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==Creating a new page== | ==Creating a new page== | ||
When creating a new page, to ensure conformity with [[:cvillepedia:style guide|cvillepedia's style guide]], you can cut and paste this block of text into a new article: | When creating a new page, to ensure conformity with [[:cvillepedia:style guide|cvillepedia's style guide]], you can cut and paste this block of text into a new article: | ||
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Cvillepedia requires citations; see [[:cvillepedia:Citing sources]]. That's all you need for a new page! | Cvillepedia requires citations; see [[:cvillepedia:Citing sources]]. That's all you need for a new page! | ||
Optional components of a new page continue below, and can also be pasted into new articles, below the information above, as needed. | Optional components of a new page continue below, and can also be pasted into new articles, below the information above, as needed. | ||
{{quote| | {{quote| | ||
<nowiki>==External Links==</nowiki><br/> | <nowiki>==External Links==</nowiki><br/> | ||
<nowiki><!-- | <nowiki><!--Use this line if there are links that are not references --></nowiki><br/> | ||
<nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:LAST, FIRST NAME}}</nowiki><br/> | <nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:LAST, FIRST NAME}}</nowiki><br/> | ||
<nowiki><!--ONLY USE for personal names for sorting purposes. Otherwise remove this | <nowiki><!--ONLY USE for personal names for sorting purposes. Otherwise remove this line--></nowiki><br/> | ||
<nowiki>[[Category: ]]</nowiki><br/> | <nowiki>[[Category: ]]</nowiki><br/> | ||
<nowiki><!--Enter categories to right of colon and repeat as needed. See | <nowiki><!--Enter categories to right of colon and repeat as needed. See</nowiki> [[:Special:Categories]] <nowiki>for ideas. If you can't think of a category, remove this line.--></nowiki> | ||
}} | |See [[:Wikipedia:Wikipedia:External_links#How_to_link|wikipedia's how-to]] for help on external links. }} | ||
===Optional features of a new page=== | ===Optional features of a new page=== | ||
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[[Image:SqBeaverCreek1.gif|left]] | [[Image:SqBeaverCreek1.gif|left]] | ||
'''Image at LEFT''' generated with <nowiki>[[Image:SqBeaverCreek1.gif|left]]</nowiki> | '''Image at LEFT''' generated with <nowiki>[[Image:SqBeaverCreek1.gif|left]]</nowiki> | ||
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[[Image:SqBeaverCreek1.gif|right|thumb|75px|Sample Thumbnail]] | [[Image:SqBeaverCreek1.gif|right|thumb|75px|Sample Thumbnail]] | ||
'''Image at RIGHT''' generated with <nowiki>[[Image:SqBeaverCreek1.gif|right|thumb|75px|Sample Thumbnail]]</nowiki> | '''Image at RIGHT''' generated with <nowiki>[[Image:SqBeaverCreek1.gif|right|thumb|75px|Sample Thumbnail]]</nowiki> | ||
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Photos can be UPLOADED to the cvillepedia mediawiki server using the 'Upload File' command in the toolbox. Once an image is uploaded, it can be referenced within an article like this: | Photos can be UPLOADED to the cvillepedia mediawiki server using the 'Upload File' command in the toolbox. Once an image is uploaded, it can be referenced within an article like this: | ||
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== Widgets == | == Widgets == | ||
Learn more about the [[ | Learn more about the [[:Help:Widgets|Widgets]] on cvillepedia. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki's home page] | [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki's home page] | ||
[[Category:cvillepedia how-to]] | [[Category:cvillepedia how-to]] | ||
Revision as of 11:14, 19 January 2010
Creating a new page
When creating a new page, to ensure conformity with cvillepedia's style guide, you can cut and paste this block of text into a new article:
Insert article text here. It should begin with a brief definition of the article's subject.
==References==
<references/>
Cvillepedia requires citations; see cvillepedia:Citing sources. That's all you need for a new page!
Optional components of a new page continue below, and can also be pasted into new articles, below the information above, as needed.
==External Links==
<!--Use this line if there are links that are not references -->
{{DEFAULTSORT:LAST, FIRST NAME}}
<!--ONLY USE for personal names for sorting purposes. Otherwise remove this line-->
[[Category: ]]
<!--Enter categories to right of colon and repeat as needed. See Special:Categories for ideas. If you can't think of a category, remove this line.-->—See wikipedia's how-to for help on external links.
Optional features of a new page
Cvillepedia uses "templates" to provide shortcuts for useful text. On new pages, some frequently-used templates are:
- {{stub}} Use to flag an article that requires more information to be complete.
- {{fact}} Use to flag a single fact in an article that needs a citation.
- {{unreferenced}} Use to flag an article that has no citations
Wiki Formatting Guide
See Editing_Cvillepedia:Cheatsheet
Using Templates
cvillepedia has a few templates that are useful for formatting text and building infoboxes in this wiki. Infoboxes can be used to summarize standardized information for companies, neighborhoods, officeholders, and candidates.
See this guide for examples and the code behind our infoboxes and other templates.
Style Guide
While cvillepedia is designed to be a community resource, we would like the content on the site to conform to a shared style. Unless otherwise specified below, use Wikipedia style.
Charlottesville Tomorrow's Style Guide, includes help with footnotes, references, and citations.
Photos
Image at LEFT generated with [[Image:SqBeaverCreek1.gif|left]]
Image at RIGHT generated with [[Image:SqBeaverCreek1.gif|right|thumb|75px|Sample Thumbnail]]
Photos can be UPLOADED to the cvillepedia mediawiki server using the 'Upload File' command in the toolbox. Once an image is uploaded, it can be referenced within an article like this:
Thumbnail images are supported by an installation of ImageMagick (installed by BNSI on the webserver on January 2, 2008).
External photos cannot be embedded and appear only as links. This is a setting we can change to allow certain image sources.
External image example: http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/23/20071219full.jpg
Widgets
Learn more about the Widgets on cvillepedia.