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Revision as of 21:26, 7 March 2009

Contents

General Help

  • In order to contibute to this World Cruising Wiki please REGISTER (it's free, quick and easy) or LOGIN (top R/H corner of this page). This is essential in an attempt to reduce spam.
  • Once you are logged in, update "My Preferences" (menu at top R/H of page).
  • 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.

To Edit:

  • Click the "EDIT" tab at the top of the page to be able to edit the whole page
  • Click the "EDIT" link (R/H, top) of each section to edit only that section.

The "rich-text" Editor opens to allow you to edit/add, etc. After editing, click the "Preview" link to preview your edits - this step affords you the opportunity to do any corrections before finally saving your edit. N.B. Do not forget to "SAVE" your edit.

Note: Do not leave a SPACE at the beginning of paragraphs or lines as this will cancel the Wiki text formatting - it will change the text font and make the lines/paragraphs run off the page width.

Practice your editing skills in the SANDBOX

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))

Don't forget to set "My Preferences" - link at top R/H side of page.

Posting Images

To post images:

  • [color=red]N.B. Resize the image FIRST - resize to maximum 600px.[/color]
  • Name the file: Try to keep your "Destination filename" short & descriptive, i.e. "Caribbean12.jpg".
  • Then, upload the file to the CruiserLog WIKI (Upload File link under "Toolbox" in L/H menu).

Once uploaded, post images to the Wiki in the following format:

[[Image:filenameofyourimage.jpg]]

(See the link below for more format options re image caption, size, etc.).

A common example will be:

[[Image:filenameofyourimage.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.

See the Templates page for more options (galleries, etc).

Co-ordinates Formatting

The GPS format of Degrees and decimal minutes (D & M.M) is used in this Wiki as this is the format most often used by sailors. Please use this format to maintain consistancy throughout the Wiki.

Enter co-ordinates in a page using the "template-call" as shown below:

GPS: {{Coord|DD|M.M|N/S|DD|M.M|E/W|}}

Copy the above template and paste it into the Wiki page editor, fill in the details and SAVE the edit (don't forget to select either N or S, or E or W). This template will automatically give a link to a GeoHack page with various online geo resources related to the position - resources like Google Earth, MapTech (marine chart), GoogleMaps and access to photos of the position's area on Flickr, Panoramio, etc.

Example: GPS: {{Coord|37|43.6|N|26|50.6|W|}} will show as: GPS: 37°43.6′N, 26°50.6′W after saving the edit (with link to he geo resources page).


Co-ordinates Conversion Help - (D & M & S) - Divide the seconds by 60 to get the decimal value of minutes for the GPS format of |DD|M.M|


Free Tools

GoogleMaps

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.

Note: If screenshots are used, these MUST be saved in .png format to preserve the Google Logo layer (to show the copyright details). Upload as .png to the Wiki with the logo intact.

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Symbols

Easy access to common symbols - copy/paste from here:

  • Co-ordinate "Degree" symbol - º º
  • Copyright symbol - © ©
  • Others - | | -

Text Formatting

Template:H12 |Description Template:H12 |You type Template:H12 |You get
applies anywhere
Italic text ''italic'' italic
Bold text '''bold''' bold
Bold and italic '''''bold & italic''''' bold & italic
Escape wiki markup <nowiki>no "markup"</nowiki> no ''markup''
Fixed width text

<tt>Fixed width text</tt>

Fixed width text

only at the beginning of the line
Indent text

:Single indent
::Double indent
:::::Multiple indent

Single indent
Double indent
Multiple indent
Headings of different levels
An article with four or more headings will automatically create a Table of Contents

=level 1= Use of a level 1 heading is highly discouraged as it appears with the same formatting and size as the page title, which can be confusing.
==level 2==
===level 3===
====level 4====
=====level 5=====
======level 6======

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6

Horizontal rule

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Bullet list

* one
* two
* three
** three and one-third
** three and two-thirds
  • one
  • two
  • three
    • three and one-third
    • three and two-thirds
Numbered list

# one
# two<br />spanning several lines<br />without breaking the numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two
  1. one
  2. two
    spanning several lines
    without breaking the numbering
  3. three
    1. three point one
    2. three point two
Mixture of bulleted
and numbered lists

# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
  1. one
  2. two
    • two point one
    • two point two
Definition list

;Definition
:item 1
:item 2
Definition
item 1
item 2
Preformatted text

  preformatted text is done with
  a space at the
  beginning of the line

 
preformatted text is done with
a space at the 
beginning of the line
Preformatted text with no indentation

 <pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre> 

some preformatted
text with no indentation

How to link in Wiki format

Description You Type 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://www.cruiserlog.com http://www.cruiserlog.com
External link from internal image [http://targetURL {{Server}}/wiki/images/imagelocation] Internal image
External link,

different title

[http://www.cruiserlog.com CruiserLog] (note "space" between URL and description) CruiserLog
External link,

unnamed

[http://www.cruiserlog.com] [1]
External link,

same host unnamed

[http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pagename] [2]
mailto mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected]
mailto unnamed [mailto:[email protected]] [3]
mailto named [mailto:[email protected] Email] Email
redirect #REDIRECT [[Main Page]] → Main Page

Table Formatting

See the TEMPLATES page to copy examples.

More Help

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