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Editing An Article
Simply click the Edit tab at the top of the screen. You must be a registered Wiki user to edit articles. Anyone can register on this Wiki for free. Simply click the "create account" link at the top right. When you come back, just log in with that same account.
Create a New Article
Type the complete article name in the Search box to the left and click Go. If the article does not come up, it does not exist. To create it, click "create this page". Then simply fill in the article and click Save. Be sure to add the article to all appropriate categories so people can find it easier.
If you see a link in the Wiki that is the color red, it means the article does not exist. You can click that link and the article will be created once you enter some content and click Save. Sometimes links do not exist because someone knows the article should be there but they do not have time to create it. So they create a link to remind someone to create it later.
Watching Articles
When you create or edit an article, and want to know if someone changes it, click the Watch tab at the top of the article. You must be logged in for this to work. Once you watch an article, whenever someone changes the article you will be sent an e-mail. This is useful if you want to monitor a page about your business, group, or something you are really interested in.
Insert a Link
To Wiki Article
To insert a link to another page or article in the wiki, enclose the page name in double brackets. [[ ]] If the page doesn't already exist, the wiki will create it once someone decides to edit that page.
[[Some New Business]]
Would look like: Some New Business
To a Website
Simply put the website in the article prefixed with http://
http://www.horses.com
Would look like: http://www.horses.com
To an E-Mail Address
To make E-Mail addresses pretty and also be clickable, then you have to use the following notation:
[mailto:someone@somecompany.com someone@somecompany.com]
That link would look like: someone@somecompany.com
Add an Article to a Category
An article can be added to multiple categories by adding multiple category tags at the end of the article.
Please put articles in their appropriate category. Example, if the article is a Farm, put it under the Farms category.
We are also using categories to place the articles in the West Virginia counties the article serves. Example: If a trail goes into Marion, Harrison, and Barbour counties, you can place the article in the categories Trails, Marion, Harrison, and Barbour.
To add an article to a category:
[[Category:Trails]]
For multiple categories, just keep adding the tags. Example:
[[Category:Trails]] [[Category:Marion]] [[Category:Harrison]] [[Category:Barbour]]
Add Heading Text
To add a heading (like that above) click the large "A" in your editing window. Type the heading text between the double equal signs. Or, just type the double equals around whatever text you want to be the heading.
Example:
== My New Heading ==
Add extra equal signs to make sub-headings (===, ====, and so on)
Example:
== My New Heading == === My Second New Heading === ==== My Third New Heading ====
Once a page has at least four headings, it will automatically be given a table of contents at the top of the page.
Ignore Wiki code
This generally won't be used much on this Wiki, but in case you need to put content in your article and the Wiki keeps doing weird things with them and not just showing them on the screen, you can tell the Wiki to ignore that content.
To type an instruction like [[New Article]] without having the wiki create a page "New Article," enclose the entire thing in nowiki tags by highlighting the text and selecting "Ignore wiki formatting," which is the third button from the right in your editor window.
Example:
<nowiki>[[Ignore wiki commands]]</nowiki>
Looks like: [[Ignore wiki commands]]
Tables
Tables start with {| and end with |}
Captions start with |+
New rows start with |-
Cells can be separated with either a new line and new bar, or by a double bar "||" on the same line.
Start row / column headers with ! instead of |
You can also use rowspan and colspan to span rows and columns.
You can change alignment using align. See the example below.
For more info refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table
{| border="1"
|+ The table's caption
! Column heading 1 !! Column heading 2 !! Column heading 3
|-
! Row heading 1
| Cell 2 || Cell 3
|-
! Row heading A
|Cell B
|Cell C
|-
! Colspan Example
| colspan="2" align="center"| Example Span
|}
Generates:
| Column heading 1 | Column heading 2 | Column heading 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Row heading 1 | Cell 2 | Cell 3 |
| Row heading A | Cell B | Cell C |
| Colspan Example | Example Span | |
Sortable Tables
When you begin your table, after the {| put class="wikitable sortable"
To stop the last cell from sorting use -class="sortbottom" when you start the last row. There can only be one last row, all the others will sort other than the header rows, which should be prefixed with !
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Name!!Surname!!Height
|-
|John||Smith||1.85
|-
|Ron||Ray||1.89
|-
|Mario||Bianchi||1.72
|-class="sortbottom"
|- Average:||1.82
|}
Generates:
| Name | Surname | Height |
|---|---|---|
| John | Smith | 1.85 |
| Ron | Ray | 1.89 |
| Mario | Bianchi | 1.72 |
| Average: | 1.82 |
Converting Excel to Tables
Use this page and copy/paste your spreadsheet into the page and get a Wiki result: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~sdouglas/table.cgi
Or use this macro: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro_for_EXCEL_tableconversion
Lists
Use the # before each line for numbered lists, * for bulleted lists, more # and *s for indents. Example:
# First line # Second line ## Third line
Makes:
- First line
- Second line
- Third line
Adding Attachments
Use the upload file link on the toolbox to the left. Upload your file giving it a unique destination filename which you will use in your Wiki article.
You can find more information at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images
Images
Use the following code:
[[Image:Image_Filename.jpg|Text to display on mouse over]]
If you prefer you can link to the file page on the Wiki which makes it easier for people to figure out how to replace the image in the future. This is done by using this code:
[[:Image:Image_Filename.jpg|What you want the link to say]]
Other Files
You can upload .DOC files, .XLS, .PDF, or any other file type into the Wiki.
[[Media:Document_Filename.pdf|Easy to remember name for the document]]
If you prefer you can link to the file page on the Wiki which makes it easier for people to figure out how to edit the file in the future. This is done by using this code:
[[:Image:Document_Filename.pdf|Easy to remember name for the document]]
Wiki Cheat Sheet
http://www.wikicreole.org/wiki/Home
