Creating a New Wiki Page

Ya, I struggled to figure out how to create a New WIKI Page. It seems to everybody who already knows thinks that it is straight forward but I guess I didn't.

To start a new page like this one just type in the title name of the page that you want to create into the search field on the left side of this page, I typed in "New WIKI Page". If your chosen page title has already been taken then the search will show a found link with that name.

If there is no page by your chosen title the search may still have multiple links that are as close as it could come to matching your request. Just below the search page title, "SEARCH results" is the next line on the page similar to the one below.

You searched for New WIKI Page (all pages starting with "New WIKI Page" | all pages that link to "New WIKI Page") 

This line is where the key to making your new page, it doesn't say that straight out but if you scan with your mouse cursor over the search title that you used, "New WIKI Page" in my example here, it will reveal a message that your title page is "(Not Yet Written)". This is a hyper link to your new blank page with your chosen title. Click on it and go. As you can see by this page, "New WIKI Page" it did start out blank and now I've typed in this information and saved the page.

This game is great fun but so many things are left for us to figure out by trial and error. I'm just glad I wasn't around when the game first came out and there was not much documentation.

When you do make your page it is a good idea to use the SHOW PREVIEW button below. This will allow you to see if the page came out the way you intended before you actually save the page.

I hope to get some helpful links and some simple formatting on this page. I would like to Keep it Simple (KISS) :)

It's the simple stuff that always gets me.... Good Luck

--Ctstew 23:58, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

LINKS To Other WIKI Help Pages

Here the first Best Link that you have probably already found: <<Sample Guide>> As an example it will show you how to make the title header, Page line and time stamp signature in and above this section if you already haven't figured it out. Although I will probably include that information on this page too.

How to Examples

Leave a Blank space between your lines of text to separate your text sections. Otherwise it will look like this even though you entered the text on two separate lines.

Write a highlighted comment by indenting the typed line, one space or many.

    This is how to write a comment

To make a thin divider line type ---- on one line by itself. Use these sparingly so as not to make your pages look to busy, kind of like what this page is starting to look like.

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To make matters worst, here is how to make a Header Bar. == Just type 2 equal (=) signs around your Header title text like this == HEADER TITLE == on a line by itself and there's your new:

HEADER BAR (You don't have to use capital letters)

When you want to link to someone else's WIKI page Just type double brackets around the page title of the page you want to your link to go to, as below.

[[WIKI Page Link]]

Written this way the link does not show but remains to look like normal text wherever it is on the page.

I have created a link example out of the text: My Friendly WIKI Page Link. This link however does not go to any page because that page does not exist until someone creates a page with that title. If you click on that link it will try to make a page with the title "My Friendly WIKI Page Link". PLEASE Don't make that page you'll ruin my example  :)  %)  :( and make me very grumpy. LOL

More to come...

--Ctstew 23:58, 2 October 2010 (UTC)