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Use the <nowiki> <br clear=all> </nowiki> tag at the end of an inserted thumbnail with text, when the thumbnail is above the next subsection. If you don't, your text from the next subsection will typically rise up to the thumbnail. This is in turn really screws up the page formatting. (see GTB Sys1 Intro section for an example) | Use the <nowiki> <br clear=all> </nowiki> tag at the end of an inserted thumbnail with text, when the thumbnail is above the next subsection. If you don't, your text from the next subsection will typically rise up to the thumbnail. This is in turn really screws up the page formatting. (see GTB Sys1 Intro section for an example) | ||
Revision as of 17:19, 3 May 2011
A quick reference card is available here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Reference_card
An add-in for MS Office is available. Search the web for "Microsoft Office Word Add-in For MediaWiki" to find a download from microsoft.com
1 Example Wiki Text
View the source for this page to see common formatting tags.
Paragraphs are just text. Italics are like this. Bold is like this.
- Indented paragraph.
1.1 Heading level 3
- List 1a
- List 2a
- List 2b
- List 2c
- List 1b
- Ordered 2a
- Ordered 2B
- List 1c
Preformat text with the "pre" tag.
Block tag processing with nowiki tag like ''this'' and *this.
1.2 Tables
Here's an example of a basic table:
| r1c1 | r1c2 |
| r2c1 | r2c2 |
| r3c1 | r3c2 |
For a cleaner look, add the class="wikitable" tag:
| r1c1 | r1c2 |
| r2c1 | r2c2 |
| r3c1 | r3c2 |
This table looks just like the previous, but uses a slightly different markup style:
| r1c1 | r1c2 |
| r2c1 | r2c2 |
| r3c1 | r3c2 |
To add headers to your table, use the ! symbol:
| Col 1 | Col 2 | Col 3 |
|---|---|---|
| r1c1 | r1c2 | r1c3 |
| r2c1 | r2c2 | r2c3 |
| r3c1 | r3c2 | r3c3 |
To add cells that span columns, use the colspan attribute:
| Table header | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Col 1 | Col 2 | Col 3 | Col 4 |
| r1c1 | r1c2 | r1c3 | r1c4 |
| r2c1 | r2c2 | r2c3 | r2c4 |
| r3c1 | r3c2 | subheader | |
| r4c1 | r4c2 | r4c3 | r4c4 |
A handy Comma Separated Variable (CSV) to Wiki Table translator is available here: http://area23.brightbyte.de/csv2wp.php
A decent HTML to Wiki converter can be found here - http://www.uni-bonn.de/~manfear/html2wiki-tables.php
Reference other sections of the wiki like this -> Beginner's Notes
To create a new page, add a reference to a non-existent page like this -> Non-existent page. Save the page with the reference and simply double-click the new link to open/create the new page.
1.3 Images and Files
To include a file in a page, use a link in one of the following forms:
[[Image:File.jpg]] to use the full version of the file [[Image:File.png|200px|thumb|left|alt text]] to use a 200 pixel wide rendition in a box in the left margin with 'alt text' as description [[Media:File.ogg]] for directly linking to the file without displaying the file
1.4 Creating White Space Breaks between sections
Use the <br clear=all> tag at the end of an inserted thumbnail with text, when the thumbnail is above the next subsection. If you don't, your text from the next subsection will typically rise up to the thumbnail. This is in turn really screws up the page formatting. (see GTB Sys1 Intro section for an example)