Editing Tutorial

## The Different Editors

Pressing the big green button in the top right opens **The Visual Editor**

Pressing the arrow next to it gives you options, including **The Classic Editor**

In the classic editor there is the an option to open the **Source Editor**.

## Make a New Page

...there is a button. Top right. It's very straightforward.

It might be good to check whether a similar page already exists, or contemplate whether what you are adding really *needs* a page.

If you make your page though, make sure that you...

## Use Categories

It's important to use the correct categories and subcategories.

Currently the categories we have are:

* People
	+ The Party
	+ Friendly NPC
		- The Scarred Sons (also under Enemy NPC)
	+ Enemy NPC
* Places
	+ Grinburg
	+ Ironwood
	+ Stonewall
	+ Cleft
	+ EverGreen Mountain
	+ Myrthe
* Events
* Inn
* Plot
* History
* Item
	+ Griffin the Phantasmagorical's Mysterious Boxes of Mystery

When creating a new page, make sure it has at least one of the main categories or it'll be a pain to find. For pages that can have sub categories e.g. A friendly npc, make sure to include both the sub category and main category in the category lists.

To add a category, go to the bottom of the page. Above the comment section there will be a list of categories and an option to add more. Type in the category name ***exactly*** as indicated here or it will make a new category. Press enter and repeat as necessary. Remember to save : )

To remove a category, you'll have to properly edit the page. Open the Classic Editor. Ignore the main block and instead look at the tool bar on the right. There will be a list of categories the page has. Press the rubbish bin icon next to the category to remove it. Remember to save : )

Observe removing a category is more tedious than adding one. Aim to get it right the first time : )

If you feel none of the tags are appropriate or want to create a new one, go for it! Just make sure to mention it here, and try to add it to any existing page

## Links

### From Page to Page:

This is straightforward. In the Visual Editor, highlight the text you want to create a link with and press the link symbol button in the top toolbar. It will be next to the italics symbol.

When you press it, type in the name of the page. It will autocomplete if that page exists so select the auto completed one. If no suggestion appears, the page does not exist or you are making a spelling mistake. Please don't accidentally make a new page.

If you want to link to the category pages, note they have the name Category:PAGENAME.

### To a Heading:

This is more or less the same.

You start by referencing the page (which should autocomplete if real) then add the # symbol followed by the header title.

For example, Editing Tutorial#Links will take you to this subheading.

### Using Pictures:

Not yet. This skill is unlocked at lvl 5.

### Using the Source Editor:

Currently from what I can tell, you only need this if you plan to edit the task bar. ...Just tell Avi if you want that done, she's attached to it.

The formatting for any link is [ [ ] ] (no spaces, it just automatically becomes a link) with the link as indicated above. To change the text of the link, use | and then the text you want.

## Aesthetics and Formatting

### Collapsing Text:

Alas, as far as I can tell this requires using the Source Editor

It's very straightforward though. Remove the **!** as it was there to prevent the text disappearing

For text that can be collapsible put <**!**div class="mw-collapsible"> before the text and then </div> after.

For text that starts collapsed put <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> before the text and </div> after.

### Using the Slideshow:

There is a slideshow at the bottom of the character page. To add new pictures, click the add photo button then either upload a new photo or search for an uploaded one. This menu also allows you to: switch the alignment of the slideshow box on the page, make the box bigger, remove pictures, add captions to the images in the slideshow, link the pictures to other pages on the wiki or external links.

To see the pictures properly, press the small squares at the bottom left of the slideshow, next to the image a/b text.

Let's all have fun with our slideshows yeah? If you want to add a slideshow to a new page, open the classic editor and look at the toolbar on the right. There will be an option for a slideshow.

## Additional Help

Basically everything you'll need to know can be found via this tutorial. Outsourcing woo.

More important links: on parsers and on magic words.