You can edit any page on this site - just click on the edit link at the bottom of any page. Then type in text, leaving a blank line between paragraphs.

When you're done, hit Save. All previous versions of the page are saved, so it's fairly simple to undo changes.

You make a new page by writing a link to it (see [Linking], below), then following the red "?" link at the end and starting to type. Easy!

Try out the Sandbox if you want to get a feel for editing first.

Jump to: [Basic formatting] [Headings] [Lists and indenting] [Linking] [Redirects]

Basic Formatting

Repeated apostrophes (') will ''italicize'' and '''bold''' - like this. five in a row does both.

Basic HTML also works here. Apostrophes are simpler to type, but some people prefer HTML tags out of habit, and because they offer a few more effects:

 for italics
 for bold
 for underlining
<s></s> for ~~strikeout~~.
 for small text. Good for discussions and other "notes in the margin".

Headings and separators

: Create headings like the one above by using equals signs, e.g.
: = Heading =
: == Subheading ==
: === Sub-subheading ===
: and so forth. Headings must be on their own line. Leave spaces between the equals signs and the text.

They come out like this:

Heading

Subheading

Sub-subheading

Note: only the first few equals signs matter for assigning the level. In other words, === This = does the same thing as === This ===.

To insert a horizontal line, like the one below, type in a row of four hyphens (----).

Lists and indenting

Indented text: start the line with a colon (:)

or more than one (::)

: for additional indentation (:::).

Bulleted list:
start a line with an asterisk (*)
- or more than one
- for sub-entries (**).

Numbered list:
start each line with a number sign (#)
1. ...and for a sub-list,
2. use more than one number sign (##).
The list starts over if you leave a blank line.

 Pre-formatted text - comes out like a typewriter
 (monospaced and  with          spacing      preserved)
 start the line with a space ( ).

You can exempt text from the wiki rules by enclosing it in <nowiki> tags.

Linking

Link to a page on this wiki by surrounding its name in double brackets:

[[Sandbox]] shows up as Sandbox.

You can change the text of the link, too: use a | character (a.k.a. a "pipe" - type shift-backslash) between the page name and the text:

[[Home Page|Back to the top!]] is linked to Home Page but shows up as Back to the top!

If you link to a subpage, the title is automatically shortened to just the subpage name:

[[Characters/Twin]] becomes Twin.

If you want the whole name to show up, put two | characters at the end of the page name:

[[Characters/Twin||]] becomes Characters/Twin.

If you paste in an outside URL, it'll turn into a live link:

http://www.puzzleboxmuck.org/

You can specify the text of the link too, but using single brackets, and no pipe (yeah, it's weird).

[http://www.puzzleboxmuck.org/ The PB site] becomes [The PB site].
- Note that if you wish to use anchors in your page (the site.tld/page#name tags), you'll have to use this full form, and then insert [#name] on the wiki page at the anchor point. It is not visible, but it is linkable (see the links at the top of the page).

If you insert an image URL ending in ".gif", ".jpg", or ".png", the image itself will appear on the page.

http://www.puzzleboxmuck.org/wiki/wikidata/uploads/tinyshiny.gif becomes

If the image is much bigger than thumbnail-sized, it's probably better to use text links to link to images:

[http://www.somesite.net/pic.jpg Here's a picture].

If you need to link to another wiki, or to some Other Things, you can use [InterWiki] syntax: [WikiName:SomePage link title]. There's a list of wiki names and what they link to [here].

: Someone should update the intermap file to reflect the wiki's move to PBX.org. Then the links at the top of this page could be changed from e.g. [http://www.puzzleboxmuck.org/wiki/index.cgi?Editing_Guide#headings Headings] to [Puzzlebox:Editing_Guide#headings Headings]. --Murotunikel?

Redirects

If you put #REDIRECT PageToRedirectTo on a page all alone, when you go to that page, it'll redirect to whatever page is specified. Example, putting #REDIRECT Characters/Twin will redirect a page to Twin's character page.
NOTES:

redirections don't work if they point outside the wiki
a redirect to a redirect page only performs the first redirect.
if there are any spaces in the name of the page you're redirecting to, you'll have to substitute underscores - e.g., #REDIRECT Editing_Guide

More detail and a few things we left out can be found [here]. Not everything mentioned there is turned on here. Experiment in the Sandbox if you're not sure!

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Editing Guide