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| − | ==Simple editing==
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| − | Simple editing is one of the major benefits of using a [[wiki]]. Users can edit pages without knowing [[HTML]], and still use many of the formatting features of [[HTML]]. Please feel free to experiment in the [[Sandbox]].
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| − | Note that [[WikiWiki|Wiki]] is a general name for this type of collaborative software. There are many different Wiki sites and products out there, and some use different types of "markup" (coding) than others. AboutUs.org uses a version of [[MediaWiki]] software, same as [[Wikipedia.org]] and related sites, so the markup is very similar; if you know how to make links, format text, etc. on [[Wikipedia]], you'll find it easy to do the same things at AboutUs.org.
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| − | ===Basic Text===
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| − | Most text does not require any special changes for wiki form. A few basic rules are:
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| − | * Do not indent paragraphs.
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| − | * Leave a single blank line between paragraphs.
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| − | * To create a horizontal line, type 4 or more minus/dash/hyphen (-) characters.
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| − | * There is no need to encode HTML characters like <, >, or &.
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| − | ===Bold and Italic Text===
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| − | To mark text as:
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| − | : '''bold''', use three single quotes - <nowiki>''' bold '''</nowiki>,
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| − | : ''italic'', use two single quotes - <nowiki>'' italic ''</nowiki>,
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| − | : '''''bold+italic''''', use five single quotes - <nowiki>''''' bold+italic '''''</nowiki>.
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| − | To mark text as <b>bold</b>, <i>italic</i> or <code>fixed-width</code>, you can use the HTML <nowiki><b></nowiki>, <nowiki><i></nowiki> and code tags. For example:
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| − | <nowiki><b> bold </b></nowiki>,
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| − | <nowiki><i> italic </i></nowiki>,
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| − | <nowiki><b> <i> bold+italic </i> </b></nowiki>.
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| − | Note that MediaWiki (like most Wikis) processes pages line-by-line, so if you want three bold lines of text, you will need to use three separate <nowiki><b>...</b></nowiki> tags. Also note that unclosed or unmatched tags are not removed from the page.
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| − | ===Headings===
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| − | Headings are delimited by 1-7 equal signs (=). They basically correspond to HTML's <h1> through <h7> tags. Please type the corresponding titles with only the beginning letter of the word with a capital letters. Other than names of people, websites and songs..there are no exceptions to this!
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| − | <pre>= Headline size 1 =
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| − | == Headline size 2 ==
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| − | === Headline size 3 ===
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| − | ==== Headline size 4 ====
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| − | ===== Headline size 5 =====
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| − | ===== Headline size 6 =====
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| − | ====== Headline size 7 ======</pre>
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| − | ===Lists===
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| − | Simple lists:
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| − | <pre>
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| − | * Text for a bulleted list item.
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| − | ** Text for second-level list.
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| − | *** Text for third level, etc.
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| − | </pre>
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| − | ...which looks like:
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| − | * Text for a bulleted list item.
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| − | ** Text for second-level list.
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| − | *** Text for third level, etc.
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| − | Numbered lists:
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| − | # Text for a numbered list item.
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| − | ## Text for second-level list.
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| − | ### Text for third level, etc.
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| − | ## Another Text for the second level.
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| − | </pre>
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| − | ...which looks like:
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| − | # Text for a numbered list item.
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| − | ## Text for second-level list.
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| − | ### Text for third level, etc.
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| − | ## Another Text for the second level.
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| − | ===Indented Text===
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| − | Simple indented text:
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| − | : Text to be indented (quote-block)
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| − | :: Text indented more
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| − | ::: Text indented to third level
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| − | </pre>
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| − | ...which looks like:
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| − | : Text to be indented (quote-block)
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| − | :: Text indented more
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| − | ::: Text indented to third level
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| − | ===Preformatted Text===
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| − | Individual lines can be displayed as preformatted (fixed-width or "typewriter"-font) text by placing one or more spaces at the start of the line. Other wiki formatting (like links) will be applied to this kind of preformatted text.
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| − | <nowiki>Additionally, multi-line sections can be marked as preformatted text using lines starting with <pre> (to start preformatted text), and </pre> (to end preformatted text). The <pre> and </pre> tags are not displayed. Wiki links and other formatting is not done within a preformatted section. (If you want wiki formatting, use spaces at the start of the line instead of the <pre> and </pre> tags.)</nowiki>
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| − | For instance:
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| − | Preformatted section here. No other link
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| − | For instance, [[Soccer]] is not a link here.
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| − | ===Colors===
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| − | For colored text, use:
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| − | :<nowiki>{{color|name of the color OR hex code|your text here}}</nowiki>
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| − | For a blue text, you should use the following code:
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| − | :<nowiki>{{color|blue|your text here}}</nowiki>
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| − | The text would look like this:
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| − | :{{color|blue|The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.}}
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| − | You may also use '''bold text''', ''italic text'' or even '''bold''' + ''italic text'':
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| − | :{{color|red|''This is a RED ITALIC text!''}}
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| − | :{{color|green|'''This is a GREEN BOLD text!'''}}
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| − | :{{color|blue|'''''This is a BLUE BOLD ITALIC text!'''''}}
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| − | For more information, see [[Template:color]].
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| − | [[category:AboutUs Help]]
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