Quick Start Guide
From Wiki4CAM
Getting your userpage set up
1. A link ( username) to your userpage appears at the top of every wiki page. Clicking on this link will take you to your own wiki userpage.
2. You can customise this page to tell other users about yourself. See adding or changing content (editing) in this guide for details on how to set up your userpage.
Adding or changing content (editing)
1. Go to the page or section you wish to edit (using the links in the navigation menu at the top-left of the window).
2. You can edit either a whole page or just a section of a page.
- To edit a whole page:
1. Click on the edit tab at the top of the window. The content of the page will appear with an editing toolbar at the top. 2. Make your additions or changes in the text area. 3. Click the Save page button below the text area.
- To edit a section of a page:
1. Click the [edit] link that appears at the right side of the window next to the heading of the section you wish to edit. The content of the section will appear with an editing toolbar at the top. 2. Edit the content in the text area. 3. Click the Save page button below the text area.
Note: When editing the wiki, leave a blank line between paragraphs, or when you add your comments, to separate the text properly. Pressing enter alone does not force paragraph formatting. You can also use the following to achieve desired results:
- To create a bulleted list, start the line with a star character *.
- To create a numbered list, start the line with a hash character #.
- To highlight important facts in a box, use
text
tags.
Changing the colour of text
1. Go to the page or section you wish to edit (using the links in the navigation menu at the top-left of the window).
2. Click on either the edit tab at the top of the window to edit the whole page or the [edit] link that appears at the right side of the window next to the heading of the section you wish to edit.
3. To change the colour of text, you need to use HTML font colour tags. The following example shows how to add red text to your page:-
<font color=red>An example of red text
</font> (note that color is spelled the American way).
4. Click the Save page button below the text area.
Adding a table
1. Go to the page or section you wish to edit (using the links in the navigation menu at the top-left of the window).
2. Click on either the edit tab at the top of the window to edit the whole page or the [edit] link that appears at the right side of the window next to the heading of the section you wish to edit.
3. To add a table, you need to use HTML coding. The following example shows how to add a table of 3 columns and 3 rows with a column width of 150.}
" {| border="2" cellpadding="2"
|-
|width="150pt"|Column 1 Heading
|width="150pt"|Column 2 Heading
|width="150pt"|Column 3 Heading
|-
|column 1 row 2 info ||column 2 row 2 info|| column 3 row 2 info
|-
|column 1 row 3 info ||column 2 row 3 info|| column 3 row 3 info
|}"
Column 1 Heading Column 2 Heading Column 3 Heading column 1 row 2 info column 2 row 2 info column 3 row 2 info column 1 row 3 info column 2 row 3 info column 3 row 3 info
Adding an image
This is a two-step process. You first need to upload your file, then select it to insert it into a page.
Note: It is best to upload only small images, as large images take a long time to load and can be difficult to view. As a rule of thumb, they should be no larger in file size than 100KB and no larger in physical size than 640x480 pixels.
1. Click on Upload file in the toolbox menu to the left of the window (under the navigation menu).
2. Click on the Browse button and select the image file you wish to upload from your computer. Make a note of the exact spelling of the image Destination filename.
3. If you wish, type a description in the Summary field.
4. Click Upload file.
5. Go to the page or page section where you wish to insert the image.
6. Click on the edit tab at the top of the window or the [edit] link to the right of the section heading where you wish to insert the image. The content of the page or section will appear with an editing toolbar at the top.
7. Place the cursor where you would like the image to appear.
8. Click on the Embedded image icon in the middle of the editing tool bar. (It looks like a little photo and is to the right of the capital A icon.)
9. An image tag will have been inserted into the text area where you placed your cursor. Change the file name in the tag to the Destination filename of the image you just uploaded.
10. Click Save page.
Note: In addition to the filename you can specify the desired location of the image on the page, the image width and a caption that describes the image. The basic syntax is: Caption
eg:* image type can be thumb or frame * image location can be left, right, center or none * image width: eg 250px or you can specify size instead 100x200px
Uploading and adding a link to a document
It is a two-step process to upload and link to a file such as a PDF, Word document or Excel spreadsheet. You first need to upload your document, then link to it from a page.
