Help:How To Write in Wiki

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Emphasis on Text

Bold text

To embolden text put three apostrophes around the '''word'''

word


Italicise text

To put a word in italics place two apostrophes around the ''word''

word

Of course to do both you need five '''''apostrophes'''''

apostrophes

To make a Heading, surround a title with equal signs 

=Example Heading level 1=
==Example Heading level 2==
===Example Heading level 3===
====Example Heading level 4====

Example Heading level 1

Example Heading level 2

Example Heading level 3

Example Heading level 4

Lists

Bullet lists -- these are made using 1 -- 3 asterisks without spacing at the beginning.

If you want to put sub-bullet points (with 2 asterisks) then there needs to be no gap between the lines. 

* bullet list
* bullet list
** second level bullets
** second level bullets
* bullet list
  • bullet list
  • bullet list
    • second level bullets
    • second level bullets
  • bullet list

Number lists are use the # and are made in a similar way 

# item 1
# item 2
## item 2 subitem 1
## item 2 subitem 3
# item 3
#* item 3 bullet point
  1. item 1
  2. item 2
    1. item 2 subitem 1
    2. item 2 subitem 3
  3. item 3
    • item 3 bullet point

Definitions are made by stating a line with a ;

Definitions explained by indenting the line with a : (Note general indentations are made with 1 or more colons) 

;YWAM
:Youth With a Mission
:Youth With a Meeting
:Young Women after Men

:General indentation
:::Deeply indented
For quotes that require double indentations you surround the quote with <blockquote>blah... blah</blockquote>
YWAM
Youth With a Mission
Youth With a Meeting
Young Women after Men


General indentation
Deeply indented
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

Creating New Pages and Linking to Existing Pages

Link to another Page

Links: To make a link to another page you use two square brackets [[Cheese]] = Cheese

But if you want to write something else but still link to the page cheese use the vertical bar:-

Here is a list of my [[Cheese|favourite cheeses]] = favourite cheeses

Link to a Category

How to link to a category

To add a link to a category in an article (as opposed to adding the article to a category) create a normal link to the category page but place a colon at the beginning of it, just after the double opening square brackets. Here's an example:

To provide a link to Category:Communication (just like this one), add the text [[:Category:Communication]] where you want the link to appear. (Notice the extra colon at the beginning of the link).

I found this on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tip_of_the_day/August_23,_2006

New Page

To make a new page simply create a new link in an existing page. It will turn out red when you save the page. All red links when clicked on take you straight to the editing page.

What should you consider putting on each new page you create?

  • at the top of the page a list of categories that this page would fit into
  • the code for a PDF file if you are going to include that
  • links to other pages
  • the code to turn the Table of Contents on or off for your page

Change Page Name

To change a page name simply 'move' it and write the new name.

Redirect

Remove all content for a page except for: #REDIRECT [[Page to Redirect to]]

Link to Another Website

To make a link to another website you can use the following notification 

www.ywam.org (doesn't work)
http://www.ywam.org
[http://www.ywam.org]
[http://www.ywam.org YWAM's International Home Page]

www.ywam.org

http://www.ywam.org

[1]

YWAM's International Home Page

Categories (tags)

Categories are a great way of "tagging" your article to ensure it will be grouped automatically by the wiki software on the Special:Categories page. To make a category enter [[Category:ACategoryName]] anywhere in your document (by convention at the bottom as that is where the category bar appears, but anywhere will do).

If you create a new category the category bar will have a red link, click to edit as normal. Add some explanatory text. Save the page. The wiki software adds an alphabetical index underneath automatically. On a Category page any category tags you add will create a sub-category level for you. 

[[Category:Help]] - see category panel below for the example here.

CATEGORIES are the best way to group related subjects in the Knowledgebase as the software will always keep track of them for you.

ISBN's

When you refer to another book, why not find the ISBN. Simply writing ISBN 123456789 will give a clickable link to a page that has links to several internet bookshops on it to the page of your reference. Try it: ISBN 123456789

Citations or References

If you want to add citations into footnotes or footnote in general then you use the following tag <ref>This is a reference and will appear in a footnote</ref>. At the end of your text place a <references/> tag and the reference will appear there. Usually the end of a document.

I like using footnotes [1]

Most parents say that children do not like to eat their greens [2]

  1. ↑ "The Guy thinks he is a Comic. Laugh"
  2. ↑ p1234, "Stating the blinding Obvious", Justin I. T. Fortheloot, WePublishRubbish Press, 2006

More detail can be found at the Cite.php extension page.

Citations of Bible References

There is a feature available that creates nice links to Bible Gateway. 

Usage:
<bible>John 3:16</bible>
Produces this: John 3:16

If you want a bible other than the default of Today's New International Version you indicate this inside the first <bible> tag 

<bible ver="msg">John 3:16</bible> gives John 3:16

List of Bible versions supported:

  • niv-us: New International Version (American English)
  • niv: New International Version (British English)
  • nasb: New American Standard Bible
  • esv: English Standard Version
  • tniv: Today's New International Version
  • msg: The Message
  • nlt: New Living Translation
  • kjv: King James Version
  • av: Authorised Version (KJV)
  • cev: Contemporary English Version
  • nkjv: New King James Version
  • lsg: Louis Segond (French)

(If your favourite version is not there and your know the Bible Gateway version number then put that in the quotes e.g. ver="71". If you use a version a lot ask your friendly administrator (Kev-The-Hasty) to add an abbreviation for it to the list above)

Images

Use the [[Image:Lightbulb.png|thumb|right|Description]] markup. There are so many options it merits reading the detailed help file for some terribly complex options

Description
Description

For other media use: [[Media:OYBPD.PDF|Description]] Use for all files other than picture files (JPG, PNG, GIF, SVG) But see Media Template below too

eg. Description

Pictures are good. try to keep the picture size to less than 100K. You can also load up sounds files in the OGG format.

