Wiki Editing CheatSheet

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This page is intended to assist editors of the SmartSimple Wiki make revisions and additions.

Contents

Heading Levels

== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
  • Level 1 is the Page Name.
  • An article with four or more headings automatically creates a table of contents.

For more info, go to MediaWiki Help: Formatting

Hyperlinks

Links to Internal Pages

To add a link to Main Page:

[[Main Page]]

To add a link to Main Page which displays as different text:

[[Main Page|different text]]

Links to External Pages

To add a link to www.smartsimple.com

http://www.smartsimple.com

To add a link to www.smartsimple.com with a different label

[http://www.smartsimple.com different label]

For more info, go to MediaWiki Help: Links

Image Files

  1. Under the toolbox, click Upload file.
  2. Upload the image.
  3. On the page you wish to display the image: enter this format:
[[File:example.jpg|link=|caption|50px]]
  • link= removes the link to the image file. If you want the image to link to a page, add link=Page Name without brackets.
  • caption is optional.
  • You can specify the width in pixels of the image by adding an argument such as 50px.

For more info, go to MediaWiki Help: Images

Tables

{| table start
|+ table caption, optional; only between table start and first table row
|- table row, optional on first row -- wiki engine assumes the first row
! table header cell, optional. Consecutive table header cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (!!) or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (!).
| table data cell, required! Consecutive table data cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (||) or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (|).
|} table end

Tables of Contents

MediaWiki adds a table of contents at the top of the page when you have four or more headers.
To change this behavior, at the top of the page, add:

__NOTOC__ 	Hides the table of contents (TOC). 	
__FORCETOC__    Forces the table of contents to appear at its normal position (before the first header).
__TOC__ 	Places a table of contents at the word's current position (overriding __NOTOC__).

Categories

Adding a Category to a Page

[[Category:Help]]

Adding a Category to a Page with a Different Label

[[Category:Help|Help category]]

Adding a Link to a Category Page

[[:Category:Help|Help category]]


For more info, go to MediaWiki Help: Magic_words