Alfino:Community Portal
From Alfino
The Short Short Quick Reference for Wikis
- To add text to a section of a wiki page, click on the "edit" link for that section, type your text, click "Save"
- Some the things you may want to share will include links to outside resources, so read the next section on creating links.
Wiki Links
Link Type | You type this: | You get this: |
Basic website link | [http://alfino.org] | [1] |
Website link with text label | [[http://alfino.org Alfino's Website]] | [Alfino's Website] |
Link to an uploaded file | [[Media:filename.pdf | My uploaded file]] | My uploaded file |
Text Formating
Here are some of the main text formats that are useful:
Format Type | You type this: | You get this: |
Headings of different levels | =level 1= ==level 2== ===level 3=== ====level 4==== =====level 5===== ======level 6====== |
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3 Level 4Level 5 Level 6
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User name and date stamp | ~~~~ | Alfino 05:26, 7 August 2010 (UTC) |
Horizontal rule | ----
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Bullet list |
* one * two * three |
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Numbered list |
# one # two # three |
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Creating Pages
You create a new wiki page by first creating a link to the new page and then clicking on that link to create content. In steps, that's:
1. Edit a page, place the name of the new page in brackets and then save that page.
2. The new page link will appear in red. Click on it and you will go to the editor for the new page.
3. Add content and save the new page.