Revision as of 03:31, 18 June 2010

Markup Notation

Content pages are easy to format with standard wiki markup and basic HTML code. When editing a page, you have a toolbar at the top of the edit window giving you instant access to basic formatting - simply hilight your selection and click the appropriate button. You may also manually insert formatting notation if you feel so inclined.

Here is the basic notation cheatsheet from Wikipedia Quick Guide :

Works anywhere in the text
Description	You Type	Result
Italic Text	''italic''	italic
Bold Text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold and italic
Internal Link (within the Library)	[[Name of Page]] [[Name of Page|Display Text]] #REDIRECT [[Target Page]]	Name of Page Display Text Target Page
External Link (to other sites)	[http://www.uoherald.com] [http://www.uoherald.com Display Text] http://www.uoherald.com	[1] UO Herald http://www.uoherald.com
No Wiki Markup - Used to turn off markup notation for selected content.	<nowiki>no ''markup'' formatting</nowiki>	no ''markup'' formating
Image	[[Image:LoStitle.png]] Uncaptioned images can also be justified using |left |right or |center after the image name
Thumbnail image	[[Image:LoStitle.png|thumb|Caption text]]	Caption text
Applies only at the beginning of the line
Headings of different sizes A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.	=Level 1= ==Level 2== ===Level 3=== ====Level 4==== =====Level 5===== ======Level 6======	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Bullet list	* one * two ** two point one * three	one two two point one three
Numbered list	# one # two ## two point one # three	one two two point one three
Definition list	;Definition :item 1 :item 2	Definition item 1 item 2
Unformatted text	a space at the   beginning of each line   creates unformatted   monospaced text	a space at the beginning of each line creates unformatted monospaced text
Horizontal line	----

Editing Guidelines

If you become a regular contributor to the site it is recommended you familiarize yourself with the general editing guidelines. It will help keep pages consistent throughout the site and make editing easier for yourself and other people.

• Help:Page Layout - How each page should be setup
• Help:Images - All about images
• Help:Categories - All about categories
• Help:Templates - All about templates

If you would like to help edit but don't know where to start, see the UOGuide Priorities page.