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External links can be made with one bracket on either side of the link without space and a description, like <nowiki>[http://yourlink.com]</nowiki>, and will create a link in brackets, like this: [http://www.diabloii.net]. | External links can be made with one bracket on either side of the link without space and a description, like <nowiki>[http://yourlink.com]</nowiki>, and will create a link in brackets, like this: [http://www.diabloii.net]. | ||
| − | To add title text to your link, use a space between the URL and the text. For example, linking to the IncGamers | + | To add title text to your link, use a space between the URL and the text. For example, linking to the IncGamers Diablo2 website (http://www.diabloii.net) is done with <nowiki>[http://http://www.diabloii.net Diabloii.Net website]</nowiki> which turns into [http://diabloii.net Diabloii.Net website]. When possible, provide text for the link, as not doing so produces the "[1]" style links which are better suited to citations. |
The link can also just be typed without using brackets at all for a "bare link", such as http://www.diabloii.net. This is acceptable for simple links (like short domains) that are easily recognizable. | The link can also just be typed without using brackets at all for a "bare link", such as http://www.diabloii.net. This is acceptable for simple links (like short domains) that are easily recognizable. | ||
Revision as of 13:46, 22 May 2008
Contents
Wiki Code
Wikis use their own syntax (markup) for creating text formatting. Below is a list of common syntax you can use to format your pages. A more extensive guide to wiki editing can be found on Wikimedia's site.
Text Formatting
Heading 1 ==Your heading==
Heading 2 ===Your heading===
Heading 3 ====Your heading====
Italic Text ''Your Text'' (2 apostrophes)
Bold Text '''Your Text''' (3 apostrophes)
Bold Italic Text '''''Your Text''''' (5 apostrophes)
Creating Links
Creating links is very simple and there are two methods to do so: an external site link for outside sources and an internal site link for content inside the DiabloWiki.
Internal Links
Internal site link use two brackets [[ ]] on either side of the title, with an optional title (if specified, separate with a | character). [[Topic|Link Title]]
External Links
External links are used like this: [http://yourlink.com Your Link Title].
External links can be made with one bracket on either side of the link without space and a description, like [http://yourlink.com], and will create a link in brackets, like this: [1].
To add title text to your link, use a space between the URL and the text. For example, linking to the IncGamers Diablo2 website (http://www.diabloii.net) is done with [http://http://www.diabloii.net Diabloii.Net website] which turns into Diabloii.Net website. When possible, provide text for the link, as not doing so produces the "[1]" style links which are better suited to citations.
The link can also just be typed without using brackets at all for a "bare link", such as http://www.diabloii.net. This is acceptable for simple links (like short domains) that are easily recognizable.
Table of Contents Boxes
Wiki format is pretty clever and can automatically create TOC boxes like you see at the top of the page. A content box is automatically created when you use 4 or more headlines, which are formatted as explained above. All headlines will show up in the TOC, which is very handy.
Additional equals signs will create additional layers of headings. It's that simple!
Creating Tables
If you are familiar with html then wiki syntax will seem logical; however, if you are not familiar with html it is still pretty simple to follow.
Here's an example of one of the mediawiki table notations:
{|
| 1
| 2
| 3
|-
| 4
| 5
| 6
|}
which should look like this:
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
The tables are automatically formatted with the site style so you aren't required to add any style elements to the tables. The only time you would really need to add an element to the table is if you specify a width.
As you can see the wiki code 'looks' like a table and you can expand on this and format more complex tables. Just check some of the pages with tables around the site if you need to see how things work.
Categories
To add a page to a category, type somewhere in the page in question (usually but not officially at the bottom):
[[Category:xxxxx]]
Where xxxxx is the name of the Category. Likewise, if you wish to link to a Category without adding the page you are working on to that category, type:
[[:Category:xxxxx]]
Where xxxxx is the name of the Category. Notice this differs from the previous code by a ":" before the "Category".
Images
To show an image you have uploaded, type:
[[Image:filename.jpg|alternate text here]]
The example above shows a jpg, but it may use any valid file extension.
To link to the GWO Wiki page for the image, type:
[[:Image:filename.jpg]]
If you would like to use an image as a link, you need to type:
{{clickpic|TARGET PAGE TITLE|FULL PATH OF IMAGE FILE}}
Where "FULL PATH OF IMAGE FILE" is the full path, for example http://www.imaginarywiki.com/wiki/index/image.jpg - so this works better with external images, but may be used with images you have uploaded with you use their full path instead of the usual shortcut.
Further Reading
- Onsite Wiki FAQ
- Advanced image technique placement, making thumbnails, captions, etc can be found in Wikipedia's article on extended image syntax.
Try it out!
There is a special Wiki Sandbox that you can try out your editing skills in, without making unnecessary changes to existing articles.
