Contents
Category Tips
To create a fresh "New" Category type it into the Browser Address bar.
Example: http://wiki.ledhed.net/index.php/Category:Animals
Where "Animals" is the name of the new Category.
If it is in fact a new category, "Edit" the category and add text and such to it.
- Categories are not a Tree Hierarchy!
- Only Categories can be Sub-Categories.
Categorize an Article
Place the following at the end of the article:
[[Category:NameOfCategory]]
where NameOfCategory is the name of the Category you want to associate the artical with.
Create a Sub-Category
Sub-Categories are just categories that are linked to other categories.
Just like in the example above, place the following at the end of the category page:
[[Category:NameOfParentCategory]]
where NameOfParentCategory is the name of the Parent Category where you want the Sub-Category to be a member of.
Create a hyperlink to a Category
[[:Category:Foo]]
will appear as Category:Foo
Notice the colon (:) before the word Category!!
or
[[:Category:Foo|Foo]]
will appear as Foo
Notice the colon (:) before the word Category and the Pipe (|) between the 2 Foo's!!
The Foo after the Pipe is the Title (which can be anything you want not just the Category Title
Example: [[:Category:Foo|Anything You Want Here]] looks like Anything You Want Here but still links to the 'Foo' Category
Confused Yet? :)
Links
Links are the power behind MediaWiki. They let you add links within articles that make cross referencing data much easier.
Link Article or Category
Create a link to a Category or Article:
[[NameOfCategoryOrArticle]]
Link Article Anchor
Create a link to an Article Anchor (TOC Entry)
[[Ingress Levels#Action Points|Action Points]]
Hyperlinks (External Links)
To create a link to an external website just type the URL:
http://wiki.ledhed.net
Looks like: http://wiki.ledhed.net
or mask it with a title
[http://wiki.ledhed.net|LedHed's Wiki]
Looks like: Wiki
Renaming
Use the Move tab to rename a Page or Category. Moving a page/category will cause the original to be redirected.
You may need to delete the original if the redirect is no longer needed.
Files / Media / Images
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images
Images
To link to a previously uploaded image:
[[File:Wiki.png]]
or if you want a caption
[[File:Wiki.png|caption]]
Files / Media
If you want to link to a file (like a PDF or a MPG):
[[Media:My-Manifesto.pdf|Manifesto.pdf]]
NOTE: The caption isn't required but makes the link look better.
Lists
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:List
Numbered List
# Item-1 ## SubItem-1.1 # Item-2 ## SubItem-2.1 ## SubItem-2.2
- Item-1
- SubItem-1.1
- Item-2
- SubItem-2.1
- SubItem-2.2
Bullet List
* Item1 ** SubItem1 * Item2 ** SubItem2 *** Sub-SubItem2
- Item1
- SubItem1
- Item2
- SubItem2
- Sub-SubItem2
- SubItem2
Indented List
; Item : SubItem : SubItem ; Item : Subitem
- Item
- SubItem
- SubItem
- Item
- Subitem
Editing Tips
- <br> = Break or New Line
-
Use <nowiki></nowiki> tags to ignore wiki formatting
There is also an Icon for this at the top of the editor.
- Use a * (Asterisk) at the beginning of a line to create a bullet
- Force an indent with :
- Double indent with :: and so on.
Creating Tables
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Header 1 !!Header 2 !!Header 3
|-
| something || something else || something else else
|-
|}
Looks like this:
| Header_1 | Header_2 | Header_3 |
|---|---|---|
| something | something else | something else else |
Start/Open the Table
{| class="wikitable"
Create Headers
First Header:
!Header_1
NOTE: The single bang (!)
Subsequent Headers:
!!Header_2
NOTE: The double bang (!!)
Column Dividers
First Column Divider:
|
NOTE: The single pipe (|)
Subsequent Column Dividers:
||
NOTE: The double pipe (||)
Row Dividers
This will create a new Row divider (Top or Bottom):
|-
End/Close the Table
|}
Force a Table of Contents (TOC)
Add this anywhere you want the TOC to be displayed.
__TOC__
Adding Color
You can set text color by using:
<span style="color:#009000"> TEXT </span>
You can set style="background:#000000" color or both style="color:#009000;background:#000000"
Your text will look something like this:
TEXT
or
TEXT
Pre-Formatted Text
You can force pre-formatted text with the PRE tags.
<pre>