If You Dont Know What any of these Buttons Mean, or Have never touched Wiki Code Before, dont worry, This Page will Teach you the Basics!
What do the Buttons Mean?
Bold Text
This is the Buttons Menu. The B stands for Bold, clicking on it will show you the text Bold Text Between a Set of Bunny Ears. You can also Highlight a word/s (By Dragging your Mouse over, or Double-Clicking) and select the B to turn that Text Bold
Italics
The Slanted Capital i Button next to the B, Means Italic. Clicking on the i Will show you text Saying Italic text, This will Italicize your Writing. Similar to the Bold Text, you Can Italicize your word/s (By Dragging your Mouse over, Or Double-Clicking) and Select the i to Turn the Text Like This.
Link Insert
The Chain Symbol next to the Italics Symbol is Used to Insert a link to another page, Clicking on it will show you a prompt.
You type in the Page you would like to direct to, and under you can also Change what it says. The two buttons underneath arent very important, just make sure the toggle is always on 'To a Wiki Page'.
The Code for Inserting a Page Link is [[Page Name]]. To change what it says, type [[Page Name| Different Text]].
Images and Media
Next to the Links Button is the Images and Media Button, it has a Picture Symbol. This button is used to Upload Pictures Already in the Wiki. The Button next to it (Looks like an Upward Facing Arrow) is also used to Upload Pictures Straight from your Computer to the Wiki.
The first Box is for typing the Full Name of the Image (Any Grammatical Errors like a missing Capital will cause the Image not to show), The Second box it for adding a Caption, and the Third Box is for adding an Alt Text, which sits under the Caption.
The Code to Insert Images is [[File:Picture_name.png]]. To Adjust its Size, do [[File:Picture_name|##px]].
Size Must be in Numbers, Align will decide where the Image is shown, Examples Like the Middle, Left Or Right, and Format will Decide if its Thumbed, No Framed, Framed, or No Additions (None).
Advanced Section
When you Click on the Advanced Dropdown, you are met with More Editing Tools. The Other 2 Dropdowns (Special Characters and Help) arent as Important.
Headings
Clicking on the Heading Mini-Dropdown will show you 4 Levels of Headings you can include (Although there are 5). Clicking on a Level will Automatically insert the Heading. Each Heading will have a = Symbol at the Start and end, the more = Symbols, the higher the lvl of Heading.
Example of the Headings Being Used
Lists (Numbered and Bulleted)
Next to the Heading Button, there are 2 Buttons relating to Making Lists, One for Making Bullet-Pointed Lists and 1 for Making the General Numbered-Lists.
- 1 Asterisk Makes a List
- 2 Asterisks Make an Indent!
- 3 Makes another Indent!
- 2 Asterisks Make an Indent!
- 1 Hashtag makes a list
- 2 Makes an Indent!
- 3 Makes Another indent
- 2 Makes an Indent!
Computer Code
After the Lists Buttons is the Computer Code button, we dont use this often while editing, so we will skip this.
No-Wiki Formatting
After the Computer Code Button is the No-Wiki Formatting Button. This is Generally used when displaying the code needed to Invoke certain things like Inserting Images or Pages. We also dont use this Much while Editing.
New Line
The Button after the No-Wiki Formatting is the New Line Button. Clicking this button will Start a new line (If you are using the Code Editor, the code it will display will be <br>).
(Text Size) Big, Small, Super-Script and Sub-Script
The Button After the New Line are the 4 Text Size Related Buttons. Clicking on either Big Or Small will make the Selected Text Big! or Small. Clicking Super-Script will change your Text to be Like this and clicking Sub-Script will change your Text to be Like This.
Picture Gallery
The Button after those 4 Size Related ones is the Picture Gallery Button. Clicking it will Show 2 Pictures Side-by-Side, like how a Gallery Looks. You Can add Or Take away Images.
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Example of the Picture Gallery
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Being Used
Redirect
After Picture Gallery is the Redirect Button. You can use this to Redirect Empty Pages or Searches to Pages with Content. The Code to Invoke it is #REDIRECT [[Target page name]]
Table
After the Redirect Button, there is the Table button, One of the most used Buttons many Wiki Helpers use on pages with lots of Info. Clicking on it will show you a Prompt on how to Create a Table.
There are 3 Toggles you can use when making your table, the First Two are Auto-Picked, and we advise that they stay on since it makes the Tables look much better. On the Right, it will show you an Example of a 3 Rowed, 3 Column Table. You can Adjust how many Rows and Columns you want in your Table, and is also able to fix what the Heading and Contents say.
| Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 |
|---|---|---|
| This is for the first Column | This is for the 2nd Column | This is for the 3rd Column |
| You can Adjust the names of the Columns | These Boxes are auto set to Example | Example |
| Example | Example | Example |
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By now you should have a grip on what its like to Edit on the Wiki, With enough Edits and practice, you will be a Pro in no time, ready to help update the Wiki!