Editing Shortcuts

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Links to Internal Pages (other pages on the wiki)

  • To create a new wiki page, or to reference an existing wiki page, enclose the name of the page in double brackets, like this: [[Using Web 2.0 to Lure Middle School Students to the Library]].
On the wiki, this code will appear as: Using Web 2.0 to Lure Middle School Students to the Library.
  • To create a label for your link that differs from the name of the page, follow the page name with the pipe (or vertical bar) character "|" and your link text, like this: [[Using Web 2.0 to Lure Middle School Students to the Library | Getting Middle School Students to the Library]].
On the wiki, this code will appear as: Getting Middle School Students to the Library. Note: The pipe character can often be found by pressing shift + backward dash.


Links to External Websites

  • To create a link to a website, enclose the url in single brackets, like this: [http://google.com].
On the wiki, this code will appear as: [1]
  • To create a label for your link, follow the url with a space and your link text, like this: [http://google.com Google] .
On the wiki, this code will appear as: Google.
  • To make the URL the title for the link, follow the url with a space and then retype the URL, like this: [http://google.com http://google.com] .
On the wiki, this code will appear as: http://google.com.


Notes, References, and Resources

  • See Notes, References, and Resources for instructions on how to create footnotes on a wiki page, as well as the conventions we are using on the wiki for references and lists of resources.


Uploading and Embedding Images on the Wiki

  • To upload images on the wiki, click the "Upload file" button that can be found in the left column of the wiki in the "toolbox" section. The wiki accepts many standard image formats.
  • Additional instructions can be found at: How to upload images and embed them in your wiki.
  • For more detailed information about how to format your images, see: Picture Tutorial.


Uploading and Embedding Audio on the Wiki

  • To embed audio in a wiki page, you first need to upload the file to the wiki.
  • To upload an mp3 audio file to the wiki, click the "Upload file" button that can be found in the left column of the wiki in the "toolbox" section. Click "Browse" to select the file from your computer.
  • Note that if your file is larger than 150KB, you will receive an "Upload Warning". To ignore the warning, simply click "Save File".
  • Copy the file name (including the .mp3 extension).
  • In your wiki page, insert the following code: <mp3>FILENAME.mp3‎</mp3>. For example:
<mp3>100010434.mp3‎</mp3>
  • The embedded audio should appear on the wiki like this:


Embedding Video in a Wiki Page

  • You can embed video from many video sharing sites on the wiki, including Blip.tv and YouTube among others.
  • The first step is to identify the embed URL of the video you want to use.
  • Once you have the embed URL, use the following code on the wiki:
<gflash>400 300 EmbedURL</gflash>
Note: The numbers "400" and "300" refer to the width and height of the video, respectively. You can adjust these if you feel you need to; just make sure that you check that the video looks okay on the wiki page when you save it.
  • For example, using the embed url from the Common Craft video on YouTube, "Twitter in Plain English", the wiki code is:
<gflash>400 300 http://www.youtube.com/v/ddO9idmax0o&hl=en&fs=1</gflash>
  • With this code, the video appears on the wiki like this:


Additional Help

  • Visit Wiki Help for a list of additional help resources for wiki editing.
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