisking up some eggs to go with some cake mix. With the inclusion of up to 18 available languages, wikiHow makes it so that the world is able to do anything. It is also an interesting place to simply explore. Before beginning an article on the website it is beneficial to randomly click around the website to experience articles made by other people. This way one can see how other people structure their own tutorials. It is also good to get an idea of what stuff is already out there, and therefore unavailable as an option to you.

When starting a Wiki, it is important to search up the topic one is interested in writing about. Wiki does not allow one to make an article if the topic has already been written by somebody else. Making sure that one's choice is narrowed down to what one wants to get into is essential. And do not worry! After a topic is chosen, things get simpler.

Writing an article on making a treat is nothing special on wikiHow. The website is overflowing with recipes on how to make all kinds of baking goods. Making a Cake Blondie is a topic that was not touched upon on any other article on the website, so it was the right choice to go with. That was the first step in creating an article. After a topic is chosen it is pretty simple to get started with coding. By going to the article of another person and copying their code, that template can be used for creating a new article. For this reason, it is important to go around to a couple of different articles. Going to one that is on a similar topic can be helpful in structurally making an article aligned with the topic. For something like making a Cake Blondie, going with an article written about how to carve a pumpkin was helpful. Once that is chosen, irrelevant information can be replaced with the new information. wikiHow makes it easy to create articles because it allows for the user to have their coding segmented into sections where specific information is to be input. Interesting enough, wikiHow even provides links that lead the user to pages with wikiHow-like tutorials on how to code different sections and publish your own article.

The most difficult part of the whole process aside from picking a topic to talk about is probably the coding. While using someone else’s code as a template may make the process easier. Coding has proven to have its little annoying tendencies. Exhibit A would be the code being completely useless if interrupted by a misplaced period, or the addition of an empty space between characters. When using someone else’s code as a template, it is important to highlight their text and write over it. By doing this, one is ensuring that the spacing remains the same.

Communicating with an audience on wikiHow is not too difficult. Through the use of many different mediums, one can create a better understanding of a tutorial for the reader. With the addition of images and videos, an article can be even more useful in teaching something to someone. For a recipe like making a Cake Blondie, it is beneficial to have it broken down into steps, all with a corresponding picture. This way the reader has a better understanding of what their version of the process should look like. For article topics that do not require pictures or make it difficult to take pictures, creating little graphics that go with the text can substitute pictures. Many articles on wikiHow show tutorials using graphics. When it comes to videos, what better way is there to teach someone how to do something than to do it yourself? A simple video at the end of the article can tie everything together for the reader, making the process a lot simpler for them.

Once the article is ready to be published one then has to wait for the admins of wikiHow to come in and make their final judgment on the validity of your article. If all goes well, a new helpful article will be posted for the world to see, and one lucky person will receive the title of an amateur web developer.

Overall the process of creating on wikiHow is beneficial in introducing one to the world of online publishing.