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Some Local Clip Art.
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-=== Usage ===
-* The easiest way to find a knot/link is to type its name into the search box of the left sidebar and hit "Enter" or click "Go". Examples:
-{| align=center border=1
-|- align=center
-|type in search box
-|get
-|full [[The Mathematica Package KnotTheory`|<code>KnotTheory`</code>]] notation
-|picture
-|- align=center
-|8 17
-|the 17th 8-corssing knot in Rolfsen's table, <math>8_{17}</math> or [[8 17]]
-|<code>Knot[8, 17]</code>
-|[[Image:8_17.gif|90px]]
-|- align=center
-|k11a26
-|the 26th alternating 11-corssing knot in the Hoste-Thistlethwaite table, [[K11a26]]
-|<code>Knot[11, Alternating, 26]</code>
-|[[Image:K11a26.gif|90px]]
-|}
 === Local Editing Help ===
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 * Some [[Local Clip Art]].
 * Many of the important pages have been categorised, and you can browse these categories by starting at [[:Category:Categories]].
-=== External Editing Help ===
-* Pages on The Knot Atlas are can and are edited in a similar way to pages on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]. For details, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia:How to edit a page].
-=== Sysadmin Help ===
-*If you need to move this wiki to another server, you'll probably appreciate the [[katlas installation notes]].
-*We should automate backup tasks, for now use these [[backup commands]].