User:Tiwonki/WikiPageStucture

= New to the Wiki? Here's what you should know! = You will be creating Wiki Pages. Each Page has a unique address, similar to the domain name. To start with create an account. You can then create all your pages under your account. having your pages under your account would make it easier for you to find the page, and having your account name as part of the domain name gives your page the unique URL. Once you create an account you will see your username show up in the address bar. In my case you will see this https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Tiwonki. You will also see a link on the page that says create this page. Don't click it yet.

= Lets start with creating your first page = Think of the title you want to give your page. For instance, to this page I gave the title WikiPageStructure. Append the title to the address bar. So now my address bar changes from https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Tiwonki to https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Tiwonki/WikiPageStructure

If the page does not exist you will get a default page asking if you want to create this page. Click the link now to create the page. You will be directed to a page to start creating the Wiki Page Contents. You may be asked to choose from Visual Editing or Source Editing. Select Source Editing. Source editing gives you a blank canvas where you will have to enclose your text within certain special characters. This is similar to the html source that you see when creating a standard html page.

Understanding the basic symbols
To start with basics, lets add three different headings. "=" sign is used in the below fashion to create the different heading.

= Heading Level 1 =

== Heading Level 2 ==

=== Heading Level 3 ===

= Another Heading Level 1 =

Now scroll down and click on Show preview button. Voila!! You get redirected to you page, and it now shows the table of contents and all your headings. Remember your page is not saved yet. You are just seeing the preview. Let's go save the page. Scroll down and click Publish page. Your page is now created and is live. Notice the [edit source] links next to each section. You do not have to edit the whole page if you are going to edit just a specific section. It is advisable to edit just the section that you want to change, and remember to publish changes after you have previewed them at least once.

The top bar of the edit source section (Wiki_Image1 below) contains links which let you insert an image, create a link, highlight syntax, format the text, insert special characters etc.

Inserting a link
There are two ways to insert a link. &emsp; 1. Paste the actual link as is. e.g. https://www.mediawiki.org/ &emsp; 2. Use the Link button above the text editor. e.g. Wiki Home. This will display text Wiki Home with a hyperlink.

Adding an image
To add an image to you wiki page, the image has to be uploaded to the wiki's repository. Once the upload is successful, a link is provided which can be embedded within the page. To upload an image, you have to go through the Upload Wizard. Follow the instructions per the wizard, provide details of the image, purpose, owner, copyright details etc. Once the image is uploaded, you will be provided with the formatted text like this. If you want to show the image as a thumbnail then use the format.

View uploaded image
To view uploaded image, click on Upload File link in the Tools section of the left navigation pane. Then click the your username link on the top right. Then click the User Uploads link from the Tools section in the left navigation pane. You will see the list of files uploaded under your account. You can select a particular file and click the link to get the image source.

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