1. Click on Upload file in the toolbox menu to the left of the window (under the navigation menu).
2. Click on the Browse button and select the document file you wish to upload from your computer. Make a note of the exact spelling of the image Destination filename.
3. If you wish, type a description in the Summary field.
4. Click Upload file.
5. Go to the page or page section where you wish to insert a link to the document.
6. Click on the edit tab at the top of the window or the [edit] link to the right of the section heading where you wish to insert a link to the document. The content of the page or section will appear with an editing toolbar at the top.
7. Place the cursor where you would like the link to the document to appear.
8. Click on the Media file link icon in the middle of the editing tool bar.
9. An media tag will have been inserted into the text area where you placed your cursor. Change the file name in the tag to the Destination filename of the document you just uploaded.
10. Click Save page.
Adding a link to another site
1. Go to the page or section where you wish to add the link and click on the edit tab (at the top of the window) or the [edit] link (far right of the page near the section heading).
2. Place the cursor in the text where you would like the link to appear. Then, either:
3. Click on the External link icon in the editing toolbar.
4. A URL tag will have been inserted into the text area where you placed your cursor.
5. Replace the web address inside the square brackets with your link's URL.
6. Replace the words link title with the link description you wish to appear on the page.
7. Click Save page.
Referencing in Wiki4CAM
Wiki supports citation feature.
1. Go to the page or section you wish to edit (using the links in the navigation menu at the top-left of the window).
2. To add a reference to the body of a page, you need to use HTML tags. Simply add the following tags, enclosing the reference information immediately following the text that requires the citation:
[1]
3. At the bottom of your page add a heading followed by the reference tag to create your hyperlinked reference list:
==References==
- ↑ Ref year, ref title, ref URL or publication details
Note: The numbered hyperlinks are linked to the reference list at the bottom of the page.
Adding a new page
1. Go to the page or section from where you would like to link your new page and click on the edit tab (at the top of the window) or the [edit] link (far right of the page near the section heading).
2. Select and highlight a word or collection of words that represents the title of your new page and click on the Internal link icon in the editing toolbar.
3. The words you selected will appear surrounded with double square brackets, and will have been formatted as a link to your new page.
4. Click Save page.
5. Click on the hyperlink you have created in the text, which will be in a different coloured type. This should take you to a blank page with the same name as the hyperlink.
6. Type into the text field and format as required.
7. Click Save page.
Dividing a page into sections
1. Go to the page or section you would like to divide and click on the edit tab (at the top of the window) or the [edit] link (far right of the page near the section heading).
2. Place the cursor where you would like to divide the text and type your heading.
3. Select and highlight the heading, then click the Level 2 headline icon in the middle of the editing toolbar.
4. Two 'equals' characters will appear around the text you selected as your heading.
5. Click Save page.
Note: If you add enough headings to your page, a table of contents will appear automatically at the top.
Creating a category
Categories are groups of wiki pages that share a common theme. Category pages list all wiki pages that are included in that category. For example a category page entitled Cats might contain a link to a page called Lions and another called Tigers. Categories allow users to browse content on a wiki using themes rather than searching for keywords or navigating links via the menu.
1. To create a category simply access the page you want to add to your new category.
2. Click the edit tab, scroll to the bottom of the page and type in "[ [Category:Your category name] ]" to the last new line.
3. Click the save page button. Your page will now have a blue box at the bottom containing the Category details.
4. Click the link to your new category to access the category page.
5. Once you have created a category and accessed your category page, instead of having an article tab, the content of the page is displayed on a Category tab. This tab is a place for you to define your Category.
6. Click the edit tab, add your description and click Save page.
Creating sub categories
1. You can create a sub category by first creating the sub category using the creating a category method outlined above.
2. Once the sub category has been created, click the edit tab on the sub category page.
3. Type in "[ [Category:Your parent category name] ]" at the bottom of the editing area.
4. Click Save page to complete the task.
Reviewing all the categories
1. To view all categories, click on Special pages in the toolbox menu (under the navigation menu to the left of the window).
2. Click on Categories.
