Helpful(?) Hints
The built in Help Files are almost too thorough, which can make it tough to find out how to do (what should be) simple tasks. So, here's a summary of things I suspect most people will need to know to contribute to the SabMagFAQ wiki.
Authorization
I'll give editor access to almost anyone, but you have to ask. Create an account and then e-mail your username to mjf@SabMagFAQ.org, and I'll add you to the list of editors.
I'm doing it this way because the spam bots found this wiki and started flooding it.
Be Bold / Revert
This wiki has a "revert" feature, so if you fubar something, we can always dump your changes and start over. This is not a threat, but rather encouragement to jump in and start editing/contributing.
SabMag and CamelCase
This wiki identifies any word typed in CamelCase as a link to another page. To prevent this from happening to "SabMag", precede it with a bang ("!"), e.g., !SabMag.
Pictures
To add an image to a page, first you must upload it as an attachment to that page. Click on Attachments near the top of the page, just under the tabs. Follow the directions under the New Attachment bit.
Once you've attached the image, you can display it on the page by simply putting attachment:filename.aaa on the page where you want the image to be. Any standard image format (.gif, .jpg, .png) will be displayed as an image. Other formats will show an attachment link, e.g., foo.bar .
Page Formatting
If you want to position images and text on the page, I've found it easiest to just use tables.
To make a table, just surround each cell with "||".
|| A || B || C || || 1 || 2 || 3 ||
Results in:
A |
B |
C |
1 |
2 |
3 |
To get fancier, see HelpOnTables.
Example
An image, in a table.
|| Use a green diamond for '''UN 1956''',[[BR]] '''Compressed Gas Mixture, N.O.S.''' || attachment:GreenDiamond.jpg ||
Use a green diamond for UN 1956, |
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