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| − | + | ==Howto Information== | |
| − | == | + | If you solve a problem, why not contribute your solution to this website as an article that others can easily find? Adding or editing articles is very easy. |
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| − | ==Editing== | + | == Editing from OpenOffice == |
| − | + | http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/wikipublisher Sun has a new extension to [[OpenOffice]] that allows you to write wiki articles from right in your word processor. | |
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| − | == | + | == Help using this website: See the main wikipedia == |
| − | + | There is a volume of 'help' information available at the main wikipedia site, so that effort is not reproduced here. | |
| − | + | See the [[wikipedia:help:Content|Help Table of Contents]] | |
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| − | + | Please see [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface] | |
| − | + | and the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help. | |
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| − | + | === Linked Images === | |
| − | + | By default, this system is configured to show an image and link to it's description page. Sometimes, you want to use an image to link to a page of your choice. There are [[mw:Help:Linked_images| many ways to make mediawiki link images]], ( and [[mw:Wikipedia:10 things you did not know about images on Wikipedia]]) but the most convenient that we settled on here is to use the [[mw:Extension:Icon|Icon extension]] | |
| + | The syntax (described at [[Icons]]) is | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | {{#icon: Info.png|Info|24|floatright|Special:Help}} | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | Also, | ||
| + | <nowiki>[[Media:foo.pdf]]</nowiki> would produce a link to a pdf document, so | ||
| + | <nowiki>[[Media:Ejbdesignpatterns.pdf]]</nowiki> produces a link to http://freephile.com/wiki/images/6/6d/Ejbdesignpatterns.pdf | ||
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| − | * [[ | + | * [[mw:Help:Images]] |
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Revision as of 05:55, 26 October 2008
Contents
Howto Information[edit | edit source]
If you solve a problem, why not contribute your solution to this website as an article that others can easily find? Adding or editing articles is very easy.
Editing from OpenOffice[edit | edit source]
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/wikipublisher Sun has a new extension to OpenOffice that allows you to write wiki articles from right in your word processor.
Help using this website: See the main wikipedia[edit | edit source]
There is a volume of 'help' information available at the main wikipedia site, so that effort is not reproduced here. See the Help Table of Contents
Please see documentation on customizing the interface and the User's Guide for usage and configuration help.
Linked Images[edit | edit source]
By default, this system is configured to show an image and link to it's description page. Sometimes, you want to use an image to link to a page of your choice. There are many ways to make mediawiki link images, ( and mw:Wikipedia:10 things you did not know about images on Wikipedia) but the most convenient that we settled on here is to use the Icon extension The syntax (described at Icons) is
{{#icon: Info.png|Info|24|floatright|Special:Help}}
Also, [[Media:foo.pdf]] would produce a link to a pdf document, so [[Media:Ejbdesignpatterns.pdf]] produces a link to http://freephile.com/wiki/images/6/6d/Ejbdesignpatterns.pdf
See also
