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#	Page	Tags and summary
1	The MDN project	Landing, MDN Meta
		The Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) is a wiki on which we document the open Web, Mozilla technologies, Firefox OS, and other developer topics. Anyone is welcome to add and edit content. You don't need to be a programmer or know a lot about technology; there are many different tasks that need to be performed, from the simple (proof-reading and correcting typos) to the complex (writing API documentation).
2	About MDN	Collaborating, Community, Copyright, Documentation, Guide, Licenses, MDN Meta, MDN meta, documentation
		The Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) is an evolving learning platform for Web technologies and the software that powers the Web, including:
3	Linking to MDN	Guide, MDN Meta, Policy
		We regularly get users asking us questions about how to link to MDN, or even if doing so is allowed. The short answer is: yes, you can link to MDN! For guidelines and recommendations on best practices, read on!
4	MDN Services	Landing, MDN Meta
		MDN Services are experimental utilities for web developers designed to fit into existing workflows and help developers improve their web code. All MDN services are in early alpha stages of development, so we do not recommend relying on them for code quality assurance yet. If you like to experiment with prototypes, the services below are ready to try, and we would love to get your feedback on them.
5	Promote MDN	Guide, MDN Meta, MDN meta
		Love MDN? Help share the open-Web goodness with fellow web developers with material promoting the Mozilla Developer Network! Wallpapers, stickers, posters, animations, website badges, you name it, link to it from here.
6	Contributing to MDN	Guide, Landing, MDN Meta, MDN meta
		The guides listed here cover all aspects of contributing to MDN, including style guides, guides to using our editor and tools, and more. Please make sure you have read (and are compliant with) the Mozilla Terms before editing or creating any pages.
7	Document structures	Landing, MDN Meta, Structures
		Throughout MDN, there are various document structures that are used repeatedly, to provide consistent presentation of information in MDN articles. Here are articles describing these structures, so that, as an MDN author, you can recognize, apply, and modify them as appropriate for documents you write, edit, or translate.
8	Banners and notices	Guide, MDN Meta, Structures
		Sometimes, an article needs a special notice added to it. This might happen if the page covers obsolete technology, or if it's about something experimental that shouldn't be used in production code. This article covers the most common such cases and what to do.
9	Compatibility tables	Guide, MDN Meta, MDN meta, Structures
		We have standardized the appearance of compatibility tables for our open web documentation; that is, documentation of technologies such as the DOM, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVG, and so forth, that are shared across all browsers.
10	Live samples	Guide, Intermediate, MDN Meta, MDN meta, Structures
		MDN supports turning sample code displayed in articles into running samples the reader can look at in action. These live samples can include HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in any combination.
11	A simple demo of a live code sample	Example, MDN Meta, Structures
		This is a very simple example showing you how to do a live demo in MDN. For more information, see Live samples.
12	Macros	Guide, Kuma, KumaScript, MDN Meta, MDN meta, Structures
		The Kuma platform on which MDN runs provides a powerful macro system, KumaScript, which makes it possible to do a wide variety of things automatically. This article provides information on how to invoke MDN's macros within articles.
13	Commonly-used macros	Reference, Structures
		This page lists many of the general-purpose macros created for use on MDN. For how-to information on using these macros, see Using macros and Using link macros.
14	Other macros	Macros, Reference
		In contrast to the macros listed in Commonly-used macros, the macros documented in this article are used infrequently or only in specific contexts, or are deprecated.
15	Page types	Guide, MDN Meta, Structures
		There are a number of types of pages that are used repeatedly on MDN. This article describes these page types, their purposes, and gives examples of each.
16	Quicklinks	Guide, MDN Meta, Structures
		MDN supports adding quicklinks to pages; these are boxes containing a potentially hierarchical list of links to other pages on MDN or to pages off-site. This article describes how to create quicklinks boxes.
17	Screencasts	Guide, MDN Meta, Structures
		This will eventually be a full guide to making screencasts on MDN. For now, it's just a link to a GitHub repo that contains resources for people making screencasts:
18	Specification tables	Guide, MDN Meta, Structures
		Every reference page on MDN should provide information about the specification or specifications in which that API or technology was defined. This article demonstrates what these tables look like and explains how to construct them.
19	Documentation processes	Landing, MDN Meta, MDN meta, Processes
		The MDN documentation project is enormous; there are a vast number of technologies we cover through the assistance of hundreds of contributors from across the world. To help us bring order to chaos, we have standard processes to follow when working on specific documentation-related tasks. Here you'll find guides to those processes.
20	Cross-team collaboration tactics for documentation	Collaborating, Guide, MDN Meta, MDN meta, Processes
		One thing that we've learned at MDN is that when the development team and the documentation team for a given project, API, or technology work closely—and well—together, the documentation quality is incredible. This guide offers some suggested tactics for how the developers and writers can work hand-in-hand.
21	Documentation bugs	Guide, MDN Meta, MDN meta, Processes
		One of the main ways that that the MDN writing team gets requests for new documentation or documentation changes is through Bugzilla. This article describes how to use bugs to note when documentation updates are needed.
