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‎How to link

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 To edit a page, click on the "Edit" link in the top right corner of a page, or on an individual section of a page. A page may be protected, meaning not everyone can edit that page.<br>
-If a page is not yet created, there will be a "Create" link at the top right of the page, or you can just start editing.
+If a page is not yet created, you can click "Write a story" in the menu to the left to get started.
-Most of the editing tools will be in the toolbar, which looks very similar to Microsoft Word or other word processors. One special button is labeled "'''Wikitext'''." Wikis, like Our Story or Wikipedia, use a special formatting "language." This help page describes many of the wiki formatting codes, but you '''don't need to learn''' wiki formatting language to add or edit stories.
+Most of the editing tools will be in the toolbar, which looks very similar to Microsoft Word or other word processors.
 When editing or creating a page, please note these requests:
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 You can use the "Image" button at the top of the edit box to place an image, or other file such as sound or video. In the image menu, you can search for your image, resize it, add a caption, and choose alignment on the page.
 [[Help:Images|'''Go to this page for more help on images and how to include a gallery of images on your page.''']]
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 == Tables  ==

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 You can use the "Image" button at the top of the edit box to place an image, or other file such as sound or video. In the image menu, you can search for your image, resize it, add a caption, and choose alignment on the page.
-For example, if you want to put a photo of the [[:Image:Apple Cup 1939 KenWise.jpg|1939 Apple Cup]] on your page, you would click on your story where you want the photo. Then, click the "Image" button on your editing toolbar (looks like a square with a mountain on a yellow background, similar to Microsoft Word). Search for the photo by typing in the first few letters ("apple"). Some choices will appear. You can then write a caption, resize, or put a frame or border around your photo through the "Special Type" menu.
+[[Help:Images|'''Go to this page for more help on images and how to include a gallery of images on your page.''']]
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 '''Images, the wiki markup way'''
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 For more image formatting options and how to create a gallery of images on your page, visit: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images
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 == Tables  ==

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 When formatting a page, you can use the tools at the top of the edit box for most of your needs.
-If you click on the "Wikitext" button, which will allow you to format your text using "wiki markup." This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two single quotes like <nowiki> see="See" the="the" table="table" below="below" for="for" common="common" wiki="wiki" formatting="formatting" our="Our" story="Story" ignores="ignores" normal="normal" line="line" to="To" start="start" a="a" new="new" leave="leave" an="an" empty="empty" you="You" can="can" also="also" with="with" html="HTML" tags="tags"><br> or <br/></nowiki>.
+If you click on the "Wikitext" button, which will allow you to format your text using "wiki markup." This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two single quotes like <nowiki>''this''</nowiki>. See the table below for common wiki formatting. To make extra lines, just enter them or use the HTML tag <nowiki><br /></nowiki>.
 Some HTML tags are allowed, for example <nowiki><code>, <div>, <span> and <font>.</nowiki>
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 To make a link, you can highlight the text to link and click on the "Link" button (a globe with a chain icon).
 *For an external link, paste or type in the full link. For example: http://www.google.com
 *For an internal link, paste or type just the page name. This can be a story title, or some other page. For example: "Notes of WSC 1940" or "Help:Editing" (without the quotes) would be the link.
 *For a Category link, type "Category:Category_name." For example: the link to type would be "Category:Apple Cup" (without the quotes).
 '''Linking, the wiki formatting way'''
 {| cellspacing="3" style="background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"
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 | Internal link
 | <tt><nowiki>[[Main Page]]</nowiki></tt>
-| [[Main_Page]]
+| [[Main Page]]
 |-
 | Piped link
 | <tt><nowiki>[[Main Page|different text]]</nowiki></tt>
-| [[Main_Page|different text]]
+| [[Main Page|different text]]
 |-
 | External link
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 | redirect
 | <tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Main Page]]</nowiki></tt>
-| → [[Main_Page]]
+| → [[Main Page]]
 |-
 | External link to video file (.avi, .mpg)
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 *[http://photos.wsu.edu/ WSU Photos Online]
+<br>
 '''Images, the wiki markup way'''
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 For more image formatting options and how to create a gallery of images on your page, visit: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images
+<br>
 == Tables  ==

