Help:Editing

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[edit] Sections

To make a new section in a wiki that will be automatically added to the contents menu at the top of the article, use this syntax:


==Top Level Section==
===Second Level Subsection===
====Third Level Subsection====

etc...

These will appear as large headers, and will show themselves on the menu like this:

1 Top Level Section
    1.1 Second Level Section
    1.2 Second Level Section
          1.2.1 Third Level Section
    1.3 Second Level Sectionv
2 Top Level Section

[edit] Adding Icons

Icons with links

To add item with a link to the item's description on Auno.org, simply include the tags:

<aoicon>item_id</aoicon>

You can obtain the item id by going to Auno.org and searching for the item you wish to include the icon to. Once you are on the page for the specific item you want (not a list of matches), it will look something like this:

http://auno.org/ao/db.php?id=129062

the number after "id=" is the item id.

Example: <aoicon>129062</aoicon>Linked Icon

Icons without links

To add an icon without providing a link, use the following syntax:


{{AODB|picture_id}}

To obtain the picture id for these, you must go to AODB.info and search for the item you wish to include the icon for. Once you are on the item's page, right click on the icon and view its properties. You will see something like "129059.png" the number before ".png" is the picture id.

Example: http://images.aowiki.de/items/113999.png Unlinked Icon

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In pictures

Click edit at the top of the page you want to edit.

An "edit box" will open, type your new sentences or corrections.
Please note: on newer wikis you may see the new editor.

Click Preview to check what you have written.

Click Save page to save your writing.

Video walkthrough

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Editing

Ready to put your flavor on things? Learn how here!

Also check out our editing Tips and Tricks

For more videos please see our online demos page.

Some other editing tips

Explain your edit in the 'Summary' box between the edit window and the bottom row of grey buttons. By filling it the summary box, it allows you to tell members of your wiki community why you made a certain change to an article, making communication easier. You only need to type a short message here, for example 'added introduction'.
Use the 'Show preview' button to check your edit before saving. Remember to save your preview before moving on. The preview button gives you a chance to check your edit for formatting and typos before it's up on the wiki for all to see. It also spares you the grief of having to go back and make another change after saving an article.
If you are logged in, you can mark an edit as minor by checking the 'This is a minor edit' box. This lets other editors know your edit is very small.
Pages that start with 'User:' are personal pages. While it's considered impolite to make major edits to other people's user pages without permission, feel free to leave messages for people on their User_talk pages.
Always remember to sign your talk page comments with four tildes ( ~~~~). That way, the person you're writing to will know who sent him/her the message.

Formatting

Most text formatting is usually done with wiki markup, so you don't have to learn HTML.

See Help:Formatting and Help:HTML.

Links

Links are important on wikis to help readers navigate your site. The more your pages are linked to each other, the easier it is for readers to find what they're looking for.

See Help:Links, Help:External link and also Category:Link help on Wikia Help.

Wiki variables and templates

Use {{SITENAME}} to see the current Wikia. For instance, {{SITENAME}} on this site prints out as Wikia Help.

That and a few other templates are common to MediaWiki sites. For a complete list of these "magic words", see magic words on Meta.

You can create templates. After you create the page Template:XXX, using the command {{XXX}} will include that content in your current page. So, if you have something that needs to be included on many other pages, you might want to use a template.

Most templates available on the Central Wikia can be used on individual Wikia wikis with just "wikia:" prefixed to the name. See Help:Shared templates.