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Ok now, what sort of things might you be looking for help on...
Ok now, what sort of things might you be looking for help on...
==General Wiki Editing==
It may help to remember that postings on a wiki can always be edited again later, by you or by others. I find that this takes a lot of the stress out of the editing process, since you know that you can always go back and fix things -- and that others can also fix any obvious errors they might spot, or add their own information to yours.


It may also help to remember that earlier versions are always saved; wiki admins have the magic power of reverting a page to an earlier form with a few mouse-clicks, but even ordinary mortals can retrieve lost bits of text from earlier versions of a page by clicking the "history" tab.
==How To==
===Basic Layout===
* [[/editing]]: general wiki editing
*'''Bold''' and''' Italic''' are easiest to do by highlighting the text you want affected and clicking the bold or italic button at the top of the edit window.
* [[/images]]: how to do stuff with images on a wiki
*'''Internal Links''' to other pages within the same wiki follow this form: <nowiki>[[Name of Page|text for link]]</nowiki>
* [[Help:Sandbox|Sandbox]] for editing practice
*'''External Links''' to web pages outside the wiki follow this form: <nowiki>[http://google.com/ Google]</nowiki>
* [[Help:Admin|Admin help]] for help with stuff that only admins can do
*'''Headers''' are indicated by enclosing the header text within equals signs: <nowiki>=Level 1 Header= ... ==Level 2 Header==</nowiki> ... and so on.
===native tools===
*'''Lists''' are indicated by beginning the line with any of the following characters: "*" for bullets, "#" for numbered lists, ":" for indentation with no mark or numbering. You can also combine these, e.g. if a line starting with "#" is followed by a line starting with "##", that line is double-indented and begins its own numbering. The next line starting with just "#" resumes the original numbering. (There's a page about this somewhere in the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki Manual], but at the moment I can't find it.)
* [[Special:PrefixIndex]]: list all pages whose title starts with a given string
** useful for listing a title's quasifolder
==Where Things Are==
* [[project:About]]: about the HypertWiki
* [[project:Archive]]: index to archival (obsolete) pages
* [[inventory]]: storage boxes


For more information about MediaWiki, see the HTYP {{yp|MediaWiki}} article.
==Configuration==
* [[Special:MyPage/common.css]]: display-stylesheet overrides that only apply to you
 
Forms:
* [[project:forms/blog/post]] - form for creating a blog entry
 
Tools:
* [[Special:FinanceFerret]] - checkbook balancing

Latest revision as of 00:57, 20 July 2026

Ok now, what sort of things might you be looking for help on...

How To

  • /editing: general wiki editing
  • /images: how to do stuff with images on a wiki
  • Sandbox for editing practice
  • Admin help for help with stuff that only admins can do

native tools

  • Special:PrefixIndex: list all pages whose title starts with a given string
    • useful for listing a title's quasifolder

Where Things Are

Configuration

Forms:

Tools:

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