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 ===
Please add the appropriate categories to pages. This allows people to find trails/pages that are assigned to a particular category. This needs to be done in addition to any "Trail Use/Feature" icons added to the Info Box. 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><nowiki><br></nowiki></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:Pinnacle Mt Firetower - view of radio shack.jpg|Caption]]
</nowiki></pre>
|
[[Image:Pinnacle Mt Firetower - view of radio shack.jpg|Caption]]
|-
|Image sizing
|<pre><nowiki>
[[Image:Pinnacle Mt Firetower - view of radio shack.jpg|200px]]
</nowiki></pre>
|
[[Image:Pinnacle Mt Firetower - view of radio shack.jpg|200px]]
|-
|Image placement with bottom captions
|<pre><nowiki>
Before before before before blah blah blah Before before before before blah blah blah 
Before before before before blah blah blah Before before before before blah blah blah 
[[Image:Pinnacle Mt Firetower - view of radio shack.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Caption]]
After after after after yada yada yada After after after after yada yada yada 
After after after after yada yada yada After after after after yada yada yada 
</nowiki></pre>
|
Before before before before blah blah blah Before before before before blah blah blah Before before before before blah blah blah Before before before before blah blah blah 
[[Image:Pinnacle Mt Firetower - view of radio shack.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Caption]]
After after after after yada yada yada After after after after yada yada yada After after after after yada yada yada After after after after yada yada yada 
|}