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| − | + | This page was empty so I copied in my cheat sheet, for more information: [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing MediaWiki Edting Help] | |
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| + | == Heading == | ||
| − | + | You can type things pretty much as you would expect and the | |
| + | paragraph will flow from line to line. Leaving a blank line | ||
| + | will start a new paragraph. | ||
| − | + | When typing you can ''emphasize text'', to '''make a point''', | |
| + | but that stops being '''''fun''''' after a while. | ||
| − | + | === Sub Heading === | |
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| − | + | One of the fun parts of a wiki is linking: | |
| − | + | * [[Page]] link | |
| − | + | ** Same thing as [[Page]]s and [[page]] | |
| − | + | * [[Page#Sub Heading]] same as [[Page#Sub Heading 1= | |
| − | + | ** You could also link to [[Page#Sub Heading 2]] | |
| − | + | * [[Page|a sample page]] also works | |
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| − | + | To link to the wider wilder web: | |
| − | + | * http://locationtech.org | |
| − | + | * [http://locationtech.org LocationTech] | |
| − | + | * [locationtech.org] <!-- shows up as [1] --> | |
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| − | + | Remember: | |
| − | < | + | :You can create a link to a page that does not exist yet |
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| − | + | Where: | |
| − | + | ; page link : can be clicked to jump to a page | |
| − | + | ; external link | |
| − | + | : will take you to another web page | |
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| − | + | === Sub Heading === | |
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| − | + | Hacking with html is mostly allowed - here is a code example: | |
| − | + | <code>x = x 1;</code> although you probably want to break | |
| − | + | out a pre tag for examples of more then one line.</pre> | |
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Latest revision as of 20:23, 19 March 2013
This page was empty so I copied in my cheat sheet, for more information: MediaWiki Edting Help
== Heading == You can type things pretty much as you would expect and the paragraph will flow from line to line. Leaving a blank line will start a new paragraph. When typing you can ''emphasize text'', to '''make a point''', but that stops being '''''fun''''' after a while. === Sub Heading === One of the fun parts of a wiki is linking: * [[Page]] link ** Same thing as [[Page]]s and [[page]] * [[Page#Sub Heading]] same as [[Page#Sub Heading 1= ** You could also link to [[Page#Sub Heading 2]] * [[Page|a sample page]] also works To link to the wider wilder web: * http://locationtech.org * [http://locationtech.org LocationTech] * [locationtech.org] <!-- shows up as [1] --> Remember: :You can create a link to a page that does not exist yet Where: ; page link : can be clicked to jump to a page ; external link : will take you to another web page === Sub Heading === Hacking with html is mostly allowed - here is a code example: <code>x = x 1;</code> although you probably want to break out a pre tag for examples of more then one line.