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Editing
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Editing FAQ: [[include include:languages pagename=editing-faq]]

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General

Can I use HTML in my wiki pages?

Can I insert more than one blank line before/after a paragraph?

Media

How can I embed music and video in my wiki?

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Forums Post option buttons

General

Can I use HTML in my wiki pages?

Yes, you CAN! Insert your code as "html" or "css" type on any page and you can use in your wiki on any page in an "iframe" tag these code blocks like another url! See http://piotr.gabryjeluk.pl/dev:a-lot as an example

Without html coding: Only <span> and <div>, and those must appear as [[span]] and [[div]].

Can I insert more than one blank line before/after a paragraph?

Insert following line for every blank line - this will end as lines containing only <br />

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Media

How can I embed music and video in my wiki?

See Embedding Media
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Editing For Beginners: [[include include:languages pagename=Editing for beginners]]

This is the entry page of the section about the (first) level of edits for beginners.

Editing for beginners
How To Edit Pages Edit A Page Page Option Buttons Forum Option Buttons Start a New Page Page Title - How to edit? Link to a Wiki Page Introduction To Images Upload an Image Colored Text Editing FAQ Wiki Syntax First forum posts First forum threads

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Forum Option Buttons: [[include include:languages pagename=forum-option-buttons]]

Copied partially from howto:How to Use Option Buttons [http://community.wikidot.com/howto:how-to-use:forum-option-buttons]

Or to be more precise, what they do!

Forums Post option buttons

Below any post you make, there are two buttons: reply | options

Reply

Use this to directly reply to the specific post you are reading. It gives you an "edit" box with the post title automatically inserted. You may change this title if you like. Finally, there is a button called:

Options

This gives you three more buttons: permanent link| edit | delete

Permanent link: You may find this useful if you wish to link to a particular post in the forum. When you click on the button, a little extra window opens containing the URL for the particular reply/post, which is the post's permanent link. Please note that this is often not the URL in the address bar of your browser! You can copy and paste to put this link in any of your wiki pages (just as you can any others). Remember that if the post is deleted then the link becomes inoperable.

Example

[*http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-9857/permanent-link#post-24328 Example]

Edit: Use this button if you wish to edit your post after you have posted it, brings up the standard edit dialog box.
Delete: Use With Caution ! Read the warning.

Thread Buttons.

Under the "thread" summary box, you will find three buttons.

unfold all: Will expand folded posts

fold: Will collapse unfolded posts

+ more options Clicking this will give you

Edit title and Description.

Allows you to change the Thread Title and summary

Stickness

Will keep or promote important "threads" at the top of the "tree" in a forum category. example

Posting block

Enables admins and Mods to "lock" a Thread. Only they will be able to make additional posts.

Move thread

This option gives you the opportunity to move the thread to a different Forum Category.
It can be dangerous to delete threads, it is far better to move them to a "hidden" category instead.
It is also particularly useful for removing spam

add to watched
If you wish to keep track of posts in a particular thread, use this option.
To view the watched posts go to "my account" » watched »discussions
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Keyboard Shortcuts: [[include include:languages pagename=keyboard-shortcuts]]

This page describes the existing "shortcuts" in wikidot.

Since changelog 2007-07-26 there are Edit and Save available:

Shortcut	Description	IE6	IE7	Chr	Safari
Edit & Save
Ctrl + e	opens the edit window = edit
Ctrl + s	save the page/comment = save/post
Ctrl + enter	use Ctrl enter when editing a forum post = post it
While editing
Ctrl + a	select all text
Ctrl + b	applies bold to selected text = text	¹	²	³
Ctrl + i	applies italics to selected text = //text//	⁴	⁵	⁶	⁷
Ctrl + u	applies underline to selected text = __text__	⁸		⁹
Cut & paste
Ctrl + x	cut
Ctrl + c	copy
Ctrl + v	paste
Cancel & Redo
Alt + Backspace	Undo last typing				¹⁰
Ctrl + z	Undo last typing
Ctrl + y	Redo last typing¹¹
Zoom
Ctrl + +	zoom +
Ctrl + -	zoom -
Ctrl + mouse wheel
Ctrl + 0	zoom reset

FF2 : Firefox 2.0+
IE6 : Internet Explorer 6.0+
IE7 : Internet Explorer 7.0+
Chr : Google Chrome
FF3 : Firefox 3.0+
Safari : Apple Safari 4

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Page Option Buttons: [[include include:languages pagename=page-option-buttons]]

Partially copied from: How to use Option Buttons

Page Options.

These buttons are found at the bottom of every page.

Edit: Opens up the standard "edit " window. Use this to edit your page. Please note that when entering code of any sort, it is essential that spaces are inserted in the correct place, otherwise the page will not display as required. Using a "CTRL + e" shortcut instead of the button does the same thing.
Tags: Use this to enter "tags" (keywords referring to the content of your pages).
History: Use this to view the changes over a period of time to your page. There are a number of options and actions that can be carried out to aid you in tracking changes. See also the Glossary entry "History"!
Files: If you click this button, a little extra menu opens with more buttons (upload new file | file manager), which gives you the opportunity to up/download files to the page (also called "attaching" them to the page), and view & control files within that page. The file manager gives you an overview of the used space too.
Print: Will open up your page in a new window, allowing you to print the contents of that page without any of the stuff (sidebars, navigation features, etc.) surrounding that page.
Note1: if you used coding to insert columns, the layout is preserved.
Note2: if your printout is not in a good layout with the automatic page-breaks, then you can use ( or avoid) page-breaks. See the comments on Print friendly option.
Give it a try and click on the "print" button to test different pt-values and layouts:

print:

Site Tools: Gives you two further options:

wanted Pages:

Will give you the names of the pages that have NOT been created yet, but that has been "suggested" somewhere in the wiki by someone inserting a non-existent (internal) link on a page.

orphaned pages

This is a list of all the pages that do not have links to or from. There will always be some in here, such as Category, Forum threads, New Forum Thread, etc.

draft pages

This is a list of all saved "draft"-version of pages.

