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* Or highlight some text and click the bold or italics buttons in the row of editing buttons above the edit box
 
* 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
 
* Make a new paragraph by leaving a blank line
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* Save your changes with "Save page" at the bottom
  
 
'''Inserting media'''
 
'''Inserting media'''
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* You can insert a 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 insert a 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>
 
* An easy way to do this is to copy and paste the URL from your browser; then highlight the whole thing and click on the button with a picture of the world on it.
 
* An easy way to do this is to copy and paste the URL from your browser; then highlight the whole thing and click on the button with a picture of the world on it.
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* Save your changes with "Save page" at the bottom
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'''Examples:'''
 
'''Examples:'''

Revision as of 09:52, 12 September 2007

Basic text editing

  • 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
  • Save your changes with "Save page" at the bottom

Inserting media

  • Enter edit mode
  • 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 (in the row of buttons above; their icons don't clearly indicate what they do, but if you let your mouse pointer hover over them for a sec some pop-up text will tell you).
  • 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.

Inserting URLs

  • Enter edit mode
  • You can insert a 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]
  • An easy way to do this is to copy and paste the URL from your browser; then highlight the whole thing and click on the button with a picture of the world on it.
  • Save your changes with "Save page" at the bottom


Examples:

(note: edit this page to see how these examples have been done. Don't make and save changes though!)


Example of embedded image: View from Fort Usher, Jamestown, Accra.jpg

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