Help:Contents
Basics
How do I create a new page?
There are several ways to create a new page:
- Create a link to the page on another page, then click on the red link which appears
- Browse to the intended location of the page, e.g. www.example.com/index.php?title=New_page and click on the edit link.
On some wikis, a failed search for a page will contain a link which allows you to edit that page.
Creating Internal Links
| Description | You type | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Internal link | [[Main Page]] | Main Page |
| Piped link | [[Main Page|different text]] | different text |
| Word-ending links, following so called "linktrail rules" localised per each language |
[[Help]]s |
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| Avoiding word-ending links | [[Help]]ful advice
[[wikipedia:GNU General Public License|GPL]]v3 |
Helpful advice GPLv3 |
| Redirect | #REDIRECT [[Main Page]] | #REDIRECT Main Page |
| Internal link to an anchor | [[#See also]]
Section headings and the top of the page are automatically anchored. |
#See also |
| Internal link to an anchor from different text | [[#See also|different text]] | different text |
| Setting an internal link anchor | <div id="NameOfAnchorHere">optional text</div> Omit the "optional text" for invisible anchor. |
optional text
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| Internal link to an anchor at another page | [[Help:Images#Supported media types for images]] | Help:Images#Supported media types for images |
| Internal link to the current page's talk page | [[{{Help_talk:Contents}}|Discussion]] | Discussion |
| Internal link to a subpage | [[/example]]
Shortcut for [[Help:Links/example|/example]] |
/example |
| Internal link to a subpage without the leading slash | [[/example/]]
Shortcut for [[Help:Links/example|example]]. |
example |
| Internal link to a category page | [[:Category:Help]] | |
| Internal link to an image or a file of other types | [[media:example.jpg]] [[media:example.pdf]] |
media:example.jpg media:example.pdf |
Creating External Links
Embedding Video
Usage The EmbedVideo parser function expects to be called in any of the following ways:
Where: service is the name of a video sharing service (See "service name" in the list below)id is the id of the video to includewidth (optional) is the width in pixels of the viewing area (height will be determined automatically)align (optional) is an alignment (float) attribute. May be "left" or "right".desc (optional) is a short description to display beneath the video when it is aligned For example, to include the famous "evolution of dance" YouTube video, you'd enter:
And if you wanted scaled down to thumbnail size, on the right with a short description, you could use:| Description | You Type | You Get |
| External Link |
http://aussiearcade.com.au |
http://aussiearcade.com.au |
| External link with different label |
[http://aussiearcade.com.au www.aussiearcade.com.au] |
www.aussiearcade.com.au |
| Numbered external link | [http://aussiearcade.com.au] | [1] |
| External links with file icons | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.avi video] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ogg sound] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.pdf document] | video sound document |
| Mailto link | [mailto:info@example.org email me] | email me |
| Mailto named with subject line and body | [mailto:info@example.org?Subject=URL%20Encoded%20Subject&body=Body%20Text info] | info |
