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When uploading images try to keep the "Destination filename" short & descriptive, i.e. "caribbean120.jpg". | When uploading images try to keep the "Destination filename" short & descriptive, i.e. "caribbean120.jpg". | ||
- | Post to the Wiki in the format: | + | Post to the Wiki in the format: <nowiki> [[Image:filename.jpg]] </nowiki> (See the link below for more format options re image caption, size, etc.). A common example will be <nowiki> [[Image:filename.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Caption]] </nowiki> - this will insert the image to the RIGHT of the page as a THUMBNAIL 250 pixels wide with your CAPTION underneath. |
Revision as of 16:28, 6 December 2007
Contents |
General Help
In order to contibute to this CruiserLog Wiki please register on the Cruiser Log Forum - it's free, quick and easy.
When editing, ALWAYS click on '"Show Preview"' BEFORE saving the page. This allows you to re-edit/add without unnecessary page-loading. Save the page when finished.
HELP TOPICS on how to contribute to Wiki's.
HELP WITH BBCode To use BBCode in this Wiki.
FORMATTING TEXT Help with text formatting in the Wiki.
Posting Images
To post images, first upload the file to the CruiserLog WIKI. When uploading images try to keep the "Destination filename" short & descriptive, i.e. "caribbean120.jpg".
Post to the Wiki in the format: [[Image:filename.jpg]] (See the link below for more format options re image caption, size, etc.). A common example will be [[Image:filename.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Caption]] - this will insert the image to the RIGHT of the page as a THUMBNAIL 250 pixels wide with your CAPTION underneath.
The link to the UPLOAD FILE is also available in the L/H menu under "Toolbox".
GOOGLE MAPS - You can generate Google Maps from within the editor (link at left in the menu on top of the editor). See INSERTING MAPS for more help in using this feature.
How to link
Template:Hl3|Description | Template:Hl3|You type | Template:Hl3|You get |
Internal link | [[Main Page]] | Main Page |
Internal link stored on intranet server | [file:///\\server_name123\pubshare_name\internal_webpage.htm internal_webpage.htm] | internal_webpage.htm |
Category link | [[:Category:Help]] | Category:Help |
Piped link | [[Main Page|different text]] | different text |
Anchor link | [[#External links|Anchor link]] | Anchor link |
External link | http://mediawiki.org | http://mediawiki.org |
External link from internal image | [http://targetURL {{Server}}/wiki/images/imagelocation] | Internal image |
External link, different title | [http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki] | MediaWiki |
External link, unnamed | [http://mediawiki.org] | [1] |
External link, same host unnamed | [http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pagename] | [2] |
Interwiki link | [[Wikipedia:MediaWiki]] | Wikipedia:MediaWiki |
mailto | mailto:[email protected] | mailto:[email protected] |
mailto unnamed | [mailto:[email protected]] | [3] |
mailto named | [mailto:[email protected] info] | info |
redirect | #REDIRECT [[Main Page]] | → Main Page |
Personal Signature to contributions
To add your signature to your contributions simply type 4 tildes (~~~~) - this will automatically convert to your username and date, e.g. (Lighthouse 02:31, 3 November 2007 (MDT))