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[[Category:Getting Started]]
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== Logging In ==
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To login to the wiki, use your forum username and password.
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If you can't seem to login, check to be sure you can login to the forums, as your account may not have been approved yet (check: did you apply with your character name so we know who you are?). If you can log into the forums, try clearing your cache or changing your forum password. If neither of these work, please page Lolth, our serverwiz.
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If you haven't registered for our forums, contact Lahar with an @mail. Let Lahar know your desired password when you do.
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==Making Character and Log Pages==
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* [[How to Make a Character Page]]
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* [[How to Post a Log]]
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== Formatting ==
 
== Formatting ==
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'''Leading spaces at the beginning of a pose tells the wiki that that text is code. If you're running into some funny formatting, that is probably why.'''
For general formatting help, the following are helpful:
 
   
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===General===
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Formatting for Text]
 
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{{TableMain}}
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables Formatting for Tables]
 
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{{T02}}
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|Description
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|You type
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|You get
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|-
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|Add a paragraph
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|Place your cursor in the editing box. Begin typing. Hit return twice to start a new paragraph.
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|Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one.
   
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Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two.
== Using Links ==
 
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|-
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|Add preformatted text
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|<nowiki><pre></nowiki>Preformatted text.<nowiki></pre></nowiki>
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|<pre>Preformatted Text!</pre>
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|-
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|Bold some text
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|<nowiki>'''Bolded Text.'''</nowiki> (These are three single quotes)
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|'''Bolded Text!'''
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|-
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|Italicize some text
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|<nowiki>''Bolded Text.''</nowiki> (These are two single quotes)
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|''Italicized Text!''
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|}
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===Links ===
   
 
{{TableMain}}
 
{{TableMain}}
{{T01}}
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{{T02}}
 
|Description
 
|Description
 
|You type
 
|You type
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|External Link
 
|External Link
|<pre>[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]</pre>
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|<pre>[http://www.pathfinderreference.com]</pre>
|[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]
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|[http://www.pathfinderreference.com]
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|-
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|External Link With Different Text
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|<pre>[http://www.pathfinderreference.com Pathfinder PRD]</pre>
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|[http://www.pathfinderreference.com Pathfinder PRD]
 
|}
 
|}
   
==Using Images==
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===Images===
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To resize an image online for free, use: [Shrink Pictures http://www.shrinkpictures.com/], or another favorite website.
   
 
{{TableMain}}
 
{{TableMain}}
{{T01}}
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{{T02}}
 
|Description
 
|Description
 
|You type
 
|You type
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|Show an Image
 
|Show an Image
 
|<pre>[[image:myimage.jpg]]</pre>
 
|<pre>[[image:myimage.jpg]]</pre>
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|[[image:logo.png]]
|A pretty picture
 
 
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|Show an Image as a Thumbnail
 
|Show an Image as a Thumbnail
 
|<pre>[[image:myimage.jpg|thumb]]</pre>
 
|<pre>[[image:myimage.jpg|thumb]]</pre>
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|[[image:logo.png|thumb]]
|A pretty thumbnail
 
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|-
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|Center a Thumbnail
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|<pre>[[image:myimage.jpg|thumb|center]]</pre>
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|[[image:logo.png|thumb|center]]
 
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|}
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===More Help===
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''Note that leading spaces (such as used in some poses) will make the wiki think that you're presenting code, so remember to strip out any leading spaces before posting something (Find and Replace is a quick, fast option).''
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Formatting for Text]
 
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables Formatting for Tables]

Revision as of 02:35, 3 March 2012

Logging In

To login to the wiki, use your forum username and password.

If you can't seem to login, check to be sure you can login to the forums, as your account may not have been approved yet (check: did you apply with your character name so we know who you are?). If you can log into the forums, try clearing your cache or changing your forum password. If neither of these work, please page Lolth, our serverwiz.

If you haven't registered for our forums, contact Lahar with an @mail. Let Lahar know your desired password when you do.

Making Character and Log Pages

Formatting

Leading spaces at the beginning of a pose tells the wiki that that text is code. If you're running into some funny formatting, that is probably why.

General

Description You type You get
Add a paragraph Place your cursor in the editing box. Begin typing. Hit return twice to start a new paragraph. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one. Paragraph one.

Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two. Paragraph two.

Add preformatted text <pre>Preformatted text.</pre>
Preformatted Text!
Bold some text '''Bolded Text.''' (These are three single quotes) Bolded Text!
Italicize some text ''Bolded Text.'' (These are two single quotes) Italicized Text!

Links

Description You type You get
Internal Link
[[Main Page]]
Main Page
Link With Different Text
[[Main Page|different text]]
different text
Images
[[media:example.jpg]]
a link to an image
External Link
[http://www.pathfinderreference.com]
[1]
External Link With Different Text
[http://www.pathfinderreference.com Pathfinder PRD]
Pathfinder PRD

Images

To resize an image online for free, use: [Shrink Pictures http://www.shrinkpictures.com/], or another favorite website.

Description You type You get
Show an Image
[[image:myimage.jpg]]
Logo.png
Show an Image as a Thumbnail
[[image:myimage.jpg|thumb]]
Logo.png
Center a Thumbnail
[[image:myimage.jpg|thumb|center]]
Logo.png

More Help

Note that leading spaces (such as used in some poses) will make the wiki think that you're presenting code, so remember to strip out any leading spaces before posting something (Find and Replace is a quick, fast option).