Bernard Szlachta: /* Definitons⌘ */

2015-07-10T13:32:05Z

Definitons⌘

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==Overview⌘==
* Overview of MediaWiki
* Basic Editing
* More Advanced Editing
* Customizing your MediaWiki
* Templates
* Categories and Namespaces
* Images and Files
* Extensions
* User Groups and Rights

==Introduction ⌘==
Wikipedia was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on 15th January 2001.

wiki means quick in Hawaiian, hence Wikipedia.

MediaWiki is an open-source wiki engine that was developed originally for Wikipedia.

It is now used by thousands of wikis around the world and is by far the most popular wiki software.

==Navigating to your wiki ⌘==
To open up your wiki, open up a web browser and go to localhost/MyWiki

This will take you to an empty installation of MediaWiki

==Creating a Page ⌘==
Search for the name of a page, and click 'create page'

The red text indicates that the page does not yet exist. clicking on a link with red text will take you to a create page.<br />
[[File:CreatePage.png]]

==Edit a Page ⌘==
[[File:Wikiediting.png]]

Click the edit button to make changes to a page.

You can rename a page by clicking the arrow and then move.

==Basic Formatting - Headings⌘==

Level 2 heading:

== Section title ==

Level 3 heading:

=== Subsection title ===

There are 5 levels of headings, although level 1 shoudn't be used within a page.

==Basic Formatting - Spacing⌘==
MediaWiki ignores single newlines

<nowiki>line 1</nowiki>
<nowiki>line 2</nowiki>

Will be interpreted as <br />

line 1
line 2

We can create a newline either by leaving a line between each new line, or inserting the newline tag <nowiki><br /></nowiki>

==Basic Formatting - Text⌘==
Bold and italic:

Unfortunately, ''italic'' text is often not as clear on the Web, so many editors use '''bold''' face.

<nowiki>Unfortunately, ''italic'' text is often not as clear on the Web, so many editors use '''bold''' face.</nowiki>

You can indent text
:like
::this

You can indent text
<nowiki>:like</nowiki>
<nowiki>::this</nowiki>

==Basic Formatting - Lists⌘==
Create numbered list with bulleted list inside:

Bullet points
*bullet1
*bullet2

Numbered List
#listitem1
#listitem2

We can create a second/nth level list by using <nowiki>## or ** or *#</nowiki>

Create numbered list with bulleted list inside:
# Numbered list item
# Numbered list item
#* Bulleted list item
#* Bulleted list item
# Numbered list item

<pre>
# Numbered list item
# Numbered list item
#* Bulleted list item
#* Bulleted list item
# Numbered list item
</pre>

==Definitons⌘==
;Term
:Definition

;SEO
:Search Engine Optimization

;Linux
:Free open source operating system

;Term
:Definition

;SEO
:Search Engine Optimization

;Linux
:Free open source operating system

==Links⌘==
You can put links to other parts of the wiki on a page, and also links to external sites.

An internal link [[Creating and Editing Pages]]

<nowiki>[[Creating and Editing Pages]]</nowiki>

An External link [http://www.google.co.uk www.google.co.uk]

<nowiki>[http://www.google.co.uk www.google.co.uk]</nowiki>

If you wish to rename the link
<nowiki>[http://www.google.co.uk google]</nowiki>
<nowiki>[[Creating and Editing Pages|other page]]</nowiki>

[[Creating and Editing Pages|other page]]

[http://www.google.co.uk google]

==Tables⌘==
This is the example table, using the wiki editor create table.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Header text !! Header text !! Header text
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|}

<pre><nowiki>{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-

! Header text !! Header text !! Header text
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|}</nowiki>
</pre>
==Tables⌘==
<pre><nowiki>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Header text !! Header text !! Header text
|-
| Example
| Example
| Example
|-
| Example
| Example
| Example
|-
| Example
| Example
| Example
|}</nowiki></pre>

These are different ways of drawing the same table
==Tables⌘==
We can add styling to cells using html/css
<pre><nowiki>{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Header text !! Header text !! Header text
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| colspan="2" style="border:2px solid black;" | Example
| Example
|}</nowiki></pre>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Header text !! Header text !! Header text
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| colspan="2" style="border:2px solid black;" | Example
| Example
|}

==Using HTML⌘==
You can use html tags within wiki, although there not necessary.
Not all tags are included however, e.g. <a> tag is not available for links, <img> is also not avaiable.<br />
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:HTML_in_wikitext

==Embedding a Page⌘==
You can transclude a page, essential add the exact contents of page:
<nowiki>{{:Images and Files}}</nowiki>
==Exercise ⌘==
*Create a page.
*Add some text, try bold and italic.
*Create a list with numbers bullets and indents.
*Create a table with coloured border and styled text.

==Exercise ⌘==
*Create a page called "Cheese"
*Add an introductory paragraph.
*Create a table of cheeses by country

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=3 | Cheese
|-
| rowspan=3 | English || stilton || hard
|-
| cheddar || hard
|-
| bree || soft
|}

Part 1.0 - Creating and Editing Pages - Revision history

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