Help:Editing

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• Here are some technical links which show you the details of how to create a wiki page:

[ How to edit | Help:Contents (editing) | Help:Wikitext | Help:Wikitext_examples | Help:Wikitext_reference | Wikitext Reference Card (PDF) | Other Help Pages ]

• When you edit a page, you are entering "wiki text." -- not HTML!
• Here are the simple guidelines.
  • Paragraphs - Just enter text. Make sure it starts on the left margin. All of the text you enter up until a blank line will be flowed in a paragraph.
    Separate paragraphs with blank lines.
  • Preformatted Text - Indent text off of the left margin, and it will be formatted in the output page exactly as you have entered it
  • Bullet List - Put a "* " on the left hand margin, and everything after that will be part of a bullet item in a bullet list.
    Use "** " for the second level deep, "*** " for the third level, etc.
  • Numbered List - Put a "# " on the left hand margin, and everything after that will be part of a numbered item in a numbered list.
    Use "## " for the second level deep, "### " for the third level, etc.
  • Wiki Links - While you are typing text, you can make a word or phrase into a link to another wiki page by surrounding it with double-square-brackets.
    i.e. a link to the Main Page can be entered with "[[Main Page]]".
    If the label should be different, use a vertical bar to separate the actual page from the label. Thus Home Page is entered with "[[Main Page|Home Page]]".
  • External Website Links - While you are typing text, any URL you enter will become a link to that web site.
    You can make a word or phrase into a link to an external web page by surrounding it with square-brackets and putting the URL first.
    i.e. a link to the OpenTravel website at http://www.opentravel.org can be entered with "[http://www.opentravel.org the OpenTravel website]".
    Notice that you use a space instead of a vertical bar to separate the link from the label.
  • Section Titles - Section titles are entered as lines like "== Background ==".
    Subsections should use "===". Sub-subsections should use "====".
  • Bold Text - bold text is entered as '''bold text''' (surrounded by three single-quotes).
  • Italic Text - italic text is entered as ''italic text'' (surrounded by two single-quotes).
  • Bold Italic Text - bold italic text is entered as '''''bold italic text''''' (surrounded by five single-quotes).