Amiga Wiki: Wiki Help

What pages should I edit?

All users can edit any page. However there are some pages which are locked to prevent vandalism - for instance the blocks that make up the front page. If you spot an error, just notify us from the Feedback page. Don't worry too much about messing things up - backups are created automatically of all pages.

How do I edit a page?

Click "Edit text of this page" at the bottom of the page you wish to change
Make changes in the big text box
Type in a short summary of the changes
Enter a username if you want to
Click Preview! Make sure everything looks fine before you save the page!
Click "Save"

We suggest that you get some practice editing pages in the Scrap Page.

How do I create a page?

All pages must be linked to from another page (we don't like orphaned pages as they're hard to find). So find a page to link to your new page from, edit it, and create a link as described below. Save the page and the click the question mark by the new link - you'll then be able to edit the new, empty page.

Style

The aim is to have a consistant style throughout the Wiki. Here are some pointers:

All page names except usernames should start with a capital - the exception to this is products such as "microgolded" and "vbcc" which require an initial lowercase letter as part of their proper name.
For headings, use the method with equals signs explained below
For more detailed information, see the Style Guide

Commenting on pages

We'd rather that you didn't carry out conversations on the main Wiki pages, as this detracts from its encyclopaedia-like format. There is a new feature that you can use however - the "comments on this page" link at the bottom of every page. Use this feature to discuss anything about the page in question. For these pages (but not anywhere else please) feel free to use the following emoticons:

Type	To get
:-) or :)
;-) or ;)
:-D or :D
:-( or :(
:-P or :P
:-? or :?
:-x or :x
:-o or :o
:roll:

Please leave your name after any comments - this makes it easy for people to follow the conversation. By enclosing your name in square brackets, you can make it link to your personal page like this -- alx

Changing text

Linking

To make a word a link, use double square brackets around it. CamelBack capitalisation (used on many wikis) will not work here. You can use spaces in links (they are transparently converted to underscores) but not some other characters.
To make a WWW link, simply add the fulll URL (including the HTTP). In the rendered page, a little image (on CSS browsers) will appear to the right of the link to alert people to the fact it points outside of the wiki.
To edit a non-existing page, click the question mark by it

Formatting

To make a new paragraph, add two returns
Four dashes create a horizontal line
Enclose text in double quote marks for italics
Enclose text in triple quote marks for bold
Headings are enclosed in equal signs (`=') on a line of their own. You can use up to six equal signs to produce headers of level one to six. Level one is the most important one, and should not be used because the page title already uses a level one heading. Using two or three equal signs is recommended (`== like this ==').
Text can be formatted to a fixed space font either by enclosing it in "<pre>" and "</pre>" tags or starting the line with two spaces...

  ...like this

Lists, tables, indents

Place an asterisk at the start of text for a bullet point, use more than one for nested bullets
Numbers are the same, but the the hash character instead
To indent a paragraph use a colon. The number of colons changes the indentation level
To do terms and definitions (like a dictionary) start the line with a semi-colon, and put a colon between term and definition
Start and end table rows with double-bars (`||'). These are also used to seperate cells on a row.

Inserting preset text

By typing in a tilde (~) followed by a word, you can insert a small box of commonly-used text. Currently:

~HardwareDisclaimer

Produces:

WARNING: Only attempt hardware modifications if you are experienced enough - if in doubt, find someone else! Note also that we cannot guarantee that any instructions are correct, and are not liable to any damages caused to yourself, your machine, or anything else as a result of attempting hardware modifications explained here. Remember to always follow anti-static precautions.

This must be inserted into any page that involves tinkering with hardware.

~Stub

Produces:

This page requires more content. Click "Edit text of this page" if you can add more information.

Add this at the top of any pages which are incomplete. This has the side-effect that by doing a search for "~Stub" you can view pages that need your attention.

Source code listings

You can now have the wiki automatically format source code for a number of languages with syntax highlighting. While several languages are supported, C/C++ are the only ones that will probably be useful for Amigans. Enclose your source code inside <source cpp> and </source> tags and the effect will be:

/*Hello world example */
#include stdio.h
int main ()
{
        printf ("Hello world!");
}

AmigaLink

This is a feature to help you find out more about a subject. Simply click "AmigaLink" in the footer and you'll be able to select a website to search for the title of the page.

Page Hierarchy

Some pages fit into an obvious order. For instance, the A1000 is a Classic Amiga which is a type of Amiga Hardware. We make extensive use of index pages like Amiga Software, and users may wish to navigate back in the hierarchy of pages. This is now possible - on such pages, the first line will look something like this:

>>>>|Amiga Hardware |Classic Amiga

If you're editing a page, you can insert these automatically. Make the first line of the page a link to it's parent page and the wiki will automatically trace back through to its parent pages.

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