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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.
- 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 FORMAT - FOR GEOTAGGING
Co-ordinates - To enter co-ords in a page using a "template-call". Please use this to maintain a constant standard.
Use the template call as follows:
Geo: {{coor dms|DD|MM|SS|N/S|DD|MM|SS|E/W|}}
(Copy the above and paste it into the Wiki page editor and fill in the details. This will also give a link to various online geo resources.
Example: Geo: {{coor dms|37|42|07|N|26|03|30|E|}} will show as: Geo: after saving the edit (with link to geo resources).
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 - | | -
Text Formatting
| Description | You type | 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 |
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| 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 1 |
| Horizontal rule |
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| Bullet list |
* one |
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| Numbered list |
# one |
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| Mixture of bulleted and numbered lists |
# one |
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| Definition list |
;Definition |
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| Preformatted text |
preformatted text is done with |
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] | |
| redirect | #REDIRECT [[Main Page]] | → Main Page |
Table Formatting
See the TEMPLATES page to copy examples.
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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