Contributing
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Contributing
For those of you who are going to be editing these pages, there are some things you should know. The syntax for wiki's is fairly easy but does take some getting used to. Here is a link to a good page that describes the various syntaxes for editing a wiki and formatting it to be pretty. Help:Formating
You will notice that some things are not included in the formatting help page such as tables. I recommend utilizing the mediawiki.org site for more help with more complex formating, etc.
Help:Tables
Categories
Also: please keep in mind that in order for the Wiki to be as useful as possible, we need to keep things categorized. So please include the correct category coding into whatever documents it is you are editing. Here is a link to information on categories and how to create them and such: Help:Categories
Basics
Below you will fine some quick reference 'basic' syntax stuff to help you out.
Linking
Creating a link to another wiki article [[YourWikiLinkInHere]]
This shows up like Main_Page
Creating external links (we shouldn't need a lot of these) is done by using [http://www.havenmud.com HavenMud]
Will show up like: HavenMud
Headers
Headers are what distinguish groups, basically. If you have, I believe it is 4 or more headers in a wiki page, a table of contents will automatically be created at the top of the page as you will notice on this page.
Main Categories should be done using ==My Topic==
My Topic
Secondary categories, such as the Headers and Linking ones above, are done using three equal signs before and after the text, ===My Topic===
My Topic
This can be repeated up to 6 times I believe.
My Topic
====My Topic====
My Topic
=====My Topic=====
My Topic
======My Topic======
Text Formatting
You may notice that your text seems to auto adjust itself even when it looks like there should be a new line. If you wish to prevent this, you will need to tack on a <br /> at the end of your line which will for the wiki to recognize that as a line break.
This
Is
A
Demonstration
This<br /> Is<br /> A<br /> Demonstration<br />
To do pure text blocks like the one above, prefix all your lines with a single (or multiple) space.
So,
This needs a space at the front.
becomes....
This needs a space at the front.
More to come, I promise.
