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'''[[ | = External Links (Advanced Editing Topics) = | ||
:[[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page]] | |||
:[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Table Creating Tables] | |||
:[http://wiki.mozilla.org/index.php/MediaWiki_FAQ Mozilla Mediawiki FAQ] | |||
= Two Minute Markup Tutorial = | |||
To edit a page, click on the '''Edit''' tab. Put the text shown in the dotted box below into the edit box. After you hit the '''Save Page''' button the corresponding text shown below will be rendered. | |||
<pre>'''Bold text using three apostrophes'''</pre> | |||
results in | |||
'''Bold text using three apostrophes''' | |||
<pre>''Italic text using two apostrophes''</pre> | |||
results in | |||
''Italic text using two apostrophes'' | |||
<pre>== Level 2 Header ==</pre> | |||
results in | |||
== Level 2 Header == | |||
<pre>=== Level 3 Header ===</pre> | |||
results in | |||
=== Level 3 Header === | |||
<pre>----</pre> | |||
results in a "horizontal rule" | |||
---- | |||
<pre>[http://www.cnn.com/ The CNN Website]</pre> | |||
Results in an link to the outside | |||
[http://www.cnn.com/ The CNN Website] | |||
<pre>[[Internal Link]]</pre> | |||
Results in a link to a page on this Wiki (if the page isn't there, clicking will take you to the edit page) | |||
[[Internal Link]] | |||
= Categories Specific to the MS Terms Wiki = | |||
All pages can be put into a category if the following text is included at the bottom of the page: | |||
<pre>[[Category:Some Important Things]]</pre> | |||
where ''Some Important Things'' is the category name. The list of cagegories for the MS terms Wiki is on this page | |||
[[Special:Categories]] | |||
and an example of a sorted category page is here: | |||
[[:Category:Ionization]] | |||
You can link directly to the category listing by including the following anywhere in the page (note the full colon at the left): | |||
<pre>[[:Category:Ionization]]</pre> | |||
= Templates Specific to the MS Terms Wiki = | |||
If you want the same stuff on different pages, you can use a template. The templates are special Wiki pages and can be edited in the same way. They will also take arguments like subroutines. Here are some templates for this Wiki: | |||
:[[Help:Templates]] | |||
= Wiki Variables = | |||
The Wiki used by this site has some special variables that depend on the page. The way they are rendered depends on the time, on the project, or on the page in which it occurs. The link below contains a list of '''variables''' that can be used in the wikitext. | |||
:[[Help:Variables]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:49, 23 January 2005
External Links (Advanced Editing Topics)
Two Minute Markup Tutorial
To edit a page, click on the Edit tab. Put the text shown in the dotted box below into the edit box. After you hit the Save Page button the corresponding text shown below will be rendered.
'''Bold text using three apostrophes'''
results in
Bold text using three apostrophes
''Italic text using two apostrophes''
results in
Italic text using two apostrophes
== Level 2 Header ==
results in
Level 2 Header
=== Level 3 Header ===
results in
Level 3 Header
----
results in a "horizontal rule"
[http://www.cnn.com/ The CNN Website]
Results in an link to the outside
[[Internal Link]]
Results in a link to a page on this Wiki (if the page isn't there, clicking will take you to the edit page)
Categories Specific to the MS Terms Wiki
All pages can be put into a category if the following text is included at the bottom of the page:
[[Category:Some Important Things]]
where Some Important Things is the category name. The list of cagegories for the MS terms Wiki is on this page
and an example of a sorted category page is here:
You can link directly to the category listing by including the following anywhere in the page (note the full colon at the left):
[[:Category:Ionization]]
Templates Specific to the MS Terms Wiki
If you want the same stuff on different pages, you can use a template. The templates are special Wiki pages and can be edited in the same way. They will also take arguments like subroutines. Here are some templates for this Wiki:
Wiki Variables
The Wiki used by this site has some special variables that depend on the page. The way they are rendered depends on the time, on the project, or on the page in which it occurs. The link below contains a list of variables that can be used in the wikitext.
