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You don't need to know html in order to create Wiki pages. Here are a few things to help you learn the basics.

Font Formatting

Wiki uses different code to normal html.

Italics
To make font in bold, put two quote marks ( ' ) at the start and end of the text you want in italics.

eg. This is an example of making a single word in ''italics'' instead of normal text.

Bold
To make font in bold, put three quote marks ( ' ) at the start and end of the text you want in bold.

eg. This is an example of making a single word in '''bold''' instead of normal text.

'Bold Italics'
To make font in bold, put four quote marks ( ' ) at the start and end of the text you want in bold italics.

Bullet Points

Put a space and then an asterisks ( * ) at the start of the sentence.

Indented and isolated

Put a space at the start of the sentence to have your text indented and boxed in a dotted line.

'Indented

Put a colon ( : ) at the start of each sentence you want indented.

Coloured Text Coloured text needs a little html to work. Very simply, use triangular brackets ( < and > ) when creating this code. The easiest way to explain this one is to show you, but the example below will use normal brackets so that you can see where to put them.

eg. This is a sentence that wants a (font color=green)green(/font) coloured word in it.

If you want to be really specific as to which colour you want to use, you can define the colour by its html name, which you can find by using this [html Colour Chart].

Headings and Subheadings

There are four basic forms of headings in Wikis. Each of them use an equal sign ( = ) at the start and end of each heading:

eg...

==This would make a level two heading==

====This would make a four two heading====

This is what the first four levels of headings look like:

Level One Headings

It has one equal sign at the start and end. This text was put on the line underneath

Level Two Heading

This is a Level Two Heading and has two equal signs at the start and end of the heading.

Level Three Heading

This is a Level Three Heading. Note that this level of heading doesn't have the line to divide it across the page.

Level Four Heading

Just as with level three, level four headings becomes text that is slightly larger, and in bold.

Links

To link to another page, simply put the title of the page in two square brackets ( [ and ] ) on either side. You can use spaces so there's no need to use underscores ( _ ).

For example, to list to "Aussie Coordinators", simply put two open square brackets ( [ ) at the start and two closed square brackets ( ] ) at the end.

eg. [[Aussie Coordinators]]

Sometimes you may want to link to a heading within a page, which you can do by putting a hash mark (#) followed by the name of the heading.

eg. [[Aussie_Coordinators#Venue Coordinators]]

Redirects

Sometimes a page may have two different titles. Many Forsaken Characters may go by two names; their human name and their deed name. Instead of having two pages listed, put a redirect onto one of these pages.

To do this, put a hash ( # ) then a space, and then the word "REDIRECT" (in capitals) then another space, then put the page you want to redirect to as a link (ie. with two square brackets). Now if someone links and travels to this page, the Wiki will automatically redirect them to the other page.

Links with different/abbreviated names

Sometimes you may wish to put in a link, but with a different name then what you're linking to. For example, you may want to link to "The National Coordinator", but there may not be a specific page for the NC. There is no need to create a new page with a redirect; instead, you just need to create a link as normal, and then put a vertical line ( | ) in, and then type what you want to appear. Using this example, we want to put a wiki line in for the NC, but we want it to point to the "Aussie Coordinators" page. We can do this by using the following code:

eg [[Aussie Coordinators|The National Coordinator]]

Broken Links

If the page that the link points to is empty, it will come up in red to alert you to the fact that the link won't work. Either you got the page name wrong, or the page is empty/hasn't been created yet.

Try to avoid making broken links.

If the link comes up in blue, the link will work.

Images

There are two ways to put an image into a Wiki. One is to just slot it in as a large graphic, the other is to add it as a thumb nail.

Large Graphics

To add an image, simply use the following code:

[[Image:ghostwolf.jpg|left|This is the caption]]

This will give you a graphic like the one to the left.

You must have the name of the graphic _exact_. The name is case sensitive and must have the correct file type/extension.

You can change the alignment from left to right.

Thumb Nails

Another way to ad an image to a Wiki page is to put it in as a thumb nail. Browsers can still see the graphic at full size by clicking on it.

Ghost Wolves

[[Image:ghostwolf.jpg|thumb|right|This is the caption for the [[Ghost Wolves]] Tribal logo]]

This will give you a graphic like the one to the right. Note the extra square brackets within the caption that creates a link.

Again, you must have the exact name of the graphic (remembering that it is case sensitive) and must have the correct file type/extension.

Character Bios

We encourage you to create a page for your character. If you need a helping hand to figure out what to put on your page, check out one of our Bio templates. Simply copy the text and add it to your character's page. Remember to update the info to make it relevant to your character.

Templates

There are a bunch of Templates to help you create your character's Bio page. Check out our List of Templates for a complete list of what's available.

All characters that use the Stats Templates (eg.Template:Vamp-Stats, Template:Lost-Stats, Template:Lost-Stats-Expanded, etc) will automatically have their relevant Categories inserted as part of the template.

eg. Template:Vamp-Stats will automatically add the Category of, but it will also add the Category of which ever Clan or Covenant you list.

No Contents

Having at least four headings on a page triggers the table of contents (TOC) to appear in front of the first header (or after introductory sections).

Putting __TOC__ anywhere forces the TOC to appear at that point (instead of just before the first header).

Putting __NOTOC__ anywhere forces the TOC to disappear.

Putting __NOEDITSECTION__ anywhere takes away the ability to edit sections of the page.

Note that the above code has two (2) underscores ( _ ) on either side.

Learning New Tricks

Using Wiki code gets easier with practice. If you see an effect on a page that you'd like to use on one of your own, go to the edit page to see how it was done. This is the easiest way to teach yourself new tricks to use in Wikis.

For more details, see: Wiki Editing or this Wikipedia Help page.

Happy coding!

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