Wiki Help

This section covers the main WikiStyles used in this wiki. Additional information can be found on The wiki style page.

Creating a New Page

• Click the New Page button at the top of the page

Editing a Page

• Click the Edit Page button at the top of the page.

Formatting Text

Text is formatted by surrounding it in special symbols

Font Style	Code	Result
Bold	**Text**	Text
Italic	''Text''	Text
Underlined	__Text__	Text
Strikethrough	-Text-	Text

Creating Links to Wiki Pages

• Use a CamelCase word (a compound word where each word is capitalized), such as NewPage, which creates: NewPage.
• Enclosing a word in brackets, such as [newpage], results in: newpage.

Note: If this page does not exist in the wiki, it will be created when a user clicks on it.

Creating Links to External Sites

• Insert the link location (e.g. http://www.google.ca), and link name (e.g. Google) in a bracket and separate them with the bar symbol "|"

Example:
Adding [http://www.google.ca|Google] would create the link Google.

Creating Headers

• Put exclamation marks (!) at the beginning of a line
• More than one exclamation mark (!!, !!!, !!!!, etc.) will create sequentially smaller headings.

Example:
!Wiki Help will give you a large heading, while !!Creating a new Page makes to a smaller one. Both of these examples are used in this page.

Uploading Images

• When you are editing a page, click on the "add images" link on the right hand bar.
• Browse for the file on your computer, and then click "Upload"
• The uploaded image should now be

Using Images

• On the "add images" page (see above), find your uploaded image (below the "Upload" button), right click on it, and select "Copy Image Location" (Firefox), or "Copy Shortcut" (Internet Explorer)
• When editing a page, paste the image location and surround it in brackets

Example:
Adding [http://volvocales.pbwiki.com/f/plate2.jpg] would result in the image being displayed.

• Additionally, if you would like to add an image to the Volvocales pages, simply replace the text with image link in this code at the top of the page <IMG SRC="replace this text with image link" ALIGN=RIGHT>

Example:
Add <IMG SRC="http://volvocales.pbwiki.com/f/plate2.jpg" ALIGN=RIGHT>

Try It Out!

Feel free to use the SandBox to try it out!

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