Help:Editing
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Creating and Editing Pages on Trail-Finder.com
When creating pages on Trail-Finder.com, there is very little you can accidentally do which will cause harm. Editing is generally quick and easy, either using the icon buttons at the top of the edit window or using WikiMarkup, as shown below.
Always try to use headings, which automatically create a table of contents at the top of your document, and makes it much easier to read.
Make good use of lists, both ordered and unordered. They're easy to read and make it quick and easy to communicate information.
Link EVERYTHING! The great strength of a wiki is that you start reading about one thing, follow links to the next, and just keep going. Linking in HTML is hard. Linking in a wiki is easy.
The instructions below give a good, basic overview of how to format, link, etc. If you'd like to practice somewhere safe, rather than jumping right in on an article, feel free to Play in the Sandbox first.
Titles and Headings
Main Title
Sub-heading
Level 3 heading
Level 4 heading
== Main Title == === Sub-heading === ==== Level 3 heading ==== ===== Level 4 heading =====
Sign and Date Your Document
Three tildes (~) gives signature only
WikiSysop
Four tildes (~) gives signature and date (prefered)
WikiSysop 14:29, 25 December 2007 (PST)
Five tildes (~) gives date only
14:29, 25 December 2007 (PST)
~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~
Geolocation
Geolocation allows you to tag your article with one or more specific locations. You can then search by location, or search for anything near your location.
If you're writing about specific trails, parks, clubs, or anything else with a specific location, be sure to add GPS coordinates. For help with Geolocation, please check out help:Geolocation
Text Formatting
Like nearly everything in web programming, just hitting Enter once doesn't usually do much. To start a new paragraph, hit Enter twice, creating a blank line.
Basic Text Formatting
Italic
Bold
Bold + Italic
''Italic'' '''Bold''' '''''Bold + Italic'''''
More Advanced Text Formatting
Not all HTML commands are allowed, however, some of the basic text formatting commands do work
Underline
Strike-out
Usesubscripts or use superscripts
Blockquote is used to offset a full paragraph. Normally, this is only used for more than one line of text. It is the standard way of quoting longer pieces of text, but can be used for other formatting, as well.
<u>Underline</u> <strike>Strike-out</strike> Use<sub>subscripts</sub> or use <sup>superscripts</sup> <center>Center text</center> <blockquote> Blockquote is used to offset a full paragraph. Normally, this is only used for more than one line of text. It is the standard way of quoting longer pieces of text, but can be used for other formatting, as well.</blockquote>
Lists
Lists can be unordered, like this:
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 2.1
- Item 2.2
- Item 3
* Item 1 * Item 2 ** Item 2.1 ** Item 2.2 * Item 3
Or Ordered, like this:
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 2.1
- Item 2.2
- Item 3
# Item 1 # Item 2 ## Item 2.1 ## Item 2.2 # Item 3
Or you can use definition lists.
- Definition list
- A list of terms with their definitions
- Terms
- Can have one definition
- or more than one
;Definition list:A list of terms with their definitions ;Terms:Can have one definition :or more than one
Linking
Links to this wiki
- To to the Main_Page, just enclose the name in double square brackets.
- To link to one of the special pages, like this one, you just need to give the namespace, a colon, and then the page name. For this page, you would use Help:Editing in the double square brackets. You can read the name off the right end of your address bar, after the http://www.trail-finder.com/wiki/
- To link to your favorite page, but show some different text, use the pipe (usually above the enter).
- Linking to articles which don't exist is fine. Just write the link with double sqaure brackets. You can go back and write it later, or leave it for someone else to write.
*To to the [[Main_Page]], just enclose the name in double square brackets. *To link to one of the special pages, like this one, you just need to give the namespace, a colon, and then the page name. For this page, you would use [[Help:Editing]] in the double square brackets. You can read the name off the right end of your address bar, after the http://www.trail-finder.com/wiki/ *To link to [[Main_Page|your favorite page]], but show some different text, use the pipe (usually above the enter). *Linking to articles which don't exist is fine. Just write the link with double square brackets. You can go back and write it later, or leave it for someone else to write.
Links to Books, Gear, and Other Products
When discussing books, gear, or other products, if at all possible, please link to the product on the Amazon.com site. Just go to their site and find the item. Scroll down to the product details section, and find the number labeled ISBN (either -10 or -13) for books, or ASIN for non-books. Copy that number (there might be some letters in it, too. That's ok). On your page, enter:<AmazonPic>0764569333</AmazonPic>where 0764569333 is your ISBN or ASIN number. The picture and link will generate automatically when previewed or saved.
Links to outside sites
- To link to some outside site, Just type the name, like http://www.Trail-Finder.com. Please remember that no SPAM or unofficial advertising is allowed on Trail-Finder.com. Please link to outside sites only for content, not for advertising.
- To change the text displayed for an external site, use single square brackets, add a space after the URL and type in the text you want, like this.
*To link to some outside site, Just type the name, like http://www.Trail-Finder.com. Please remember that no SPAM or unofficial advertising is allowed on Trail-Finder.com. Please link to outside sites only for content, not for advertising. *To change the text displayed for an external site, use single square brackets, add a space after the URL and type in the text you want, like [http://www.Trail-Finder.com this].
Categories
Always be sure to add all related categories to your page. You can add a category tag anywhere. Use existing categories, where possible, and add additional ones, where needed. To add a category, just type in Category:Category Name inside of double square brackets. It won't show up in your document, but will be moved to the bottom. For this document, for example, it needs to be listed in.
Always be sure to add all related categories to your page. You can add a category tag anywhere. Use existing categories, where possible, and add additional ones, where needed. To add a category, just type in Category:Category Name inside of double square brackets. It won't show up in your document, but will be moved to the bottom. For this document, for example, it needs to be listed in [[Category:Help]].
Uploading and Using Images
Upload a New Image
- Go to Special:Upload
- Use the Browse button to find the file on your local PC
- In the Destination filename, edit the file name, if needed. Since all files need to have unique names, please be sure to make the file name descriptive. Names like "Tree.jpg" are not as useful as "White_pine_struck_by_lightning.jpg".
- In the Summary box, enter any additional information about the image.
- Click the Upload file button.
Find Already Uploaded Files
To find a file which has already been uploaded, go to Special:Imagelist. You can then browse images, or use the Image Name search box to find the image you need. Click on the image name to see the image itself, as well as previous versions of the image.
To insert an image into your page
To insert an image into your page, just use the image tag, as in[[image:filename.ext]]To insert the Trail-Finder logo, who's name happens to be Trail-Finder_logo.jpg, you would enter
[[image:Trail-Finder_logo.jpg]]
Note that all file names, just like all page names, are case sensitive! If your image doesn't insert, go back to Special:Imagelist to double-checking spelling and case.
