Help:Contents
This is a quick help page with a combination of links to more detailed pages, practical help issues and FAQs. Feel free to contribute.
Contents
Getting started
Additionally, consult the User's Guide for more information on using the wiki software.
Creating a page
ADVICE:
- It is recommended that you save your editing document from time to time.
- If you want to avoid that others receive an email because of unfinished versions just tick the "This is a minor edit" option, of course assuming that the user has chosen not to receive alerts when minor edits occur. =)
Creating a new page
This is easy and it can be done in two main ways:
- In the address of the main page just change Main_Page to the title/name of the new page. For example, to create the page Herman-Kluk prefactor just edit in the address bar https://red.chem.ualberta.ca/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page to https://red.chem.ualberta.ca/mediawiki/index.php/Herman-Kluk_prefactor.
- When editing a page, use the Internal link format for the new word/title/subject, etc. that will have its own page. For example, we can create here an Internal link to the Herman-Kluk prefactor page typing [[Herman-Kluk_prefactor|Herman-Kluk prefactor]] giving as a result Herman-Kluk prefactor. Notice that the part after the pipe symbol | is what the reader sees. This can be omitted if the name of the page and the wording of the link are the same. In the case above this will be [[Herman-Kluk prefactor]]
How can I hide the table of contents? (taken from the FAQ)
The table of contents (TOC) is automatically shown once there are four or more headings in the article. The are multiple ways to hide it.
For one page
Place the magic word __NOTOC__ into the page markup.
For all pages
Edit the CSS files; locate the style for the table of contents and add display: none; to the definition.
Per user
Users can also opt to have the table of contents hidden. This is a user preference, set in Special:Preferences.
Keeping track of changes
To keep track of changes in a page you have to add it to your Watchlist.
If you want to be emailed when changes occur, select the appropriate options on your Preferences:User Profile:Email
The Special pages in the Toolbox in the left side bar contains many tools-pages with information about the development of the wiki and logs of what is happening on it.
Roll back to previous edits
Click the history tab and compare versions. Choose the one you want to roll back to (click in the link that shows the date) and click edit.
