Basic Instructions
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Creating a new page:
Basic Steps
- Put the new page name in the search bar. (Really!)
- Click on the name in the search results where it prompts to Create the page "_____" on this wiki!
- Insert Template, if appropriate (see below).
- Type in text as desired.
- Insert images (see below).
- Add relevant categories - Category:People, Category:Vatavian, Category:Scribe, etc.
- Put double-square brackets [[ around the Category:Name command, then closed-double-square brackets.
- More information on Categories below
- Save the new page.
- Click on any new categories you created and make sure they're not orphans, i.e. their parent categories are correct.
Uploading images:
You have to be logged into your account to upload images
- Open the "Upload File" button in the left toolbar in a separate tab
- Follow the instructions in the window to upload the desired image
- Permitted file types: png, gif, jpg, jpeg, webp.
- Cut and Paste the image file name (Image.gif, etc. ) into the appropriate area of the page being edited
- [[File:Sample.gif]]
- Recommend align to the right: [[File:Sample.gif|right]]
- If need to change the image size and add a caption: [[File:Sample.gif|right|150px|Sample Image]]
Common Codes
- Headers use =Text= . Multiple = indicate lower ranks of subheader.
- Bullet points use * . Multiple * will indent the point further.
- Italics is ''text'' (double single-quotes)
- Bold is '''text''' (triple single-quotes)
- Underline is <u>text</u>
- Links:
- Inserting the URL "naked" will make the URL text a clickable link, example: http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html
- Putting the URL in single brackets followed by text, will make that text a clickable link, example: The Ordinary
- Internal links are the name of the page surrounded by double brackets, example: Main Page
- Internal links to category pages need an extra colon [[:Category:Toys]], to get the link Category:Toys
Templates:
- Names - Template:Names - information about a name
- Armory - Template:Armory - information about a type of armory
- References - Template:References - template for general references
- Awards - Template:Awards - information about SCA Awards
- Kingdoms - Template:Kingdoms - information about SCA Kingdoms: contacts, principal heralds, heraldry
- Name Consults - Template:Name Consults - documentation notes for name consults
To use a template:
- Open a new page like you normally would.
- (Search for "Jane Doe" and click on the name in the "Create the page "Jane Doe" on this wiki!" link.)
- In the edit box, put the code {{subst:Name}}, or other Template name as appropriate.
- Save the page without any other coding
- This will substitute in the Template text.
- Re-open the article for editing to fill in the blanks.
Categories/Subcategories:
- Categories and subcategories are used in MediaWiki to organize pages together much like tags were used on wikispaces.
- Categories are case-sensitive.
Major categories are:
- Names - information on documenting and submitting names in the SCA. Subcategories for:
- Culture (English, French, etc.),
- Meaning (flower, water, battle, etc.),
- Lingual Mixes (?)
- Others?
- Armory - information related to arms, devices, badges. Subcategories include:
- Tinctures - colors, metals, furs and their combinations
- Fields - field divisions, field treatments
- Charges - ordinaries, animate charges, inanimate charges
- References - tools and standard SCA heraldry references. Subcategories:
- Consulting Tools - information on conflict checking, searches, etc. (Category:Tools)
- Administrative Handbook
- Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory (SENA)
- Heraldic Primers/Articles (Primers)
- Rules Articles (Articles)
- Kingdom - information about SCA Kingdoms: contacts, principal heralds, heraldry
- Awards - cross-reference under relevant Kingdom
- History - ?
A few subcategories may fall under more than one category/subcategory. For example, Golden Calon Swan is a subcategory of Awards, but also a subcategory of Calontir.
MediaWiki automatically makes a Category page for any category assigned to a page.
Categories are assigned by putting the relevant code at the bottom of the page:
- Using the text editor, [[Category:Name]]
Many pages will belong to multiple categories, and each category needs it's own bracketed command.
- For example, Golden Calon Swan is Category:Awards, Category:Calontir
The same code is use to create category trees.
- So the page Category:Awards would have the code for Category:References at the bottom.