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Quick help for using MediaWiki engine's common features.
 
Quick help for using MediaWiki engine's common features.
 
<br/>If You can't find the informations You're looking for here, visit a page that contains that feature then press "Edit" to see the source code where You can find the needed code.
 
<br/>If You can't find the informations You're looking for here, visit a page that contains that feature then press "Edit" to see the source code where You can find the needed code.
<br/>''For the complete MediaWiki help please visit [[Help:Contents|Help]] wiki page, if You would like to help CPKB wiki by creating or editing articles please visit [[How can i help|How can I help]] article!''
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<br/>''For the complete MediaWiki help please visit [[Help:Contents|Help]] wiki page, if You would like to help CPKB wiki by creating or editing articles please visit [[How can i help|How can I help]] article!<br/>Before creating new wiki articles or editing existing ones please read our [[Website policy]]!''
  
 
; Creating wiki pages : Type the name of the article the press "Go". On the next page press "create this page".
 
; Creating wiki pages : Type the name of the article the press "Go". On the next page press "create this page".

Revision as of 22:15, 5 August 2010

Quick help for using MediaWiki engine's common features.
If You can't find the informations You're looking for here, visit a page that contains that feature then press "Edit" to see the source code where You can find the needed code.
For the complete MediaWiki help please visit Help wiki page, if You would like to help CPKB wiki by creating or editing articles please visit How can I help article!
Before creating new wiki articles or editing existing ones please read our Website policy!

Creating wiki pages 
Type the name of the article the press "Go". On the next page press "create this page".
Linking to wiki pages 
put [[ before and ]] after the name of the article like this: [[article name]]. This will make an inner wiki link of the words between the brackets. If You would like to change the name of the wiki link use this: [[Dog|Canine]]. The name of the link will be "Canine" which will be a wiki-link to the "Dog" article.
Linking to external wiki pages 
Just type the whole webaddress and the MediaWiki engine will convert it to external link. If You would like to rename the external link, just write the chosen link name after the weblink like this: [http://www.cpkb.org/ Cell Phone Knowledge Base] which will look like this: Cell Phone Knowledge Base.
Categorizing articles 
Just add [[Category:Nameofthecategory]] and the page will added to that category.
Creating sections in articles 
Type == or === before and after the name of the section. Like this: == Higher level section name == or: === Lower level section name ===
Creating lists 
Start the line with * for creating bullet-list and start the line with # for creating ordered list like:
* blabla1
* blabla2
Making it bold 
Put ''' before and after the text You want to make it bold.
Making it italic 
Put '' before and after the text You want to make it italic.
Making multi-column list 
Put <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> before the list and </div> after the list. That will make a 3 column list.
Uploading and linking pictures 
Upload pictures in this wiki page: (registration needed) Special:Upload then use this to include it in the wiki page: [[Image:Name_of_the_image.jpg]]
Creating image thumbnails 
Upload the image, then use this to put thumbnail on articles: [[Image:Image_name.jpg|thumb|Comment of the image]]
Creating image galleries 
Use this: <gallery caption="Name of the gallery" perrow=7> File:Image01.jpg|Text1 File:Image02.jpg|Text2 </gallery>
New line 
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