Difference between revisions of "How to Edit Pages"
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=== Links === | === Links === | ||
| − | Links are indicated by two square brackets rather than three: | + | Links are indicated by two square brackets rather than three: '''<nowiki>[[Noreascon Three]]</nowiki>''', rather than <nowiki>[[[Noreascon Three]]]</nowiki> |
| − | '''< | ||
| − | < | ||
| − | Unlike Wikidot, page names in Mediawiki are | + | Unlike in Wikidot, page names in Mediawiki are ''case sensitive'' after the first letter when used in links. So in wikidot, you could get away with <nowiki>[[[noreascon three]]]</nowiki>, but in Mediawiki, you must capitalize the link correctly (except for the first character!): '''<nowiki>[[Noreascon Three]]</nowiki>''' |
| − | < | ||
| − | but in Mediawiki, you must capitalize the link correctly (except for the first character!): | ||
| − | '''< | ||
(This is likely to be the most annoying difference between the two systems.) | (This is likely to be the most annoying difference between the two systems.) | ||
| + | === Tables === | ||
| − | For tables, don't use the | + | For tables, don't use the Mediawiki standard tables, use the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleTable SimpleTable] extension with a '||' separator between columns. There are basically two changes: First, the table must be delimited by <nowiki><tab></nowiki>, and secondly, "||" only ''separates'' the columns. You don't put them at the beginning or end of a row. So: |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
Revision as of 14:41, 12 December 2019
Things for Mark to do Mediawiki (where we are now) is a wiki and so is Wikidot (where we used to be). There's a lot in common, but there's a lot minor differences in how you do things. Don't let this bother you! Feel free to use the markup if you're comfortable with it, but also feel free to just add text -- we'll fix up the formatting.
Here's the official guide: Mediawiki editing guide
And here's a short guide to the important differences for people familiar with Wikidot:
Links[edit]
Links are indicated by two square brackets rather than three: [[Noreascon Three]], rather than [[[Noreascon Three]]]
Unlike in Wikidot, page names in Mediawiki are case sensitive after the first letter when used in links. So in wikidot, you could get away with [[[noreascon three]]], but in Mediawiki, you must capitalize the link correctly (except for the first character!): [[Noreascon Three]] (This is likely to be the most annoying difference between the two systems.)
Tables[edit]
For tables, don't use the Mediawiki standard tables, use the SimpleTable extension with a '||' separator between columns. There are basically two changes: First, the table must be delimited by <tab>, and secondly, "||" only separates the columns. You don't put them at the beginning or end of a row. So:
<tab> Field 1||Field 2||Field 3 Field 4||Field 5||Field 6 Field 7||Field 8||Field 9 </tab> <tab head=top collapse=true> Header 1||Header 2||Header 3 Field 4||Field 5||Field 6 Field 7||Field 8||Field 9 </tab>
If you have files to upload, tell the Administrators.
All pages must be in at least one category
People must be fan/pro/mundane Anything geographical must be one of Asia/Australia/Europe/Ireland/Japan/NZ/UK/US/World (multiple places OK for joint efforts)
Conventions TBD
Mediawiki for wikidot users[edit]
If you are familiar with wikidot syntax, the mapping to mediawiki is as follows
++ heading to == heading
+++ heading to === heading
**bold** to '''bold'''
//italic// to ''italic''
[[[page|text]]] to [[page|text]]
[[include stub]] to {{stub}}
[[module Redirect destination="target"]] to #REDIRECT [[target]]
For tags use [[Category:fanzine]]
For external links, don't use the standard mediawiki syntax, but our special template which will also give access to the page on the Internet Archive, in-case it gets deleted.
{{link | website=http://taff.org.uk | text=TAFF}}
{{link | website=http://taff.org.uk | text=TAFF | capture=2019}}
