MediaWiki:EditingTips

= How to style text =

You can style text with 'wikimarkup' or HTML.

=> Italic

=> Bold

=> Italic and Bold

=> Strike

=> Underline

=> Red text

= How to make links =

Links are created with one or two square brackets.

A simple internal link:

e.g.  = Echo

An internal link with link text:

e.g.  = Not Echo

A numbered external link:

=

An external link with link text:

= Link text

=How to add headings=

Headings use equals signs. The more "="s, the smaller the heading.

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Use a semi-colon at the start of a line and the line becomes a little subtitle. These do not appear in the Table of Contents.

Subtitle

=How to indent text=

Indents can be created plain, with bullets, or numbered.

indent

indent

more indent

even more indent

bullet

indented bullet

bullet

sub-bullet

sub-sub-bullet

bullet

numbered list

numbered list

sub-list

numbered list

=How to insert files=

Files are added and formatted in a similar way to links.

To add alternative text

To make a thumbnail

To specify the size of the file

To align the file to the right

You can combine these attributes by putting a pipe symbol " " between them. Remember, anything after the last pipe is text. Putting thumb or frame as an attribute makes text appear under the file.

=More help=

Want more detailed help? You can always ask on the forums or on one of our top users' or an admin's talkpage.

For more detailed help on files, see Help:Images.

You may also like to visit Wikia Help, or for video walkthroughs: Video demos Wiki.