Difference between revisions of "Help:Contents"

From LearnLab
Jump to: navigation, search
 
Line 14: Line 14:
  
 
If you have any problems/questions please contact Benjamin Billings at [mailto:bkb@cs.cmu.edu bkb@cs.cmu.edu]
 
If you have any problems/questions please contact Benjamin Billings at [mailto:bkb@cs.cmu.edu bkb@cs.cmu.edu]
 +
 +
=== Making a Link ===
 +
 +
To create an internal link within the wiki put the name of the page inside a double bracket. 
 +
* Example: <nowiki>[[Interactive Communication]]</nowiki> becomes [[Interactive Communication]]
 +
If you wish to change the text of the link add a "|" inside the brackets followed by the text.
 +
* Example: <nowiki>[[Interactive Communication | The Interactive Communication Research Cluster]]</nowiki> becomes [[Interactive Communication | The Interactive Communication Research Cluster]]
 +
For an external link use a single bracet with the url a space followed by the text.
 +
* Example: <nowiki>[http://www.cmu.edu/ CMU Website]</nowiki> becomes [http://www.cmu.edu/ CMU Website]
 +
 +
Exact specifications for creating links and more advanced linking tips can be [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Link#Interwiki_links found here].

Revision as of 18:22, 15 September 2006

PSLC Theory Wiki Help

Formatting

The for basic formating options visit www.mediawiki.org. For more advanced editing try searching for what you wish to do at meta.wikimedia.org.

Adding/Starting a page

You can use the URL for creating a new page.

  • http://www.learnlab.org/research/wiki/index.php/ARTICLE

If you replace ARTICLE with the name of the page you wish to create, you will be taken to a blank page which indicates that no article of that name exists yet. Clicking the "edit" at the top of the page will take you to the edit page for that article, where you can create the new page by typing your text, and clicking submit.

Problems/Questions

If you have any problems/questions please contact Benjamin Billings at bkb@cs.cmu.edu

Making a Link

To create an internal link within the wiki put the name of the page inside a double bracket.

If you wish to change the text of the link add a "|" inside the brackets followed by the text.

For an external link use a single bracet with the url a space followed by the text.

  • Example: [http://www.cmu.edu/ CMU Website] becomes CMU Website

Exact specifications for creating links and more advanced linking tips can be found here.