How To

## Categories

All pages must be assigned to a category or it is very hard for anyone to find them.

Once you have created your article and published it or saved it, at the bottom there is a box with Categories. First, click on the button "Add Category", type in the Category name and hit enter. Once you see what you enter appears, you can add more Categories or hit either Save or Cancel.

## Adding a New Page

From any other page you can add a new page. Look at the very top of the page you are on, in the header area and to the far right you will see a page count and then a divided box with several image links. The last image is 3 Vertical dots, hover over it and the first entry in the Drop down is "Add A New Page".

You can use the template {{In creation}} if you are working on a long article but can't finish it in the time you have, but you have every intention of finishing. See Message Templates Overview for more info. Please remove the template when you are finished working on it, even if more data needs to be added.

## Editing

To edit a page, click on the "edit" link, just under the Header and on the far right. Then, edit the box in the page. Create a test page with your user id, something like TestUserID and practice away. It is ok to leave it on the system and if you want to be able to find it again, you can assign it to the Help category.

A blank line indicates a paragraph separation.

If there is already an "In Creation" box message on a page, please respect the person that is working on it and either contact them before you edit it or just wait until they finish. There are many more articles that need to be written so if you want to contribute there are other places that you can work.

## Formatting

In the edit box header there are lots of editing options the easy way, but if you go into Source formatting, the formatting options are changed to special characters. To edit and format your article in Source mode, you will need to know what the special characters mean.

### Links

The easy way to add a link to your page is through the link symbol in the edit box header, but some times you want to link to a page that isn't the same exact wording as what is in your article. This can be done two different ways. One is in source editing.

1. First enter the double square bracket [ … then enter the actual page name such as …"Earth and Fire (Earth Girl 0.5)".. then enter the single vertical divider | … then the text that is in your article "Earth and Fire" like this: Earth and Fire (Earth Girl 0.5)|Earth and Fire then enter the ending double square bracket ]. Type this [[Earth and Fire (Earth Girl Novella 1)|Earth and Fire]] you will get Earth and Fire
2. The second way is while in visual editor mode, type what you want entered i.e.: Earth and Fire. With your cursor, high light the text and then click on the link symbol in the Edit Header of the page, When the box appears, click in the same line with the words that you typed, there should be a list that comes up, if the correct name Earth and Fire (Earth Girl 0.5) appears click on it and it will replace what you see in that line, then click done. If the correct name isn't in the list, then type in the box Earth and Fire (Earth Girl 0.5) and click done.

### Source Editing

Source mode can be found in the edit box header to the right, just before the Cancel button, there are 3 horizontal lines with a down arrow head. Click on the down arrow and there are several more options. The last option is "Source Editing", click on it and see what happens.

Create headers by putting text in between repeated equal (=) signs. The more =, the lower level the heading is.

Create a bulleted list by starting each item with an asterick (\*)

* it's ok to make editing mistakes
* you can preview your work before saving it
* even after saving it, you or someone else can edit it again to make it even better

### Emphasis

Put single quote marks around words or phrases for formatting emphasis.

Two single quotes, like ''italics'' will create *italics*.

Three single quotes, like '''bold text''' will create **bold text**.

## Navigation

There are a few templates set up to add in navigation. If you have a lot of data for a particular article you may want to separate it out to multiple pages. The best way to do that is using Tabs and subpages. Look at Amber's page as an example for how this works. Earth should be done the same way, but I'm not sure yet if there are many articles that will need this. If you want to play around with the Tab template, go to the Insert drop down arrow and select Templates. The Tab templates may not be included in that list, if not, use the search bar and enter Tab. Select Tab2 as that is the most stable at this time.

## Practice Area

Create a test page that includes your user id, UserIdTest and save. Use this article page to practice or experiment with various functions. Add it to Category Help so that you can find it again.

*For additional information, see Advanced Formatting, Context-link Templates Overview, Message Templates Overview, and Other Templates Help.*

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