Editing Help:Editing

First and foremost '''capitalization matters'''! [[Main Page]] is not the same as [[main page]] is not the same as [[MaIn paGE]]! That applies to not only page names, but all options, magic words, templates, and functions.

Please see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing for detailed generic wiki editing/syntax/formatting information

[[ClubWiki:Creating_a_Trail]] has information on how to add (or modify) a trail specific to this site

[[ClubWiki:Using GMaps]] has information on how to add the Google maps to the site (or just copy/paste/modify from other uses)

== Typically used syntax for this site ==

=== Categorization ===
When creating or modifying trail or park pages, applying wiki categories are not used. The templates will appropriately apply the single category of Trails or Parks. The typical Wikipedia use of categories has been replaced by Semantic Properties which are much easier to define and later search by the site. Please see [[ClubWIKI:Categorization Plan]] for the categories in use on this site.

=== Links ===
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
!Description
!You type
!You get
|-
|Internal link
|<tt><nowiki>[[Main Page]]</nowiki></tt>
|[[Main Page]]
|-
|Internal link with different label
|<tt><nowiki>[[Main Page|different text]]</nowiki></tt>
|[[Main Page|different text]]
|-
|External link
|<tt><nowiki>http://mediawiki.org</nowiki></tt>
|http://mediawiki.org
|-
|External link with different label
|<tt><nowiki>[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]</nowiki></tt>
|[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]
|-
|Numbered external link
|<tt><nowiki>[http://mediawiki.org]</nowiki></tt>
|[http://mediawiki.org]
|-
|External links with file icons
|<tt><nowiki>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.avi video]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ogg sound]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.pdf document]
</nowiki></tt>
|
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.avi video]<br/>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ogg sound]<br/>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.pdf document]<br/>
|-
|Mailto link
|<tt><nowiki>[mailto:info@example.org email me]</nowiki></tt>
|[mailto:info@example.org email me]
|-
|Mailto named with subject line and body
|<tt><nowiki>[mailto:info@example.org?Subject=URL%20Encoded%20Subject&amp;body=Body%20Text info]</nowiki></tt>
|[mailto:info@example.org?Subject=URL%20Encoded%20Subject&body=Body%20Text info]
|-
|Link directly to an internal file (not page)
|<tt><nowiki>[[Media:Doe_River_Gorge_Visitor_Registration_Form.pdf‎|visitor release form]]</nowiki></tt>
|[[Media:Doe_River_Gorge_Visitor_Registration_Form.pdf‎|visitor release form]]
|}

=== Formatting ===
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
!Description
!You type
!You get
|-
| Italic text
| <pre>
''italic''
</pre>
|
''italic''
|-
| Bold text
| <pre>
'''bold'''
</pre>
|
'''bold'''
|-
| Bold and italic
| <pre>
'''''bold & italic'''''
</pre>
|
'''''bold & italic'''''
|-
| Escape wiki markup
| <pre>
&lt;nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki&gt;
</pre>
|
<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:#ABE" | section or line formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line''
|-
| Headings of different levels 
| <pre>
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
</pre>
|

== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
|-
| Horizontal rule
| <pre>
Text above
----
Text below
</pre>
|
Text above
----
Text below
|-
| Bullet list
|
<pre>
* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks gives deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks<br />don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.
</pre>
|
* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks gives deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks<br />don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.
|-
| Numbered list
|
<pre>
# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs gives deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks<br />don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines

# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.
</pre>
|
# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs gives deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks<br />don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines

# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.
|-
| Definition list
| <pre>
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
</pre>
|
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
|-
| Indenting (Useful for discussions)
| <pre>
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
</pre>
|
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
|}

=== Paragraphs ===
MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tags <code>&lt;br /></code>.

=== Other ===
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
!Description
!You type
!You get
|-
| Signing (Useful for discussions)
|<pre><nowiki>
: Your user name: ~~~
: Your user name plus timestamp: ~~~~
: Five tildes give a timestamp: ~~~~~
</nowiki></pre>
|
: Your user name: [[User:Tim|Tim]]
: Your user name plus timestamp: [[User:Tim|Tim]] 20:48, 1 March 2011 (EST)
: Five tildes give a timestamp: 20:48, 1 March 2011 (EST)
'''Note:''' The server will fill in the link after you save.
|-
|Photo captions
|<pre><nowiki>
Image:photo.jpg|caption
</nowiki></pre>
|
:Photograph
:Caption
|
|-
|Image sizing
|<pre><nowiki>
Image:photo.jpg|200px
</nowiki></pre>
|
:Photograph with 200 pixel width
|
|}