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==About the {{SITENAME}}==
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The '''{{SITENAME}}''' is an information clearinghouse that archives informative, educational content from the many organizations involved in the restoration, preservation, and administration of the [[Indian River Lagoon Estuary|Indian River Lagoon National Estuary]].
<section begin=about />'''[https://indianriverlagoonnews.org/guide/index.php/Main_Page Indian River Lagoon Project]''' is an unaffiliated, nonpartisan, and non-commercial website serving [[Indian River Lagoon Estuary|IRL Estuary]] [[:Category:News|news]], [[:Category:Events|events]], and [[:Category:Library|educational resources]] for Florida's East Coast communities.
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==Community Portal==
The {{SITENAME}} is a community portal where anyone can share pictures, videos, events, news, and opinions. It's easy to post, edit, and update content contributions. In many site sections publishing content is as simple as gathering the needed information, and putting it in a form.  


Please '''[[Special:CreateAccount|create an account]]''' to take advantage of our member features, including user profiles, personal page, discussion pages, custom site preferences and most importantly, the ability to contribute content.
<!-- Please '''[[Special:CreateAccount|create an account]]''' to take advantage of member-only features, such as personal profiles and pages, discussion forums, site preferences, and most importantly, the ability to publish informative content. -->
Please '''[[Special:Contact|contact us]]''' to have an account created for you. Take advantage of our member-only features, such as personal profiles and pages, discussion forums, site preferences, and most importantly, the ability to publish informative content for the IRL community.


By it's nature, the {{SITENAME}} will always be a work in progress. Currently there are 4 main sections: Guide, Estuary, Community and Portal. This '''[[{{ns:4}}:Site Plan|Site Plan]]''' outlines the portal's current and planned features.  
Photographers, Videographers, Writers, Graphic Artists, Web Design Artists, and Mediawiki Coders are especially invited to showcase their skills here.


{{SERVERNAME}} and {{SITENAME}}, are owned and operated by a private entity as a free service to the Indian River Lagoon community. {{SITENAME}} is not a commercial venture, we do not sell anything and there are no advertisements here. {{SITENAME}} is not a Non-Profit Organization, we do not ask for contributions and there is not a single Donate button on this site.
Commercial advertisement and promotional content is not allowed. Business and Non-Profit Organizations are invited to sign up, customize their user page, and start publishing informative content to the community portal. Every post includes links to your profile page and web links, so your online presence will grow with each content contribution.


If you would like to contribute to this effort please sign up and start adding content. In many of the site's sections, contributing is as simple as gathering the requested information and pasting it into a form. It's easy to post, edit and update pictures, videos, web links, essays and reference articles.  
==Site Map==
By it's nature, {{SITENAME}} will always be a work in progress. [[:Category:Main|Main Category]] is the top level of the site. Currently there are 4 main subsections:  [[:Category:Estuary|Estuary]], [[:Category:Guide|Guide]], [[:Category:Community|Community]] and [[:Category:IRL Portal|Portal]]. [[:Category:Directory|Directory]] displays the site's content by topic. '''[[Portal:Sitemap|IRL Project Sitemap]]''' displays all categories and content pages on the portal.


Promotional commercial content is not allowed here. Organizations are welcome to sign up, customize their profile page, and contribute informative, educational reference content that includes a single company website link in the footnotes.  
The site is organized in a category/subcategories structure. This menu tree displays the subcategories under the "Main" category.


Most of the text content on this site has been composed without the advantage of spell check and is written by someone (me) with less than perfect grammatical skills. Please feel free to sign up and correct any egregious errors you find on the site.
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IRL Portal Legal Pages:
The site's pages have prefixes that describe the information a page contains.
* [[{{ns:4}}:Code of Conduct|Code of Conduct]]
 
* [[{{ns:4}}:General_disclaimer|General_disclaimer]]
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=={{SITENAME}} Pages==
{{SITENAME}} legal pages are available in the [[:Category:IRL Portal|Portal Section]].
 
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Latest revision as of 08:46, January 29, 2022

Indian River Lagoon Project is an unaffiliated, nonpartisan, and non-commercial website serving IRL Estuary news, events, and educational resources for Florida's East Coast communities.

Community Portal

The Indian River Lagoon Project is a community portal where anyone can share pictures, videos, events, news, and opinions. It's easy to post, edit, and update content contributions. In many site sections publishing content is as simple as gathering the needed information, and putting it in a form.

Please contact us to have an account created for you. Take advantage of our member-only features, such as personal profiles and pages, discussion forums, site preferences, and most importantly, the ability to publish informative content for the IRL community.

Photographers, Videographers, Writers, Graphic Artists, Web Design Artists, and Mediawiki Coders are especially invited to showcase their skills here.

Commercial advertisement and promotional content is not allowed. Business and Non-Profit Organizations are invited to sign up, customize their user page, and start publishing informative content to the community portal. Every post includes links to your profile page and web links, so your online presence will grow with each content contribution.

Site Map

By it's nature, Indian River Lagoon Project will always be a work in progress. Main Category is the top level of the site. Currently there are 4 main subsections: Estuary, Guide, Community and Portal. Directory displays the site's content by topic. IRL Project Sitemap displays all categories and content pages on the portal.

The site is organized in a category/subcategories structure. This menu tree displays the subcategories under the "Main" category.

The site's pages have prefixes that describe the information a page contains.

Prefix Legend
Prefix Content
none Main Article
Unit: Organization
Info: Bridge Info
History: Timeline Date
IRLNews: News
Event: Event
Link: Web Link
Glossary: Glossary Term
Category: Category
Portal: Portal Page

Indian River Lagoon Project Pages

Indian River Lagoon Project legal pages are available in the Portal Section.

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns about the Indian River Lagoon Project content, site administration, Terms of Service, User Code of Conduct, General Disclaimer or Privacy Policy.