Help:Editing
In order to edit a page in the wiki you must be logged on to the wiki, noted that wiki and forum users are separate, so if you are registered on the forum, you might not be registered on the wiki. You can register by going to this link.
Here are some general actions that can help with editing the wiki.
Contents
GUI Interface
There are some buttons above each edit page, each button has a specific job.
Button | Description | Example | Code |
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1 | Makes the text bold | BOLDED TEXT HERE | '''BOLDED TEXT HERE''' |
2 | Makes the text italicised | ITALICISED TEXT HERE | ''ITALICISED TEXT HERE'' |
3 | Links to other pages within the wiki | Main Page | [[PAGE NAME]] |
4 | Links to pages off the wiki | This Is A Link | [http://www.google.com This Is A Link] |
5 | Creates a header | ==Example Header== | ==Example Header== |
6 | Embeds a wiki file in the page Note: A file needs to be uploaded before use |
[[File:Example.png]] | |
7 | Links a wiki file.(Opens file in a new window) Note: These types of files are not allowed to be uploaded. |
Media:Example.ogg | [[Media:Example.ogg]] |
8 | The wiki formatting ignores the text between the tags | [[no link!]] [even more busted links!!] | <nowiki>[[no link!]] [even more busted links!!]</nowiki> |
9 | Your siganiture and a timestamp | --MagikEh (talk) 12:28, 15 November 2013 (MST) | --~~~~ |
10 | Inserts a horizontal line, these are pretty expensive to process so please try not to use them. |
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Linking To Other Wiki Pages
It is as simple as getting the page's name that you want linked and surrounding it with [[ and ]]
Ex: If we wanted to link to the main page we would write [[Main Page]] and it would appear as: Main Page
Redirects
When the page is searched, or loaded from a link it will redirect to the approprate page
Code:
#REDIRECT [[Hardcore Stratification]]
Uploading Files
Goto the upload page and choose a file off of your computer.
Note: Files must be of type png, gif, jpg or jpeg and may be no bigger than 10MB
Text Changes
To change the colour surround with <span style="color:#RRGGBB"> Coloured Text </span> The #RRGGBB is a Hex RGB representation of the colour.
Ex: Red Text Green Text Blue Text.
To Italicise text surround with ''Italics''
To make text BOLD surround with '''Bold Text'''
To make a piece of text into a link [ http://example.ca TEXT TO BE TURNED INTO A LINK]
Tables
First Column | Second Column | Third Column |
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Words in the first column, first row | Words in the second column, first row | Words in the third column, first row |
Words in the first column, second row | Words in the second column, second row | Words in the third column, second row |
Words in the first column, third row | Words in the second column, third row | Words in the third column, third row |
And here is the code for the above table: {| style="text-align: left;" class="wikitable" border="1" |- !scope="col" | First Column !scope="col" | Second Column !scope="col" | Third Column |- |Words in the first column, first row || Words in the second column, first row || Words in the third column, first row |- || Words in the first column, second row || Words in the second column, second row || Words in the third column, second row |- || Words in the first column, third row || Words in the second column, third row || Words in the third column, third row |} Note: You can change the class="wikitable" to class="wikitable sortable" to allow users to sort the columns by the elements within (elements are sorted alphabetically)