Earthen Ring Wiki
Register
Im>ER Admin
m (Tutorial page to help users create on the wiki.)
Im>ER Admin
Line 5: Line 5:
   
 
==2.Creating the page.==
 
==2.Creating the page.==
The easiest way to create the page is to simply place into the URL what you want for your page to be. So the basic format would be <nowiki>http://earthenring.elwiki.com/index.php/<insert title here></nowiki>. Example being <nowiki>http://earthenring.elwiki.com/index.php/Bob</nowiki>. The names are not case sensitive. Also, if the page you wish to create has multiple words in the title, you can separate the words by a simple “_” For example <nowiki>http://earthenring.elwiki.com/index.php/Insert_Story_Name.</nowiki>
+
The easiest way to create the page is to simply place into the URL what you want for your page to be. So the basic format would be, ''<nowiki>http://earthenring.elwiki.com/index.php/<insert title here></nowiki>''
  +
  +
Example being, ''<nowiki>http://earthenring.elwiki.com/index.php/Bob</nowiki>''
  +
  +
The names are not case sensitive. Also, if the page you wish to create has multiple words in the title, you can separate the words by a simple “_”.
  +
  +
For example, ''<nowiki>http://earthenring.elwiki.com/index.php/Insert_Story_Name</nowiki>''
   
 
==3.Editing your page==
 
==3.Editing your page==

Revision as of 21:56, 13 June 2006

Basic Instructions on how to use the Earthen Ring Wiki

1.Create an account!

On the upper right hand part of the screen, you should see a link stating “Create an account or log in.” Click it and follow the instructions on the next page to create your account. Now you're ready to make your first page.

2.Creating the page.

The easiest way to create the page is to simply place into the URL what you want for your page to be. So the basic format would be, http://earthenring.elwiki.com/index.php/<insert title here>

Example being, http://earthenring.elwiki.com/index.php/Bob

The names are not case sensitive. Also, if the page you wish to create has multiple words in the title, you can separate the words by a simple “_”.

For example, http://earthenring.elwiki.com/index.php/Insert_Story_Name

3.Editing your page

At the top of the page, there should be a small tab called “Edit.” Click it and it will bring you to the edit page. You should see a nice big white text box with nothing in it. This is your canvas. There are a few buttons to the top for the simple formatting such as Bold, Italics, Links, and Pictures. The third button from the left, a small button with the text Ab in a light blue, is the internal link button. This button makes it easy to link other pages within the Wiki. To use this button, simply enter the exact name of the page that you wish to link to, highlight it, and click the button. This will produce results such as, "[[Stormwind]]" There are a few other buttons for things that are for more advanced formatting that will not be covered here.

For basic formatting sections, you will place the section name within a series of “=” marks. You can have a total of four different types of headings. For example, if you wish to have a section for history, skills, and stories the formatting would look a little like this = History = <Insert History> = Skills = <Insert Skills> = Stories = <Insert stories> Also, if you wish to have subsections within the sections, it is easy to do as well. Simply add the subsections within the section you wish by simply using a different formatting mark. So for exmaple: = History = == Pre war == <insert text> == Post war== <insert text>

After four different sections, the wiki will automatically create a small table of contents for you. Rather nice and handy looking. Also, to simply add a picture into your page, post the url within the wiki. There are ways to format it, but they will not be covered in here. Reference other pages to see how it is done there.

4.Categories

Categories are the main way that Wiki organizes pages. Adding a category is very simple. Type “[[Category:<Category_Name>]]” Only one category can be declared in one statement. So if you were a Horde Orc you would need to put: [[Category:Horde]] [[Category:Orc]] This will allow people to go to the Horde category page or the Orc category page and find your character. The categories you will want to have for characters are Faction, Race, and Class. Events are simple as well, as the category name is Events. Stories are under the category Stories. Locations and Guilds are a tad more involved.

Locations are broken up into two categories, Eastern_Kingdoms and Kalimdor. Be sure to use the correct category tag. Guilds are a tad more involved. First it requires a guild page to be created, and from there the category tags Alliance_Guilds or Horde_Guilds must be applied to the guild page. It is also highly recommended that the guild leader or the one who created the page to come up with their own category name for their members so the members can add the specified category to their page. For example, the Bob's Militia guild page would have the Horde_Guilds category tag. Then the leader of Bob's Militia creates a category called Bobs_Militiamen for the guild members. All the members of Bob's Militia add the category Bobs_Militiamen into their profile. The code [http://earthenring.elwiki.com/index.php/Category:Bobs_Militiamen Members] may be added to guild webpage to make a link to all members of the guild.

Tips

  • Be creative. These pages are created by users for others to enjoy, so go wild and have fun with them
  • There are things that have not been covered in terms of formatting among other things. Feel free to look them up and impress others.
  • If you like the way someone has created their page, feel free to view the source and use what they made. Wiki is open source for a reason!
  • Vandalizing is not tolerated. Any forms of vandalizing others pages or creating offensive pages will be dealt with through a variety of suspensions or bans.