Help:Editing
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A heading should be placed immediately after the "breadcrumb" on each page, so only the breadcrumb will appear before the table of contents.
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[edit] Editing
If you want to change a page or add a new one, click on the "Create an account or log in" option in the upper-right hand corner of the screen (if there is a "log out" link, you are already logged in). Then, on any page that you want to change, click on the "Edit" tab. While editing, you can open this help page by clicking on the "Editing help" link at the bottom of the page.
To learn about how to create new pages, or for other details, see one of the following:
- The MediaWiki Handbook: <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User's_Guide#For_editors>.
- Wikipedia:How to edit a page: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page>
- Wikipedia:Tutorial: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial>
Some examples of basic formatting follow. Click on the "edit" tab for this page to see how it was done. If you just want to experiment, please do so in the sandbox, not here.
[edit] Headings
Headings for each section on a page should be surrounded with three === on each side. If there are enough headings on a page, a table of contents will be created automatically.
[edit] Pre-formatted Text (like programming examples)
Just indenting the text with spaces while editing makes it show up
in a box with a fixed space font, like this.
You can get the same effect by surrounding the section with <pr e> and </pr e> HTML tags (omit the spaces), like this (you can edit this page to see how it was done):
; Macro 500 056 500 000 12 ; Connect ports 1 and 2
[edit] Lists
A list can be made with "*" or "#" characters. More "**"s cause it to be indented more levels:
- This is
- an indented
- list using "*"
- It automatically
- numbers the items
- if you use "#"
[edit] Tables
To make a table, press the edit tab for this page, copy the template below, and edit it:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| a | b | c | d |
| A | B | C | D |
[edit] Uploading Files
To upload a file, use the "Upload file" link in the "toolbox" (near the bottom at the left side of the screen). Only certain types of files (mostly image and PDF files) can be uploaded. If you are uploading a programming example, consider putting it inline on the web page; see the "Pre-formatted Text" section above.
[edit] Linking to Other Wiki Pages
Links to other wiki pages can be entered using the name of the wiki page, like this Wiki Home:
[[Wiki Home]]
[edit] Linking to Other Web Pages
Links to other web pages can be entered any of three different ways:
- As plain text with no brakets or anything, like this: http://www.link-comm.com:
http://www.link-comm.com
- It is also possible to surround URLs with angle brackets. This is probably preferable, as it solves line-wrapping problems when URLs are copied into email messages. Example: <http://www.link-comm.com>.
<http://www.link-comm.com>
- If you want to display a description rather than the URL itself for the link like this Linkcomm's Home Page, you can use the following format:
[http://www.link-comm.com Linkcomm's Home Page]
Note that the URL must be the first thing after the opening square braket. Everything following the first space becomes the description. If you use single square brackets without a description, you just get a link icon with a number, [1], which isn't very descriptive.
