Help:Basics
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Here are some basic pointers to help you getting started.
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Pages
- See Pendragon Legacy:Pages for the types of pages you will find here in the wiki.
Editing
Signing
You can sign your posts by using four tildes (~~~~). * For example, <nowiki>~~~~ will appear something like this PorchCat 07:20, 12 November 2007 (GMT-2).
Sections
A normal section can be made by using two equal signs before and after the section title. A subsection can be created by using three equal signs. A further subsection can be created by using four equal signs. Please see this example. A table of contents is self-generating once a certain number of sections are created.
Formatting text
To bold text, use three single quotes before and after the text.
- '''Bold text''' produces Bold Text
To use italics, use two single quotes before and after the text.
- ''Italic text'' produces Italic text.
To underline text, place <u> before the text and </u> after.
- <u>Underlined text</u> produces Underlined text.
Indenting
Using a colon at the beginning of a line will indent the line. Using multiple colons indent it further.
: First line
:: Second line
creates:
- First line
- Second line
Bullet points
Using the asterisk (*) at the beginning of a line will create a bullet point.
* First line
* Second line
creates:
- First line
- Second line
Numbered lists
Using the number sign (#) at the beginning of a line will create a numbered list.
# First line
# Second line
creates:
- First line
- Second line
Linking
Internal links
You can create an internal link by placing a word in double square brackets. For example, [[Main Page]] creates the link Main Page. If the page does not exist, it will take you to an edit window to create the page when the link is opened.
You can also link to a page without displaying that page name. Simply create a link as above, but use a | to make a separator. Place the page you're linking to before it and the display text after it. For example, [[Main Page|Poodles are not dogs]] creates the link Poodles are not dogs.
Redirects
Notice that the Main Page link above leads you to a different page that says you were redirected. Sometimes linked words are related to existing articles. In this case a redirect can be created to the already existing article. To create a redirect, simply create the page only with:
#REDIRECT [[ARTICLE_NAME]]
ARTICLE_NAME is the name of the existing article you wish the page to redirect to.
External links
External links are created using single brackets. For example, [http://news.yahoo.com] creates the link [1].
Placing a space after the URL and adding text produces display text. For example, [http://news.yahoo.com Yahoo! News]<nowiki> creates the link [http://news.yahoo.com Yahoo! News]. == Categories == You can add a category to a page by adding <nowiki>[[Category:CATEGORYNAME]] to the end of a page on a new line. For example, this page has [[Category:Help]] at the end.
You can link to categories in a discussion or on your user page by adding a colon before the "Category:", like [[:Category:CATEGORYNAME]]. For example, [[:Category:Help]] produces Category:Help.
You can create new categories simply by creating the link. You should click on the category after saving the page and add a brief description of the new category.
