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This page is to come up with a cohesive formatting system for the entire Wiki. This needs to be kept up to date.

Page Template

Use the code from the BestPageTemplate to start a new page in the wiki.

Images

When you post a picture, please add a caption and a credit.

Result:

What you type:

||attachment:JoeWilson_AObake_DiffuseAndAO.jpg|| 
||Ambient occlusion on a diffuse map.[[BR]]~-image by[http://www.linkedin.com/in/earthquake Joe Wilson aka EarthQuake]-~||

• Two pipe characters || start and end each row of the image Table, making the frames around the image and caption.

• attachment:filename makes a link so you can upload the image. After you save the page, you'll see a Upload new attachment link. Use that to upload your image. Just make sure the name in the Rename to field matches what you typed in the attachment: code, or your picture won't appear.

• [[BR]] adds a line break between the caption and the credit.

• Surrounding the credit with ~- and -~ makes it smaller than the caption.

• Make the author's name into a link to their website.

Thumbnails

After you upload your full-size image(s), open the More Actions dropdown and click on Thumbnails. The wiki will build a thumbnail for each of the images on the page. If the image is big, you'll get a few different thumbnail sizes. Edit your page, replacing the old image names with the thumbnail size you want. If you want, you can create a link to the original full-size image too.

Result:

What you type:

||attachment:tmp.160.JoeWilson_AObake_DiffuseAndAO.jpg|| 
||Ambient occlusion on a diffuse map. [attachment:JoeWilson_AObake_DiffuseAndAO.jpg Actual size][[BR]]~-image by[http://www.linkedin.com/in/earthquake Joe Wilson aka EarthQuake]-~||

Lists

Lists are great for structuring content. Start the line with a space, then the special character, then another space, and then your text.

Use  *  for bullets, or  1.  a.  A.  i.  I.  for numbers/letters.

Result:

• You can use
• bullets like this

What you type:

 * You can use
 * bullets like this

Table of Contents

To add a Table of Contents (TOC) to a page, add the code  [[TableOfContents]] . Put it after the introduction text. The TOC will only contain links to Headings.

Links

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Make ALL links prior to linking. Do not use punctuation at the end (and avoid full stop) and make it start with a capital letter. Spaces are fine (they get converted to underscores). Be brief with the title and consider how it looks in the browser.

EVERY PAGE MUST HAVE LINKS:

• One to it's parent if applicable
• One to the front page

Put these at the top AND bottom of each page. Example:

• Return to Main Page
  Return to Software home

Anchors

To link to a certain position on a page, like a heading, you need to add an Anchor there first. Anchors are invisible.

Anchors are made like this: [[Anchor(AnchorNameHere)]]

• [[Anchor starts the Anchor.

• (AnchorNameHere) is where you type in the text you want to use when linking. Use WikiName capitals. Don't use spaces because then the links to the Anchor won't work.

• ]] ends the Anchor.

Link to an Anchor like this: [#AnchorNameHere What The Link Says]

• [# starts the link.

• Replace AnchorNameHere with the anchor name. It cannot have any spaces.

• Replace What The Link Says with whatever text you want the link to read as.

• Make sure to close the link with another ] character.

Tables

The table title colour at the moment (20/4/06) is FFFFE0. In a table that is < rowbgcolor="#FFFFE0 > on the top line, although this is likely to change to match a CSS based colour!

Headings

DO NOT add the page title using = TitleName =. Titles are auto generated from the page title and depending on the skin, can be seen twice.

Use two or more "=" to make headings, for example == This Is a Heading ==

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