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Getting started is easy. Just create an account using the '''login/create account''' link at the upper right. Then send an e-mail to '''brted at yahoo period com''' to be confirmed. Once you are confirmed you will see an '''edit''' tab at the top of the page that will let you edit the page. If you see some kind of formatting you like on some page you can just edit that page and see how it was done. Here are a few of the basics, but you can see a lot more [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples here]. | Getting started is easy. Just create an account using the '''login/create account''' link at the upper right. Then send an e-mail to '''brted at yahoo period com''' to be confirmed. Once you are confirmed you will see an '''edit''' tab at the top of the page that will let you edit the page. If you see some kind of formatting you like on some page you can just edit that page and see how it was done. Here are a few of the basics, but you can see a lot more [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples here]. | ||
When editing a page, even if it is something simple, '''always preview the changes before saving,''' but always remember to save after you preview. | |||
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[[File:Creexpgr5.jpg|thumb|The caption goes here]][[File:Creexpgr5.jpg|thumb|300px|left|The caption goes here]]Please restrict image size to more than 800x600 with only rare exceptions. Before editing a page, upload the picture file first (and remember the name!) using the '''Upload file''' link on the left side of the page under '''toolbox'''. | [[File:Creexpgr5.jpg|thumb|The caption goes here]][[File:Creexpgr5.jpg|thumb|300px|left|The caption goes here]]Please restrict image size to no more than 800x600 with only rare exceptions. Before editing a page, upload the picture file first (and remember the name!) using the '''Upload file''' link on the left side of the page under '''toolbox'''. If you forget the file name, you can go to Special pages and then [[Special:ListFiles|File List]] under Media Reports and Uploads (should also show up under [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]]). | ||
The image on the page will probably be smaller than the original image. By default you can use a thumbnail which will be about 200 pixels max. Also you will want to add a caption to the tag as well. The resulting tag might look like this (with the result shown to the right): | The image on the page will probably be smaller than the original image. By default you can use a thumbnail which will be about 200 pixels max. Also you will want to add a caption to the tag as well. The resulting tag might look like this (with the result shown to the right): | ||