MICROSOFT FILE FORMATS are not permitted to be uploaded. These are proprietary and are not open formats. Convert DOC, XLS, PPT to PDF's to upload them or preferably download a free copy of OpenOffice open your Microsoft files, convert to PDF with the built in functions or save the files as the ISO standard office document formats: ODT (text documents), ODS (spreadsheets) or ODP (presentations).

How to Delete an image.


PDF's

We know you will want to upload PDF's so here is how to make lovely links like the one below. Upload your PDF as normal. Take a note of the file name and them use the special template below. The file-name goes after the PDF and vertical bar bit. 

For PDF there is a special template to make it look prettier so use:
{{pdf|OYBPD.PDF|Description}}. Your pdf's filename goes in place of the OYBPD.PDF bit here)

25px-Pdf.png Description pdf2wiki

Media Templates

You may also be interested in the following templates: 

{{odt|text document.odt|Openoffice.org Text document}}
{{odp|presentation document.odp|Openoffice.org Presentation (like powerpoint)}}
{{ogg|Sound File.ogg|A sound file in the open OGG format (like mp3 but better)}}
{{file|any other file.odt|any file}} NOTE use the above first!

25px-Text_Document.png Openoffice.org Text document

25px-Presentation.png Openoffice.org Presentation (like powerpoint)

25px-Music_file.png A sound file in the open OGG format (like mp3 but better)

25px-Document.png any file

Embedding Video clips

You can embed video with the following syntax. 

{{#ev:googlevideo|000000000}} where 000000000 is the reference for the video
Replace googlevideo with one of dailymotion, funnyordie, googlevideo, sevenload, revver, youtube
depending on which service you are using.
e.g. this code {{#ev:youtube|MCcXLV6s7vQ}} produces this:

Advanced

Turning off the wiki markup

There are a couple of ways of turning off the wiki markup

  • Putting a space before a line 
* Putting a space before a line
* adding the <nowiki>something</nowiki> around something
  • Surrounding a block of text with <pre>... </pre> tags 
* Putting a space before a line
 * Putting a space before a line
* adding the '''something''' around something
* Surrounding a block of text with <pre>... <nowiki>
</nowiki> tags

</pre>

Tables

This code will produce the example below. Note each cell is on its own line. 

{| class="wikitable"
! A1
! B1
! C1
|- 
! A2
| B2
| C2
|-
! A3
| B3
| C3
|}
A1 B1 C1
A2 B2 C2
A3 B3 C3

For advanced tables try this link: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables#Colspan.3D.222.22

Templates and Inclusion

Entering a page name in double curly braces like this: {{rename}} puts the contents of a template page into the current page. In this case it is Template:rename 

This page is probably wrongly named and needs to be given a better title.(by moving it) 
Possibly there is need for a category to be created?
[[Category:Cheese]]. Place one or two tags like this somewhere in your page.
The wiki will organise tagged pages into categories for you.

Templates are really simple to make and really useful but it took me a while to work them out. I found this page very helpful as the place to start: A quick guide to templates

Help:A_quick_guide_to_template

Inclusion To include other articles in your own use this markup: {{:Multiplication}}. If you put a colon in before the page name it looks in the main wiki not the Template for the page. e.g. the text below is directly drawn in from the Article on Multiplication.

The Multiplication article is included in between the lines below.

Multiplication is one of the key YWAM buzz words that fly around our centres. Yet it is not an empty phrase as it strikes at the core of who we are and what we do best as a mission.

Essentially the word Multiplication is used in a strategic sense in YWAM in some of the following ways (chiefly the first):

  1. Multiplication of a project or movement. If something is found to be effective in one sense (an outreach strategy, a type of ministry e.g. Living Waters, Alternatives, Kings Kids, etc, then serious thought should be given in how to make something reproducible in another locale. It is a way of spreading resources and ideas around.
    • Thought should be given to the principles that make the project or idea work. How easily can they be transferred from place to place, language to language, culture to culture.
    • Simplicity: things need to be broken down simply so that everyone can pick up the components and start something where they are easily.
    • Networks: creating a network so that people can meet, talk, pray and get to grips with the concepts and take it back to their own context are essential to achieve the multiplication and as well to fine tune with the feedback received from those implementing the concept.
  2. Mobilising a larger missions force.

Table of Contents

If you want a table of contents like at the top of this page, or if you want one but want it somewhere else on the page, or if you have one and want to turn it off, then:

At the current status of the wiki markup language, having at least four headers on a page triggers the TOC to appear in front of the first header (or after introductory sections). Putting 
__TOC__
anywhere forces the TOC to appear at that point (instead of just before the first header). Putting 
__NOTOC__
anywhere forces the TOC to disappear.

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