Difference between revisions of "Help:Editing"

Latest revision as of 18:42, 20 March 2012

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Header

There are five different header codes, ranging from largest to smallest. You'll note above that these all put subcategories into the table of contents and have specific indents.

== First level == (code "==" on each side of the text)

=== Second level === (code "===" on each side of the text)

==== Third level ==== (code "====" on each side of the text)

===== Fourth level ===== (code "=====" on each side of the text)

====== Fifth level ====== (code "======" on each side of the text)

If you want a header-like aspect, or are looking to bold a line a semi-colon ( ; ) does the trick. You can see in the Table of Contents that it's the same size as a header 5 (standard text), but doesn't add an entry... very handy when you want category headers without a huge Table of Contents. The first header also has an automatic horizontal line, as you can see:

Second level

Third level

Fourth level

Fourth level

Fifth level

Indent

Indents are handed using colons ( : ). Simply think of a colon as a tab (only works at the beginning on a line):

1 colon

2 colons

3 colons

4 colons

List

For lists, just use asterisks ( * ):

A
B
C

Link

External links are handled using single brackets, with a space between the address and the link text:

[http://www.theamazonbasin.com/ Amazon Basin] becomes Amazon Basin

If you want to do a similar thing as a footnote, just exclude any link text:

[http://www.theamazonbasin.com/] becomes [1]

Wiki links are handled with double brackets, linking to the page itself:

[[World of Warcraft]] becomes World of Warcraft

If you want to change the link text, you include a vertical bar "|" and the text link:

[[World of Warcraft|WoW]] becomes WoW

New page

For creating a new page, the easiest way is to simply create the link in an existing page (it will show up as red), and then click the link to be taken directly to the edit page. You also know if it shows up as blue that the page exists.

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-{{Warn|=Content of this page should be added to [[Help:Contents]]}}
+{|cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100% span class=plainlinks
+|
+{{Intro}}
+*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Help:Editing]
+*[http://excel2wiki.net/ Copy & Paste Excel-to-Wiki Converter]
+*[[Sandbox]]
-;To most quickly and easily see how codes are done, just log in and hit the enter tab.
+To most quickly and easily see how codes are done, just log in and hit the enter tab.
+|}
-There are six different headers codes, ranging from largest to smallest. You'll note above that these all put subcategories into the table of contents and have specific indents.
-= Header 1 = (code "=" on each side of the text --> "=" Header 1 "=")
+==Header==
-== Header 2 == (code "==" on each side of the text)
+There are five different header codes, ranging from largest to smallest. You'll note above that these all put subcategories into the table of contents and have specific indents.
-=== Header 3 === (code "===" on each side of the text)
-==== Header 4 ==== (code "====" on each side of the text)
-===== Header 5 ===== (code "=====" on each side of the text)
-====== Header 6 ====== (code "======" on each side of the text)
-If you want a header-like aspect, or are looking to bold a line a semi-colon ";" does the trick. You can see in the TOC that it's the same size as a header 5 (standard text), but doesn't put an entry into the TOC...very handy when you want category headers without a huge TOC. The first two headers also have the auto-horizontal line, as you can see.
-= Header 1 =
+== First level == (code "==" on each side of the text)
-== Header 2 ==
-=== Header 3 ===
+=== Second level === (code "===" on each side of the text)
-==== Header 4 ====
-;Header 5
+==== Third level ==== (code "====" on each side of the text)
-====== Header 6 ======
+===== Fourth level ===== (code "=====" on each side of the text)
+====== Fifth level ====== (code "======" on each side of the text)
+If you want a header-like aspect, or are looking to bold a line a semi-colon ( ; ) does the trick. You can see in the Table of Contents that it's the same size as a header 5 (standard text), but doesn't add an entry... very handy when you want category headers without a huge Table of Contents. The first header also has an automatic horizontal line, as you can see:
+=== Second level ===
+==== Third level ====
+===== Fourth level =====
+; Fourth level
+====== Fifth level ======
+<br>
+==Indent==
+Indents are handed using colons ( : ). Simply think of a colon as a tab (only works at the beginning on a line):
-Indents are handed using colons. Simply think of a colon as a tab (only works at the beginning on a line)
-colons
 :1 colon
 ::2 colons
 :::3 colons
 ::::4 colons
-:::::etc
+<br>
-Note that if you use a colon and a semi-colon in the same line, the colon has to come first
+==List==
+For lists, just use asterisks ( * ):
-;:semi-colon first
-:;colon-first
-For lists, just use asterisks "*"
 * A
 * B
 * C
+<br>
+<br>
+==Link==
+External links are handled using single brackets, with a space between the address and the link text:
+<nowiki>[http://www.theamazonbasin.com/ Amazon Basin]</nowiki> becomes [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/ Amazon Basin]
-Exterior wiki links are handled using single brackets, with a space between the address and the link text: [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/ The Amazon Basin Website]
-If you want to do a similar thing as a footnote, just exclude any link text: [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/]
+If you want to do a similar thing as a footnote, just exclude any link text:
-Wiki links are handled with double brackets, linking to the page itself: [[Main Page WoW]]
-If you want to change the link text, you include a vertical bar "|" and the text link: [[Main Page WoW|Basin World of Warcraft]]
+<nowiki>[http://www.theamazonbasin.com/]</nowiki> becomes [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/]
-For creating a new page, the easiest way is to simply create the link in an existing page (it will show up as red), and then click the link to be taken directly to the edit page. You also know if it shows up as blue that the page exists.
+Wiki links are handled with double brackets, linking to the page itself:
+<nowiki>[[World of Warcraft]]</nowiki> becomes [[World of Warcraft]]
+If you want to change the link text, you include a vertical bar "|" and the text link:
-[[Category:Amazon Basin]]
+<nowiki>[[World of Warcraft|WoW]]</nowiki> becomes [[World of Warcraft|WoW]]
+<br>
+<br>
+==New page==
+For creating a new page, the easiest way is to simply create the link in an existing page (it will show up as red), and then click the link to be taken directly to the edit page. You also know if it shows up as blue that the page exists.