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Links[]Linking is an important aspect of editing a wiki. It allows you to point to other pages easily. Internal Links[]Internal links take you to any other place within PvX, it is achieved by putting a set of square brackets around the place you want to link to. Example: The text [[Main Page]] displays this: Main Page A broken link (linking to a page that does not exist) shows up like this. If you wish to create a link to one page that displays different text (for example, you want to link to your userpage but don't want 'User:' to show up in the text): The text [[User:Wizardboy777]] shows up like this: User:Wizardboy777 However, the text [[User:Wizardboy777|Wizardboy777]] shows up like this: Wizardboy777 Whatever text appears after the bar is what the link will display. External Links[]External links link to any specific URL. Simply typing in a URL will create a link (eg - http://www.google.com). However, this doesn't look nice. To create a link with different text, look at the following example: The text [http://www.google.com Google] displays: Google Note that, unlike internal links, there is only one square bracket here. Note, however, that the only way to check that an external link is valid is by testing it yourself. Inter-wiki Links[]It is often necessary to link to pages on GuildWiki (gw) or GWWiki (gww). To facilitate this process, PvXwiki has implemented inter-wiki links. These are very similar to internal links. The only difference is that you must include a 'gw:' or 'gww:' in front of the page name. Example: The text [[gw:Main Page]] displays like this: gw:Main Page Notice that the link is a slightly different color. Also, it will not be red if the page does not exist. Another thing to notice is that the 'gw:' still appears in front. There's an easy way to fix this. [[gw:Main Page|Guildwiki]] displays like this: Guildwiki Also, [[gw:Main Page|]] (note the bar at the end) displays as Main Page Text Formatting[]Sometimes, in order to accentuate a point, it is necessary to format text in certain ways. Italics and Bold[]Italicizing and bolding (or even both) is easy to accomplish on a wiki. In order to italicize, simply suround the desired text with two apostrophes (''). To bold, surround the desired text with three apostrophes. To do both, use five. Example: Line Breaks[]You may notice that if you just hit 'enter' and start typing on the next line that you don't actually end up with a line break in the actual text. There are several ways to accomplish line breaks.
Whenever using indents or bulleted/numbered lists, a line break will automatically be put in. Bulleting and numbered lists[]Accomplishing lists with bullets or numbers is made easy by the wiki. To do a bulleted list, simply start each line with an asterisk (*). To do a numbered list, start each line with a number sign (#). Examples:
And numbers:
Also, you can create smaller bullets (or numbers) within a bulleted or numbered list simply by typing two (or more) of the respective character. Examples:
Numbers:
Indents[]Indenting (sometimes referred to as tabbing) text can be important. Indents are easy to accomplish - simply put a colon (:) at the beginning of the line. Multiple colons make a bigger indent. Example: Comment #1
Comment #6 (new subject) How it looks in the edit window: Comment #1 :Comment #2 ::Comment #3 :::Comment #4 ::::Comment #5 :::Response to Comment #3 ::::Response to comment to Comment #3 :Response to Comment #1 Comment #6 (new subject) Also, if you put a space in front of something to indent it, it appears in a grayish box with a dotted border, like some of the above examples. See? It's magic. But note, lines of text in these will not 'wrap around'. Font options[]Font size and color can be easily customized using simple html tags. To change either of these, you must first open a <font> tag. Type <font (don't add the closing > yet) in front of whatever text you wish to modfiy. Then you can change the color and size. After that, put a </font> tag after the block of text to be modified. Examples:
<font size=20>THIS IS SIZE 20</font> displays THIS IS SIZE 20 <font size=5>This is size 5</font> displays this is size 5 <font size=1>This is size 1</font> displays This is size 1
<font color=red>This is red font,</font> but this is black - displays This is red font, but this is black
<font size=5 color=blue>This is big blue font, <font size=10>but this is bigger</font></font> displays: This is big blue font, but this is bigger There is also an easier way to create big and small text. Simply use <small>, </small>, <big>, and </big> tags. However, this gives you less precise control over the size. Another thing you can do is create subtext and suptext. Use the <sub> and <sup> tags. Examples: The equation y = x<sup>2</sup> is a basic parabola. will display The equation y = x2 is a basic parabola. H<sub>2</sub>O is the chemical formula for water. will display: H2O is the chemical formula for water. Templates[]Templates are very useful. They allow you to insert even an extremely large amount of code with a very small amount. {{clear}} is a template that you have already used. Templates are kind of like internal links. The main difference is that you use curly brackets ({{ and }}) instead of square brackets. Using a template inserts its code into the page, and if that template is updated, any pages the template is on will also be changed. Template Syntax[]Inserting a template normally is all well and good, but some templates aren't that simple. Certain templates, such as the {{Untested-trial}} template and the userbox template, also accept variables and there are others that you won't want to update whenever the template changes. Examples:
Useful Templates[]
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