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Introduction
Light The Highway is a worldwide movement to bring reformation to cities, regions and entire nations as thousands of believers commit themselves to personal and corporate holiness along their “highway”. We created this online community to network and connect people who have a passion for prayer and kingdom work. This is a place to share knowledge, ideas, testimonies contacts and much more!
Basic Navigation
Links
Because this site is based on the "wiki" model most of the articles are interconnected and can be browsed simply by following links between articles that look like this. This system is great for moving from one article to the next and gathering all of the "connected" information about a particular city or prophecy. Many times, though, you may need a more index-style or categorized system, and that is outlined below.
Basic Index Pages
There are a few basic index pages already, and we will reference more as the site grows. An index page allows you to see all of the articles about a subject and browse to them quickly. Here's some index pages worth noting:
- City Pages - Index of articles that have been created in the category "City Pages"
- Prophecies - Index of articles that belong to the "Prophecies" category
- Houses of Prayer - Index of Houses of Prayer
Category Browsing
All articles can be tagged with a category that is shown at the bottom of the page. Clicking on the category name on any article will take you to the category "home page" where you can see all other articles in that particular category. You can also click on the Categories button on the sidebar at any time to see a list of all active categories. Categories can be added to other categories making a loose hierarchy over time.
Search
Have an idea of what you're looking for? The search box can be a quick way of finding articles. If an article already exists with a title exactly matching your search, then it will load automatically. If not, then you will get a list of all articles that include the word(s) you searched for and an opportunity to create a page using your search word(s) as a title.
Google Maps
Because this site is concerned with geographical areas in many sections, we have set up different places where you can navigate using maps loaded from Google Maps. The I-35 map is an example with "pushpins" on the cities that are participating in the I-35 movement. If you click on any of the pushpins, you will see a popup with more information and normally a link to an article about that city. On the city pages themselves, we have also included maps; if you click on any of the pushpins you can see more information about things that have been mapped in the city such as houses of prayer, participating churches, or areas that need increased prayer support.
Basic Sidebar
The left sidebar contains the links that you will need at any time to "jump" to a different section of the website or start browsing in a different way.
- Main Page - The home page for Light the Highway
- Categories - Listing of all active categories for browsing
- Community Forums - Forums for prayer, prophecy, planning, and anything else that we can use a forum for.
- I-35 - Map of I-35 with links to participating cities
- Other Highways - Highways besides I-35 where users are networking for kingdom work
- City Pages - Articles in the "City Pages" category
- Prophecies - Articles in the "Prophecies" category
- Current events - Upcoming meetings, conferences, and news about the site
- Houses of Prayer - Listing of houses of prayer participating in Light the Highway
- Help - Help section for browsing, modifying and adding to lightthehighway.org
- Donations - If you think what we're doing is important, then you can support us through the Generals International secure, online store
Personal Tools
Once you register and login, you will be able to update your personal preferences using the personal tools on the sidebar.
- User Page - Post information about yourself or link to other articles on your personal wiki page
- My talk - Your personal "bulletin board" for comments from other users
- My preferences - Modify your profile or change how you edit and view the site after logging in
- My watchlist - See items that you're "watching" for changes or additions
- My contributions - See all the information you've contributed
- Log out - End your current editing session
- Sign up for email updates - Sign up to get Light the Highway updates sent to any email address
Toolbox
The "toolbox" section of the sidebar is a set of quick links to some helpful tools.
- What links here - See other articles linked to the current article
- Related changes - See changes on pages linked to the current article
- Upload file - Upload files for including in articles
- Special pages - List of special pages to see unlinked pages, uploaded files, etc.
- Printable version - Copy of page formatted for most printers
- Permanent link - Permanent link to current version of article
Top Tabs
When you are logged in, you enter "editor" mode on every article. This means that every article on the website now has tabs on the top for editing buttons. You will also notice in editor mode that every "section" of an article (any area with a title) has an edit button on the right side for quick editing of just that section.
- Article - Takes you back to reading article without saving any changes if you are in the edit section
- Edit - Click to edit any page. If the page is not editable by you, then this tab will read "View Source"
- History - History of modifications and additions to page
- Move - Rename the article
- Watch - Add to your watchlist; you will be emailed or notified when content on the page changes in the future.
Registration
Why should I register?
Light the Highway is about community for believers. When you register on lightthehighway.org, you gain the ability to become more active in our community. We understand that you may just want to read what others have posted or gather information, and that's okay. We encourage you to register, though, so that you can reply on the forums, edit incorrect articles, or even create pages when you see the need in the future. After a simple registration, you can fully participate in the forums and edit and create content on the site, and by requiring registration we keep forum spam and wiki vandalism to a minimum.
How do I register?
To register, just click on the "Register" button on the sidebar or click here. After you agree to the terms, you can set up your personal profile and login. That's it! Once you log you will see your personal tools on the side bar and editing tabs in the regular, non-forum area of the site.
Cheatsheet
Click here to see a quick overview of the editing commands.
Sandbox
Click here to try editing in a safe environment.