22	Documentation plans	MDN Meta, MDN meta, Planning
		The MDN community sometimes is tasked with large documentation projects—that is, large amounts of documentation to be written or edited about a specific topic, or a large maintenance project to existing content.
23	MDN's agile process	Contribute, Documentation, MDN Meta, MDN meta, Process, documentation
		The MDN staff team applies an agile process to prioritize and manage projects and tasks, for development of both MDN's content and its platform software (Kuma). The formalized framework that the MDN team's process most closely resembles is Scrum, with modifications to support both content and software development, within the context of Mozilla's Marketing department and its priorities.
24	Requesting elevated privileges	Guide, MDN Meta, Processes
		Some tools or operations on MDN require elevated access privileges not available to ordinary users.
25	Guide to the MDN editor UI	Documentation, Guide, Landing, MDN, MDN Meta, MDN meta, documentation
		The WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor that is offered by the Mozilla Developer Network wiki makes it easy to contribute new content.  The MDN editor guide shows you how to use the editor, as well as some details of features that may improve your productivity. Please make sure you read (and are compliant with) the Mozilla Terms before editing or creating new pages.
26	Editor UI elements	Beginner, Editor, Guide, MDN Meta, MDN meta, NeedsUpdate, beginner, editor
		The built-in WYSIWYG editor on MDN is designed to make it as easy as possible to create, edit, and improve articles and other pages almost anywhere on the site.
27	Images	Guide, MDN Meta, MDN meta
		It's frequently useful to include images in articles. Images may be screenshots, examples of what a rendering should look like, or SVG diagrams of program flow, for example. This article describes how to use images in MDN content.
28	Links	Documentation, Guide, MDC Project, MDN, MDN Meta, MDN meta
		Links not only among many documents, but within a single document are a crucial component to any wiki, and MDN relies heavily on them. Fortunately, links are also very easy to create, even though there are lots of ways to make them!
29	Redirects	Guide, MDN Meta, MDN meta
		Sometimes you need to have a page that simply redirects to another page, or to a section of another page. This article describes how to create redirects.
30	Source mode	Guide, Intermediate, MDN Meta
		MDN's editor has a prominent button that gives you the ability to switch into source editing mode. In this mode, you see the underlying HTML for the body of the article you're editing. This guide will help you understand what you can do with this feature, what you should do with it, and, most importantly, what not to do.
31	Syntax highlighting	Guide, Howto, MDN Meta
		When you add a code example to an article on MDN, it's helpful to enable syntax highlighting, to make it easy for readers to visually pick out relevant bits of the code. Here's how to enable syntax highlighting in code examples:
32	Tables	Guide, MDN Meta
		Tables are a useful way to present information; this article covers how to create and maintain tables on MDN and when you should and should not use them.
33	Guidelines	Guidelines, Landing, MDN Meta
		These guides provide details on how MDN documentation should be written and formatted, as well as how our code samples and other content should be presented.
34	Best practices	Documentation, Guide, Guidelines, MDN, MDN Meta, MDN meta, documentation, guidelines
		This article describes recommended ways of working with content on MDN. These guidelines describe preferred ways of doing things that lead to better results, or offer advice on deciding among multiple ways of doing similar things.
35	CSS style guide	Guidelines, MDN Meta, MDN meta, Styles
		MDN has many built-in global styles available for use when styling and laying out articles — this article serves as a reference guide to what's available, explaining which styles are available and how to use each one.
36	Code sample guidelines	Guide, Guidelines, MDN Meta, MDN meta
		The biggest advantage to adhering to these guidelines is that it will foster consistency across our samples and demos on MDN, which increases readability and comprehension overall.
37	Does this belong on MDN?	Guide, Guidelines, MDN Meta, MDN meta, guidelines
		If you're preparing to document something, you may be trying to decide whether to put the information on MDN.
38	Writing style guide	Documentation, Guide, Guidelines, MDN, MDN Meta, MDN meta, documentation, guidelines
		To present documentation in an organized, standardized, and easy-to-read manner, the Mozilla Developer Network style guide describes how text should be organized, spelled, formatted, and so on. These are guidelines rather than strict rules.
39	How-to guides	Landing, MDN Meta
		These articles provide step-by-step guides to accomplishing specific goals when contributing to MDN.
40	How to convert code samples to be "live"	Beginner, Howto, MDN Meta, MDN meta, beginner
		Live samples, which let you see what a sample's output looks like, make documentation more dynamic and instructive. This guide covers how to take existing samples and add "live" functionality to them.
41	How to create an MDN account	Beginner, Guide, Howto, MDN Meta, MDN meta
		To make any changes to content on MDN, you need an MDN profile. Don't worry, you don't need a profile if all you intend to do is read and search MDN! This simple guide helps you set up your MDN profile.
42	How to create an interactive learning exercise	Guide, Howto, Intermediate, Learning, MDN Meta, Tutorial
		When learning the web, it's important to rely on active learning content. Such content is made to help with learning something pro-actively. It can be exercises, live hackable examples, tasks to perform, assessments, etc. In short, anything that can help someone to actively understand something.
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