CabalWiki:Help
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This page is a how-to for contributing to the wiki. If you are new to wikis, we invite you to experiment in the Sandbox before editing normal pages. Click the edit link located at the top of the Sandbox page.
See the Community Portal if you want to help us. =)
Courtesy requests
- Please use the "Show preview" button before saving the page.
- Please sign all discussion posts with your name - use " -~~~~ " (4 tildes).
- Read the Manual of Style before making new pages or big changes to an existing page.
Wiki markup
Text style
Use apostrophes to make text bold or italic. For underlined words, type in <u>...</u>.
| Code | HTML equivalent | Result |
|---|---|---|
''Italic text'' | <i>Italic text</i> | Italic text |
'''Bold text''' | <b>Bold text</b> | Bold text |
'''''Mixed text''''' | <b><i>Mixed text</i></b> | Mixed text |
| None | <u>Underlined text</u> | Underlined text |
Colored Text
If you want to change the color of the text, write down this code:
<font color="COLOR CODE">TEXT MESSAGE</font>
- The colour code is a hex number or word to show the colour.
- The text message is the message you want to type.
Using this code:
| Code | Results |
|---|---|
<font color="blue">hi</font>
| hi |
<font color="#0000FF">hi</font>
| hi |
Both the results above is the same colour. The colour code for blue is "#0000FF", starting with the symbol "#" then the code. You may also put words too, but if you want a specific colour, you type in the colour code of that particular colour.
For the list of colours with the colour codes (hex triplet), click here.
Links
Enclose words in double square braces to make a link to an article on this wiki. Separate the link from the caption with a vertical bar ("|"). External links use single square braces and use a space to separate the link from the caption.
| Code | Result | Notes |
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[[Quest]] | Quest | Normal wiki link |
[[quest]]s | quests | Plural wiki link |
[[quest|List of missions]] | list of missions | Renamed wiki link |
[[wikipedia:Cabal Online]] | wikipedia:Cabal Online | Easy link to an article on Wikipedia |
[http://www.cabalonline.com Cabal Online] | Cabal Online | External link with a caption. |
Article sections
Enclose text with equal signs to divide an article into sections.
=Main section= ==Subsection== ===Subsubsection=== ====Get the point?====
Images
Upload an image using the upload file link found in the main menu.
| Code | Result | Notes |
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| [[Image:Port Lux map.png]] |  | Display picture |
| [[Image:Port Lux map.png|200px]] | | Set picture width |
| [[Image:Port Lux map.png|200px|right]] | | align picture to the right |
| [[Image:Port Lux map.png|frame|Map of Port Lux]] | Map of Port Lux | Add a caption |
| [[Image:Port Lux map.png|thumb|150px|Map of Port Lux]] | | creat a thumbnail with caption |
- PNG is the preferred file type.
- Also see Extended image syntax on Wikipedia.
Tables
| Note: #efffef |
All table code needs to be the first character on the line.
| Code | HTML equivalent | Result | ||||||
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{| | <table> | Start a table & make a 1st row | ||||||
! | <th> | Column heading | ||||||
| | <td> | New cell | ||||||
!! | </th><th> | Column heading on same line | ||||||
|| | </td><td> | New cell on same line | ||||||
|- | <tr> | New row (not necessary at start) | ||||||
|} | </table> | Close table | ||||||
{| class=wikitable
!Header1!!Header2
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|data1
|data2
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|data3||data4
|}
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<table><tr> <td>Header1</th><th>Header2</th></tr> <tr> <td>data1</td> <td>data2</td> <tr> <td>data3</td><td>data4</td> </tr></table> |
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- Also see Table Help on Wikipedia.
Lists
All list code needs to be the first character on the line.
| Code | Result |
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| # | Ordered list item |
| * | Unordered list |
| : | Indent |
#Step A #Step B #*Hint #Step C ##Substep ##Substep #Step D :Note: ::Note text |
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Templates
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Enclose a template in double curly braces to have it transcluded to the page.
{{templatename|parameter1|parameter2}}
Inside the template file (e.g. {{warning}}), access parameters with triple curly braces.
{{{1}}} {{{2|default}}}
- Also see Template help on Wikipedia.
Redirects
Use redirects to have one article automatically forward the read to another.
| Code | Result | Notes |
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| #REDIRECT [[Characters]] | (redirects page to Characters) |
Categories
The wiki uses categories to help organize all the pages.
| Code | Result | Notes |
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| [[category:items]] | (adds page to Items category) | Add articles to a category by adding a category link at the bottom of the article |
| [[:category:items]] | category:items | Display the category as a normal link by adding a colon |
Other code
| Code | Result |
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| <nowiki>text</nowiki> | Make text display as is |
| <code>text</code> | Make text display with font used for code. |
| <pre>text</pre> | Make text display in a box, with code font, and without HTML whitespace formatting |
| <noinclude>text</noinclude> | Show text on the template page, but not on transcluded pages. Useful for template usage instructions. |
| <includeonly>text<includeonly> | Show text on transcluded pages, but not on the template page. Useful for templates that add articles to categories. |
---- | Add a horizontal bar. |
~~~~ | Add your signature. |
<br> | Force a line break. |
Advanced
- Magic words, eg:
__NOTOC__ - Parser functions, eg:
{{#if: ... - DPL - Dynamic page list, eg:
{{#dpl: ... - CSS - how to format pages, eg:
style="text-align:center"
