Editing wiki

english (en) | português (br)

Contents 1 Is Wiki or MediaWiki new to you? 1.1 See the implementation of some pages 1.2 Use the Show Preview button 1.3 Visit the MediaWiki documentation 2 Creating a new page 3 Translations 4 Page name 5 Page content 6 Creating and editing a template

Is Wiki or MediaWiki new to you?

See the implementation of some pages

Click Create an account or login to provide valid username and password and go to Edit, all of them in the right column, in order to view the source of some page.

Use the Show Preview button

Click on the Show preview button, before send a new page or change an old one, to check if the formatted content was in accordance with the original idea. Don't forget to click the option Save page when the edit is complete.

Visit the MediaWiki documentation

• User's guide
• Editor's guide
• MediaWiki FAQ

Creating a new page

The create a new page, just modify an existing page and create its new name between double square brackets thereby creating a new internal link. Example:

An article about [[Dynamic loading]].

A pipe separates the link from the different name:

This [[Dynamic Loading|article]] has some information about dynamic loading.

To save the page, just click on the link to open an edit panel.

To create a new page without an internal link that points to it, type the name in the search box to execute a search. If the page does not exist, a link to create it will be presented.

Translations

If a page is translated, just edit the template of the original page to create a new link. See how to change a page's template

When the translation is done, return to the original page and check which other pages link to the page. (What links here in the right hand column). Edit those that are in the same language.

Page name

The page name can be written in either the native language or english. If the page is not in english, its name should contain two letters that represent the language followed by a slash.

Example: An english page that is about building an application can be called "Building an application" and "br/Construindo uma aplicação" (a Brazilian portuguese version).

Page content

Its desirable that all pages have an initial template, this template contains all the translations for that page. If the new page was a translation of another page, just repeat the template's name just like its in the original page and edit the template so that it points to the translation. In cases where its a new page without a translation just create a template with a non existent name.

Example: Translating a page Building an application:

{{Building an application}}

An application written with PressObjects needs ...

The page's first line is the template. To translate a page, copy the first line (the template) and change the rest.

To create a new page with a new template, see some tips to follow.

Creating and editing a template

A template is made by a pair of brackets and a name in ANSI characters (space, numbers and letters from A to Z, uppercase and lowercase, without accents). Its desirable to leave the title of the page in english. Example:

{{Building an application}}

In case the template already exists, the new template presents the content from this template. To edit an existent template:

1. Click on the option to edit the page (right column)
2. Click the template link at the end of the page
3. Click on the option to edit the template (right column)

In case the template does not exist (when a new page is created), at the top of the page there will be a link that can be used to create it. This can be viewed by pressing the Show preview button.

For a page to translation in english and portuguese, the template's content is like this:

[[Building an application|'''english (en)''']] |
[[br/Construindo uma aplicação|'''português (br)''']]

Create a new line for each new translation. Note the pipe, at the end of the line, used to separate on translation from another.

The first template of a page written in english would be like this:

[[Dynamic loading|'''english (en)''']]