Tutorial:Advanced Editing

Here are some advanced maneuvers for editing.

Tables

You really won't need to set up tables in your general edits. You can use HTML style tables, or the wiki system has a table set-up involving judicious use of pipes '|', square brackets '[' and other characters, if you're so inclined. This is a good Table tutorial, or check out the source of some of our Templates, some of them use tables.

Links, Redirects, and Disambiguation

Links are how we navigate within the wiki.

[[Standard Link]] is a Standard Link 

It will point to an article on the wiki called Standard Link, whether or not the article exists.

[[Standard Link|This link]] is called a Piped Link

A piped link gives a link a title. Put the link target first, then the pipe character '|', then the link title or text. This link goes to the Standard Link page.

http://www.yog-sothoth.com is an External Link

External links are simply created by typing a URL, like this: http://www.yog-sothoth.com/

[http://www.yog-sothoth.com YSDC] is a Titled External Links

Like a standard link, you can give an external link a title, but it's done differently. Separate the URL from the title with a space character, and wrap the entire thing in single, not double, braces. YSDC goes to Yog Sothoth. If you leave no title, the URL looks like this: [1]

Colors indicate if a Page Exists

Colors vary depending on the style you've selected - a red link indicates a non-existant article, a blue link indicates an existing article.

Tips

Plurals Matter

Standard Link and Standard Links do not point to the same page.

Capitalization Matters

But only after the first letter: Standard Link and standard Link point to the same page, but standard link does not.

Redirection Helps

To make it so standard link goes to Standard Link, edit standard link so that the sole content reads #REDIRECT [[Standard Link]] - this redirects the page. Do not do too many redirects.

Disambiguate Multiple Definitions

Articles with multiple definitions get confusing. For example, The Call of Cthulhu could mean the game or the book or the XBox game. The Call of Cthulhu has already been set up as a disambiguation page and is a good example. Other Disambiguation pages are listed here.

Creating Pages

TODO: Explain how to create your very own brand new page!

Groups for Organization

TODO: Explain how to categorize in groups.

Templates

TODO: Explain how to create and use a template.

System Codes

TODO: Explain how to use system settings to remove stuff like the table of contents for a page.

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