Help:Editing
Toolbar
At the top of the editing text box is a toolbar that looks like this:
These buttons simply write a template of wiki formatting characters into the text so you dont have to remember what all of the formatting characters do.
Inserts a boldface code (three apostrophes before and after) at cursor position.
'''Bold text'''
Replace "Bold text" with the text you want shown in boldface.
- A semicolon ";" at the start of a line displays the entire line in boldface.
Inserts the italic code (two apostrophes before and after) at cursor position.
''Italic text''
Insert the text you want shown in Italics between the apostrophes.
5 apostrophes will both bold and italicize the text.
Inserts a link to another page at the cursor position.
[[Link title]]
Replace "Link title" with the name of the page you want to link to. Use a pipe symbol to change the way the link is displayed [[Main_Page|Displayed Text]] creates this link to the main page: Displayed Text.
If the linked page does not exist yet then the link will be displayed red and can be clicked on to create the new page.
If the link does exist then it will be displayed blue.
Insert a link to an external web page at the cursor position.
[http://www.example.com link title]
Change the URL to the page you want to link to, and "link title" to the text you want displayed.
Inserts a new section heading at the cursor position.
== Headline text ==
This separates the section being edited into two sections. Replace "Headline text" with the name of the new section.
- By adding more equal signs (the same number to the beginning and of the heading) you can create lower level headings within the section.
Inserts a .JPG or .PNG image at the cursor position.
[[File:Example.jpg]]This allows you to insert a picture at that point.
Always check the existing images at Special:ListFiles for a suitable image before uploading your own. If the image has not been uploaded yet then the filename will be displayed red instead, and you can click on it to go to the file upload page. Use .PNG for diagrams that have a limited number of colors, .JPG for screen captures and photos.
Inserts a file link at the cursor position.
[[Media:Example.ogg]]
This allows you to upload and link to a file, such as an Adrift TAF or module.
Inserts nowiki tags at cursor position.
<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>
This allows you to use symbols such as []{}=#;: and * that are normally interpreted as special wiki codes.
Inserts your signature at the cursor position.
--~~~~
This displays your user name and the date and time you saved the page. Only use this on a talk page
Inserts 4 dashes at the cursor position.
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This displays a horizontal line:
(Horizontal lines should be used sparingly)
Redirects
Often you may need to link to a page from a different word than the one used for the title of the page. This most often happens for singular/plural form of the same word, but can also happen if it has a long title but you also want to be able to link to it using only part of the title, perhaps only one word.
You can of course create a link with separate link and text parts:
[[PageLink|Text]]
but it can be hard to remember to do this every time, or whether the page used the singular or plural in its title.
To make this easier you can create a new page which redirects to the first page.
This page should contain nothing but the #REDIRECT command followed by the title of the page to redirect to inside double square brackets.
For example, if we want to redirect the word "restriction" to the page "Restrictions", then you would use:
#REDIRECT [[Restrictions]]
A list of all of the existing redirect pages can be found at Special:ListRedirects
Other wiki formating codes
There are three types of lists: ordered lists, unordered lists, and definition lists. In the following sections, various list types are used for different examples, but other list types will generally give corresponding results.
| wikitext | rendering |
|---|---|
* Lists are easy to do: ** start every line * with a star ** more stars mean *** deeper levels |
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*A newline *in a list marks the end of the list. Of course *you can *start again. |
marks the end of the list. Of course
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# Numbered lists are good ## very organized ## easy to follow |
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Definition lists: ; Term : Definition or ; Term : Definition Can be used for more than terms and definitions. |
Definition lists:
or
Can be used for more than terms and definitions. |
* Or create mixed lists *# and nest them *#* like this. *#*; Fruits *#*: Apple *#*: Blueberry |
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# A line-break in an item is done with HTML<br />like this. # Just breaking the line will accidentally end the list like this. # This was supposed to be item 3, not a new list. |
like this.
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* A new paragraph in an item is also HTML.<p>Like so.</p> * Same goes for<blockquote>"block quotations"</blockquote>like that. * Note that these are done without line-breaking the wikicode. |
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HTML codes
To change the color of the text you can use a font tag:
<FONT COLOR=#C00000>color</FONT>Where the color is specified as 3 hexadecimal numbers for red-green-blue ie. #RRGGBB
Tables
The symbols {| (left curly bracket followed by a pipe symbol) starts a table.
A class="tabletype" declaration controls how the table looks.
A pipe followed by a minus |- starts each row of the table, and a pipe | by itself starts each cell.
An exclamation mark ! also starts a new cell, but is used to highlight headings in boldface.
The table ends with a pipe and right curly bracket |}.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Heading 1
! Heading 2
! Heading 3
|-
| Row
| One
| (1)
|-
| and
| Two
| (2)
|}
Creates the table:
| Heading 1 | Heading 2 | Heading 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Row | One | (1) |
| and | Two | (2) |
If no table class is specified then the table will not have any borders or shading and will look like this:
| Heading 1 | Heading 2 | Heading 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Row | One | (1) |
| and | Two | (2) |
