Difference between revisions of "Help:Editing"

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* Simply writing text into the edit box will come through as normal text on the wiki.
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Simply writing text into the edit box will come through as normal text on the wiki.
* Buttons at top of wiki editor allow:
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* Bullets are formed by *
** bold and italics of text
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** to have sub-bullets add another *
** linking to other articles within this wiki
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** linking to outside hyperlinks
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# A numbered list will automatically have numbers if you use #
** creating a heading
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Sub-headings are created by additional = on either side  
** embedding images
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== Heading ==
** incorporating math symbols into article
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=== Subheading===
** ignoring wiki formating
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==== Sub Sub heading====
** adding your signature
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** adding a horizontal line
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*To upload images to include in the page click [[Special:Upload file | Upload file]] in toolbox and select image to upload. To include image in another page <nowiki>[[Image:your filename.jpg]]</nowiki> or click the picture frame for automatic formatting
* Bullets are formed by *, to have sub-bullets add * (e.g. a second layer would be **)
 
* A numbered list will automatically have numbers if you use #
 
* sub-headings are created by additional = on either side (e.g. ==heading== created by button and ===subheading===)
 
* Table of contents are automatically created when three headings are made
 
** TOC can be forced using: <nowiki>___FORCETOC___</nowiki>
 
** TOC can also be forced OFF using: <nowiki>___NOTOC___</nowiki>
 
* To upload images to include in the page click [[Special:Upload file | Upload file]] in toolbox and select image to upload. To include image in another page <nowiki>[[Image:your filename.jpg]]</nowiki> or click the picture frame for automatic formatting
 

Revision as of 13:35, January 15, 2006

Simply writing text into the edit box will come through as normal text on the wiki.

  • Bullets are formed by *
    • to have sub-bullets add another *
  1. A numbered list will automatically have numbers if you use #

Sub-headings are created by additional = on either side

Heading

Subheading

Sub Sub heading

  • To upload images to include in the page click Upload file in toolbox and select image to upload. To include image in another page [[Image:your filename.jpg]] or click the picture frame for automatic formatting