+Options:

Edit sections.: Clicking on this will provide you with an "edit" button next to each separate heading on your page. Clicking a particular "edit" button will open (and lock) that part of the page only. Very handy for editing long documents.
Append.: This gives you an empty edit box. Any text that is entered here will be appended to the bottom of the page. Note: if, for example, you have used the "comments" module, the the appended text will appear BELOW it.
Edit Meta.: This gives you a new edit box. You can enter "meta" data to be inserted into the head /head section of (all) pages.
Watchers.: Who watches this page? This gives you a list of those people who will receive notifications when changes are made to this page or the page is commented.
Backlinks: Will give a list of pages that link to this page or directly include it.
Page source: Will give you all the text and coding used for the page in such a way that it can be copied and pasted elsewhere. For larger pages it can also help in locating errors in the text/code because you get it displayed in the format at the same time as you view it (unlike the edit window).
Parent: Use this to help in-page navigation. You might find it a good idea to put at least Home page name in here This is VERY handy if you wish to use "bread crumbs" navigation. Put [[module PageTree]] in your "home" page somewhere and all will be revealed. More info Here

Example of Breadcrumb Navigation

Lock Page: Will give you a tick box. Tick this if you only want admins and mods to be able to edit the page. This is sometimes useful, for example, on the starting page. It is over and above the permissions set in "site manager"
Rename: Warning! This will change the actual address of the page. If you change it, any pages that have links to and from it will not work. Fortunately there is another button Show dependences that warns you if this is the case. Alternatively, just change the displayed Title of the Page in the Title of page text box above the edit dialog box which will not change the actual address.
Delete: You can delete the page by either moving it to a default "deleted" category (the page name will be changed to "deleted:page_name") or by permanently removing it from the Wiki, which is nonrecoverable and should be used with caution.

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The Editor: [[include include:languages pagename=edit-a-page]]

There are 3 modes of editing a page:

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Table of Contents

General

Can I use HTML in my wiki pages?

Can I insert more than one blank line before/after a paragraph?

Media

How can I embed music and video in my wiki?

Backlinks:

Forums Post option buttons

1. Whole page edit

This mode locks the whole page for you during the editing time. If the page isn't long, this won't be a problem.

At the bottom of each page you will find some buttons. The left-most of these is a button named edit, which starts the "Edit the page" frame.

A click on this button opens a new page consisting of the "old" content of the page and a new section titled "Edit the page" (or use the typical "CTRL + e" shortcut for the same effect):

This frame contains an editor window for you to enter new text. Above you will see some formatting buttons (sometimes with wizards). Hovering your mouse cursor over the buttons will cause a "tool-tip" to appear describing the formatting button's function.

Under the editor-window there are 2 help links inserted. These will display the help information in an new window:

Below that is the "Short description of changes:" text box for providing a description of the entry or changes you made. This description is very helpful, for instance, when you view the "Recent changes" page.

On the right side of this short description window is the Lock information shown:

If the edit-window is too big for your screen, there is a "+" and "-" button (on the bottom) to increase or decrease the edit-window's size respectively.

Also at the bottom of the edit-window are buttons to save or discard your work:

cancel is clear - you will lose all Your work without any security question. The same happens if You press too much the "Escape" button on Your keyboard( in panic or so).
view diff - this is helpful to control Your last changes in a little extra - frame before you save the changes (with an included example); to close this frame "Diff changes" click on the little button "close diff view":

preview - a good idea to have a look before you press any save button.
save & continue - this saves your work and you can continue without going to the edit buttons again.
save - this saves your work and the page is re-sent to your browser with the new content(or use the typical "CTRL + s" for the same effect).

2. Section edit

This mode will only lock a single section (defined by the header selected) instead of the whole page during the editing time.
This is useful if the page is long and you don't want to prevent other authors from writing to its other sections at the same time.

To enable this mode you have to switch the "+options" button (bottom -right side)

to "-options":

You have got the extra buttons line with the left most button "edit_sections" :

If you click on this button, every header section (the line with the "+" or "++") in your page (normally down to level 2) will get an edit button on the right side:

You can use this button to edit the selected section alone without disturbing or changing the rest of the page. Note that this button is check-able, for setting the section edit as allowed or not. Also, at the moment you save or discard your change, the extra button line (which was displayed via clicking the "+options" button) will again be hidden. Note that in future releases this may change.

The only difference between the editor-window and the whole page edit mode is:
the button save & continue is not present…

3. Append

In this mode you can only append text to the whole page content:

You will find the button to do this in the "+options" :

there is the second button in the extra buttons line:

The editor-window "Edit the page" opens as usual - but you don't have a "view diff" button or a "save & continue" button.

Some notes

When you use one of the save-buttons: please wait for the acknowledgment ( "page saved") - otherwise you will lose the changes!

If the page "hangs" with a running cursor - try the save button again. Sometimes this helps.

As of the changes of 2007-07-26, the "CTRL+e" and "CTRL+s" shortcuts do the same thing as the "edit" and "save" buttons, respectively.
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