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| + | == The Basics == | ||
{| style="background:#f9f9f9;" border="1" | {| style="background:#f9f9f9;" border="1" | ||
|- style="background:#DDDDDD;" | |- style="background:#DDDDDD;" | ||
| − | |style="width: | + | |style="width:30%"| '''What you type''' |
| − | |style="width: | + | |style="width:25%"| '''What it looks like''' |
| + | |style="width:45%"| '''Description''' | ||
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| + | | <pre>I want to be '''bold'''</pre> | ||
| + | | I want to be '''bold''' | ||
| + | | Bold text | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | <pre>Have you read ''Stand, Columbia'', yet?</pre> | ||
| + | | Have you read ''Stand, Columbia'', yet? | ||
| + | | Italic text | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | <pre>it turned out all of the dead hoboes were in [[John Jay Hall]]</pre> | ||
| + | <pre>...one of the biggest hobo [[Murders|killings]] in John Jay history</pre> | ||
| + | | it turned out all of the dead hoboes were in [[John Jay Hall]]<br><br>...one of the biggest hobo [[Murders|killings]] in John Jay history | ||
| + | | Internal link, create a link to another article on WikiCU. If you want the link text to be something other than the article title, add a pipe <nowiki>'|'</nowiki> followed by the desired link text, as in the second example | ||
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| + | | <pre>Reading through the reviews on [http://culpa.info/ culpa]...</pre> | ||
| + | | Reading through the reviews on [http://culpa.info/ culpa]... | ||
| + | | External link, link to a page outside wikicu. Constructed by putting the link URL followed by the text of the link | ||
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| + | == Advanced formatting == | ||
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| + | {| style="background:#f9f9f9;" border="1" | ||
| + | |- style="background:#DDDDDD;" | ||
| + | |style="width:30%"| '''What you type''' | ||
| + | |style="width:25%"| '''What it looks like''' | ||
| + | |style="width:45%"| '''Description''' | ||
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<blockquote>Quote text. -Author</blockquote> | <blockquote>Quote text. -Author</blockquote> | ||
| + | | Quick 'n easy way of including quotes | ||
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|2=Author. | |2=Author. | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | | Fancy way of including quotes | ||
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<pre>Code to display.</pre> | <pre>Code to display.</pre> | ||
| + | | Used for displaying the actual code without wikicu interpreting it. For example, on a Help page to show users what code has what effects. | ||
|} | |} | ||
== Redirects == | == Redirects == | ||
| − | + | Redirects are used to automatically move the user from one page to another. For example, if a user types '''SEAS''', they are first taken to the [[SEAS|SEAS article]], which instantly redirects them to the article on [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]]. This allows users to easily find articles without always typing the exact title of the article. | |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
#REDIRECT [[Internal link]] | #REDIRECT [[Internal link]] | ||
Revision as of 11:57, 8 July 2007
The Basics
| What you type | What it looks like | Description |
I want to be '''bold''' |
I want to be bold | Bold text |
Have you read ''Stand, Columbia'', yet? |
Have you read Stand, Columbia, yet? | Italic text |
it turned out all of the dead hoboes were in [[John Jay Hall]] ...one of the biggest hobo [[Murders|killings]] in John Jay history |
it turned out all of the dead hoboes were in John Jay Hall ...one of the biggest hobo killings in John Jay history |
Internal link, create a link to another article on WikiCU. If you want the link text to be something other than the article title, add a pipe '|' followed by the desired link text, as in the second example |
Reading through the reviews on [http://culpa.info/ culpa]... |
Reading through the reviews on culpa... | External link, link to a page outside wikicu. Constructed by putting the link URL followed by the text of the link |
Advanced formatting
| What you type | What it looks like | Description |
<blockquote>Quote text. -Author</blockquote> |
|
Quick 'n easy way of including quotes |
{{quotation
|1=Quote text.
|2=Author.
}}
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Fancy way of including quotes |
<pre>Code to display.</pre> |
Code to display. |
Used for displaying the actual code without wikicu interpreting it. For example, on a Help page to show users what code has what effects. |
Redirects
Redirects are used to automatically move the user from one page to another. For example, if a user types SEAS, they are first taken to the SEAS article, which instantly redirects them to the article on Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. This allows users to easily find articles without always typing the exact title of the article.
#REDIRECT [[Internal link]]
