Help:Editing

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To add content to a wiki page, just type like you normally would. Adding formatting is not much different than using a Word processor. Below are the basics.

Edit toolbar

The most common format features are available in a toolbar above the edit window.

The functions for each button are displayed when you mouseover them. In most cases, highlighting some text and then clicking the button will apply the formatting to the selection. If you simply click the button, sample text will be inserted in the correct format which you can then edit with your own content.

A few notes:

• An "internal link" links to another wiki page. By default, they show up blue if they exist or red if they have not yet been created.
• Mediwiki automatically converts urls found in the page to external links followed by an icon denoting it links to an external site . (example: http://padl.ucf.edu)
• To embedd an image with the toolbar button, it must already be uploaded to the wiki. This is not enabled on Mediawiki by default.
• Ignore wiki formatting is useful for explaining how to use wiki text as shown in the next section.
• The signature will display your name if logged in (IP if not) and the timestamp of when the edit was made. (example: --User:Mr. Flora 08:51, 21 Jun 2005 (EDT))

Wikitext

You can also use wikitext to type formatting code yourself and to use other features not found on the edit bar. Below is a list of the most common commands.

== this is a heading == 

creates a level 2 heading. Add another equals sign (=) on each side for a level 3 heading (=== this is a heading ===). The number of equals sign corresponds to the heading level. Headings will be used to generate the table of contents. By default, the page title is Heading 1 so start with Heading 2 when creating headings.

<br> 

inserts a line break. If you use the "Enter" key it will create a new paragraph. This is "wikitext" and will be converted to XHTML.

<center>text to be centered</center> 

centers the text it surrounds. This is "wikitext" and will be converted to <div class="center"></div>

*bulleted item 

use asterisks (*) to create a bulleted list. The amount of asterisks represent the list level.

#numbered list item 

use pound signs (#) to create a numbered list. The amount of pound signs represent the list level.

[[internal link]] 

use this notation to link to another wiki page. Page names are case sensitive. You can append an ending that is not part of the link name by just adding it right after the last ]. Example: [[Wiki]]s would link to Wiki.

[[internal link|link name]] 

use this notation to link to another wiki page but display something different for the link text.

[http://www.ucf.edu UCF Homepage] 

the words "UCF Homepage" will show up on the page as a hyperlink to "http://www.culver.org"

http://www.goculver.com/culverpedia/ 

Mediawiki converts urls to clickable links.

http://wiki.kitzzy.com/skins/common/images/button_image.png 

Mediawiki converts image urls to embedded images.

Special Commands

[[Category: Category Name]] 

adds the page your editing to the category "Category Name".

[[:Category: Category Name]] 

adds a link to the category "Category Name".

__TOC__ 

forces a table of contents to appear at the location on the page where this code is inserted. Mediawiki automatically adds a table of contents for pages with more than 3 headings prior to the first heading.

__NOTOC__ 

removes the table of contents.

__NOEDITSECTION__ 

removes the edit sectin links.

#REDIRECT [[internal link]] 

redirects the page you are editig to the page called "internal link"

Interwiki Links

You can link directly to an article on another wiki or page on another site by just using a predefined prefix and the name of the article.

[[:prefix:Article Name|linked text]]

Example

• code: [[:wikipedia:Wiki Software|Wiki Software]]
• displays as: Wiki Software
• links to: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Software

Common Prefixes

Below is a brief list of common prefixes you can use and where they go.

Full List

More Help

• Wikitext
• Tables
• Lists
• Images and Uploaded Files
• EasyTimeline
• HTML in wikitext
• Templates

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