Editing Tips

From Free Stuff Wiki @ A4F

Here are some quick Editing Tips which will make editing and formatting this wiki easier.

Getting Started

This Wiki can be edited by anyone! All you need is a username for our forums which you can use to sign in here! Once logged in, simply click "edit" from the top tabs and start editing!

See also: How to Start a New Page

Headings

Level 1 Headings use this text: "= Level 1 Headings ="

Level 2 Subsection Headings use this text: "== Level 2 Headings ==="

Level 3 Smaller Subsection Headings use this text: "=== Level 3 Headings ==="

Redirecting To Another Page

Use this text: "#REDIRECT [[pagename]]"

Images

Pick an image you want to link to and use this text: "[IMG]image link here[/IMG]"

Aligning Text

Line Break

Add this text where you want to add a line break (it's like hitting the "Enter" key): "<br>"

Or just hit the enter key twice, leaving a blank line where you want the break.

External Link Display Options

There are three ways to display external links:

1. Anything4Free.com[1]
       uses this text: "Text to be displayed[http://www.url.com]"
2. Anything4Free Homepage
       uses this text: "[http://www.url.com Text to be displayed]"
3. Simple URL: http://www.anything4free.com
       uses this text: "http://www.url.com"

Section Links

You can link to a page section by its title:

• List of cities by country#Morocco.

If multiple sections have the same title, add a number. #Example section 3 goes to the third section named "Example section".

You can link to a page section by its title:


*[[List of cities by country#Morocco]].


If multiple sections have the same title, add
a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
third section named "Example section".

Text Box

There are two ways to display text boxes:

This is one example. It is achieved by adding ONE (or more) SPACES before the beginning of the line.

Lists

Unordered Lists

• Unordered lists are easy to do:
  • Start every line with a star.
    • More stars indicate a deeper level.

  Previous item continues.

  • A newline
• in a list

marks the end of the list.

• Of course you can start again.

* Unordered lists are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
*: Previous item continues.
** A newline
* in a list  
marks the end of the list.
* Of course you can start again.

Ordered Lists

1. Numbered lists are:
   1. Very organized
   2. Easy to follow

A newline marks the end of the list.

1. New numbering starts with 1.

# Numbered lists are:
## Very organized
## Easy to follow
A newline marks the end of the list.
# New numbering starts with 1.

Mixed Lists

• You can even do mixed lists
  1. and nest them
  2. inside each other
     • or break lines
       in lists.

     definition lists

     can be

     nested 

     too

* You can even do mixed lists
*# and nest them
*# inside each other
*#* or break lines
in lists.
*#; definition lists
*#: can be 
*#:; nested : too

Blockquotes

We use 1 colon to indent once.

We use 2 colons to indent twice.

3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.

: We use 1 colon to indent once.
:: We use 2 colons to indent twice.
::: 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.

MediaWiki Homepage

Media Wiki Homepage - Searching here can find all kinds of other tricks.
Media Wiki Editing Tips & Tricks page - The place where many of the above tips came from.