Wiki help
From Msc1
tips and tricks for editing wiki pages
- - in wiki you document your project, it's not a personal diary (no first person: 'I', except in your user page)
- - structure the information so that it can be browsed easily, leading a website visitor from general, short information in front page to detailed, more extensive information placed "deeper" in sub-pages
- - you can change your user password by going to "special pages" link on the navigation panel (left) under "toolbox" and then going to "change password" under "users and rights"
- - you can upload images and other files by clicking on "upload file" link on the navigation panel (left) under "toolbox"
- - always prepend file name of uploaded file by project##_ where ## is the number of your project
- - don't put text in the images unless absolutely necessary (e.g. in diagrams), use .pdf files only for additional information, don't upload files larger than 1MB unless absolutely necessary
- - don't upload very large images. 1600x1200pixels is absolute maximum
- - if you upload images, be patient. if more people do it at once it may take time. if everyone stats re-uploading impatiently, the wiki will crash
- - find formating tips here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages
- - to create a new page include this in your text: [[project##:page_name|displayed_name]], where you replace ##, "page_name" and "displayed name" by appropriate text
- - when you click on such created link it will allow you to create a new page
- - insert an image by including this in your text: [[File:filename.extension|850px|caption]] for smaller images replace 850px with a different number, don't put any larger value here!
- - you can turn your image into a button by adding link=page_name, e.g. [[File:filename.extension|850px|caption|link=project01:Frontpage]]
- - for other image tricks, look here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images
- - don't rearrange the frontpage, keep sub-pages simple
- - to include a youtube video use: <youtube width="850" height="400">L1jC5W1cT5I</youtube>syntax
- - to start a new paragraph with a title (that can be separately edited) use ==title== or =title= format
- - (advanced) to include special items, e.g. google map or other kind of video use <html>special html code</html> format
- - (advanced) to make columns use div tags, start with a container tag with a fixed width of 850 and put in it tags for individual columns in the format: <!-- start block of columns --> <div style="height:70px; width: 100%; margin:0px; padding: 0px;"> <!-- start first column --> <div style="float:left; width: 270px; height 70px; margin-right:17px; border:1px solid #aaa;" align="center"> content 1st column <!-- end first column --></div> <!-- start second column --> <div style="float:left; width: 270px; height 70px; margin-right:0px; border:1px solid #aaa;" align="center"> content second column <!-- end second column --> </div> <!-- end block of colums --> </div>
