Help:Editing
From XOPedia
Editing XOPedia is pretty simple. On any page you see that you want to edit, just click "Edit" at the top. If you want to create a new page, the easiest way to do so is to type the name of the page into the search box on the left. If the page doesn't already exist, it will provide you a link to click to create the page.
From there you'll be presented with a text box that shows you that page's source. Most of it will look pretty straightforward (just a lot of text). But there are a few important formatting notes to be aware of.
Contents |
Headers
First, if you're starting a new section, you'll want to put the header of that section surrounded by two equals signs on either side, like so:
== My Header ==
Subheaders
To make a subheader, it would just be three equals signs instead of two:
=== My Subheader ===
Links
XOPedia Links
The heart of a wiki like XOPedia is the way it links to its own articles. For example, let's say I'm writing something that references the draft lottery, I'll want to link to it while I'm writing so that people have an easy way to click through and read more about it if they want. To do this you'll need to know the name of the page you're linking to. In this example, we know it's simple called "draft lottery", so to link to that page, we just put two brackets around each end, like so:
[[draft lottery]]
However this makes the link the same as the name of the page. Let's say we want it to just say "lottery", as in: "Draft pick order is determined by a lottery." How would we do that? It's not too hard. Just take the same format as above but add a "|" (you can get to it by holding shift and hitting backslash, which should be above the Enter key) and the text of your link afterward. As such:
[[draft lottery | lottery]]
Outside Links
What if you want to link to page that's not in XOPedia? Say you want to link to the NBA's draft lottery page. It's a similar format, but not quite the same. You only use one bracket around the link, and if you want to change the text of the link you only put a space between it and your new text, like this:
[http://www.nba.com/features/lottery2008_index.html NBA's draft lottery page]
Text Formatting
Other simple formatting:
Italics
Two apostrophes around the text:
''Italics''
Bold
Three apostrophes around the text:
'''Bold'''
More Help
Please refer to the WikiMedia Help Page for help on editing.
For more examples of how to make specific changes, you can read this Wikitext examples page.
