Difference between revisions of "How to write these wiki pages"
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* Follow the same procedures for audio and video files. | * Follow the same procedures for audio and video files. | ||
* You can also link to any www page using this syntax (just insert the full URL followed by link text, and enclose the whole thing in square brackets): <nowiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokrobite Here's the Wikipedia article for Kokrobite]</nowiki> | * You can also link to any www page using this syntax (just insert the full URL followed by link text, and enclose the whole thing in square brackets): <nowiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokrobite Here's the Wikipedia article for Kokrobite]</nowiki> | ||
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'''Examples:''' | '''Examples:''' |
Revision as of 08:58, 7 September 2007
- Click on a link to go to the page you wish to edit.
- Click on the "edit" tab (above a page) to edit any unlocked page (if the page hasn't yet been created, it will come up it edit mode.)
- Click on a section head "edit" link (on the right hand side of a page) to edit a particular section of a page (these links won't appear unless sections have been defined)
- Type text freely...
- ...indicating bold and italics with double ('') and triple (''') single quote marks, respectively.
- Or highlight some text and click the bold or italics buttons in the row of editing buttons above the edit box
- Make a new paragraph by leaving a blank line
- Insert a thumbnail link to a media file using this syntax: [[Image:Example.jpg]]
- Insert a thumbnail link to a media file with alternative mouse-over text using this syntax: [[Image:Example.jpg | text]].
- Insert the media file directly into the page using this syntax: [[Media:Example.jpg]]
- (By the way, for images it's probably best to use thumbnail links unless the media file is quite small.)
- Another way: just type the filename, highlight the text, and click the media file link button or embedded image button, as appropriate.
- Save your changes with "Save page" at the bottom
- Now, click on media links and you'll be prompted to upload the files with the right names
- Test the page again. Double-click thumbnail links to see the full image.
- Warning: don't insert huge embedded images or the page will take forever to load...
- Follow the same procedures for audio and video files.
- You can also link to any www page using this syntax (just insert the full URL followed by link text, and enclose the whole thing in square brackets): [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokrobite Here's the Wikipedia article for Kokrobite]
Examples:
(note: edit this page to see how these examples have been done. Don't make and save changes though!)
Example of thumbnail link: Media:View from Fort Usher, Jamestown, Accra.jpg
Example of thumbnail link with alternative mouse-over text: Example of thumbnail link with alternative mouse-over text
Example of audio file: Media:Mudoc.mp3
Example of external link: Here's the Wikipedia article for Kokrobite