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==Discussion Pages== | ==Discussion Pages== | ||
Even if you don't want to edit a page, feel free to add comments, suggestions, or questions to the | Even if you don't want to edit a page, feel free to add comments, suggestions, or questions to the '''discussion''' tab of a page (you have to register and confirm for this too, since discussion pages are frequent spam targets). Start a topic by typing in a heading (see below). Respond to a comment by typing below it, starting your comment with a colon (:). Sign your comment by adding 4 tilde's at the end like this <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>, which looks like this (and gets converted to markup when you save the page): [[User:Brted|Brted]] 17:37, 7 December 2010 (EST) | ||
More discussion page tips [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages here] | More discussion page tips [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages here] | ||
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'''Internal links:''' For a link to another page on the wiki, put double brackets around the name of a page: <tt><nowiki>[[Main Page]]</nowiki></tt> and it will show up as a link, like this [[Main Page]]. If you want to have the link appear with different text, use a | like this <tt><nowiki>[[Main Page|Flashlight Wiki]]</nowiki></tt> and it will appear like this: [[Main Page|Flashlight Wiki]]. You can also link to a subsection of a page by using # in the link like this: <tt><nowiki>[[Main Page#Flashlights|Flashlight sub-section]]</nowiki></tt>, to get this link: [[Main Page#Flashlights|Flashlight sub-section]]. | '''Internal links:''' For a link to another page on the wiki, put double brackets around the name of a page: <tt><nowiki>[[Main Page]]</nowiki></tt> and it will show up as a link, like this [[Main Page]]. If you want to have the link appear with different text, use a | like this <tt><nowiki>[[Main Page|Flashlight Wiki]]</nowiki></tt> and it will appear like this: [[Main Page|Flashlight Wiki]]. You can also link to a subsection of a page by using # in the link like this: <tt><nowiki>[[Main Page#Flashlights|Flashlight sub-section]]</nowiki></tt>, to get this link: [[Main Page#Flashlights|Flashlight sub-section]]. | ||
To create a '''new page''', just edit an existing page, insert an internal link to the new page, save the page, then click on the red link that appears and it should open an editing screen for the new page. | To create a '''new page''', just edit an existing page, insert an internal link to the new page, preview and then save the page you are editing, then click on the red link that appears and it should open an editing screen for the new page. | ||
'''Terminology links:''' If you are linking to items on the [[Terminology]] page, those items are not subsections. So first you have to go to the Terminology page and make sure the item has a SPAN tag identifying it (you will see others already done) like this (for the term "OP") <tt><nowiki><span id="OP">OP</span></nowiki></tt>. That sets up an anchor that you can then link to like it is a subsection. So on some page referring to that term you can make a link like this <tt><nowiki>[[Terminology#OP|OP]]</nowiki></tt> which will look like this [[Terminology#OP|OP]]. | '''Terminology links:''' If you are linking to items on the [[Terminology]] page, those items are not subsections. So first you have to go to the Terminology page and make sure the item has a SPAN tag identifying it (you will see others already done) like this (for the term "OP") <tt><nowiki><span id="OP">OP</span></nowiki></tt>. That sets up an anchor that you can then link to like it is a subsection. So on some page referring to that term you can make a link like this <tt><nowiki>[[Terminology#OP|OP]]</nowiki></tt> which will look like this [[Terminology#OP|OP]]. | ||
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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 no more than 800x600 with only rare exceptions. Before editing a page, upload the picture file first ( | [[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 (remember the name you give the file!) 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 | 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 on this page at the right->): | ||
<tt><nowiki>[[File:Creexpgr5.jpg|thumb|The caption goes here]]</nowiki></tt> | <tt><nowiki>[[File:Creexpgr5.jpg|thumb|The caption goes here]]</nowiki></tt> | ||
If you wanted a larger version of the image than the default thumbnail, you can specify the width of the image. The tag below will generate a 300 pixel image (you still want to use "thumb" so that it will be in a border with a link to the full-size image) | If you wanted a larger version of the image than the default thumbnail, you can specify the width of the image. The tag below will generate a 300 pixel image (you still want to use "thumb" so that it will be in a border with a link to the full-size image). This tag also aligns the image on the left instead of the default right side (<-image appears to the left): | ||
<tt><nowiki>[[File:Creexpgr5.jpg|thumb|300px|left|The caption goes here]]</nowiki></tt> | <tt><nowiki>[[File:Creexpgr5.jpg|thumb|300px|left|The caption goes here]]</nowiki></tt> | ||