Help:Editing - Revision history

Joe at 10:06, 15 January 2020

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Joe: Text replace - "image:" to "file:"

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Joe at 15:07, 10 October 2006

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Joe at 14:59, 10 October 2006

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Joe at 15:04, 4 October 2006

2006-10-04T15:04:39Z

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Editing a page allows you to change text, add or remove images and or catgories the page belongs to.

To edit a page you first need to be logged on, then navigate to the page you wish to edit and click on the [[Image:Help - edit tab.gif]] tab at the top of the page. You will then be presented with a page containing the 'wiki markup text' which defines the layout and content of the page.

Comprehensive information about editing pages and the wiki syntax can be found in the help pages of the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki] website.

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 To edit a page you first need to be logged on, then navigate to the page you wish to edit and click on the [[file:Help - edit tab.gif]] tab at the top of the page. You will then be presented with a page containing the 'wiki markup text' which you can edit to change the layout and content of the page.
-''Changes may be a simple as correcting a spelling mistake ar adding or removing an image to completely revaming the structure of the page ...''
+''Changes may be a simple as correcting a spelling mistake ar adding or removing an image to completely revamping the structure of the page ...''
 [[file:Help - Editing existing page.gif]]

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 __TOC__
 == Entering edit mode ==
-To edit a page you first need to be logged on, then navigate to the page you wish to edit and click on the [[Image:Help - edit tab.gif]] tab at the top of the page. You will then be presented with a page containing the 'wiki markup text' which you can edit to change the layout and content of the page.
+To edit a page you first need to be logged on, then navigate to the page you wish to edit and click on the [[file:Help - edit tab.gif]] tab at the top of the page. You will then be presented with a page containing the 'wiki markup text' which you can edit to change the layout and content of the page.
 ''Changes may be a simple as correcting a spelling mistake ar adding or removing an image to completely revaming the structure of the page ...''

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 ''Changes may be a simple as correcting a spelling mistake ar adding or removing an image to completely revaming the structure of the page ...''
-[[image:Help - Editing existing page.gif]]
+[[file:Help - Editing existing page.gif]]
 == Basic page elements ==
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 ==== Image gallery ====
 <pre><gallery>
-image:SE01.jpg|SE01
+file:SE01.jpg|SE01
-image:SE02.jpg|SE02
+file:SE02.jpg|SE02
-image:SE03.jpg|SE03
+file:SE03.jpg|SE03
-image:SE04.jpg|SE04
+file:SE04.jpg|SE04
-image:SE05.jpg|SE05
+file:SE05.jpg|SE05
-image:SE06.jpg|SE06
+file:SE06.jpg|SE06
-image:SE07.jpg|SE07
+file:SE07.jpg|SE07
-image:SE08.jpg|SE08
+file:SE08.jpg|SE08
-image:SE09.jpg|SE09
+file:SE09.jpg|SE09
-image:SE10.jpg|SE10
+file:SE10.jpg|SE10
-image:SE11.jpg|SE11
+file:SE11.jpg|SE11
-image:SE12.jpg|SE12
+file:SE12.jpg|SE12
-image:SE13.jpg|SE13
+file:SE13.jpg|SE13
-image:SE14.jpg|SE14
+file:SE14.jpg|SE14
 </gallery></pre>
 A gallery shows a grid of thumbnail pictures that link to image pages that contain larger versions of the picture and possibly further information about the subject.
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 <pre><gallery></pre>
 One or more image lines:
-<pre>image:SE01.jpg|SE01
+<pre>file:SE01.jpg|SE01
-image:SE02.jpg|SE02
+file:SE02.jpg|SE02
-image:SE03.jpg|SE03</pre>
+file:SE03.jpg|SE03</pre>
 The format of an image line is:
-<pre>image:<name of image>|<optional text to appear under image></pre>
+<pre>file:<name of image>|<optional text to appear under image></pre>
 Finally, a close gallery tag:
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 Categories define where where and how the page is located on the site and are explained [[Help:Categories|here]]. They can be located anywhere in the wiki markup text but only show in the categories segment at the bottom of the page:
-[[image:Help_-_Category_links.gif]]
+[[file:Help_-_Category_links.gif]]
 == Links ==

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 __TOC__
 == Entering edit mode ==
 To edit a page you first need to be logged on, then navigate to the page you wish to edit and click on the [[Image:Help - edit tab.gif]] tab at the top of the page. You will then be presented with a page containing the 'wiki markup text' which you can edit to change the layout and content of the page.
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 [[image:Help - Editing existing page.gif]]
 == Basic page elements ==
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 == Preview and Saving ==
-When editing, always use the 'Show Preview' button to review your changes before finally saving the changes via the 'Save page' button. Mediawiki has a quite comprehensive change logging system and it is far preferrable to see changes as 'Added 5 new figures' rather than 'I added one, then another, then another, then one more, and finally another one' ...
+When editing, always use the 'Show Preview' button to review your changes before finally saving the changes via the 'Save page' button. Mediawiki has a quite comprehensive change logging system and it is far preferrable to see changes as 'Added 5 new figures' rather than 'I added one, then another, forgot something, changed another, then one more, changed it back and finally another one' ...
 Please also fill in the summary field before saving, again to make the change summaries easier to read.

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 Editing a page allows you to change text, add or remove images and or catgories the page belongs to.
-To edit a page you first need to be logged on, then navigate to the page you wish to edit and click on the [[Image:Help - edit tab.gif]] tab at the top of the page. You will then be presented with a page containing the 'wiki markup text' which defines the layout and content of the page.
+'''''Note:''' This page only offers a brief overview of editing a wiki page, more comprehensive information can be found in the help pages of the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki] website.''
-Comprehensive information about editing pages and the wiki syntax can be found in the help pages of the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki] website.
+__TOC__
-to be continued ...
+== Entering edit mode ==