Chapter One - The Basics
Logging in
Let’s start with the basics!
ESN Wiki is fully accessible after logging in with your ESN Account so make sure that you have one, otherwise your access to the platform will be limited. At the top-right corner, click on the “Login” button and you should be automatically directed to the login page. If not, you can log in manually at https://accounts.esn.org/ or https://accounts.esn.org/user/login.
You have now entered the Wiki - Welcome!
Space vs Page
Throughout this guide, you will encounter terms such as “Page” and “Space”. In fact ESN Wiki is organised in Spaces and their Pages. They might sound similar but there is a substantial difference as a Space is a broader term, a folder that contains different Pages. This means that pages are created always under a specific Space as subfolders.
So : Spaces (folders) – contain -> Pages (subfolders)
An example, and a really useful one too, would be the ESN Toolbox, which is a space. By clicking it, you will be able to access documents, guides and tools created by experienced volunteers and divided by clear topics (Organisational Management, Event Management, Human Resources, Education and Advocacy, etc.). All of these are pages.
Sidebar
Right after logging in, on the left side of your screen, you can find the sidebar. There you can find “My Spaces”. This is not set by us; everybody has their own selection of favourite spaces.
The page list for all the spaces will always be visible in the sidebar, which can be easily hidden by pressing the “collapse sidebar” button (<<) in the lower-right part of the sidebar, or even faster by pressing the [ key..
My Spaces
After you log in, you will find a sidebar on the left side of your screen. Click on the sidebar and you will find “My Spaces”. They contain your own selection of favourite spaces, you can customise it however you like, your favourite (★) spaces will always appear here.
How can you do so? There are two ways:
- While on any page of a certain space (e.g. Causes of ESN), click on the star next to the name. You can find it in the sidebar. From now on, Causes of ESN will show up at your “My Spaces” list.
- In the top-left corner, you can find a scroll-down menu called “Spaces”. From there, go to the Space directory where you can find all the spaces available on the Wiki. Use the star to add Spaces to your “My Spaces” list.
Tip: My Spaces is extremely useful to speed up your navigation through the Wiki. As mentioned before, everyone can tailor their own Space and can add as an example your country space, events, toolboxes or templates.
Country space
If you are looking for specific information about an ESN country, you are in luck because each ESN country is assigned its own country space.
Use the search bar to find the country and you will discover, among other things, the History, Structure, Documents, Events, Activities & Programmes, which are uploaded there and are available for all to read. Oh, and all those lengthy country reports that make for such a lovely Sunday read - you’ll find them also there.
Space Directory
As mentioned above, the Space directory is a place where you can find all Spaces currently available on the Wiki. There are categories in place that can be used for filtering. An example is the country spaces under the category “country”.
Search
ESN Wiki has a really powerful tool which is the search engine. You can search for Spaces, Pages, people, pictures, documents and so on… you are able to find everything that has been uploaded on the platform.