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 You must be a registered user and logged in to edit or create pages in Our Story.
-Most of all, we want you to jump right in and start writing your stories and recollections of WSU! If you ever have any questions, please [[Our_Story:Contact|contact us]].
+Most of all, we want you to jump right in and start writing your stories and recollections of WSU! If you ever have any questions, please [[Our Story:Contact|contact us]].
 To edit a page, click on the "Edit" link in the top right corner of a page, or on an individual section of a page. A page may be protected, meaning not everyone can edit that page.<br>
 If a page is not yet created, there will be a "Create" link at the top right of the page, or you can just start editing.
 Most of the editing tools will be in the toolbar, which looks very similar to Microsoft Word or other word processors. One special button is labeled "'''Wikitext'''." Wikis, like Our Story or Wikipedia, use a special formatting "language." This help page describes many of the wiki formatting codes, but you '''don't need to learn''' wiki formatting language to add or edit stories.
 When editing or creating a page, please note these requests:
 *Add a category or categories to your story. There is some guidance for selecting or making categories on this page: [[Help:Categories|Help:Categories]]. This will help others navigate Our Story and link related stories.
 *Add plenty of links. Links will also help people build Our Story.

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 [[Help:Contents | Return to the Help Desk]]
-== Edit a page ==
+== Edit a page  ==
-You must be a registered user and logged in to edit pages in Our Story.
+You must be a registered user and logged in to edit or create pages in Our Story.
-To edit a page, click on the "Edit" link in the top right corner of a page, or on an individual section of a page. A page may be protected, meaning not everyone can edit that page.
+Most of all, we want you to jump right in and start writing your stories and recollections of WSU! If you ever have any questions, please [[Our_Story:Contact|contact us]].
 == Formatting ==

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 You can read more about links here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links
-== Images ==
+== Images  ==
-Before you place an image on a page, you must upload the file. "Upload file" is usually an option in the Toolbox in the right sidebar.
+Before you place an image on a page, you must first put the photo or image on Our Story, by [[Help:Managing files|uploading the file]]. "Upload file" is usually an option in the Toolbox in the right sidebar. (You can also upload more than one photo at a time, through the [[Special:MultipleUpload|Multiple Upload page]].)
-You may use the "Embedded image" button at the top of the edit box to place an image, or other file such as sound or video.
+You can use the "Image" button at the top of the edit box to place an image, or other file such as sound or video. In the image menu, you can search for your image, resize it, add a caption, and choose alignment on the page.
-If you want to include an image, the wiki formatting is:
+For example, if you want to put a photo of the [[:Image:Apple Cup 1939 KenWise.jpg|1939 Apple Cup]] on your page, you would click on your story where you want the photo. Then, click the "Image" button on your editing toolbar (looks like a square with a mountain on a yellow background, similar to Microsoft Word). Search for the photo by typing in the first few letters ("apple"). Some choices will appear. You can then write a caption, resize, or put a frame or border around your photo through the "Special Type" menu.
-The options can be given in any order. If a given option does not match any of the other possibilities, it is assumed to be the caption text. Caption text can contain wiki links or other formatting.
+NOTE: If you want to resize your photo, choose "Thumb" or "Border" in the "Special Type" menu. If you choose "Frame," the photo will not be resized.
-For more image formatting options, visit: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images
+When editing a story, you can right-click your image to change "Image Properties."
 == Tables ==

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	By default, when you write a link (URL) as is, it will be transformed to an external link.		By default, when you write a link (URL) as is, it will be transformed to an external link.

		+	You can read more about links here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links

	== Images ==		== Images ==