Help
Here's where to find simple help on adding and editing pages. For more detailed help please visit https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents
Contents
Step One - Create an Account
To Create an Account so you can add / edit pages, please contact the wiki admin at wiki@ eaa974.org (please remove the space). Due to the high volume of fake accounts that just wanted to post spam we had to take the drastic step of making the wiki "private" by means of manually adding users. You will still need to verify your account once it has been setup by an admin.
Please send them your email address, user name request, and your real name to assist the admins in the care and feeding of this wiki.
Should you need any help, please contact the admins via email at wiki@ eaa974.org (please remove the space)
Adding (Starting) a Page
MediaWiki software makes it very easy to link wiki pages using a standard syntax. If you (or anyone else) create a link to an article that doesn't exist yet, the link will be colored red, like this. Clicking a red link will take you to the edit page for the new article. Simply type your text, click save and the new page will be created. Once the page has been created, the link will change from red to blue (purple for pages you've visited) indicating that the article now exists.
- Usually this is the best way to create a new page, because it means that right from the start, the page will be linked from at least one other place on the wiki (and typically you will want to mesh it into other related pages later).
- If you are creating a new page without creating any link to it, you may need to ask yourself: Does this page really fit in with the topics already covered in the wiki?
- Also, how are you expecting visitors to find this page?
- Normally there is no reason to create a page without first creating a red link to it.
- Create a Page From the search page - If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box above) then you will be provided with a link to create the new page.
Simple Formatting
| Bold | '''This is bold text''' |
This is bold text |
| Italics | ''Italics italics italics'' |
Italics italics italics |
| Bold and Italics | ''Italics '''bold''' italics'' |
Italics bold italics |
| Underline | <u>Underline text</u> |
Underline text |
| Teletype | <tt>Teletype text</tt> |
Teletype text |
| Small | <small>Small text</small> |
Small text |
| Big | <big>Big text</big> |
Big text |
| Back to Top Feature | [[#Top | Back to Top]] |
Back to Top |
Headings and Paragraphs
There is no special syntax for paragraphs. To create a new paragraph, just leave a space between two blocks of text.
| Heading 2 | == This is heading two == |
This is heading two |
| Heading 3 | === This is heading three === |
This is heading three |
| Heading 4 | ==== This is heading four ==== |
This is heading four |
| Heading 5 | ===== This is heading five ===== |
This is heading five |
Lists
There are two kinds of lists that can be used: bullet lists and numbered lists. Lists may be nested in various ways.
Make sure there is no space between each list entry or it won't look correctly.
| Bulleted list | * One * Two * Three ** Sublist One ** Sublist Two ** Sublist Three * Four |
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| Numbered list | # One # Two # Three ## Sublist One ## Sublist Two ## Sublist Three # Four |
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| Combined together | * One * Two * Three *# Sublist One *# Sublist Two *# Sublist Three * Four |
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Links
There are two kinds of links: links to other EAA974 Wiki pages and links to other websites.
| Link to an EAA 974 Wiki page
Note: Use double brackets. |
[[What EAA974 Members are building]] |
What EAA974 Members are building |
| Link to wiki page with different text
Note: Use a pipe | to separate the link and the text. |
[[What EAA974 Members are building | A listing of project pages]] |
A listing of project pages |
| Link to other website
Note: No brackets required. |
http://www.eaa.org |
http://www.eaa.org |
| Link to other website with different text
Note: Use a space to separate the link and the text. |
[http://www.eaa.org Experimental Aircraft Association] |
Experimental Aircraft Association |
Adding Images / Files
The following image formats are supported by the wiki - .jpg or .jpeg / .png / and .gif
While it's not overly complicated to add images, you'll find all the information you need at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images
If you'd like to add a .pdf file or other attachment, for example a spreadsheet for weight and balance, we're happy to upload it to the chapter website and pass along or insert the link into the page you're working on. Please email it to wiki@ eaa974.org (just remove the space) and we'll get it uploaded for you (this is until I can figure out how to allow others to upload files via FTP easily).
