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Contents
Basic Editing
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You can italicize text by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden the text. 5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize the text. (4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just 'one left over'.) |
You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden '''the text'''. 5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize '''''the text'''''. (4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just ''''one left over''''.) |
Section headings | |
What it looks like | What you type |
Section headings
Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them. Subsection
Using more equals signs creates a subsection. A smaller subsection
Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs. Start with two equals signs, not one. (One equals sign is only used for page titles.) |
== Section headings == ''Headings'' organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them. === Subsection === Using more equals signs creates a subsection. ==== A smaller subsection ==== Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs. Start with two equals signs, not one. (One equals sign is only used for page titles.) |
Lists and indents | |
What it looks like | What you type |
marks the end of the list.
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* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do: ** Start every line with a star. *** More stars indicate a deeper level. * Previous item continues. ** A new line * in a list marks the end of the list. * Of course you can start again. |
A new line marks the end of the list.
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# ''Numbered lists'' are: ## Very organized ## Easy to follow # Previous item continues A new line marks the end of the list. # New numbering starts with 1. |
A newline starts a new paragraph.
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: A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph. A newline starts a new paragraph. <br> : We use 1 colon to indent once. :: We use 2 colons to indent twice. ::: 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on. |
Links | |
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To create a link to another page in the wiki, use two square brackets. Separate the page title from the display text with a pipe character. Here's a link to the Main page. But we can use any display text that we like. But be careful - capitalization counts! |
To create a link to another page in the wiki, use two square brackets. Separate the page title from the display text with a pipe character. Here's a link to [[Main Page|the Main page]]. But we can use [[Main Page|any display text]] that we like. |
A red link is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link. |
[[A red link]] is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link. |
To create a link to a page outside the wiki, use one square bracket. Separate the address from the display text with a space. Here's a link to the Telrite portal. |
To create a link to a page outside the wiki, use one square bracket. Separate the address from the display text with a space. Here's a link to the [http://portal.telrite.com/ Telrite portal]. |
Images | |
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To place an image on a page, use two square brackets and the keyword Image. Here's an example of an image embedded in this text: Capitalization counts! Here's an example of image text that wasn't capitalized the same way: File:TC logo.JPG |
To place an image on a page, use two square brackets and the keyword Image. Here's an example of an image embedded in this text: [[Image:Tc_logo.jpg]] Capitalization counts! Here's an example of image text that wasn't capitalized the same way: [[Image:TC_logo.JPG]] |
The webpage http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing has much more information if needed.
Uploading Images
Before an image or picture can be used in an article, it will need to be uploaded to the wiki. Use the steps below to upload an image:
- Make sure that you are logged in, and that your account has permission to upload images.
- Go to the toolbox area on the left side of the browser.
- Click on the link for Upload file.
- Fill in the form with the appropriate information:
- Source filename is the name of the image that you wish to upload.
- Destination filename is what the file will be called on the wiki. Use this to correct typos, or to make other changes to the filename.
- Summary can hold a short description of the file, or what it will be used for.
- When the form is filled out, click on Upload file.
- You should see a page with information about the file. You can now use that image in the wiki.