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*To sign on a talk page <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> | *To sign on a talk page <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> | ||
*A header, use <nowiki>==Header==</nowiki> for big headers, <nowiki>===Header===</nowiki> for smaller ones. | *A header, use <nowiki>==Header==</nowiki> for big headers, <nowiki>===Header===</nowiki> for smaller ones. | ||
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| + | ==Images== | ||
| + | [[Image:Example.png|thumb|right|<nowiki>[[Image:Example.png|thumb|right|Caption]]</nowiki>]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Example.png|400px|right|<nowiki>[[Image:Example.png|250px|right|Caption]]</nowiki>]] | ||
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| + | *Recommended formats: SVG, PNG, GIF (Black & white or simple diagrams only), JPG (colour pictures). | ||
*To upload a picture, follow the "upload file" link on the left, browse till you find your picture, then enter it. Be sure to add copyright & source! | *To upload a picture, follow the "upload file" link on the left, browse till you find your picture, then enter it. Be sure to add copyright & source! | ||
| + | *To place an image in the text, put the image name in square brackets, then put in the formatting information separated by "pipes" (the <nowiki>|</nowiki> symbol), ''viz.'': | ||
| + | :*Size - 50px (pixels) for a small icon, to about 600px for a page-wide reaction scheme. | ||
| + | :*Thumbnail - if you want this type in thumb in place of (or as well as) the size. | ||
| + | :*Position - put in left, center or right | ||
| + | :*Caption - type in the text you want to appear under the thumbnail. If you don't want it to be a thumbnail, put in the word "framed" instead. If you don't put in either word, the caption will only show when you hold the mouse over the image. | ||
| + | *Note that in wikis (unlike regular HTML), you can't (easily) use an image as a hyperlink to anything other than the image file. | ||
| + | [[Image:Example.png|none|500px|center|<nowiki>[[Image:Example.png|400px|framed|center|Caption]]</nowiki>]] | ||
Revision as of 15:20, 28 October 2006
This gives a quick guide to editing on the wiki.
Text
You can use the buttons just above the edit box - play with them and see!
- Italics - ''Text''
- Bold - '''Text'''
- A simple internal link - [[Pagename]] (no http or anything)
- An internal link (piped) - [[Pagename|words to link to that page]]
- An external link - [URL words to link] (copy/paste the URL, then leave a space, and then type the words you want to appear on the link)
- To sign on a talk page ~~~~
- A header, use ==Header== for big headers, ===Header=== for smaller ones.
Images
![[[Image:Example.png|250px|right|Caption]]](/wikichem/index.php/File:Example.png)
- Recommended formats: SVG, PNG, GIF (Black & white or simple diagrams only), JPG (colour pictures).
- To upload a picture, follow the "upload file" link on the left, browse till you find your picture, then enter it. Be sure to add copyright & source!
- To place an image in the text, put the image name in square brackets, then put in the formatting information separated by "pipes" (the | symbol), viz.:
- Size - 50px (pixels) for a small icon, to about 600px for a page-wide reaction scheme.
- Thumbnail - if you want this type in thumb in place of (or as well as) the size.
- Position - put in left, center or right
- Caption - type in the text you want to appear under the thumbnail. If you don't want it to be a thumbnail, put in the word "framed" instead. If you don't put in either word, the caption will only show when you hold the mouse over the image.
- Note that in wikis (unlike regular HTML), you can't (easily) use an image as a hyperlink to anything other than the image file.
