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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.
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]Resize the image FIRST - resize to maximum 600px.[/color]
- Try to keep the "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.
The link to the UPLOAD FILE is also available in the L/H menu under "Toolbox".
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.
Symbols
Easy access to common symbols - copy/paste from here:
- Co-ordinate "Degree" symbol - º º
- Copyright symbol - © ©
- Others - | | -
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://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] (note "space" between URL and description) | MediaWiki |
| External link, unnamed | [http://mediawiki.org] | [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] | |
| redirect | #REDIRECT [[Main Page]] | → Main Page |
More Help
- 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.
- MORE IMAGE POSTING HELP
- TEMPLATES
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