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--- wiki:syntax [2007/05/10 20:32] – Ian the Admin
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+====== Wiki Basics ======
+A Wiki is a collection of web pages that anyone can edit and add to using their web browser - in this case, anyone who is a member of the [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion|AlternateHistory.com discussion board]].  Click "Edit Page" on the menu bar up above, and you can edit the current page in a text editor window.  Wiki pages are not as complicated as normal web pages, so they use simple options for things like bold and highlighted text.
+What makes a Wiki really easy is the ability to create new web pages.  Basically, within the Wiki you can add a link to a page whether or not it already exists yet.  Putting square brackets around a word or phrase <nowiki>[[Like this]]</nowiki> creates a link to a page named "Like this".  If a page by that name has already been created in the Wiki, you now have a link to it.  If it hasn't been created... just click on the link and you will get the option to "Create this page"!
+You could say that these are the three basic principles of the wiki:
+  * Can be edited by anyone
+  * Links and new pages can be added almost instantly
+  * Used straightforward, text-based formatting to control how the page looks rather than web page code
+The rest of this document describes all of the various options for formatting text.  But always remember that the toolbar on top of the editor window has shortcut buttons.  For example, you can just highlight a block of text and hit the "H3" button and it will make it into a size 3 header.
+The four rightmost buttons on the editor bar can be very useful:
+  * The smilies menu
+  * Special characters menu
+  * Signature, which inserts your username and the current date and time
+  * Add File/Image, which lets you upload files to the Wiki and browse files to include in a page (the Wiki's folder tree is on the left of the browser)
 ====== Formatting Syntax ======
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 You can include external and internal [[doku>images]] with curly brackets. Optionally you can specify the size of them.
+Images can be uploaded with the "Add File/Image" button on the right of the text editor button toolbar.  You can use files and images that you upload, or browse for files uploaded by others.  On the left side of the file browser is the Wiki's folder structure, allowing you to choose various folders to view and save files.
 Real size:                        {{wiki:dokuwiki-128.png}}
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 DokuWiki converts commonly used [[wp>emoticon]]s to their graphical equivalents. More smileys can be placed in the ''smiley'' directory and configured in the ''conf/smileys.conf'' file. Here is an overview of Smileys included in DokuWiki.
+Remember that the editor toolbar has a menu button that allows you to choose from the available smilies.
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 ===== Nonparsed Blocks =====
-You can include non parsed blocks into your documents by either indenting them by at least two spaces (like used for the previous examples) or by using the tags ''code'' or ''file''.
+You can include non parsed blocks into your documents by either indenting them by using the tags ''code'' or ''file''.
 <code>
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 </nowiki>
-See the source of this page to see how to use these blocks.
+See the source of this page to see how to use these blocks.  One tip is that ''nowiki'' can be used to strip formatting within a paragraph, while ''code'' will create a highlighted block across the entire screen.