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Pages and Text
How do I create a page?
Search for the title of the page you want to create, then click the red link that appears among the search results. This will take you to an editing box from which you can save and create the page.
How do I change a page title?
After you have logged in, click the "move" tab at the top of the page. This will rename the page to the new title.
How do I delete a page?
You can't. You may, however, file a request on the Deletion Requests page.
How do I assign a page to a category?
Use this format [[Category:News]] substituting the category name where this example says news.
How do I automatically sign an entry?
You can have the wiki automatically sign your name by including three or four tildes after your entry:
~~~ or ~~~~
Doing so will result in your name appearing like this: Brendan
or this:Brendan 06:31, 25 September 2007 (PDT)
Linking
How do I link to a page?
Add the name of the page between two square brackets like this:
[[Sample Event]] will look like this Sample Event.
How do I link to a page using different text?
Add the name of the page and a pipe (|) and the words you want to link with.
[[Sample Event|this link]] will look like this link
How do I link to a page outside the wiki?
Use single brackets and the URL of the site.
[http://www.google.com] will look like [1]
How do I link to an outside website but use different text?
Add a space and the text you want to use
[http://www.google.com I use Google] will look like I use Google.
How do I turn an image into a link?
It's not easy. Just add a caption under the image.
Uploads and media
How do I upload an image?
There are a couple steps.
1. Upload the image -- click "Upload file" on the right side of the wiki. Browse and select the image. Fill out the information about the image in the box. Be sure to note the file name, for example: foo.jpg.
2. Add the image to your page -- edit your page and link to the image. You can click the "image" button in the toolbar to get the tag pre-made for you, or you can just type [[Image:foo.jpg]]. Please note that you must remember the image file name to use this technique.
How do I upload a sound clip?
Our wiki accepts audio in .mp3 format. If you have a music file in a different format (such as .wav), you must convert it before you can upload. The easiest way is to use Zamzar to do so.
1. Upload your file. When you upload, you will get a warning that the file is probably too big -- upload anyway. Be sure to note the file name (such as "Scatman.mp3")
2. Add this code to your wiki page to make the flash media player appear: <mp3>Filename.mp3</mp3>
For example:
3. You can also make your mp3 downloadable by adding the text "|download" inside the link like this: <mp3>Filename.mp3|download</mp3>
For example:
How do I embed a YouTube video?
Coming soon You can embed YouTube videos right in your page.
1. Find the video id in the URL at the top of the page for the video. It should be right after the = sign. Fore example, the URL for the video below is http://youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww and the video id is lj3iNxZ8Dww.
2. Post this code to embed your video: <youtube>videoid here</youtube>
For example:
Site design and layout
Changing site design and layout is pretty complicated. Instead of spending a lot of time re-explaining it here, I'll just link to already established resources at the mediawiki homepage.
- User help for modifying skins
- In-depth user help for modifying skins
- Technical manual on skins and skinning
- Explanation of the major css blocks used in most mediawiki skins
