Help:Wiki Editing

From JLU MUX

This page will hopefully help you understand the basics of editing content in the wiki pages. If you have any questions about wiki code, or the wiki in general, including what content you can add, please contact Alchemiss in-game by page or @mail.

Always preview your page BEFORE you hit the Save button! This will cut down on unnecessary edits and cluttering of the Recent Changes page.

The First Thing

The very first thing you must do before you can create or edit a page is to register an account or log-in to your account.

Once you have logged in to your account, you can create and edit the wiki freely, with the exception of certain protected pages (ie, the main page, newsfile pages, some templates).

The Toolbar

In compatible browsers, an edit toolbar can be automatically displayed with the edit box, provided that this has been set in the preferences. It appears automatically for editors who are not logged in. This functions partly as a typing aid and partly as a reminder of the available functions. All the functions are available simply by typing the code directly into the edit box (such as [[link]]).

The toolbar works with Internet Explorer, the Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey, Firefox, Konqueror, Safari and Opera.

In Mozilla browsers and IE, you can format existing text by highlighting the text you want to format and clicking the relevant button on the toolbar. If you click a button without selecting any text, sample text will be inserted at the cursor's position

List of functions

(apart from the last two examples (signature and h-line), these pieces of wikitext are created by typing abc, selecting it and clicking the buttons on the toolbar)

Icon	Function	What it shows when editing	What it shows on the page
	Bold or strong emphasis	'''abc'''	abc
	Italic or emphasis	''abc''	abc
	Internal link	[[abc]]	abc
	External link	[abc.com]
	Section heading	== abc ==	abc
	Insert image	[[Image:abc.jpg]]	File:Abc.jpg
	Insert media	[[Media:abc.ogg]]	Media:abc.ogg
	Mathematical formula	<math>abc</math>	<math>abc</math>
	Ignore wiki formatting	<nowiki>abc '''[[Bold text]]'''</nowiki>	abc '''[[Bold text]]'''
	Sign talk comments (with time stamp)	~~~~	Eve 13:17, 12 June 2008 (EDT)
	Horizontal line	----

References

1. Metawiki