Editing a page: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:58, 25 July 2012

Before saving changes

Summary box

Summarize changes in the summary box
It doesn't need to be very elaborate but should tell people what happened
Here are a few examples:

"fix out of date link"
"fix typo"
"split content into 2 articles"
"add procedure to check SELinux"

Summary box location

Editing a page

Text formatting

Mediawiki can easily format text the way you want, here are a few examples:

Bold
Italic
Header
Table

You can check the toolbar for more details

Please refer to the following link for more information:

Mediawiki formatting text

Adding images

List of supported image extensions: 'png', 'gif', 'jpg', 'jpeg'

The easiest way to add an image to a page is through a link

Add the link the page

[[Image:My_new_image.png|Pretty name for image]]

Format image (image customization is quite extensive see Mediawiki for more details)
Save page (add comment in summary)
Click the image link
Upload image to the wiki

Adding files

List of supported file extensions: 'ppt', 'pdf', 'xls', 'xlsx', 'doc', 'docx', 'odt', 'odc', 'odp', 'odg', 'zip'

The easiest way to add a file to a page is through a link

Add the link the page

[[Media:My_new_file.pdf|Relevant file title]]

Save page (add comment in summary)
Click the empty link
Upload file to the wiki

Updating images or files

Go to file page

Add file real name to URL
Search file name in 'Special pages'->'File list'

Update file

Add a table

Tables can help organize information for quick reference

Example:

Main page

For more info see: Mediawiki tables

Add category

Categories are use to regroup articles together to quick reference

Example:

Category:Help

For more info see: Mediawiki categories

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-=== Before saving the change ===
+== Before saving changes ==
+=== Summary box ===
-* Enter relevant information about the change
+* Summarize changes in the summary box
+* It doesn't need to be very elaborate but should tell people what happened
 * Here are a few examples:
@@ Line 9: / Line 10: @@
 :*"add procedure to check SELinux"
+==== Summary box location ====
 [[Image:tbwiki_summary_page.png|Add summary]]
-=== Editing a page ===
+== Editing a page ==
+=== Text formatting ===
+Mediawiki can easily format text the way you want, here are a few examples:
+*'''Bold'''
+*''Italic''
+*Header
+*Table
+You can check the toolbar for more details
+Please refer to the following link for more information:
+[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Mediawiki formatting text]
+=== Adding images ===
+''List of supported image extensions: 'png', 'gif', 'jpg', 'jpeg'''
+The easiest way to add an image to a page is through a link
+*Add the link the page
+ <nowiki>[[Image:My_new_image.png|Pretty name for image]]</nowiki>
+*Format image (image customization is quite extensive see [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images Mediawiki] for more details)
+*Save page (add comment in summary)
+*Click the image link
+*Upload image to the wiki
+[[Image:tbwiki_upload_file.png|Example: upload image to TBWiki]]
+=== Adding files ===
+''List of supported file extensions: 'ppt', 'pdf', 'xls', 'xlsx', 'doc', 'docx', 'odt', 'odc', 'odp', 'odg', 'zip'''
+The easiest way to add a file to a page is through a link
+*Add the link the page
+ <nowiki>[[Media:My_new_file.pdf|Relevant file title]]</nowiki>
+*Save page (add comment in summary)
+*Click the empty link
+*Upload file to the wiki
+[[Image:tbwiki_upload_file.png|Example: upload file to TBWiki]]
+=== Updating images or files ===
+*Go to file page
+:*Add file real name to URL
+:*Search file name in 'Special pages'->'File list'
+[[Image:tbwiki_search_upload_file.png|Example: Use File list to search]]
+*Update file
+[[Image:tbwiki_update_file.png|Example: update file to TBWiki]]
+== Add a table ==
+*Tables can help organize information for quick reference
+Example:
+[[Main_Page|Main page]]
+For more info see: [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables Mediawiki tables]
+== Add category ==
+*Categories are use to regroup articles together to quick reference
+Example:
+[[:Category:Help|Category:Help]]
+For more info see: [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories Mediawiki categories]
+[[Category:Help]]