When you want to stay up-to-date with changes of content within a wiki page, you have the option to watch it using a dedicated functionality.

This page describes how to use the Watch function in the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps guides wiki space. Once you start watching a page you will be sent a notification email, including a link, indicating that there have been changes made to the page.

For example, these changes can be:

text edited on the wiki page
attachments uploaded, updated or deleted
comments inserted or deleted on the page

It is advisable to watch specific pages only, as it will minimise the amount of email notifications you receive.

Steps

1. Log in to access the watch functionality

To access the Watch functionality, you must first log in to the public wiki, by clicking Log in on the top menu bar.

1.1. Enter your details in the EU Login page

You will be brought to the EU Login page, where you enter your email address or unique identifier in the field provided (1) and click the Next button (2).

Before you start to watch a wiki page, you must have an EU login account.

If you don't have an EU Login account, please use the following link https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/cas/eim/external/register.cgi

1.2. Insert your password into the specific field

Insert your password into the field provided (1) and click the Sign in (2) button.

2. Find the specific page

To locate the page you want to start watching, you can choose to use the following options:

Search field at the top of the wiki homepage
Content menu on the left
Quick links buttons in the main section

2.1. Open the wiki page you want to watch

To access the Watch functionality, go to the specific wiki page that you want to start watching.

3. Click the "Watch" icon

In the top toolbar of the wiki page, click the Watch icon.

The Watch drop-down menu appears, with the options to:

Watch page - to watch and monitor the page you are currently visiting
Watch all content in this space - to watch and monitor all pages within the space containing the page you are currently visiting

It is advisable to watch specific pages only, as it will minimise the amount of email notifications you receive.

3.1. Choose the "Watch page" checkbox

In this example, we have checked the Watch page checkbox.

Once you have chosen an option in the drop-down menu, the icon now changes to Watching.

The functionality described below is only available for watching pages.

You can toggle between watching and not watching a specific page by pressing "W" on your keyboard.

A pop-up box appears indicating that you are now watching the page.

To stop watching the page, press the W key again. Another pop-up box appears indicating that you have stopped watching the page.

4. Open the "Watches" settings from the Profile drop-down menu

To see the list of watched pages (or spaces), click your profile icon (1) in the top toolbar. In the drop-down menu, click the Watches link (2) to open the section.

The Watches section contains a list of the Spaces and Pages being watched by you.

To stop watching a specific page/space, click the text Stop Watching. It then changes to Start Watching. Click again to reverse the process.

A wiki page in the list of Watches can also be accessed by clicking the title of the page. In this example, the Glossary page opens when clicked. Note that Spaces cannot be accessed via the Watches section.

4.1. Click the "email settings" link to make changes

To customise the frequency and type of information received via email, click the email settings link at the bottom of the Watches section.

By default, the email settings options are greyed out. To make changes, click the Edit button at the bottom of the list.

The list becomes active containing the following options:

Autowatch - To be automatically informed of changes made to pages that have been created, edited or commented on.
Subscribe to daily updates - Receive a daily email report of changes made to pages (that you have permission to view).
Subscribe to all blog posts - Receive email notifications of changes to blogs that you have permission to view.
Subscribe to network - If you are following a user, you will receive an email notification of changes made by those users.
Subscribe to new follower notifications - You will receive an email when anyone starts to follow you.
Notify on my actions - You will receive an email notification of changes that you have made to pages.
Show changed content - You will be able to see changes made to pages, in Edit notification emails.

Once you have made changes by selecting or deselecting a checkbox, click the Submit button to save your preferences.

Below is an example of a received email, notifying the watcher that a change has been made to a wiki page, indicating where the text has been updated (1).

The email notifications that you receive also have some useful links at the bottom of the email message. For example, a link allowing you to view the page directly (2) and the ability to stop watching and to access and modify your email settings (3).

How to watch a wiki page